TEST YOUR PREPOSITIONS 1 accused ....... providing enemy nations .......

secret
1- We all sighed .......... relief when we were confident that the information.
danger was .......... . A) with/for B) about/to C) for/over
A) for/above B) by/beyond C) in/over D) of/with K) by/in
D) about/out E) from/off
16- We'll have to make tonight's dinner ....... what is left .......
2- It is a terrible feeling when someone you trust ....... you from last night.
....... . A) for/on B) around/like C) of/with
A) thinks/over B) lets/down C) takes/off D) with/over EJ about/for
D) carries/out E) calls/up
17- When the first explorers arrived ........ the New World, all
3- Most of the best writing ......... Turkish has not been the principal types of corn that scientists recognise today
translated ......... English, so English-speakers must study were already ......... existence.
Turkish if they want to be able to read it. A) at/for B) in/in C) to/with
A) in/into B) by/at C) for/to D) on/to E) over/at
D) as/by E) of/from
18- Because she has been having problems ........ her parents,
4- Britain owes its popularity ....... a tourist destination Julie has decided to move ........ and live on her own.
largely ....... its fascinating heritage. A) in /lor BJ a t /with C) with/out
A) as/to B) for/with C)to/at D) for/on E) to/from
D) about/of E) from/for
19- Metals can be protected ........ corrosion ........ coating
5- Success ....... business depends ....... natural talent as well them.
as hard work. A) to/with B) by/for C) in/over
A) with/about B) for/of C) from/to D) from/by E) with/in
D) on/with E) in/on
20- The doctor told me that my nervous condition resulted .......
6- Although the company hired an expert who knew a lot ....... spending too much time worrying ....... my work.
the Turkish market, no one agreed ....... his advice. A) of /into B) a1 /around C) in/for
A) from/for B) of/about C) to/from D) by/along E) from/about
D) about/with E) by/toward s
21-1 always enjoy showing my visitors ....... London
7- The world would be a much safer place if no one had ....... because it is so full ....... history.
the idea of splitting the atom. A) up/for B) around/of C) off/about
A) cut down on B) made up for C} come up with D) with /in E) to/with
D) put up with E) gone down with
22- Most cosmetics are much alike; their differences lie mainly
8- In order for an opinion poll to be valid, the participants must be ........ how and ........ whom they are sold.
chosen ....... . A) over/in B) in/to C) at/with
A) in demand B) without control C) on occasions D) around/on E) for/from
D) on the way E) at random
23- She was only a snail child the last time I saw her six years
9- Springtime always reminds me ......... when I was young and ago, and she has certainly ....... a lot since then.
......... love. A) carried out B) taken off C) put on
A) to/with B) of/in C) into/about D) joined in E) grown up
D) about/for E) like/from 24- A few famous actors and actresses manage to remain
married ....... the same person ....... their entire lives.
10- Geographically, "continent" refers to the surface of large A) with/since B) to/for C) for/with
continuous landmasses that ......... about 29.2 percent of the D) of/in E) from /about
Earth's surface. 25- The crane always flies gracefully, with its neck and legs
A) bring down B) see off C) pull out stretched out ......... line ........ its body.
D) make up E) call in A) in/with B) into/in C) of/to
11- The English navigator Captain Cook became an explorer D) with/by E) at/for
because of his love ........ adventure and curiosity ......... distant
lands and their people. 26- Before the discovery ....... oil, Saudi Arabia's economy
A) for/at B) into/over C) over/with revolved ....... the Haj.
D) of/about E) with/through A) to/with B) about/from C) of/around
12- Many people in Britain worry that foreign refugees are .......... D) at/along E) for/for
but in fact more people are leaving Britain than those who are
arriving. 27- The lines of latitude stay parallel ....... one another while the
A) putting away B) crossing over C) flooding in lines of longitude meet ....... the ends of the Earth.
D) turning down E) dropping out A) of/in B) with/for C) at/of
13- The immense variety of dishes in the United States results, D) for/to E) to/at
.......... part, .......... the many peoples who settled the country
and took their traditional cookery there. 28- A country which becomes too dependent ....... tourism is
A) with/on B) in/from C) as/for vulnerable ........ economic crises in foreign countries.
D) for/about E) from/with A) for/with B) of/at C) to/for
D) in/about E) on/to
14- Today, students writing research papers like to get most of their
sources ....... the Internet rather than looking ....... them in the 29- The Crimean Peninsula is almost surrounded ........ water
library. because the Perekop Isthmus that joins it ........ the
A) from/for B) about/over C) in/after mainland is only 8 kilometres wide.
D) with/at E) for/towards A) to/with B) of/on C) for/off
D) by/to E) with/for
15- An official of the State Department was arrested after being
30- Whenever there is a meeting ........ heads of state, a large disappointment, there was nothing to eat in the fridge.
number of people work ......... the scenes to assure its A) with/in B) for/with C) at/on
success. D) in/about E) to/to
A) between/behind B) among/from C) by/under
D) through/at E) within/for 45- Of course you are putting ........ so much weight as you can
never pass by a bakery ....... stopping and buying
31- The Hindu Kush mountain range, which is the western something to eat.
extremity ....... the Himalayas, runs ....... Afghanistan. A) into/for B) by/into C) on/without
A) of/across B) for/along C) with/between D) out/like E) up/about
D) to/about E) at/with
46- In monopoly, the players throw dice to determine their
32- Many people all ......... the world see the United States moves ........ the board, and each tries to drive the others
......... the land of opportunity. ........ bankruptcy.
A) aiong/f.o B) within/from C) about/for A) off/with B) in/from C) on/into
D) over/as E) among/with D) out of/for E) with/about

33- In 1996 the Nobel prize in chemistry was awarded ......... 47- Mendel's experiments ........ garden peas showed that they
Robert Curl and two other chemists ......... their discovery inherited characteristics ........ their parents in a pattern
of the buckyball, a new form of the element carbon. that could be predicted mathematically.
A) with/into B) by/from C) to/for A) with/from B) in/towards C) by/into
D) for/out, of E) as/about D) on/beyond E) for/out of

34- Which of these two views is correct depends entirely .......

your point ....... view. 48- The fantastic skiing we had over the final thiee days ....... our
A) at/to B) to/for C) on/of disappointment earlier in the week, when there was no snow at
D) about/at E) for/by all.
A) looked down on B) made up for C) got on with
35- The Tibetan animal known ....... the "dzo" is a cross ....... a D) went down with E) ran out of
yak and a cow.
A) from/of B) as/between C) of/among 49- Akiko and Mural's friends are often surprised that they are so
D) about/with E) for/about happily married since they seem to have nothing ....... one
36- Frank is looking for a new job because, at his present one, he another.
only earns just enough to ....... and finds it impossible to save A) in common with B) in favour of C) in return for
anything. D) in the habit of E) for the sake of
A) live on B) put aside C) take after
D) hand in E) put out 50- ........ working 6O hours a week, Fred found himself .......
37- She spends so much money ....... clothes because she money most of the time because of his low wages and the high
always wants to wear what is ....... fashion. cost of living.
A) at/for B) in/with C) on/in A) After/upon B) Besides/without
D) to/for E) for/to C) Before/around D) In spite of/out of
E) Except for/into
38- ....... the late 18 th century, Britain fought both France and
Spain ....... control of the seas. 51- The teacher warned us that he would not ....... disorderly
A) Towards/since B) Within/against C) Between/of behaviour in the classroom.
D) Throughout/for E) Around/from A) keep up with B) run out of C) come up
against
39- ....... the 1st of January, everyone usually sleeps late to D) cut down on E) put up with
recover ....... the parties the night before. 52- I had such a bad case of the flu that I thought I would never
A) In/by B) At/with C) From/to ....... it, but this week I feel much better.
D) By/for E) On/from A) come round B) cut across C) get over
D) pass away E) put out
40- Grand Coulee Dam ........ the Columbia River in Washington
State is so huge that all three of the great Pyramids of Egypt 53- Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been suffering
could be put ........ of it. ......... both natural disasters and poor administration ......... the
A) under/out B) on/inside C) in/with time they achieved independence.
D) for/off E) up/along A) out of/for B) from/since C) to/around
D) by/at E) with/by
41- We decided to take the bus rather than go ....... plane
because the bus went ....... the desert and we wanted to see 54- There is no need to take a taxi; I can ....... you ....... at the airport
the scenery. on my way to work.
A) with/about B) for/within C) in/around A) cut/down B) put/aside C) take/in
D) by/through E) on/along D) drop/off E) get/back

42- Our plane was to leave eight hours late, and since we didn't 55- We were astounded to discover that Alice was ........ hospital
want to hang ........ in the airport all that time, we decided ........ tuberculosis.
to go ........ a sightseeing tour. A) in/with B) on/about C) beside/for
A) into/by B) up/for C) over/with D) with/by E) at/from
D) out/along E) around/on
56- The "day's eye", ........ the daisy was known in Old English, is
43- We had better leave ....... the hour if we expect to be ....... ........ a tiny sun surrounded by white rays.
time, A) for/with B) since/by C) like/for
A) at/for B) within/on C) on/by D) with/as E) as/like
D) as/in E) by/with
57- Although the police set up road blocks all over town, the
44- He got home starving ......... death, but ......... his terrorists ....... .
 A) got away B) set up C) broke in
D) passed out E) came round

58- Living ....... the Japanese people was quite difficult until I
became acquainted ....... their customs.
A) by/into B) for/for C) from/of
D) among/with E) within/in

59- Marriages of celebrities are famous ....... breaking ....... quickly.

A) about/in B) for/up C) as/into
D) with/out E) in/over
60- Although Mark is a nice guy. Sandy doesn't love him, so she
....... him ....... when he proposed to her.
A) got/back B) left/over C) turned/down
D) threw/away E) took/up

TEST YOUR PREPOSITIONS 1

1. C 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. E 6. D 7. C 8. E 9. B 10. D
11. D 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. D 16. D 17. B 18. C 19. D 20. E
21. B 22. B 23. E 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. E 28. E 29. D 30. A
31. A 32. D 33. C 34. C 35. B 36. A 37. C 38. D 39. E 40. B
41. D 42. E 43. B 44. E 45. C 46. C 47. A 48. B 49. A 50. D
51. E 52. C 53. B 54. D 55. A 56. E 57. A 58. D 59. B 60. C