Domande Idoneità Lingua Inglese B2/B1 - (Crocette, Cloze, Reading)

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It’s difficult to calculate how many tourists ___ Bologna over the last year because many people also come here for

business or to visit trade fairs

- have passed through

- had passed

- pass through

- have been passed

The lamp they had seen in the department store was more than ___ as the one they found online

- three mes as expensive

- twice the expense

- four mes cheaper

- double the expensive

I offered to forward her a copy of the police report on the incident, but she said she had already requested one through

official channels

- had already requested

- is already requested

- already requests

- already reques ng

There is some hope of a reduc on in come tax in the near future ___ the economy does not go into recession again

- as long as

- as soon as

- whereas

- such as

Do you think you’ll ___ to finish the slides by this evening? We really need them for tomorrow’s presenta on

- be able

- achieve

- succeed

- ought

Most people are aware that we ___ about the dangers of climate change for decades and have taken very li le ac on to

reduce it

- have known

- know

- are knowing

- have been knowing

It seems that for Ayrton Senna the more dangerous the racing track was, ___ exci ng he found it

- the more

- the more

- more and more

- much more

The deadline for all applica ons is the end of the month, but you ___ to wait un l the last day

- ought not

- couldn’t

- mustn’t

- shouldn’t

I think large corpora ons would improve their image with consumers if they ___ using so much plas c in the packaging

of their products in future

- stopped

- would be stopping

- will stop

- had stopped

Rupert Murdoch ___ a huge empire of media networks around the world. Who knows who will inherit his fortune?

- s ll owns

- is s ll

- has s ll owned

- is owning s ll

If governments hadn’t decided to act together on on climate change, global warming already be ___

- far worse

- very worse

- very badly

- for the worst

Please form a queue behind the yellow line and wait un l the person in front of you ___ the counter before coming

forward

- has le

- is le

- won’t leave

- doesn’t leave

If students so not provide valid proof of iden ty they ___ take the exam. A recent photograph is required

- will not be able

- ought not

- forbi en

- could not

The temple of Angkor Wat, one of the most significant archaeological sites in southeast Asia, ___ at some me during

th

the 15 century

- was abandoned

- been abandoned

- had abandoned

- abandoned

One of the major advantages of the training programme is that it is open to people of all ages and does not require

par cipants to be ___ proficient

- technologically

- technologise

- technologist

- technological

If it hadn't been for the marvellous performance of Annabelle Jacobs in the tle role, most of the audience ___ the

theatre feeling rather disappointed last night

- would have le

- would be le

- might not leave

- hadn’t le

The drug cer fica on process is very slow. By the me approval is finally granted, the disease ___ uncontrollably for

almost a year

- will have been spreading

- had been spread

- spread

- going to be spreading

The Bri sh government ___ greater limita ons on travel from one region to another, but nothing has been finalised yet.

- is thinking of imposing

- thinks to introduce

- thinks they impose

- are thinking that

The best thing about being on holiday is ___ get up early. I can stay in bed as long as I like

- not having to

- to have not

- don’t have to

- not able to

Childhood obesity now poses a serious health threat in many countries but it ___ be so much of an issue in genera ons

growing up in the pre-digital era

- didn’t use to

- wouldn’t have

- wasn’t used to

- hadn’t got

The city council has approved a series of new benefits for those switching to ___ energy sources, including subsidies to

install solar panels

- renewable

- renewably

- renew

- renewal

The whole system needs ___ updated urgently in order to avoid the loss of important data, as well as to increase user-

friendliness

- to be

- be

- being

- having

This year is the first me that people ___ substan al numbers of deer and other wild animals appear in ci es

- have seen

- looked

- are regarding

- was no ced

As a child Jeff Koons ___ o en go to the Philadelphia Museum of Art with his aunt and so he saw Duchamp's work when

he was very young

- would

- were used

- had

- would

It ___ that over a quarter of the Amazon rainforest will be without trees by 2030, if current rates of deforesta on

con nue

- will es mate (?)

- is es ma ng

- is es mated

- had es mate

Students ___ extend the loan period unless the book has been reserved by another reader or the number of renewals

has been exceeded

- may

- are able

- need

- are permi ed

There was ___ close result in the 2020 American elec ons, that Trump was able to contest the numbers in many states

- such as

- so

- such

- so much

The company ___ on the project for several years when they were forced to abandon it be because investors were

dissa sfied with the returns

- had been working

- have been working

- are working

- were worked

A: The guest violinist tonight is one of the best in the world.

B: It says here that she has been taken ill and ___ a er all.

- won’t be performing

- don’t perform

- hasn’t been performed

- want to perform

Medicinal cannabis is thought ___ effec ve in the treatment of certain ailments, such as chronic pain, glaucoma and

epilepsy

- to be

- to bein