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1.

Deep-sea diving can cause medical problems ---air embolism and decompression sickness, which
can be fatal if not treated promptly..

6.

---- the Roman legions withdrew in the

5th century A. D. Britain fell easy prey to
the invading hordes of Angles, Saxons and
Jutes from Scandinavia and northern Europe..

A) as regards
A) Lest

B) as far as

B) Unless

C) also

C) When

D) such as

D) Until

E) just as

E) As long as
2.

His latest novel is about people who take their

work seriously, ---- thats being a mother, a
nurse or a soldier. .

7.

He was advised not to discontinue this medicine

---- this might bring a recurrence of the
complaint..

A) even so
A) so that

B) as if

B) despite

C) unless

C) until

D) besides

D) as

E) whether

E) due to
3.

4.

5.

The private sector in the Gulf states employs

mostly expatriate workers, ---- the majority of
nationals are employed in the public sector with
higher wages and job protection..

8.

Many of the most important developments

in absolute dating ---- World War II have come
from the use of 'radioactive clocks'..

A) so that

A) since

B) just as

B) during

C) while

C) until

D) unless

D) before

E) in case

E) up to

Much of the immune systems machinery is

geared towards killing or eliminating invading
microbes ---- they have been recognized..

9.

---- photographers require short exposures

to capture fast moving objects, chemists
need short laser pulses to study rapid reactions..

A) once

A) In contrast

B) although

B) In spite of

C) even if

C) In case

D) in case

D) Since

E) whereby

E) Just as

Little Caesar, often called the grandfather of the

gangster movie, was produced at the beginning
of the sound era, and ---- it shows its age in some
areas, it is still an effective thriller..

10.

The British workforce works longer hours

than most of its European counterparts, --- productivity is not improved as a result..
A) so

A) even
B) because
C) while
D) so
E) besides

B) therefore
C) since
D) as
E) yet

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---- the US and Brazil both occupy the American

continent, the northern location of the former
and the southern location of the latter plainly
mark a real distinction and bring important
policy consequences..

A) As though
B) Until

B) Now that

C) When

C) Only if

D) Unless

D) After

E) Just as
17.

Traffic congestion is frequently not caused

by overloading ---- by small disturbances in
the flow..

---- Americans are generally marrying less, they

still marry, divorce and especially remarry at
rates higher than in most other countries..
A) As

A) as

B) When

B) but

C) Since

C) as well as

D) Just as

D) more

E) Even though

E) than
13.

---- compared to their butter-loving American

counterparts, Italians consume 24 times the
amount of olive oil per person..

A) As long as

E) Although
12.

16.

18.

---- he was aware of the dangers of this kind

of research, he still continued with the project..

---- a violent storm is over, it leaves a cooler

ocean behind, lowering the likelihood that more
storms will flare up, at least not immediately..
A) Once

A) If

B) Even so

B) Even though

C) Even if

C) So that

D) Since

D) Whereas

E) While

E) However
19.
14.

---- everyone appears to dislike a person who is

known as a 'gossip, ' it is an exceedingly unusual
individual who doesnt enjoy a bit of gossip..

He realized that the world could run out of key

resources, ---- he was a harsh critic of the
wastefulness of modern industrial society. .
A) so that

A) If

B) whether

B) Unless

C) so long as

C) Although

D) and so

D) Whenever

E) but

E) Once
20.
15.

---- doctors advise their patients to eat well and

exercise for their health, they should be telling
them to sleep well..

---- fiction gives something more than pleasure,

it hardly justifies itself as a subject of study..
A) Because

A) Even

B) Unless

B) Because

C) When

C) Just as

D) If

D) Although

E) After

E) As if

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23.

24.

---- great advances are being made in

the treatment and prevention of
neurological conditions, there is still a long way
to go..

26.

Several species of birds in Vietnam vanished

during the war, ---- they began to reappear in the
1980s and their gradual return has been
encouraged by Vietnamese villagers..

A) Until

A) but

B) Although

B) since

C) However

C) unless

D) Whether

D) when

E) Since

E) if

In the Renaissance period, there was a wide

range of classical texts available to humanist
scholars, ---- some of these texts had survived
only in fragments or were only available in
Greek..

27.

Scientists are developing various counter

technologies, from vaccines made of DNA to
proteins that prime our blood to attack the
malaria parasite ---- it is still inside the
mosquito..

A) so long as

A) so long as

B) before

B) as soon as

C) whether

C) while

D) in case

D)

just as

E) but

E)

whether

The numbers of older persons with diabetes are

expected to grow ---- the elderly population
increases in number..

28.

---- the immune system is intricate, its basic

strategy is simple: to recognize the enemy,
mobilize forces and attack..

A) as

A) Although

B) though

B) If

C) thus

C) Because

D) now that

D) In case

E) even if

E) When

They are installing a great deal of information

technology, ---- the staff are quite incapable of
using it..

29.

Being a scientist does not prevent one from

participating in other fields of human endeavour,
---- being an artist does not prevent one from
practising science..

A) owing to
A) so far as

B) whenever

B) rather than

C) as if
D)

even so

E)

even though

C) so that
D) as well as
E)

25.

In child development, play and exploration are

similar ---- they are both intrinsically motivated
behaviours and not directed by external goals..

30.

just as

Ten percent of the population is allergic to

thimerosol, ---- the health of millions of babies
and children worldwide is being compromised. .

A) on the other hand

B) whereas
C) otherwise
D) after
E) since

A)

if

B) so
C) while
D) unless
E) which

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---- the car is equipped with a sophisticated

protection system, you know you are fully
protected. .

36.

---- the average education level of the women in

the United States is higher than that of their
male counterparts, they are highly concentrated
in underpaid and menial jobs..

A) Until
A) Although

B) Even if

B) Now that

C) Although

C) Until

D) So

D) As if

E) Since

E) In case
32.

It was not obvious to scientists what the solution

would be to the cosmic radiation astronauts are
exposed to; ---- was it obvious that there would
be any solution at all..

37.

Research evidence suggests that, in their games,

girls show preference for home-centered
interests ---- boys are drawn to more naughty
and dangerous themes and plots. .

A) either
A) unless

B) so

B) when

C) and

C) as though

D) but

D) whereas

E) nor

E) now that
33.

---- African nations got their independence, the

first thing they did was to change place names in
their countries..

38.

A) Just as

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35.

---- physical activity can enhance physical

functioning, reduce anxiety, stress, and
depression, it also poses some hazards to ones
physical and psychological health..

B) If

A) Although

C) Although

B) Since

D) Until

C) Whether

E) When

D) In case

At present, the European Union imports about

one quarter of its gas and one third of its oil
from Russia, ---- countries such as Slovakia,
Finland, Poland, Hungary, the Baltic states and
the Ukraine are totally or very heavily dependent
on Russian energy. .

E) Unless
39.

Writing a political essay is not merely about

writing ones own opinion; ----, it requires a
talent for analytical thinking and an ability to
simplify complex concepts..

A) even though

A) finally

B) since

B) however

C) whether

C) consequently

D) while

D) nevertheless

E) in case

E) in fact

---- our bodies are exposed to cold, their first rule

of survival is to maintain the brain and internal
organs at a temperature of 37C..

40.

Some researchers believe schizophrenia is a

single disorder, ---- others believe it is a
syndrome based on numerous underlying
diseases..

A) Since
B) Although
C) When
D) Just as
E)

Until

A) if
B) since
C) even so
D) while
E) unless

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---- surgeons in France had performed the first

partial face transplant late in November,
psychologists began to question whether the
patient was mentally stable enough to handle
the stressful, high-risk procedure..

46.

---- climate change seems likely to threaten the

entire worlds health, an ever greater number of
political leaders are insisting that something
must be done to stop it..
A) Even though

A)

Suppose that

B) Now that

B) So long as

C) Provided that

C) As soon as

D) As if

D) Because

E) Even if

E) If
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42.

Temperature is difficult to define precisely, ---we all have an idea of what we mean by it..

---- the inequality of income prevails in the

economy and fails to have a uniform distribution,
any poverty reduction strategy will prove to be
futile. .

A) whether
A) If

B) in case

B) Though

C) just as

C) Whereas

D) but

D) Unless

E) so far as

E) In that
43.

Children who look away ---- thinking about

questions are more likely to get the answers
right than those who dont..

48.

A) unless

44.

B) because

A) As long as

C) whether

B) Although

D) while

C) Because

E) as

D) Even if

---- little respect the British people may feel for

the monarchy, they are still not likely to change
to a republic. .

E) Unless
49.

A) As far as

45.

---- most people who commit suicide are

depressed, having depression correctly
diagnosed and treated is the most important
step towards preventing suicide..

Life originated in the sea and evolved there for

almost 3 billion years ---- plants and animals
began moving onto the land..

B) Whatever

A) because

C) Such a

B) even if

D) However

C) before

E) Just as

D) but

Tourists gathered to admire the

mushroom clouds during nuclear tests in Nevada
between 1951 and 1963 ---- at the time there was
complete ignorance of the dangers of radioactive
fallout..

E) as if
50.

---- winemaking in France dates back to preRoman times it was the Romans who spread the
practice..

A) since

A) Although

B) so as to

B) Until

C) when

C) If

D) so that

D) Whether

E) unless

E) In that

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