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33. Dawton ---- only a population of 780 in 1995 37. A metaphor, often used in poetry, ---- two
but it ---- since then. things that are different, but ---- something in
common.
A) has had / has been doubling
A) compares / will have
B) had / has doubled
C) has had / doubles B) compared / had
C) will compare / have
D) was having / doubled
E) had / is doubling D) has compared / had
E) compares / have

34. The African elephant, whose oldest ancestor, 38. Sebastian ---- at Susan’s house a little before
the mammoth, ---- during prehistoric times, ---- 9 pm, but she wasn’t there because she ---- at
one of the oldest surviving animal species on the library for her final examination in French.
our planet.
A) has arrived / has been studying
A) appears / is
B) arrives / studies
B) has appeared / has been C) had arrived / had studied
C) appeared / had been D) will arrive / will be studying
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D) had appeared / was E) arrived / was studying
E) appeared / is

35. Radovan Karadzic of Serbia ---- somewhere 39. It ---- incessantly all day, unlike yesterday,
in his country ever since the UN ---- in the when the sun ---- brightly in a clear sky.
chaotic situation in the region. A) is raining / shone
A) hides / intervenes B) rained / is shining
B) has been hiding / intervened
C) has rained / has been shining
C) hid / has intervened
D) has been raining / was shining
D) is hiding / will intervene
E) rains / has shone
E) will have hidden / had intervened

36. I could see him lying there on his back; he ---- 40. When the mechanic ----, the photocopier was
a pair of pyjamas and he ---- funny in them. hot because it ---- for 6 hours.

A) has worn / was looking A) has arrived / was working
B) is wearing / looks B) arrives / is working
C) wore / has looked C) arrived / had been working
D) has been wearing / is looking D) had arrived / will be working
E) was wearing / looked E) arrived / was working

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