Adjective Clauses / Test-1

01.-65. sorularda, cümlede boş bırakılan yere 6. The Spice Girls, one of ____ members has
uygun düşen sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. just left the band, have decided to
continue as a four piece band.

1. As I cross the bridge over the Bosphorus, I A) which

can see the school ____ my friend studied. B) where
A) where C) whose
B) that D) that
C) which E) whom
D) who
E) when 7. The Australian Indian Pacific Train, ____ was

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the world’s first transcontinental train
2. Joseph is an accomplished artist, ____ linking two oceans, is one of the world’s
skills include painting and drawing. most luxurious long- distance train.

A) who A) that
B)whose B) where
C) whom C) which
D) what D) when
E) that E) whose

3. A bear will only attack a human ____ 8. Many of the medieval buildings in
threatens it. Frankfurt on Main Germany were destroyed
A) where in the World War II, one of ____ was the
B) who birthplace and childhood home of the great
C) which German author Goethe.
D) what
E) when A) which
B) whom
4. The Goethe Institute, ____ is named after the C) whose
greatest writer in German literature, is D) where
respected worlwide as a resource and E) when
educational center.
9. We were wondering the reason ____ the club
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A) when had cancelled this week’s meeting.

B) why
C) that A) where
D) where B) which
E) which C) when
D) why
5. Turkey, ____ landscape changes E) who
dramatically from region to region, offers
enough variety to keep even the most 10. No amount of toys can make up for the love
adventurous traveler happy. and attention ____ every child needs.

A) which A) when
B) when B) where
C) that C) how
D) whose D) who
E) whom E) that

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11. Romania has over 100,000 children living in 16. In order to reinforce my son’s English at
orphanages, one in five of ____ will end his school, I’m looking for a private teacher ____
life in a psychiatric institution. can come in the evenings.

A) where A) when
B) whose B) whose
C) whom C) who
D) which D) whom
E) when E) where

12. This internationally acclaimed photographer, 17. We sometimes spend a week in a cottage in
one of ________ achievements is the Bridal Wales ____ belongs to a friend of my
Photograph of the Year Award, will be husband’s.

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holding a seminar on photographic
techniques this weekend. A) that
B) where
A) who C) whose
B) that D) who
C) which E) when
D)whose
E) when 18. In 1997, Princess Diana auctioned off
seventy-nine formal dresses, the most
13. Hong Kong, ____ is centred around the expensive of ____ fetched 222,500 dollars, to
world’s largest deep-water harbour, was raise money for AIDS and cancer
handed back to China on 30th June 1997. centres.

A) which A) who
B) where B) when
C) what C) where
D) how D)which
E) that E) whom

14. In Hong Kong, ____ there are many steep 19. It wasn’t so bad living in a student
areas, ninety percent of the people live on accommodation because the three girls with
fifteen percent of the land, resulting in the ____ I shared the apartment were very
highest population density in the world. easy-going and amusing.
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A) whose A) whom
B) who B) whose
C) which C) which
D) when D) who
E) where E) that

15. I wanted to do my laundry, but I couldn’t use 20. The company exports fifty percent of the
the machine because of a power cut, ____ products ____ it manufactures at this
frustrated me. factory.

A) whose A) whose
B) when B) that
C) that C) where
D) where D) who
E) which E) when

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21. The refugees, ____ had come to Germany 26. There are certain areas in the USA ____
from war-stricken Togo, were housed in brown bears still live in the wild.
temporary accommodation.
A) where
A) who B) whom
B) which C) that
C) when D) which
D) where E) when
E) that

22. All the students ____ have been chosen to 27. As I had forgotten my raincoat when we
participate in the end-of-term concert should went camping, Simon, ____ had brought two
come to the assembly room at 10 a.m. on with him, lent me one of his.
Saturday.

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A) whose
A) which B) when
B) when C) that
C) where D) which
D) that E) who
E) whose

23. My aunt, ____ son-in-law is the managing 28. Whenever I visited my aunt, she used to give
director of a large company, has been to a me a huge slice of cake, ____ she had baked
garden party at Buckingham Palace. herself.

A) who A) when
B) whom B) who
C) which C) which
D) whose D) where
E) where E) how

24. The use of wind, ____ is clean and

inexhaustible source of energy, to generate 29. My friend, ____ dream had always been to
electricity has increased lately because of own a country home, has just bought a nice
recent interest in fuel conservation. house in a small village.
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A) whose A) whose
B) which B) which
C) that C) that
D) who D) where
E) where E) when

25. His business partner wanted to discuss the

reason ____ he hadn’t been informed of the 30. State officials said two hundred people were
recent developments. injured in the train crash, of ____ ninety-five
had serious injuries.
A) which
B) when A) where
C) whose B) whose
D) why C) whom
E) where D) that
E) which

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31. When I came to live in Turkey, I found 36. Jacques Cousteau, the famous French
shopping at boutiques ____ don’t display ocean explorer ____ helped invent the Aqua
any prices very difficult. lung, died in 1997 aged 87.

A) when A) who
B) who B) where
C) whom C) when
D) that D) why
E) where E) which

37. The most spectacular monuments of ancient

32. Yesterday, a train ____ was travelling from America are found in Mexico, central
Munich to Hamburg in Germany crashed into America and the central Andes, ____ entire

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an overpass. cities with pyramids, temples and palaces
were built.
A) where
B) when A) when
C) who B) where
D) whose C) which
E) which D) that
E) why

33. Mexico City, ____ poverty, pollution and 38. Underwater explorers have been studying
water shortages are commonplace, now has the remains of Port Royal, Jamaica, ____
a total population of about twenty million. sank in the earthquake in 1692.

A) that A) where
B) which B) that
C) where C) which
D)why D) when
E) how E) how

34. Senegal, ____ main source of foreign 39. Do you believe there will be a time ____ all
income comes from peanuts, relies heavily nations live in peace?
on the world markets.
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A) why
A) which B) which
B) that C) when
C) whose D) where
D) why E) how
E) when

40. The club chairman, ____ the members

35. The 4th July every year is the day ____ thought to be trustworthy, has just
Americans celebrate their independence. disappeared with the club’s money.
A) where
B) which A) whom
C) who B) how
D) when C) when
E) why D) that
E) which

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41. The first practical deep sea diving suit, ____ 46. Divers at sites off Turkey have found the
was used to recover treasure from a wrecks of vessels ____ date as far back as
the 23rd century BC.
shipwreck called the “Mary Rose”, was
developed by John and Charles Dean.
A) when
A) that B) which
B) who C) where
C) when D) who
D) where E) whose
E) which

47. Only the elderly people of the village could

42. I won’t accept your homework unless you remember a winter ____ snow had blocked
can provide a good reason ____ you haven’t the road for so long.
handed it in on time.

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A) when A) when
B) why B) where
C) where C) which
D) which D) why
E) who E) whose

43. Oceans and seas are the bodies of salt water 48. Mark was not looking forward to telling
____ cover about 71 percent of the Earth’s Peter, ____ he had borrowed the book from,
surface. that he had left it on the train.

A) where A) that
B) when B) what
C) whose C) where
D) why D) who
E) that E) whose

44. Not much is known about African history 49. Cappadocia, ____ the volcanic landscape
until the year one thousand, ____ features peculiarly shaped stone towers
geographers first made written records. known as fairy chimneys, is of particular
interest to foreign travelers.

A) where
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A) when
B) whose
B) which
C) in which
C) how
D) how
D) that
E) that
E) where

45. A friend in England, _____ trip by

herself to India was a complete disaster, 50. The distinctive style of Seljuk architecture
says that, from now on, she will stick to can be seen in bridges, many of ___ are still
package tours to resort areas. in use today.

A) of which A) where
B) whom B) which
C) whose C) that
D) that D) whom
E) when E) what

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51. This illness, ____ to be caused by a virus, 56. John Walker Lind, a young American
cannot be treated with antibiotics. ____fought for the Taliban, is on trial in the
United States.
A) believing
B) having believed A) who
C) to have believed B) whom
D) to believe C) which
E) believed D) where
E) when

52. The boy ____ by the dog was given an

injection against rabies.

A) biting
B) to have bitten

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57. The best person ____ us some information
C) bitten
about Cyprus is Elif because she used to
D) to bite
live there.
E) having bitten

A) to give
53. ____ from the thirteenth century, the “Kızıl B) given
Kule”, or “Red Tower”, in Alanya was very C) being given
skilfully restored in the 1950s. D) have given
E) to be given
A) To date
B) Dating
C) Having dated
D) To be dated
E) To be dating 58. The player, ____ this opponent on two
previous occasions, is quite confident of
victory tomorrow.
54. Every 100,000 liras ____ to the charity will
pay for on tree to be planted as part of the A) beaten
city’s tree campaign. B) to beat
C) who is beaten
A) given D) who beat
B) giving E) to have beaten
C) give
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D) to give
E) having given

59. The four students ____ to represent the

university during the inter-university
55. Peter, ____ by his children that it was a good
idea, bought a puppy for them last weekend. challenge were chosen yesterday.

A) to be persuaded A) to trust
B) persuaded B) having trusted
C) having persuaded C) trusting
D) persuading D) to be trusting
E) to persuade E) being trusted

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60. In cycling, the best way ____ smooth, 64. Once almost extinct, the silver gray Hawaiian
powerful pedalling is to practice using low to Monk Seal, ____ since 1909, now lives in
large numbers in an area Northwest of
moderate gears.
Hawaii.

A) to achieve
A) having protected
B) being achieved
B) protecting
C) achieved
C) to be protecting
D) be achieved
D) protected
E) to have achieved
E) to protect

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65. Marcus, ____ a position that is at a higher
61. A reputable supplier ____ care to ensure
salary than his current position, is now
high standards is the best place to buy a thinking of resigning from his post.
computer from.
A) offered
A) being taken B) to be offered
B) taken C) offering
C) taking D) offer
D) to be taking E) having offered
E) to have taken

62. We couldn’t find time ____ we could practise

the songs for the concert.

A) which
B) why
C) in that
D) then
E) when
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63. The Galata Tower, _____ overlooks the

Bosphorus, the Golden Hom and the Sea of
Marmara, has the most spectacular view in
Istanbul.

A) when
B) which
C) where
D) whose
E) whom

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6. Thailand, ____ historical golden temples and
01.-65. sorularda, cümlede boş bırakılan yere
breathtaking beaches attract visitors from
uygun düşen sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. across the globe, obtains its largest source
of foreign earnings from the tourist industry.
1. Thanks to modern technology, people ____ A) when
have hearing problems are enjoying B) whose
improved hearing with the use of hearing C) how
aids. D) which
E) that
A) which
B) when
C) that 7. On the Prince’s Islands in the Marmara Sea,
D) where ____ there are no motor vehicles, horse-

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E) what drawn carriages are the normal method of
transportation.
2. My grandmother, _____ has hearing A) whose
problems, sometimes can’t hear the things B) which
____ I am saying to her. C) where
D) when
A) who / which
E) that
B) which / how
C) whom / what
D) to whom / that 8. Sir David Attenborough, ____ is probably the
E) who / what best known and most respected English
wildlife reporter, is currently filming a
series entitled “The Life of Birds” in the
3. We have lots of house-plants on our
Venezuelan rain forest.
balcony, most ____ will have to be brought
inside in the winter. A) where
B) when
A) of whom C) that
B) of which D) who
C) whose E) whose
D) in which
E) with whom
9. The material ____ we chose to cover our
dining room chairs with looks too bright now
4. When I returned to England after living in
that they have been covered.
America, it took me some time to find an
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electricity electrical adapter for my

A) of which
computer, ____ I had brought back with me.
B) what
A) where C) where
B) when D) when
C) that E) that
D) whose
E) which
10. Today’s customers ____ wanted to take
5. Pioneer has developed a voice-activated car advantage of the special offer were
CD system ____allows you to select a disc disappointed to find out that the shop had
while you are driving. sold out of that model.

A) where A) which
B) when B) when
C) which C) where
D) what D) whom
E) how E) who

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11. The Colombian football star, ____ the club 16. The Battle of Little Bighorn, in ____ all 225
hired at the beginning of the season, has cavalry troops were killed, was the last
scored ten goals in the matches played so Native American victory in the Indian Wars
far. of the USA.

A) whom A) that
B) whose B) who
C) where C) when
D) which D) which
E) when E) where

12. Frank Sinatra, ____ songs are known 17. I’m never going to go back to that
worldwide, died earlier this year. greengrocer’s because the last time I went
there I bought a kilo of tomatoes, half ____

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A) which turned out to be rotten.
B) where
C) that A) from what
D) when B) of whom
E) whose C) of which
D) whose
E) that

13. Botany is the branch of biology ____ deals

with plants.
18. It’s best to buy fruit and vegetables during
A) who the season ____ they are better in quality
B) that and cheaper.
C) when
D) where A) which
E) whose B) when
C) whose
D) where
E) what
14. Today’s American Indians are descendants
of the people ____ discovered and settled in
America more than 20,000 years ago.
19. The boat will take us to the Black Sea coast,
A) who ____ we will have a picnic and play some
B) when games before returning at about 4 p.m.
C) which
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D) where A) when
E) whose B) who
C) which
D) whose
E) where
15. In 1830, the US Army forced the Cherokee
Indians to march 2,000 miles to Oklahoma.
Approximately fifteen thousand Indians were
involved in this march, four thousand ____ 20. I had never had any health problems until
died on the way. last July, ____I was taken to hospital with a
very high fever.
A) for which
B) whose A) where
C) of whom B) which
D) where C) that
E) about what D) when
E) whom

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21. We should put the posters in a place ____ 27. Our previous manager, ____ had been an
lots of people will see them. English teacher for over fifteen years, has
decided to open his own school.
A) which
B) whom
A) that
C) where
B) who
D) who
C) which
E) whose
D) where
E) when
22. Smith’s Gym, ____ I attend aerobic classes,
is opening a sauna and solarium.
A) which 28. There was a time ____ there were beaches
B) whom along the coast from Kadıköy to Kartal in
C) when İstanbul, but now this area has been turned
D) that into a coast road and footpaths.

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E) where
A) which
B) what
23. Our company has made a video to show us C) how
the security procedures ____ we should D) which
follow. E) when
A) when
B) whose
C) why 29. Now _____ as Penicillin G, Benzyl penicillin
D) which is the naturally occurring molecule.
E) where
A) knowing
B) be known
24. 1989 was the year ____ the Berlin Wall, ____ C) to know
had stood as a symbol of the division of D) known
Germany for almost thirty years, was pulled E) likely to know
down.
A) when / which
B) where / which
C) whose / why 30. The football star and coach Rund Gullit says
D) which / which that he thinks football is like a fast-moving
E) why / that game of chess, in ____ you’re required to
think two or three steps ahead.

25. Matthew’s brother, on ____ directions we A) where

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were relying, hadn’t drawn a good map, so it B) which

took us an hour to find the theatre. C) whom
D) that
A) which E) what
B) whom
C) who
D) whose
E) where 31. The primary school period is the time ____
Parents should begin to teach their children
to make some decisions on their own.
26. He’ll tell us his opinion after he has had a
look at our project, _____ will be very A) that
beneficial for the group. B) which
A) that C) who
B) whose D) how
C) which E) where
D) where
E) to which

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32. The World Wildlife Fund is an organisation 37. The dance known in the West as the belly
____ help protect wildlife, especially dance, ____ probably originated in Persia, is
endangered species. a popular dance form in Middle Eastern
countries.
A) where
B) whose A) whom
C) when B) that
D) which C) where
E) what D) which
E) when

33. Despite his immense popularity and

success, Mozart, ____ is considered by
some to be the greatest musical genius of all 38. Salzburg city in Austria, ____ the great
time, died in great debt. composer Mozart was born in, is known for
its musical heritage and hosts the annual

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A) when Salzburg Festival of Music.
B) who
C) whom A) when
D) that B) whose
E) whose C) which
D) where
E) that

34. At first, there was a problem with the hotel

room, for ____ the tour operator apologised
and gave us a small refund. 39. The coastal village ____ we spent our
holiday in was so beautiful that we are
A) whom planning to go there next year again.
B) when
C) where A) which
D) that B) how
E) which C) when
D) what
E) where
35. The Cyrillic alphabet, ____ is used for
writing some Slavic languages such as
Russian and Bulgarian, has now been 40. The top student, ____ the teacher had
adopted by several members of the former expected to score the best mark on the test
USSR. again, actually only just managed to pass it.
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A) which A) whom
B) that B) when
C) whom C) whose
D) where D) which
E) when E) where

36. The 9th century Greek missionary St. Cyrill,

with ____ The Cyrilic alphabet is associated, 41. What fascinates me most about the ancient
probably did not developed this alphabet Inca civilisations of South America is the
himself, but it was more likely devised later way they built their cities on mountain tops
by his followers. _____the weather is very warm.

A) to which
A) which
B) where
B) where C) whose
C) whom D) that
D) whose E) at which
E) when

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42. Dance forms, having probably taken 48. Henry Fonda was a film star ____ began his
centuries to develop, reflect the customs of career as a stage actor.
the society ____ they have evolved.
A) whose
A) for what B) which
B) in which C) when
C) how D) where
D) that E) who
E) whom

43. The German town Regensburg, ____ lies at 49. The number of people living in Scotland
the point ____ the river Regen flows into the ____ can speak the native Celtic language of
river Danube, is famous for its sausages. Scottish Gaelic is now only 80,000.
A) where / which A) who
B) whose / which B) where
C) which / whose C) when

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D) that / whom D) which
E) which / where E) whom

44. Our local shop, ____ sells ice-cream and 50. Nova Scotia, located on the east coast of
baklava, makes everything ____ it sells at Canada, ____ name means New Scotland,
the shop. has the largest number of Scottish Gaelic
A) that / where speakers outside Scotland.
B) when / that
C) which / that A) which
D) who / which B) where
E) where / whom C) whose
D) that
E) whom
45. Actually, Patrick is the right person____ the
main character in the school play. 51. ____ from the destruction of many forests,
marshy wasteland constitutes much of the
A) who to play Scottish Highlands.
B) to play
C) he played
D) played A) To result
E) whom he palyed B) To have resulted
C) Result
D) Resulted
46. The shop ____ we eventually found the type
of barbecue we were looking for is just E) Resulting
around the corner from our house.
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A) which 52. August is the month ____ the Chinese call

B) that "the month of the hungry ghosts".
C) who
D) where A) when
E) when B) what
C) how
D)which
47. The Hippopotamus, ____ eyes and E) whose
nostrils are high on his head to allow it to
stay in water for long periods, is largely an
aquatic animal. 53. What’s the name of that new film ____ Bruce
Willes?
A) who A) to have starred
B) that B) starred
C) which C) to be starring
D) where D) starring
E) whose E) having been starred

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54. My father, ____ by the doctor, was 60. Air France’s jets, ____ specially for the
prescribed some tables and told to eat foods World Cup with designs featuring football
____ little or no fat. stars, transported the various teams around
the France during the event.
A) to be examined / having contained
B) to examine / to contain
A) to paint
C) examined / containing
B) painting
D) examining / contained
C) to be painted
E) having examined / having been contained
D) painted
E) having painted
55. I think the carpet ____ to me for my birthday
61. The first film ____ to a paying audience was
is handmade.
made by two French brothers, Louis and
A) to have given Auguste Lumiere.
B) given
C) to give A) showing

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D) having given B) having shown
E) giving C) shown
D) be shown
E) to show
56. Predominantly ____ the liver, acute viral
hephatites is a systemic infectious disease. 62. Not one of the stands ____ newspapers and
magazines near the ferry terminal stocks
A) affecting English publications.
B) affected
C) to be affected A) to sell
D) being affeted B) having sold
E) affects C) selling
D) sold
E) to have sold
57. Gregory, not ____ of the cigarette smoking,
always ask his guests to smoke outside on
the balcony. 63. All the electrical appliances ____ by that
company come with a plug already fitted.
A) to approve
B) approved A) having sold
C) approving B) selling
D) to have approved C) to sell
E) being approved D) sold
E) to be selling
58. All of the people ____ in the accident were 64. The only Englishman ever ____ Roman
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immediately taken to hospital. Catholic pope was Adrian IV in 1154.

A) injuring A) to be elected
B) injured B) to elect
C) to have injured C) electing
D) to injure D) been elected
E) having injured E) having elected

65. For weeks after the earthquake, there were

59. The west of Turkey is much different from the many stories in the newspapers of people
east, _____ people follow a much more ____ their lives to help free those trapped
traditional lifestyle. under the rubble.

A) which A) to have risked

B) what B) to risk
C) when C) had risked
D) whom D) risked
E) where E) risking

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01.-45. sorularda, cümlede boş bırakılan yere 5. From the Black Forests, ____ it rises, the
uygun düşen sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz. Danube flows a distance of 2,850 kilometres
to the Black Sea.

1. Istanbul is a city ____ you can literally see

A) when
growing bigger and bigger with each year.
B) why
C) which
A) where
D) where
B) when
E) that
C) who
D) which
6. During the World Cup, dozens of officers
E) whose

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patrolled the main avenues of Paris, ____
cafes overflowed with football fans.
2. Every month the queues at the traffic lights
A) where
on the way to Istanbul get longer and longer,
B) when
____ is extremely frustrating, and people
C) which
can’t help wondering what it is going to be
D) that
like ten years from now.
E) who
A) where
7. My brother John, one of ____ strongest fears
B) which
when he was young was of heights,
C) what
surprisingly, became a pilot.
D) that
E) how
A) which
B) whose
C) when
3. The World Cup fans pelted policemen with
D) that
stones after a police motorist, ____ had tried
E) where
to force through a crowd, struck and injured
a supporter.
8. The chief advisor, by ____ the president had
been betrayed, had ambitious of becoming
A) which
the president himself.
B) that
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C) who
A) when
D) where
B) where
E) when
C) which
D) that
E) whom
4. The River Danube, ____ flows through
Germany, Hungary, Austria, Serbia, Romania
9. ____ like the Greek letter “omega”, Coffin
and borders Slovakia, Croatia, Bulgaria and
Spring is nothing new in orthodontics.
Ukraine, is the longest and the most
important river in Central Europe.
A) Shaping
B) To be shaped
A) that
C) Shaped
B) when
D) To shaped
C) where
E) To shape
D) whose
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10. Hawaii’s soil, ____ is composed of volcanic 15. My friend Tom Ellis, ____ words are always
lava, ash and sandy stone, is so fertile that it carefully-chosen, had never considered
yields eleven tons of sugar per acre, ____ is entering politics before.
the largest yield on Earth.
A) when
B) where
A) that / that
C) whom
B) where / why
D) which
C) what / which
E) whose
D) which / which
E) whose / where
16. Much of the pure gold that exists in the
world is stored by governments in
11. She came from New England, ____ people
underground vaults, ____ it is kept under
chop their own wood, so she found breaking
very strict security measures.
down the door when they’d locked

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themselves out very easy. A) when
B) which
A) when C) that
B) why D) whom
C) whom E) where
D) where
E) which 17. It’s estimated that in the 21th century
seventy-five percent of the world’s
12. Students ____ haven’t yet collected their population will be living within one hundred
student identification cards are remained kilometres of the sea, ____ is frightening,
that they have to do so before the end of the especially when we consider the
month. environmental effects.

A) where A) what
B) when B) which
C) who C) where
D) why D) that
E) whose E) when

13. The heart, ____ main function is to pump 18. The Earth, ____ resources are limited,
blood around the body, is greatly affected by should be respected and cared for;
the food we eat. otherwise, she will not be able to sustain the
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total world problem.

A) where
B) whose A) when
C) when B) whom
D) which C) which
E) that D) whose
E) that
14. The original inhabitants of Hawaii were
probably Polynesians, ____ sailed from the 19. I know I’ve put my passport in a place ____ I
islands of South East Asia, perhaps as thought it would be safe, but now I can’t
nearly as 400 AD. remember it.

A) who A) which
B) where B) that
C) when C) where
D) why D) whose
E) whose E) when

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20. My son will have to catch a bus in order to 25. Even on New Year’s Eve, ____ most of us
get to the school ____ he’s enrolled in. are celebrating, the ambulance service staff
are working.
A) what
B) how A) where
C) that B) when
D) where C) which
E) why D) whom
E) that

26. The Jurassic period, from 190 to 136 million

21. Even the people travelling around the world years ago, was the period during ____ most
and working abroad, eventually feel a of the major groups of dinosaurs evolved.

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longing for the country in ____ they grew up.
A) when
A) where B) that
B) which C) which
C) how D) why
D) that E) what
E) whose
27. Ferdinand Marcos, ____ to leave the
Philippines after allegation of stealing
22. When our car broke down on the way to foreign aid and treasury money, died in exile
Ankara, the mechanic ____ helped us knew in Hawaii.
exactly ____ the problem was.
A) forcing
A) whom / which B) to force
B) that / when C) to have forced
C) which / how D) having forced
D) whose / where E) forced
E) who / what
28. The film Great Expectations is based on the
novel by Charles Dickens, with ____ work I
23. The story ____ I was told by Leslie last night am quite familiar.
was really funny.
A) whom
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A) that B) which
B) who C) that
C) why D) whose
D) when E) what
E) where
29. One of the most controversial issues ____
lately is whether it should be legally
24. The conditions for the labourers ____ work acceptable for a relative or doctor to help
at Brazil’s gold mines, ____ 78 tons of gold end the life of a terminally ill patient ____
are mined each year, are very poor. intense pain.

A) who / when A) discussing / suffer

B) that / which B) discussed / suffering
C) which / that C) being discussed / to suffer
D) that / where D) discuss / having suffered
E) whose / how E) to discuss / suffer

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30. Our psychology professor has a strange 35. Our defeat, for ____ some players blame
theory shading light on the reason ____ themselves, was caused by bad luck and not
football violence is increasing. by our lack of capabilities.
A) whose
A) whom
B) why
B) which
C) that
C) where
D) what
D) why
E) which
E) what

31. Hawks, ____ eagles in the same bird family,

36. The students ____ had enrolled for the
greatly range in size.
course were disappointed when they found
A) having resembled out that it had been cancelled.

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B) to resemble
C) resembled A) which
D) to have resembled B) whose
E) resembling C) whom
D) that
E) when
32. Until the 20th century, the chief raisin
producers were Turkey, Iran and Greece. By
mid-century, however, the United States had 37. I think we should hire him because he is a
taken the lead in production, with Australia talented young man _____ abilities include
____ second. fluency in three languages.

A) ranking A) whose
B) rank B) of which
C) to rank C) who
D) be ranked D) with whom
E) to have ranked E) where

33. In the picnic area, we found a shady bank, 38. The result of our first match in the World
____ we stopped and ate our sandwiches. Cup, _____ was very exciting, was not what
we were hoping for.
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A) where
B) what A) when
C) when B) whose
D) which C) which
E) that D) where
E) that

34. This brand of orange juice is quite nice, but

not as tasty as the freshly squeezed orange 39. The school ____ to me by my friend is
juice ____ at our local supermarket. offering new courses in September.

A) to be sold A) to recommend
B) selling B) having recommended
C) sold C) to be recommended
D) having sold D) recommending
E) to have sold E) recommended

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40. Most of the people the police ____ about the 43. Formerly ____ as Siam, Thailand is one of
robbery ____ anything suspicious in the the most popular tourist spots in Asia.
area.
A) to know
A) to question / not having seen B) known
B) questioning / didn’t see C) knowing
C) having questioned / not to see D) knew
D) questioned / hadn’t seen E) having known
E) to have questioned / not seen

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41. Their existing customers, several of ____ 44. There are many daily newspapers in
were very interested in the new product, England, many of ____ are owned by two
were invited to a presentation. large media companies.

A) which A) that
B) whom B) what
C) that C) whom
D) where D) which
E) whose E) where

42. All of our current customers, ____ showed 45. Students ____ a foreign language can
an interest in the new product, attended the always benefit from visiting the country ____
meeting. language they are trying to learn.

A) when A) to study / where

B) that B) studied / in which
C) who C) studying / whose
D) where D) to be studied / that
E) whose E) being studied / why
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