1) The director wanted _______ and was prepared to pay his staff overtime for them to do the work involved. a) the office reorganized b) the office reorganize c) office reorganized d) the office reorganization 2) The government has had the military ________ anti-terrorist patrols around the capital's airport. a) stepped up b) steps up c) step up d) to step up 3) I have had my hair _______ three times this month and it still doesn't look right. a) cutted b) was cut c) to cut d) cut 4) The customer informed the waitress that he wanted his eggs _______ for at least three minutes. a) boil b) boiled c) boiling d) will boil 5) The lathe operator ________ his apprentice clean and recalibrate the machine every morning. a) got b) had c) instructed d) forced 6) For many years, some counties in the southern United States made their convicted prisoners _______ in chain gangs. a) worked b) to work c) working d) work 7) The farmer had his laborers _______ the fruit slowly and carefully. a) pick b) picked c) to pick d) picking 8) When he finally succeeded in cutting down the tree, John had all of the branches and pieces of trunk _______ by a garbage removal firm. a) take away b) to take away c) took away d) taken away 9) The teacher never lets his students _______ their homework late. a) hand in b) handed in c) handing in d) will hand in 10) The teacher had his students _______ all the work they had done that semester before he gave them the test. a) review b) reviewed c) were reviewed d) to review 11) If you visited Edinburgh, you _______ the castle: it's easily the most dominant feature of the city's skyline. a) see b) saw c) will see d) had seen 12) He _______ a professional soccer player if he hadn't been conscripted at the beginning of World War II. a) became b) would become c) would have become d) will have become 13) If I _______ the teacher of that class, I wouldn't stand for their indiscipline. a) am b) was c) were d) will be 14) If the sky glows red in the evening, the next morning _______ fine. a) is b) was c) had been d) will be 15) If only I had had another hour, I _______ the report before the boss returned and asked to see it. a) could have finished b) could finish c) can finish d) will have finished 16) The collapse of their economy would have been much worse if their currency _______ to the dollar. a) is not pegged b) was not pegged c) had not been pegged d) was pegging 17) I'll have to cut down my cigarette consumption if the government _______ and raises the tax on tobacco. a) goes ahead b) went ahead c) had gone d) will go 18) If I found a wallet in the street, I _______ it to the police station and hand it in. a) take b) will take c) would take d) took 19) If production continues at the current level, we _______ our quota for this quarter. a) make b) will make c) made d) would make 20) If Japan had not become involved in World War II, its economy _______ the British years before it actually did in the mid-1960's. a) can overtake b) could overtake c) could have overtaken d) will have overtaken

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