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33. The scientists had been trying to find the 37. As soon as the young officer noticed the
error on the machinery for hours ---- landmine by the road, ----

A) when the new assistant solved the problem A) it was capable of destroying a huge army
easily truck
B) while the electronic engineers were checking B) he signalled the convoy to halt immediately
the circuits C) it had been there for several months
C) by the time another device failure had occured D) several members of his troop had lost their
lives there
D) before professional workmen arrived at the E) technical staff had been working to defuse it
Oakland Street for an hour
E) just as the main computer was being shut
down

38. Before the victim lost consciousness after the
violent attack, ----
34. When we saw the smoke coming out of the A) he has lost one eye due to extensive
garage, ---- haemorrhage
A) one of the apprentices may have left the B) they should not have taken him to the nearest
heater open hospital
C) he was able to give a full description of the
B) one of the engines might have been on fire attacker
C) my father would have already called the fire D) many young police officers were investigating
engine the case
D) we thought someone might have been E) we have had to question him about some
smoking there important details
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of-term play so quickly, ----
35. Apparently, with this speed of ours, by the 39. As we were to finish preparations for the end-
time we arrive at the conference hall, ---- A) get ready to witness trivial errors in any live
performance
A) motorists will have occupied all vacant B) it was going to be staged soon
parking places C) the players were getting more and more
B) the presentation has already started anxious as the date it would be staged was
approaching
C) all of the participants have been looking D) we didn’t have enough time to check whether
forward to it everything had been done correctly
D) it is at the far end of the city E) things hadn’t gone as planned and we had
E) we need to rush to find vacant seats had to postpone the ceremony

40. After the attendants had obtained information
36. Even when the child’s adaptation problems about the content of the meeting, ----.
became serious, ----
A) they learned that an up-to-date subject was
A) school authorities were the ones to consult first on the agenda as usual
B) the parents still chose to ignore obvious signs B) they did a lot of research before it started
C) one of the attendants had asked the chairman
C) possible solutions have to be considered a difficult question
D) problems he might cause at school are hard D) nobody had predicted that a quarrel would
to predict break out
E) they had been giving out signals for lack of E) several people have refused to follow the
help chairman’s suggestions

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