Тесты на разные случаи употребления сослагательного наклонения

Упр. 9.25 Выберите вариант ответа, который вы считаете правильным.

1. The general ordered that the enemy _____ stopped.

A is B was C be D were

2. The judge insisted that the witness _____ the truth.

A tells B told C tell D will tell

3. "Do you like to eat steak?"

"Certainly. And I wish _____ it more often."

A I got B I am getting C my getting D I have got

4. “I am hungry.”

“I _____ breakfast for you if I had known.”

A fixed B have fixed C would have fixed D will fix

5. I wish that my sick friend ______ out of danger.

A is B were C was D would

6. Would you take a trip round the world if you ______ more money?

A have B had C would have D had had

7. I wish I ______ with you last night.

A went B have gone C was going D had gone

8. You should wear thick clothes in winter lest you ______.

A may catch cold B might catch cold C should catch cold

D can catch cold

9. I ______ glad to show you around the city, had you come here.

A would have been B could be C would be D were

10. If all the heat _____ from a body, it would be assigned a temperature of absolute zero, or zero degrees Kelvin.

A had been extracted B can be extracted C could be extracted

D has been extracted

11. The principle of symmetry with respect to spatial translation states that an experiment conducted in Alma-Ata ______ the same results when it is repeated 8,000 kilometers away in Grenoble.

A will give B gave C would give D had given

12. If a spinodal wave of voltage _____ to a vacuum tube of the right type, the current will flow in only one direction.

A is applied B applies C will be applied D has been applied

13. _____ for the invention of new types of chips, the market for the computers could have been smaller.

A Hasn’t it been B Were it not C Would it not been

D Had it not been

14. Had we known the outcome of the experiment beforehand, we _____ the techniques of it.

A would change B had changed C would have changed D should change

15. If I _____ you, I would certainly do the work better.

A have been B were C would be D am

16. Before deciding strategies, the planners have to analyse the company’s present performance lest its strengths and weaknesses ______ forgotten.

A would be B would not be C be D are

17. Had the company’s clients paid in due time, the company _______ the bank for more credit a fortnight ago.

A should not ask B could not ask C would not ask D would not have asked

18. In the 1980s, countries like Germany or Switzerland were praised for keeping inflation in the 4 to 6% range, a range that ______ as high in the 1950s.

A would be viewed B would have been viewed C would view D has been viewed

19. He has said publicly that if he had known what it would be, he ______ different advice.

A would have given B will give C would give D had given

20. A personal check is a written request by one party that a second party _____ payment to a third party.

A make B makes C made D has made

21. The opportunity cost of using resources in a certain way is the value of what these resources would have produced if they _______ in the best alternative way.

A have been used B have been using

C had been used D were used

22. We must enter the database now lest we ______ it.

A should lose B should have lost C can’t lose D must not lose

23. It has been suggested that an end ______ to the barbarous treatment of nature.

A has put B should be put C will be put D is being put

Упр.9.26 Определите, какой из подчеркнутых элементов предложения содержит ошибку.

1. If the ozone gases of the atmosphere did not filter out (A) the ultraviolet rays of the sun, life, as (B) we know it (C), would not have evolved on earth (D).

2. I wish that my university is ( A) as large as (B) state University because our facilities are more limited than (C) theirs ( D).

3. Neither the mathematics department nor (A) the biology department at the University requires that the student must write (B) a thesis in order to graduate (C) with a master’s degree (D).

4. When a patient’s blood pressure is much (A) higher than (B) it should be (C), a doctor usually insists that he will not ( D) smoke.

5. If (A) you will buy (B) one box at the regular price, you would receive another one (C) at no (D) extra cost.

6. If Robert Kennedy would have lived (A) a little longer (B), he probably would have won (C) the election (D).

7. If it were (A) too far ( B) from the Sun, the Earth would be (C) too much (D) cold to support any living things.

8. If the world was (A) considered one big country its (B) income inequality far surpass (C) that of (D) any actual country in the world today.

9. Some executives insist that (A) the secretary is (B) responsible for writing (C) all reports as wellas (D) for balancing the books.

10. The states require that every (A) citizen registers(B) before voting(C) in an(D) election.