C1 Advanced English Grammar Practice Test 2

1. Water has a moderating effect on temperature,  ………… summer and midday heat, and winter and midnight cold.

2. The outbreak of fire underground  ……….. an excellent opportunity for ……… a no smoking rule.

3. I don’t like the timetable they have given me; all my classes are after lunch but I would ……….. teach in the morning.

4. The very idea of establishing a literary ‘canon’ has become …………. controversial that the people running the Library of America have wisely avoided using the term.

5. The doctors are of the opinion that if the disorder ……….. a few months earlier, it ……… treated successfully.

6. When that happened, their hopes ………. because the army ………… its most trusted leaders.

7. Of course, it can never be proved, but just the same, some people think that it ………. better for these children if they had been forcibly taken away from their families.

8. For a business to be really successful, team work is essential and the members of team must support ………. .

9. ……………, I had to notify not only the police but also the health authorities.

10. We still  …………. that any changes in the law along these lines ………. to our advantage