1) In 2004, when Harvard University students Mark Zuckerberg, Dastin Moskovits, Eduardo Saverin and Chris Hughes got together to launch a website designed to put students in touch with one another, they (A1) ... no idea how incredibly successful their new business would become. a) have had b) have c) have been having d) had e) will have 2) They called it thefacebook.com, and the site was an instant hit at their university. A month later, they enlarged it to include students from three more universities. By 2005, this (A2) ... to 800 universities and colleges across the United States. a) has grown b) was grown c) has been growing d) was growing e) had grown 3) That same year, in August, the site's name (A3) ... to Facebook. a) is changed b) was changed c) has changed d) changes e) had changed 4) Today the company has more than 2.8 billion active users on the site. There are tens of thousands of new registrations daily, and more than 350 million photos (A4) ... every day. a) upload b) are uploading c) uploaded d) are uploaded e) will upload 5) 'You (A1) ... a rainbow if you look down!' Who said that? It was Charlie Chaplin . a) had never found b) are never found c) will never be found d) are never finding e) will never find 6) During the First World War he did more than anyone else to spread happiness. Audiences around the world watched his films and each new one caused a lot of excitement. Chaplin (A2) ... the character of the little tramp and people symphathised with this poor man. a) created b) has created c) was created d) will create e) is creating 7) Up untill then, film comedies (A3) ... noisy and very fast. Although they were fun and energetic, the audiences became bored with seeing the same situations. a) have been b) are c) will be d) had been e) were been 8) Chaplin produced a different kind of comedy. It was slower and more emotional. His films both made people laugh ant touched their feelings. Even today, his films (A4) ... by many people of all ages. a) enjoy b) are enjoing c) will enjoy d) have enjoyed e) are enjoyed 9) U2 and the Rolling Stones are among the bands that (A1) ... worldwide tours in recent years. a) had had b) are having c) have had d) will have e) are had 10) Tickets were sold out within minutes, and the bands performed for audiences of hundreds of thousands of people. Tours don't just happen overnight. When a band (A2) ... to put on a new show, preparations can go on for months. a) had decided b) was deciding c) is decided d) was decided e) decides 11) Among the things that have to be created are the special effects that (A3) ... in most big rock shows these days, and the videos that are screened before and during the show. a) use b) are used c) are using d) used e) have used 12) These bands are determined that their fans (A4) ... the concert a letdown, so they work hard to make sure to give concerts that are worth seeing. a) hadn't found b) aren't found c) weren't found d) won't find e) won't be found 13) Probably you (A1) ... of the bongo, a rare and beautiful antelope whose habitat is the mountains of Kenya. a) were never heard b) have never heard c) are never heard d) were never hearing e) had never heard 14) Bongos have been endangered for many years. In 1960s, Don Hunt, who has once been a bongo hunter, (A2) ... a conservation programme which would help save these animals. a) was started b) has started c) has been starting d) started e) is started 15) He caught 20 bongos and took them to zoos in the United States, where they had a safe place to live and breed. The programme was so successful that there are now 400 bongos in the United States. In 2004, 18 bongos (A3) ... back to Africa, where only a few dozen native bongos were left. a) took b) were taken c) have taken d) were taking e) had taken 16) The American-born bongos, which were born in the zoo, cannot survive in the wild. However, in the future, when their offspring are released, a new generation of bongos (A4) ... free in the African mountains. a) will live b) will be lived c) lives d) had lived e) is living 17) Did you know that there are people who are payed to predict the future? They are called 'actuaries'. I (A1) ... of actuaries untill my friend Greg, whose mother is an actuary, told me about them. a) was never heard b) was never hearing c) had never heard d) have never heard e) will never hear 18) Actuaries usually work for companies, like ensurance companies, which deal with the chances of things happening in the future. Actuaries have to decide how probable it is that something (A2)... . a) is happened b) was happened c) will be happened d) had happened e) will happen 19) For example, it's more probable that buildings will be flooded in places where it (A3) ... a lot. a) rains b) was rained c) will be rained d) had rained e) is rained 20) Greg's mum, who has been an actuary for about five years, (A4) ... with car insuarance. She works in an office where they decide how much car insurance people should pay. a) has involved b) is involved c) will involve d) was involving e) had involved 21) Citymeals on Wheels is one of the largest meals-on-wheels programmes in the United States. The team there (A1) ... over two million meals by hand every year to more than 18,000 elderly New Yorkers who can no longer shop or cook themselves. a) had delivered b) will be delivered c) is delivered d) was delivered e) delivers 22) Gael Green, a restaurant critic, and James Beard, cookbook author, (A2) ... the organisation back in 1981. a) have started b) started c) were started d) have been starting e) are starting 23) They (A3) ... to learn that budget cuts meant that many elderly New Yorkers had nothing to eat on weekdays and holidays. So they decided to do something. a) shocked b) were shocking c) had shocked d) have shocked e) were shocked 24) By asking friends and co-workers in the food community, they were able to raise 30,000 dollars to help them give a meal to 6,000 elderly people! Since then, the operation (A4) ... and the demand is now far greater. a) was grown b) was growing c) will be grown d) has grown e) grows 25) Last summer, I went on holiday with my friends Lily and jack. One day, we (A1) ... on the beach, watching people fly across the water on a banana boat - a long yellow rubber boat pulled by a speedboat. a) had stood b) have been standing c) were standing d) were stood e) have stood 26) It looked like such a great thrill that we (A2) ... to try it. a) decide b) decided c) were deciding d) have decided e) were decided 27) I held on as tightly as I could. Then, as the speedboat was making a sharp turn, the banana tipped over and we all fell into the water. Laughing, I looked around for my friends. Suddenly I saw that Lily had blood all over her face. Jack and I swam towards her to see what (A3) ... . a) had happened b) has been happening c) was happened d) happens e) is happening 28) I felt quite panicky. By this time, the driver had noticed what was going on, and came back to help. We took Lily to hospital as soon as we got to shore. Later, we (A4) ... that she had a broken nose from hitting the water so hard, but luckily she hadn't been seriously injured! a) told b) have told c) were told d) were telling e) tell 29) LinkedIn is a social networking site for professionals. It (A1) ... in 2003 and a) is launched b) was launching c) has been launching d) was launched e) has launched 30) it (A2) ... mainly for professional networking. a) now uses b) is now using c) is now used d) will now use e) has now used 31) The number of LinkedIn users is increasing very fast: two new members join the website every second. It now has over 875 million users, and 40% of them check their profile every day. Professionals nowadays use the site to find jobs and business opportunities, and companies search for potential candidates. Users can follow different companies and also see who (A3) ... their profile page. a) will already be visited b) has already visited c) had already visited d) was already visited e) is already visited 32) Other features include groups and online conversations. It is estimated that over 200 conversations (A4) ... place right now. a) are taking b) were taking c) are taken d) will be taken e) had taken

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