There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.

51. If you explained the situation to your solicitor¹, he ________ able to advise you much better than I can.

A. would be B. will have been C. was D. were

52. _________, Mr. Wells is scarcely in sympathy with the working class.

A. Although he is a socialist² B. Even if he is a socialist

C. Being a socialist D. Since he is a socialist

53. His remarks were ________ annoy everybody at the meeting.

A. so as to B. such as to C. such to D. as much as to

54. James has just arrived, but I didn’t know he _________ until yesterday.

A. will come B. was coming C. had been coming D. came

55. _________ conscious of my moral obligations as a citizen.

A. I was and always will be B. I have to be and always will be

C. I had been and always will be D. I have been and always will be

56. Because fuel supplies are finite and many people are wasteful³, we will have to install _________ solar heating device in our home.

A. some type of B. some types of a

C. some type of a D. some types of

57. I went there in 1984, and that was the only occasion when I ________ the journey in exactly two days.

A. must take B. must have made

C. was able to make D. could make

58. I know he failed his last test, but really he’s _________ stupid.

A. something but B. anything but

C. nothing but D. not but

59. Do you know Tim’s brother? He is _________ than Tim.

A. much more sportsman B. more of a sportsman

C. more of sportsman D. more a sportsman

60. That was not the first time he ________ us. I think it’s high time we ________ strong actions against him.

A. betrayed…take B. had betrayed…took

C. has betrayed…took D. has betrayed…take

61. What’s the chance of ________ a general election this year?

A. there being B. there to be

C. there be D. there going to be