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en UFO Lands Near London: Multiple Choice Grammar Test
Two British policemen (1)________ to investigate a glowing flying saucer on 31 March, the day before April Fool’s Day. When the policemen (2)________ a field in Surrey, they saw a small figure (3)________ a silver space suit walking out of a spacecraft. Immediately the police (4)________ in the opposite direction. Reports (5) ________ that the alien was in fact a midget, and the flying saucer was a hot air balloon that specially (6)________ to look (7) ________a UFO by Richard Branson, the (8) ________ chairman of Virgin Records.
Branson (9)________ to land the balloon in (10)________ Hyde Park on 1 April. However, a wind change had brought him (11) ________ in a Surrey field. The police (12)________ with phone calls from (13) ________ motorists as the balloon drifted (14)________ the motorway. One lady was (15)________ shocked by the incident that she didn’t realize that she (16) ________ in front of her window as she (17)________ the UFO to a radio station.
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1 | sent | are sent | were sent | sending |
| 2 | arrived to | arrived at | arriving at | had arrived to |
| 3 | who wearing | worn | being worn | wearing |
| 4 | ran down | ran of | ran off | ran out of |
| 5 | revealed | were revealed | have revealed | reveal |
| 6 | built | have been built | were built | had been built |
| 7 | like | as | such as | as if |
| 8 | 36-year-old’s | 36-year-old | 36-year-olds | 36-years-old |
| 9 | was planned | planning | have planned | had planned |
| 10 | London’s | the London’s | Londons’ | Londons |
| 11 | below | down | above | up |
| 12 | bombarded | was bombarded | were bombarded | being bombarded |
| 13 | to terrify | teriffy | terrifying | terrified |
| 14 | over | under | inside | through |
| 15 | such | so | too | enough |
| 16 | was standing nake | standing naked | was standing naked | stand naked |
| 17 | describing | is describing | was describing | to describe |
1.C; 2.B; 3.D; 4.C; 5.A; .6.D; 7.A; 8.B; 9.D; 10.A; 11.B; 12.C; 13.D; 14.A; 15.B; 16.C; 17.C
