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PART

D
1.
TEST 1
Apart from those three very cold weeks in January, it has been a
20. While I am on holiday, ring me at my hotel only if there are any
________ messages for me.
very ________ winter. A) urgent B) hasty C) valuable
A) plain B) soft C) pale D) early E) confident
D) mild E) calm 21. This ________ is not big enough to cut down a tree.
2. The best student in each class will ______ a prize at the end of term. A) axe B) hammer C) screw
A) catch B) receive C) possess D) knife E) spade
D) prove E) reward 22. He must give us more time ________ we shall not be able to make
3. There is real concern that food supplies will not be ________ to feed a good Job of it.
the increasing world population. A) whether B) otherwise C) consequently
A) sufficient B) satisfactory C) equal D) therefore E) doubtless
D) measured E) effective 23. I should be very _______ if you would post this letter for me.
4. The police ________ her for helping the murderer to escape. A) grateful B) pleasant C) accepted
A) caught B) prevented C) searched D) pleasing E) thanking
D) brought E) arrested 24. When you get to the motorway, follow the ______ for London.
5. The children will not be allowed to come with us if they don’t A) masks B) points C) signs
________ themselves better. D) plans E) ways
A) direct B) accustom C) behave 25. The garden ________ as far as the river.
D) declare E) compose A) advances B) extends C) lies
6. You must obtain ________ from the landowner to fish in this river. D) develops E) enlarges
A) permit B) freedom C) permission 26. It is time to ________ the table for dinner.
D) right E) allowance A) place B) lay C) lay out
7. The local tourist bureau will send you _______ about hotels in the D) put out E) serve
area. 27. I have always ________ you my best friend.
A) knowledge B) information C) news A) regarded B) considered C) trusted
D) notice E) advertisement D) hoped E) liked
8. The use of plastic for shoes ________ of leather has ruined shoe 28. He lost his ________ when the policeman stopped him.
repairing as a business. A) temper B) language C) spirit
A) although B) as well C) else D) character E) pride
D) instead E) outside
29. He won’t ________ to buy some bread unless I tell him again.
9. Her husband felt it would be silly to ________ the color of the curtains A) remind B) realize C) remember
before they had painted the room. D) forget E) record
A) change B) find C) choose
D) lose E) charge 30. Because of the fine weather, we had all our classes in the _____ air.
A) full B) clear C) open
10. The _______ of ice-cream sold increases sharply in the summer D) thin E) outside
months.
A) account B) amount C) count 31. Will you be taking my previous experience into ________ when you
D) number E) size fix my salary?
A) possession B) account C) mind
11. It will ________ time if we make the sandwiches the day before the D) salesmanship E) scale
picnic.
A) earn B) spare C) lower 32. If it wasn’t an accident, he must have done it on ________.
D) save E) win A) mistake B) purpose C) himself
D) fault E) intention
12. I haven’t got enough string to ________ up this parcel.
A) stick B) fold C) close 33. Most things are now mass-produced rather than ________.
D) shut E) tie A) hand-made B) by hand C) single
D) selected E) detailed
13. Bill doesn’t ________ what people say about him.
A) concern B) care C) matter 34. The office lifts are out of ________ again.
D) disturb E) depend A) operating B) order C) work
D) working E) movement
14. Although the false banknotes fooled many people, they did not
________ to close examination. 35. Let me know if any difficulties ________.
A) keep up B) put up C) stand up A) find B) arise C) come
D) pay up E) look up D) rise E) happen

15. When he beat the carpet, the ________ rose in clouds. 36. I can’t ________ to have a holiday abroad on my salary.
A) dust B) soil C) mud A) spend B) think C) afford
D) earth E) powder D) help E) spare

16. _____ of money prevented us from taking a holiday this year. 37. They are twins and look very ________.
A) Limit B) Freeze C) Emptiness A) alike B) same C) like
D) Expense E) Lack D) likely E) identical

17. This blue-flower is known by ______ names in other parts of England. 38. It is a very popular play, and it would be wise to________ seats well
A) severe B) difference C) various in advance.
D) separate E) usual A) engage B) book C) buy
D) occupy E) preserve
18. Why can’t you do this small ________ for me? I’ve helped you often
enough in the past. 39. He’s not ________ of learning German in six months.
A) command B) demand C) effort A) possible B) interested C) inclined
D) favor E) influence D) able E) capable

19. When there was a short ________ in the conversation, I asked if 40. There was a large box behind the door and John could not ________
anyone would like anything to drink. falling over it.
A) fall B) blank C) wait A) prevent B) avoid C) fail
D) pause E) place D) resist E) save

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TEST 2
1. Although I spoke to him many times, he never took any _______. 21. The _____ charged by the lawyer for his services was unusually high.
A) notice B) remark C) warning A) fee B) fare C) debt
D) observation E) attention D) hire E) prize
2. The house was sold for £60000, which was far more than its real 22. He was pleased to have the ________ to hear such a fine musician
_____. play hit favorite piece of music.
A) cost B) value C) price A) occasion B) possibility C) fate
D) sum E) expense D) opportunity E) space

3. This morning, drivers were warned of _____ fog in all industrial areas. 23. He tried to ________ his daughter of the dangers of spending more
than she earned.
A) deep B) important C) thick
A) remember B) remain C) warn
D) cloudy E) great
D) realize E) threaten
4. I can’t find the scissors anywhere. What have you done ______ them? 24. We had a marvelous holiday: only the last two days were slightly
A) with B) to C) of ________ by the weather.
D) by E) for A) damaged B) hurt C) ruined
5. You couldn’t _______ any secrets even for an hour in that little town. D) spoiled E) wasted
A) keep B) net C) take 25. Dearer electricity will mean ________ bills for most families.
D) learn E) hear A) dear B) difficult C) expensive
6. The workers went on strike because they thought their wages were D) hard E) heavy
too ________. 26. These figures give a rough guide to the cost of ________ your car.
A) little B) few C) short A) controlling B) handling C) keeping
D) low E) small D) managing E) running
7. The explorer ________ all the way to the source of the river by boat. 27. It was the longest film I’ve ever seen; it ________ four hours.
A) drove B) traveled C) rode A) ended B) finished C) lasted
D) followed E) tracked D) stayed E) was
8. When the bill came, he had to _______ money from his brother to 28. The information-office at the station ________ that all trains were
pay it. running about one hour behind time.
A) borrow B) lend C) loan A) advertised B) decided C) explained
D) ask E) let D) promised E) told
9. Because the company was doing more business it was necessary to 29. Ann is so ________ to succeed that I am sure nothing will stop her.
________ the factory. A) determined B) willing C) strong
A) extend B) increase C) broaden D) patient E) obvious
D) grow E) magnify 30. It takes six weeks to ________ a man to do this job.
10. The farmer had to wear heavy boots in the winter because the fields A) train B) guide C) lead
were so wet and ________. D) raise E) learn
A) earthy B) soiled C) dusty 31. On Sundays the business center of the city was usually quite
D) greasy E) muddy ________.
A) left B) deserted C) unpopular
11. Very few scientists ________ with completely new answers to the
D) unattended E) alone
world’s problems.
A) come to B) come around C) come up 32. In today’s paper, it _____ that there will be a new government soon.
D) come in E) come on A) tells B) states C) stands
D) writes E) records
12. When John _____ in London, he went to see the Houses of Parliament.
A) came B) reached C) arrived 33. Before you sign anything important, pay careful _____ to all the
D) got E) stood conditions.
A) notice B) attention C) regards
13. He climbed up into the tree and picked all the fruit _______ reach. D) reference E) study
A) near B) inside C) within
D) at E) beyond 34. When I came through the customs at the airport I had to pay ________
on a clock I had bought.
14. I was not ________ that I had cut myself until I saw the blood all A) taxes B) duty C) fines
over my hand. D) rates E) allowance
A) familiar B) awake C) disturbed
35. It was after dark when the two children were both ________ on the
D) astonished E) conscious
safety-crossing by a lorry.
15. Tropical diseases are comparatively ________ in Britain. A) knocked down B) knocked out C) run across
A) scarce B) rare C) less D) run out E) run in
D) slight E) scattered 36. The rising _____ of living is as hard on country families as on city
16. If you want to telephone him you will have to ________ the number families.
in the book. A) amount B) cost C) expense
A) look at B) look to C) look through D) increase E) price
D) look up E) look after 37. When it was time for our tickets to be _______, I couldn’t find mine.
17. She began to feel nervous when the train pulled up at the ________ A) controlled B) bought C) checked
between Austria and Yugoslavia. D) overlooked E) served
A) limit B) edge C) bar
D) border E) division 38. Will you _______ my essay, please, to find out whether I made any
mistakes?
18. Margaret proudly showed her mother the toy cat she had ________ A) see through B) look through C) look up
in the competition. D) look into E) see to
A) gained B) won C) caught
D) rewarded E) taken 39. At the moment my car is at the garage being made ready for a
________ across Europe.
19. He asked us if we would ________ to share a room. A) journey B) route C) travel
A) accept B) consider C) agree D) progress E) voyage
D) admit E) approve
40. He asked an artist to ________ some drawings to illustrate what he
20. Students are expected to ________ their classes regularly. had written.
A) assist B) frequent C) attend A) show B) make C) paint
D) follow E) present D) describe E) picture

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TEST 3
1. When he was a student, his father gave him a monthly ________ 20. He said he had every ________ in his secretary; she would do the
towards his expenses. right thing.
A) salary B) permission C) allowance A) belief B) dependence C) thought
D) wage E) money D) knowledge E) confidence
2. It seemed as if all of a ______ the animal had smelt danger in the air. 21. Can you ________ me £5 until next week?
A) sudden B) moment C) minute A) borrow B) let C) hire
D) once E) shot D) rent E) lend

3. What do you think would be the _____ of this ring, if I were to sell it? 22. It is not ________ for you to eat too much.
A) kind B) good C) well
A) worth B) value C) cost
D) useful E) fit
D) good E) importance
23. The next ________ of the committee will take place on Thursday.
4. Police officers working on the murder have _____ hundreds of A) seating B) group C) collection
families. D) meeting E) gathering
A) asked B) demanded C) enquired
D) questioned E) requested 24. Many kinds of ________ animals are disappearing or have already
disappeared from the earth.
5. The thief was ________ to prison for two years. A) brave B) untamed C) unfriendly
A) brought B) put C) sent D) angry E) wild
D) taken E) judged
25. I am sorry that I can’t ________ your invitation.
6. He was a much older tennis player but he had the great ________ of A) take B) except C) agree
experience. D) have E) accept
A) advantage B) deal C) help 26. I forgot to ________ him to buy some bread.
D) value E) profit A) remember B) repeat C) remind
7. To get my travelers’ cheques I had to ________ a special cheque to D) let E) make
the Bank for the total amount. 27. The soldiers were put in prison because they ________ to obey orders.
A) make for B) make off C) make out A) refused B) rejected C) denied
D) make over E) make up D) objected E) disliked
8. He began to take politics ________ only when he left school. 28. I don’t want to wait until tomorrow; I ________ go at once.
A) carefully B) bravely C) seriously A) prefer B) would rather C) want
D) solemnly E) strictly D) like E) am willing
9. Unless the workers’ demands are ______ soon there will be a strike. 29. When you are riding a bicycle you should _____ the handlebars
A) given B) met C) paid firmly.
D) permitted E) replied A) handle B) hold C) hand
D) have E) control
10. The children thought that the cream was deliciously ________ and
they finished it all. 30. I had ________ decided to take a coat when it started to rain.
A) famous B) chosen C) flavored A) already B) yet C) still
D) never E) always
D) hungered E) favorable
31. There is ________ that I may have to go into hospital next week.
11. The two scientists disagreed and a ________ argument developed. A) an opportunity B) bad luck C) a possibility
A) wet B) bitter C) salty D) fate E) an occasion
D) sour E) bare
32. ________ what he says, he wasn’t even there when the crime was
12. This theory _____ from the work of certain early 20th century committed.
scientists. A) Following B) Listening to C) According to
A) resists B) returns C) raises D) Fearing E) Meaning
D) insults E) results
33. If you ________ your money to mine, we shall have enough.
13. Fear showed in the eyes of the young man, while the old man looked A) add B) combine C) join
tired and ________. D) unite E) bank
A) watery B) wearing C) weary 34. This young tree could not have been damaged by accident. I believe
D) wandering E) wondered it was done ________.
14. As he had no friends or relatives in the town, the traveler tried to A) in fact B) on purpose C) by appointment
find a ________ somewhere. D) by plan E) by understanding
A) log B) lodge C) landing 35. How much would you ________ for repairing my watch?
D) lodging E) stay A) charge B) cost C) pay
15. After his journey, Gerard hoped to find an inn in which to _______ D) spend E) demand
the night. 36. After the battle, the ________ soldiers were helped by those who
A) shelter B) waste C) lose could walk.
D) spend E) pay A) damaged B) wounded C) broken
D) killed E) blessed
16. In the central region the dry season is long and severe, and the
________ annual rainfall is only about 70 cm. 37. If we are thinking of having a day in the country, I should like to
A) refreshing B) general C) average listen to a weather ________.
D) longest E) greatest A) statement B) spell C) forecast
D) recording E) news
17. George took an eager look at the ________ meal, which everyone
38. I do ________ I could speak English well.
was looking forward to, and sat down with the rest of the family.
A) know B) want C) wish
A) dusty B) crusty C) pasty
D) like E) hope
D) nasty E) tasty
39. Where do you ________ going for your holidays this year?
18. Owing to an accident, traffic had to be ________ to another route. A) intend B) expect C) pretend
A) redirected B) turned C) extended D) mean E) guess
D) sent E) misled
40. He hoped the appointment would enable him to gain greater
19. Well-mannered children have usually been properly ________ by ________ in publishing.
their parents. A) experience B) work C) jobs
A) raised up B) borne up C) brought up D) employment E) hope
D) got up E) put up

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TEST 4
1. He grew very angry when he realized how he had been ________ 21. Science has made great ________ during the past 30 years.
out of his money. A) increases B) motions C) advances
A) tricked B) played C) deceived D) advantages E) opportunities
D) robbed E) stolen
22. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good ________
2. The cow had lost its own calf, but the farmer persuaded it to ________ of each other.
one whose mother had died. A) sum B) quantity C) deal
A) choose B) adopt C) undertake D) portion E) degree
D) collect E) educate
23. As soon as the children were ________, their mother got them out
3. When my aunt lost her cat last summer, it turned ________ a week of bed and into the bathroom.
later at a house in the next village. A) woke B) awoke C) wake
A) in B) on C) over D) awake E) waken
D) out E) up
24. This blue door was ________ painted green.
4. The funeral will be ________, and only members of the dead man’s A) lastly B) before C) firstly
family will attend. D) originally E) presently
A) peculiar B) particular C) private
25. Her shoes ________ her gloves; they look very well together.
D) alone E) personal
A) suit B) match C) fit
5. They were making enough noise at the party to wake the ________. D) compare E) color
A) people B) population C) living
26. If you have a ________ to make about the food, I am willing to
D) company E) dead
listen.
6. I can’t advise you what to do. You must use your own ________. A) dislike B) trouble C) complaint
A) opinion B) guesswork C) justice D) discontent E) fault
D) judgment E) ideal
27. His father had ________ him how to make model airplanes.
7. It isn’t quite ________ that he will be present at the meeting. A) planned B) guided C) taught
A) sure B) right C) exact D) learnt E) described
D) certain E) formal
28. The old man got into the ________ of storing money under the bed.
8. The ________ from the forest fire could be seen ten miles away. A) tradition B) manner C) use
A) mist B) smell C) spark D) harvest E) habit
D) steam E) smoke
29. Violent programs on television may have a bad ________ on children.
9. The house was so damp that it was ________ to live in. A) affection B) pressure C) influence
A) sickly B) unhealthy C) unwell D) control E) power
D) diseased E) infectious
30. The shoes fitted her ________.
10. There are usually at least two ________ of looking at every question. A) perfectly B) justly C) fairly
A) means B) directions C) views D) rightly E) finely
D) opinions E) ways
31. Could you please ________ an appointment for me to see Mr. Smith?
11. He spoke so quickly that I didn’t ________ what he said. A) manage B) arrange C) do
A) receive B) accept C) listen D) take E) have
D) take E) catch
32. Tell your brother to come ________, because it’s going to rain in a
12. I have such a bad cold that I have lost all ________ of smell. minute or two.
A) degree B) sense C) strength A) indoors B) outdoors C) within
D) skill E) scent D) inwards E) homewards
13. Peter begged his neighbor to ________ him five pounds until the 33. As he was ill, he had to _____ the party.
weekend. A) miss B) avoid C) regret
A) lend B) supply C) borrow D) lack E) fail
D) provide E) hire
34. When he was at school, he won the first ________ for good behavior.
14. The lorry driver was badly ________ when his lorry crashed into a A) reward B) prize C) price
wall. D) present E) praise
A) pained B) hit C) hurt
35. Can’t you ________ your chief to let you have a holiday?
D) harmed E) damaged
A) overcome B) make C) succeed
15. Although John was the eldest in the family, he always let his sister D) persuade E) reason
________ charge of the house.
36. The girl’s father ________ to buy her a car if she passed her
A) take B) hold C) make
examination.
D) get E) be
A) admitted B) accepted C) agreed
16. The policeman ________ everything he had noticed to the inspector. D) approved E) afforded
A) reviewed B) accounted C) reported
37. The carriage was ________ by four horses.
D) informed E) said
A) tired B) rolled C) pushed
17. These trees cannot be grown in such a cold ________ as ours. D) driven E) drawn
A) weather B) climate C) air
38. He ate what he could, and gave the _______ of the food to the
D) season E) space
birds.
18. The audience waited until the curtain had risen and then ________into A) remain B) uneaten C) waste
applause. D) part E) rest
A) flooded B) cheered C) started
39. They decided to leave the waiter a big ________ because the food
D) burst E) went
and service had been excellent.
19. ________ up children properly is mainly their parents’ duty. A) note B) addition C) tip
A) growing B) rearing C) breeding D) gift E) reward
D) raising E) bringing
40. As it had not rained for several months, there was a ______ of water.
20. When he makes a ________ by car, he takes his family with him. A) waste B) shortage C) drop
A) travel B) course C) passage D) loss E) desert
D) voyage E) journey

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TEST 5
1. The disease ________ widely, all over the country. 21. Be quiet! It’s rude to ________ people when they are speaking.
A) sprang B) sped C) spread A) interfere B) interrupt C) prevent
D) spilt E) spun D) introduce E) block
2. If we______ the plan you suggest, we are more likely to be successful. 22. Children ________ good food if they are to be healthy.
A) decide B) elect C) command A) have B) receive C) eat
D) vote E) adopt D) need E) desire
3. After years of war, the whole nation wanted to make ________ with 23. After a lot of difficulty, he ________ to open the door.
their enemies. A) managed B) succeeded C) obtained
A) piece B) peace C) pace D) realized E) gained
D) pact E) peas
24. I have been looking for this book for months, and ________ I have
4. She chose cushions of a color which would ________ her carpet. found it.
A) equal B) agree C) help A) at least B) in time C) at the end
D) match E) pair D) at present E) at last
5. She opened the packet and emptied the ________ into a saucepan. 25. The teacher ________ them the answer to the question.
A) fullness B) insides C) container A) exclaimed B) told C) said
D) refills E) contents D) described E) declared
6. After trying several times, I ________ to see him. 26. I have never ________ any experience of living in the country.
A) managed B) succeeded C) won A) had B) seen C) done
D) attempted E) became D) made E) got
7. He offered to ________ her a hand as the suitcase was too heavy for 27. The child was told to ________ for being rude to his uncle.
her to carry. A) excuse B) apologize C) punish
A) lend B) help C) show D) confess E) pardon
D) loan E) borrow
28. Throughout his childhood, he suffered from ________ illnesses.
8. She is making herself ill with ________ over her son’s future. A) import B) serious C) solemn
A) trouble B) annoyance C) disgust D) great E) strong
D) worry E) consideration
29. The ________ of trees in the water was very clear.
9. The government has lost a great deal of ________ because of the A) mirror B) sight C) reflection
large increase in food prices. D) shadow E) picture
A) strength B) support C) agreement
30. That cupboard must always be ________ carefully locked.
D) vote E) progress
A) guarded B) shut C) closed
10. Because of the strong sun Mrs. Williams’ new blue dining-room D) kept E) held
curtains ________ to gray within a year.
31. His name was on the ________ of my tongue, but I just couldn’t
A) faded B) fainted C) paled
remember it.
D) bleached E) grew
A) end B) point C) edge
11. A ________ from the local paper asked for details of the accident. D) tip E) top
A) salesman B) newsagent C) reporter
32. You should be very ________ to your teachers for their help.
D) typewriter E) broadcaster
A) thankful B) thanking C) grateful
12. She looked everywhere for her book but ________ had to return D) considerate E) gracious
home without it.
33. When can the students ________ for next year’s evening classes?
A) lastly B) at the end C) in the end
A) assist B) enroll C) join
D) in the finish E) at the last
D) inscribe E) subscribe
13. I’m sorry but what he thinks is not of the _______ importance to me.
34. The policeman stopped him when he was driving home and ________
A) merest B) lowest C) last
him of speeding.
D) worst E) least
A) charged B) accused C) blamed
14. It was ________ by the railways board that the cost of rail fares would D) warned E) arrested
be increased by ten per cent.
35. His new appointment takes ______ from the beginning of next month.
A) noticed B) stated C) suggested
A) place B) effect C) post
D) noted E) spoken
D) possession E) position
15. When replying to this advertisement, please ________ a stamped
36. I _____ her not to walk on the thin ice but she wouldn’t listen to me.
addressed envelope.
A) warned B) guarded C) suggested
A) present B) contain C) enclose
D) persuaded E) taught
D) envelop E) introduce
37. After dinner the minister made a short ________ to the guests.
16. Every time he tried to start the car, the wheels ________ deeper into
A) delivery B) pronunciation C) conversation
the mud.
D) piece E) speech
A) stayed B) hollowed C) feel
D) dropped E) sank 38. He couldn’t ________ the thought of leaving his home town for
ever.
17. When are you going to begin to ________ that animal?
A) support B) bear C) carry
A) direct B) drive C) teach
D) think E) hold
D) train E) get
39. On my present salary, I just can’t ________ a car which cost over
18. They gave ________ looking for her when it grew dark.
£3,000.
A) up B) in C) off
A) pretend B) allow C) elect
D) out E) away
D) afford E) adopt
19. There’s no need to be frightened of the dog; he’s quite ________.
40. He looked rather untidy as there were two buttons ________ from
A) happy B) eager C) weak
his coat.
D) cheerful E) harmless
A) loosing B) losing C) off
20. His ________ had always been to become an architect. D) away E) missing
A) study B) want C) ambition
D) imagination E) direction

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TEST 6
1. What measures have been ________ to control the crowd at 21. Since any answer was likely to cause embarrassment to his party
Saturday’s football match? the politician tried to ________ the question.
A) imagined B) made C) given A) delude B) seclude C) pervade
D) described E) taken D) evade E) elude
2. He left in such a hurry that I ________ had time to thank him. 22. Only two of the candidates can be seriously ________ for this post.
A) almost B) even C) nearly A) contemplated B) commended C) considered
D) scarcely E) least D) reviewed E) entertained
3. He gave me some very ________ advice on buying a house. 23. When I went into the dining room next morning, the ________ of
A) precious B) wealthy C) dear the dinner were still on the table.
D) prized E) valuable A) remains B) results C) remnants
4. To get my travelers’ cheques I had to ________ a special cheque to D) surplus E) relics
the Bank for the total amount. 24. She’s a very selfish person who doesn’t show much ______ for others.
A) make for B) make off C) make out A) consternation B) consideration C) humanity
D) makeover E) make up D) estimation E) complacency
5. If we can ________ our present difficulties, then everything should 25. The unpleasant taste ________ in his mouth for hours.
be all right. A) insisted B) prolonged C) waited
A) get off B) come across C) come over D) lingered E) rested
D) get over E) get away 26. His ________ book will deal with industrial relations.
6. I’m ________ to get the tickets for the show today, as there are A) eventual B) actual C) prompt
hardly any left. D) forthcoming E) following
A) worried B) curious C) anxious 27. Hotel rooms must be ________ by noon, but luggage may be left
D) afraid E) troubled with the porter.
7. His landlady gave him a week’s ________ to leave the flat. A) vacated B) departed C) abandoned
A) threat B) notice C) advice D) discharged E) displaced
D) caution E) dismissal 28. Every citizen has the ________ to assist in the prevention of crime.
8. We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son’s illness A) duty B) right C) effort
had put him under great ________. D) trouble E) force
A) emotion B) excitement C) crisis 29. He couldn’t ________ his father that he was telling the truth.
D) stress E) nervousness A) admit B) convince C) believe
9. A completely new situation is likely to ________ when the school D) confide E) ensure
leaving age is raised to 16. 30. He began ________ absurd plans for escaping.
A) affect B) rise C) arise A) doing B) settling C) hitching
D) raise E) happen D) devising E) thinking
10. A competitor may submit any number of entries ________ each one 31. He didn’t intend to ________ this conversation further himself, for
is accompanied by a registration fee. he disliked his aunt’s patronizing tone.
A) guaranteeing B) insuring C) allowing A) prosecute B) pursue C) push
D) providing E) notwithstanding D) follow E) enter
11. Enquiries ________ the condition of patients may be made personally 32. We aren’t very busy in the shop at the moment. In fact we’re quite
or by telephone. ________.
A) revealing B) concerning C) affecting A) contrary B) lazy C) slack
D) for E) following D) rare E) opposite
12. Tenants are ________ to beware of paying rent to unknown persons. 33. Color-blind people often find it difficult to ________ between blue
A) commanded B) informed C) notified and green.
D) advised E) suggested A) separate B) compare C) distinguish
13. He tries to ________ up his lessons by telling a few jokes. D) contrast E) relate
A) raise B) inspire C) stimulate 34. The completion of the new Town Hall has been ________ owing to
D) snap E) liven a strike.
14. Many university courses are not really ________ to the needs of A) held off B) held down C) held in
students or their future employers. D) held up E) held on
A) associated B) relative C) geared 35. It has always been the ________ of our firm to encourage workers to
D) sufficient E) qualified take part in social activities.
15. The noise of the traffic ________ Paul from his work. A) plan B) campaign C) procedure
A) prevented B) annoyed C) obstructed D) policy E) rule
D) upset E) distracted 36. Mr. Sanders has been asked to ________ the next meeting of the
16. The plan was ________ when it was discovered just how much the Library Committee.
scheme would cost. A) manage B) chair C) take
A) resigned B) abandoned C) surrendered D) lead E) direct
D) released E) disused 37. The Jury gave a unanimous ________ of Not Guilty.
17. We finally managed to ______ the committee’s approval of our plans. A) decision B) opinion C) verdict
A) secure B) arouse C) acquire D) judgment E) assessment
D) exert E) execute 38. I fear you can’t count on him; he’s liable to ________ out when
18. We are paying for the car in 24 monthly ________ of £55. things become difficult.
A) fragments B) parts C) installments A) be B) let C) opt
D) refunds E) credits D) take E) stop
19. Violence in the local prison has ________ two lives. 39. The 1950s were the ________ of this cult but one still hears references
A) removed B) taken C) cost to it today.
D) murdered E) spilt A) top B) heyday C) summit
D) pick E) pitch
20. The main road through Littlebury was blocked for three hours today
after an accident ________ two lorries. 40. What ________ of car do you run?
A) containing B) connecting C) involving A) fabrication B) species C) fabric
D) including E) combining D) mark E) make

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TEST 7
1. Many poets have ________ the beauties of the countryside. 21. He ________ the figures carefully before making any comment.
A) applauded B) enthused C) enamored A) estimated B) scrutinized C) watched
D) appealed E) extolled D) remarked E) visualized
2. When the student graduated, he got his ________. 22. ‘He couldn’t explain the problem well, as he had only a ________
A) paper B) degree C) license knowledge of the subject.
D) pension E) bachelor A) profound B) primary C) rudimentary
D) fundamental E) superfluous
3. She didn’t ________ doing the washing up, as she hadn’t wanted to
go out anyway. 23. His account must be true, because the evidence he gave ________
A) object B) care C) matter that of two other witnesses.
D) care for E) mind A) collaborates B) consists C) coincides
D) condones E) corroborates
4. The tremor in his voice ________ his nervousness.
A) affirmed B) pronounced C) disguised 24. We must hear the ________ of the last meeting before we proceed.
D) represented E) revealed A) minutes B) protocol C) reportage
D) agenda E) items
5. Although I tried to concentrate on the lectures, I was ________ by
the noise from the next room. 25. Many road accidents occur because motorists cannot ________ the
A) dissuaded B) averted C) repressed speed of approaching vehicles.
D) distracted E) interfered A) conclude B) count C) gauge
D) value E) number
6. I ________ what her name is; I’m sure I know her face.
A) remember B) wonder C) guess 26. The rainbow ______ as the sun came fully out from behind the clouds.
D) suspect E) suppose A) dissolved B) removed C) dispersed
D) retired E) disappeared
7. ‘I ________ that one’, said the tourist, pointing for the benefit of the
uncomprehending shopkeeper. 27. The boy, wanting to be independent, _____ his father’s offer of help.
A) want B) wish C) take A) turned away B) turned from C) turned down
D) desire E) become D) turned against E) turned up

8. I do not ________ to be clever but I am not stupid. 28. It is not profitable to provide bus services in districts where the
A) permit B) classify C) confess population is widely ________.
D) claim E) compare A) scattered B) dismissed C) separated
D) spaced E) divided
9. After the Cabinet reshuffle, the Minister wasn’t very happy at his
new ________. 29. There is a ________ of a thousand pounds offered for the capture of
A) job B) post C) work the murderer.
D) shift E) place A) reward B) prize C) price
D) grant E) credit
10. Children under the age of 16 are not ________ to enter for the
30. They always kept on good ________ with their next-door neighbors
competition.
for the children’s sake.
A) enabled B) empowered C) capable
A) friendship B) relations C) intentions
D) eligible E) permissible
D) terms E) will
11. I was so ________ in my book that I didn’t hear the doorbell ring.
31. She had clearly no ________ of doing any work, although she was
A) settled B) concentrated C) absorbed
very well paid.
D) engaged E) occupied
A) desire B) ambition C) willingness
12. Motorists _____ of speeding may be banned from driving for a year. D) intention E) meaning
A) convicted B) arrested C) charged 32. The car salesman took the customer for a drive in the new model in
D) judged E) condemned order to ________ its improved features.
13. In the medical profession, men ________ women by five to one. A) advocate B) demonstrate C) exhibit
A) increase B) outnumber C) supersede D) reveal E) expound
D) overcome E) outclass 33. The actual ________ by which coal Is extracted is well worth watching.
14. He has told us so many lies that we can no longer place any ________ A) conduct B) process C) procession
on what he says. D) pattern E) fashion
A) conviction B) reliance C) reputation 34. If we ______ the plan you suggest, we are more likely to be successful.
D) credibility E) regard A) decide B) elect C) command
15. Pools of water lay trapped among the rocks as the tide ________. D) vote E) adopt
A) removed B) refilled C) returned 35. The child was ________ for getting his shoes and socks wet.
D) receded E) retired A) corrected B) remonstrated C) suffered
16. He bought that house, ________ that he would inherit money under D) scolded E) complained
his uncle’s will. 36. Certainly man must ________ the future, and find ways of providing
A) speculating B) considering C) assuming for his needs.
D) estimating E) allowing A) look to B) look up C) look after
D) look for E) look on
17. A ________ change in policy is needed if relations are ever to
improve. 37. He took the day off work to ________ his aunt’s funeral.
A) severe B) violent C) drastic A) accompany B) regard C) assist
D) strict E) wide D) attend E) follow
18. He wrote the text book in ________ with his brother. 38. His energetic efforts met with only ________ success.
A) harmony B) collaboration C) unison A) particular B) proportionate C) partial
D) connection E) communion D) entire E) complete
19. His country cottage ________ the amenities of his London flat. 39. My rifle was not ________, so I did not hit anything.
A) missed B) overlooked C) neglected A) from the best B) for the better C) of the best
D) ignored E) lacked D) for the best E) of the better

20. The victory was ________ annually by a ten-gun salute. 40. Any student who ________ his homework is unlikely to pass his
A) memorized B) commemorated C) reminded examination.
D) recapitulated E) remembered A) reduces B) neglects C) practices
D) denies E) offends

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TEST 8
1. Yesterday the pound fell to a ________ low level against the dollar, 21. The Stephenson’s’ house was ________ by thieves last night.
according to this morning news. A) broken into B) broken up C) broken off
A) final B) major C) record D) broken down E) broken in
D) remote E) last
22. The fishermen said that the high wind had made the sea very _______.
2. Even the most detached and indifferent spectator can be ________ A) calm B) uneven C) undulating
away by enthusiasm at a horserace. D) rough E) hard
A) carried B) moved C) excited
23. Three masked men ________ the city bank early this morning.
D) stirred E) swept
A) robbed B) attacked C) stole
3. The young performers ________ and held the audience’s attention D) took E) spoilt
from the moment the curtain went up.
24. I can’t remember ________ told me Mary had gone to Spain.
A) caught B) gathered C) snatched
A) which B) what C) that
D) took E) trapped
D) who E) whose
4. She was very ________ when I told her my pet dog had died.
25. Can you tell the ________ between margarine and butter?
A) sympathetic B) just C) helpful
A) opposite B) change C) alteration
D) pitiful E) friendly
D) difference E) sameness
5. What were John and Mary ________ about when you came into the
26. Could you give me a ________? I’ve forgotten my matches.
room?
A) flame B) light C) fire
A) speaking B) discussing C) saying
D) illumination E) flare
D) telling E) talking
27. The Company gave my father a gold watch when he ________.
6. I don’t smoke, but I don’t object to ________ people smoking.
A) replaced B) reformed C) retired
A) different B) another C) other
D) retreated E) rearranged
D) alternative E) unlike
28. You can’t ________ how frightened I was when I first saw an elephant.
7. I like your new red dress, the color ________ you.
A) suppose B) assume C) propose
A) fits B) looks C) suits
D) wonder E) imagine
D) likes E) seems
29. When my sister was in hospital, she was ________ by a well-known
8. Mr. Jones wants to know if he can have a ________ with you.
surgeon.
A) argument B) word C) lecture
A) worked on B) carried on C) operated on
D) speech E) conversation
D) turned on E) passed on
9. Mrs. Brown has cleaned the house from ________ to bottom.
30. If you ask Martin, he will explain ________ of cricket to you.
A) attic B) first floor C) top
A) the orders B) the arrangements C) the regulations
D) roof E) upstairs
D) the preparations E) the rules
10. Alice is tall and slim and has a beautiful ________.
31. We arrived late because there was a traffic ________.
A) position B) shape C) form
A) stop B) jam C) holding
D) figure E) size
D) suspension E) confusion
11. Mrs. Brown’s children have very good manners because they have
32. I had to wait ________ for an answer to my letter.
been well ________.
A) a long day B) a period C) an interval
A) brought out B) brought in C) brought together
D) a stage E) a long while
D) brought up E) brought round
33. Call for me at any time that ________ you.
12. My father is very ________ with his hands.
A) fits B) likes C) suits
A) curious B) interested C) interesting
D) docs E) meets
D) intelligent E) clever
34. I am very ________ in architecture.
13. Mrs. Brown is offering a ________ of £50 to anyone who finds her
A) interested B) interesting C) concerned
diamond ring.
D) informed E) intelligent
A) prize B) price C) reward
D) money E) total 35. The Meeting has been ________ till next Thursday.
A) put by B) put off C) put over
14. I should be ________ if you would answer my letter by return.
D) put in E) put away
A) nice B) good C) glad
D) cheerful E) kind 36. A circle is a different ________ from a square.
A) shape B) shade C) sign
15. He will pass his examination if he works ________.
D) style E) number
A) quietly B) strongly C) hard
D) cleverly E) loudly 37. Could you ________ me £5? I’ll pay you back tomorrow.
A) pay B) borrow C) lend
16. Mary is very ________ because she has failed her examination.
D) provide E) donate
A) excited B) afraid C) sensitive
D) sensible E) upset 38. You can’t smoke here. It’s ________.
A) prevented B) allowed C) stopped
17. My father told me never ________ a lie.
D) prohibited E) ceased
A) to do B) to make C) to tell
D) to recount E) to relate 39. I don’t believe you, you must be ________ my leg.
A) grasping B) holding C) handling
18. Mrs. Brown’s children are always as good as ________.
D) pulling E) stretching
A) butter B) gold C) milk
D) silk E) silver 40. It’s very cold, the temperature is several ________ below zero.
A) ounces B) inches C) numbers
19. My cousin, who lives in France, is ________ me French.
D) degrees E) figures
A) learning B) teaching C) helping
D) assisting E) instructing
20. Peter has not got the right ________ for that job.
A) knowledge B) learning C) qualifications
D) abilities E) examinations

Book 2 Part D 310 Test 8


TEST 9
1. ________ you hurry up, you’ll miss the bus. 22. After walking four miles in the pouring rain, the children were
A) Because B) If C) Also ________.
D) Except E) Unless A) moist B) damp C) drowned
D) humid E) drenched
2. The man jumped out of the window and committed ________.
A) murder B) death C) sin 23. The Grand Hotel ________ five pounds for a single room with bath.
D) suicide E) homicide A) pays B) prices C) charges
D) expends E) spends
3. I was walking along the street when I accidentally _______ my friend.
A) bumped into B) moved into C) came into 24. The thief ________ my handbag and ran off down the street.
D) fell into E) saw into A) caught B) snatched C) picked
D) disconnected E) detached
4. The doctor took his temperature and felt his ________.
A) vein B) nerve C) blood 25. I thought the problem of pollution would ________ at the meeting
D) pulse E) muscle but no one mentioned it.
A) come in B) come over C) come to
5. It’s my ________ that it’s going to rain.
D) come up E) come round
A) option B) opinion C) intention
D) decision E) thought 26. Jane’s new blue dress ________ her coat perfectly.
A) likes B) matches C) colors
6. This book is too ________, I don’t understand it.
D) resembles E) fits
A) secret B) opaque C) dark
D) obscure E) blank 27. When I came in, John and Mary ________ about the best way to
learn English.
7. She was very inquisitive and she didn’t ________ to hide her curiosity.
A) were saying B) were teaching C) were speaking
A) effect B) affect C) attempt
D) were telling E) were talking
D) discover E) find
28. Let’s go into the garden and ________ some roses to take to your
8. She wanted to buy a modern dress, she didn’t want an old-________
mother.
one.
A) dig B) pick C) pull
A) styled B) formed C) looked
D) break E) detach
D) fashioned E) shaped
29. Would you go upstairs and ________ my handbag, please.
9. What ________ is your car?
A) take B) bring C) carry
A) manufacture B) construction C) make
D) fetch E) obtain
D) mark E) assembly
30. The houses with even numbers are on the left side of the street and
10. He was a very ________ driver and had a lot of accidents.
those with ________ numbers are on the right.
A) careful B) careless C) correct
A) odd B) unequal C) irregular
D) cautious E) conscientious
D) level E) divided
11. The ________ gave the new film a very good review.
31. Every morning I do the crossword ________ in the newspaper.
A) critics B) reporters C) announcers
A) problem B) puzzle C) question
D) interviewers E) translators
D) test E) theme
12. Grandmother lets the children do anything they like, so they are
32. There is an index ________ of this book.
completely ________.
A) in the end B) on the end C) from the end
A) spoilt B) damaged C) hurt
D) at the end E) with the end
D) injured E) destroyed
33. It was so cold that the water in the lake ________.
13. The Manager asked me to ________ the contract for my new job.
A) chilled B) iced C) froze
A) write B) describe C) sign
D) hardened E) boiled
D) disagree E) design
34. John ________ his examination but his brother failed.
14. ______ for the post of Senior Clerk must be received by March 10th.
A) succeeded B) made C) resulted
A) Proposals B) Descriptions C) Possibilities
D) passed E) qualified
D) Applications E) Offerings
35. The Government will have ________ this proposal very carefully.
15. Mr. Hobson has had to ________ his job because of ill-health.
A) to go for B) to go after C) to go into
A) give in B) give up C) give away
D) to go round E) to go under
D) give out E) give over
36. The Post Office is only a few yards ________.
16. My English teacher ________ me to try for a place at University.
A) in the road B) on the road C) above the road
A) insisted B) persisted C) proposed
D) under the road E) up the road
D) convinced E) encouraged
37. Will you help me ________ this parcel, please?
17. I ________ you £5 that Peter will win the race on Saturday.
A) tie up B) lie down C) tie in
A) gamble B) bet C) offer
D) tie for E) tie with
D) give E) risk
38. If you didn’t keep scratching that spot on your face, it would soon
18. Mary had to be taken to hospital after her ________.
________.
A) dilemma B) distraction C) happening
A) remedy B) cure C) restore
D) accident E) occurrence
D) heal E) mend
19. I shall never ________ the time when I was lost in London without
39. Mary has given me a ________ for chocolate cake.
any money.
A) prescription B) description C) diet
A) remember B) recall C) forget
D) list E) recipe
D) recollect E) imagine
40. Mrs. Simpson ________ £1000 to the Dogs’ Home when she died.
20. Mary is almost well again now, but she still looks rather ________.
A) remained B) left C) presented
A) faded B) light C) poor
D) offered E) permitted
D) transparent E) pale
21. I feel so sleepy, I can hardly ________ my eyes open.
A) make B) keep C) pull
D) take E) bring

Book 2 Part D 311 Test 9


TEST 10
1. My brother ________ his dog not to chase sheep. 21. There were twenty-five ________ waiting in the doctor’s surgery.
A) has learned B) has trained C) has educated A) customers B) visitors C) patients
D) has instructed E) has informed D) waiters E) clients

2. Is there any ________ of your coming to London again in the Spring? 22. Mr. Brown has a very ________ job as Sales Manager.
A) opportunity B) occasion C) facility A) responsible B) controlled C) ordered
D) chance E) ability D) dutiful E) careful

3. He visited an ________ castle in an old part of the city. 23. There is a ________ of sugar in Europe at the moment.
A) antique B) ancient C) aged A) want B) need C) requirement
D) elderly E) olden D) omission E) shortage

4. Peter is going _______ for the Job as Manager of the Sales 24. Beethoven is my ________ composer.
Department. A) best B) nicest C) selected
A) to propose B) to present C) to pretend D) favorite E) first
D) to submit E) to apply
25. I am going to watch the tennis ________ on television this afternoon.
5. I don’t think I know him, although his face seems ________. A) contest B) game C) match
A) friendly B) known C) knowing D) sport E) trial
D) familiar E) usual
26. The doctor told him to keep the tablets in his mouth and ________
6. Some people had to escape in boats when the river ______ its banks. them slowly.
A) overthrew B) overflowed C) overcame A) swallow B) suck C) bite
D) overpowered E) overhung D) drink E) eat

7. Is there a telephone ________ anywhere near here, please? 27. I can’t open the drawer in my desk, it’s ________.
A) place B) shop C) box A) fixed B) bolted C) set
D) compartment E) room D) stuck E) unmoved

8. For her wedding the ________ was dressed in white. 28. Old Mr. Pottinger ________ his pension every Friday.
A) bridesmaid B) bride C) bridegroom A) pays B) earns C) draws
D) best man E) wife D) acquires E) obtains

9. Mr. Black ________ to arrive on the 2:30 train. 29. Mr. Higgins is quite sure he saw a flying ________ when he was
A) is anticipated B) is hoped C) is wanted walking home from the pub.
D) is expected E) is proposed A) plate B) saucer C) dish
D) cup E) tray
10. I always ________ asleep as soon as I get into bed.
A) fall B) go C) get 30. Please tell Anne that my private affairs are nothing to ________ her.
D) turn E) make A) do with B) do for C) do over
D) do down E) do in
11. You will have ________ those potatoes before you cook them.
A) to open B) to peel C) to shell 31. Mr. Heppel was flown to London on ________.
D) to skin E) to pare A) affairs B) matters C) business
D) concerns E) interests
12. I don’t like these oranges, they have too many ________.
A) stones B) nuts C) seeds 32. Peter has entered a newspaper ________ for the best-dressed man
D) pips E) buds in London.
A) exhibition B) contest C) show
13. I tried to telephone him last night but his number ________. D) test E) competition
A) was occupied B) was employed C) was engaged
D) was taken E) was used 33. Captain Saunders was accused of ________ at cards.
A) deceiving B) cheating C) tricking
14. Frank got very ________ marks in his history examination. D) trapping E) catching
A) reduced B) unimportant C) secondary
D) imperfect E) low 34. Sam never told his wife how much he ________ as a window cleaner.
A) paid B) obtained C) deserved
15. You will have to ________, Aunt Mary is rather deaf. D) earned E) profited
A) speak up B) call up C) ring up
D) stand up E) sit up 35. In spite of the storm, the Captain ________ the ship safely into port.
A) pushed B) directed C) drove
16. Three people ________ in this lake last June. D) steered E) managed
A) were sunk B) were flooded C) were drowned
D) were downed E) were drained 36. The teacher ________ out the words she had written on the
blackboard.
17. You’ve been working all day. It’s ________ you went home. A) cleaned B) dusted C) rubbed
A) good time B) bad time C) long time D) washed E) scraped
D) short time E) high time
37. Would you mind ________ your radio a little, please?
18. The children walked to the ________ of the cliff and looked down at A) turning in B) turning down C) turning out
the sea below. D) turning over E) turning to
A) rim B) edge C) limit
D) brim E) border 38. I don’t think you can lift that case ________ I help you.
A) since B) without C) not
19. The water in this stream has dried up because of the ________ of D) unless E) with
rain this summer.
A) smallness B) littleness C) loss 39. We are ________ into our new house on Saturday.
D) lack E) shortness A) moving B) proceeding C) entering
D) arriving E) transporting
20. The sun rises in the East and ________ in the West.
A) disappears B) vanishes C) sets 40. Susan was alone in the house when the fire ________.
D) goes E) appears A) broke off B) broke out C) broke in
D) broke up E) broke away

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TEST 11
1. The spade is a gardening ________. 22. The rapid rise in the cost of ________ is worrying many people.
A) instrument B) machine C) tool A) existing B) living C) surviving
D) weapon E) piece D) breathing E) respiring
2. The thieves buried the ________ under an oak-tree. 23. You must look in the ________ section of the newspaper to find out
A) show B) store C) harvest what films are showing.
D) treasure E) stock A) variety B) diversion C) recreation
D) hospitality E) entertainment
3. James is very ________ about the cost of his dental treatment.
A) sorry B) pained C) worried 24. He had a very bad cold and couldn’t stop ________.
D) ashamed E) sorrowful A) snoring B) sneezing C) sighing
D) yawning E) spitting
4. The children had great ________ when they went to the fair.
A) excitement B) enjoyment C) interest 25. Mr. Smith walked along the corridor and came face to ________
D) fun E) joy with his boss.
A) eye B) figure C) face
5. What ________ of toothpaste do you buy?
D) head E) front
A) class B) make C) order
D) style E) mark 26. She ________ going to the dentist although her teeth needed
attention.
6. My father began to lose hair when he was thirty and now he is quite
A) put in B) put out C) put through
________.
D) put off E) put away
A) hairless B) beardless C) smooth
D) shiny E) bald 27. It’s very easy to ________ your temper when someone annoys you.
A) mislay B) lose C) miss
7. It is not far to the church if you take the short _______ by Friars Lane.
D) forget E) damage
A) turning B) corner C) cut
D) pass E) slit 28. If the World Population ________ continues, it will be impossible to
feed everybody.
8. His car battery has ________; he’ll have to get it recharged.
A) outbreak B) bang C) blast
A) run off B) run out C) run away
D) explosion E) contraction
D) run down E) run in
29. The brave man was greatly honored when the general said “You
9. Mary looked as pretty as a ________ in her new dress.
________ a medal.”
A) painting B) picture C) postcard
A) earn B) expect C) deserve
D) flower E) engraving
D) reserve E) justify
10. It will do you ________ to have a holiday.
30. I wish to see the manager to ________ about the terrible food in this
A) well B) better C) good
restaurant.
D) fine E) great
A) inquire B) complain C) criticize
11. My mother says she doesn’t like ________ buttons on my shirts. D) revolt E) disapprove
A) attaching B) sewing C) connecting
31. She couldn’t quite remember his name although it was on the
D) fixing E) joining
________ of her tongue.
12. People of all ________ come to Hutton’s Holiday Camp. A) tip B) top C) back
A) years B) limes C) dates D) front E) end
D) ages E) days
32. The soldier took careful aim, then ________ several shots.
13. Have a ________ of coffee; it will make you feel better. A) exploded B) broke C) fired
A) swallow B) sip C) touch D) banged E) bombed
D) chew E) bite
33. It’s very hot in this room; that fire ________ a good heat.
14. She is very intelligent. I ________ her to pass the examination easily. A) gives away B) gives in C) gives out
A) hope B) expect C) wish D) gives up E) gives round
D) desire E) need
34. A woman who has never married is called a ________.
15. They wanted to plan their holidays so they collected some ________ A) widow B) widower C) divorcee
from the travel agency. D) housewife E) spinster
A) books B) volumes C) sheets
35. The criminal didn’t want to be recognized so he ________ himself.
D) papers E) brochures
A) camouflaged B) covered C) concealed
16. We hope to hear from you at your ________. D) disguised E) dressed
A) opportunity B) convenience C) expedience
36. It’s possible to tell the time in the dark if your watch has a _____
D) liberty E) possibility
dial.
17. The weather ________ said it would rain again tomorrow. A) light B) bright C) radiant
A) expectancy B) prophecy C) prediction D) luminous E) shining
D) forecast E) horoscope
37. She wasn’t able to buy any of the things she wanted so she returned
18. I’m very thirsty. I would ________ a cup of tea. home ________.
A) desire B) fancy C) wish A) full-handed B) empty-handed C) empty-headed
D) long E) like D) left-handed E) right-handed
19. She couldn’t make up her ________ whether to buy the green skirt 38. He never stops smoking; one cigarette after another. I’m afraid he’s
or the blue one. become a ________ smoker.
A) brain B) heart C) mind A) line B) rope C) chain
D) soul E) head D) fiber E) cord
20. Oh dear, I have a ________ tire. I must put some air in it. 39. When it is raining and the sun is shining at the same time, a ________
A) shallow B) flat C) low can often be seen in the sky.
D) bent E) level A) waterfall B) rainbow C) arc
D) crescent E) curve
21. A good hen ________ six or seven eggs a day.
A) lies B) lays C) puts 40. The man was very ________ as he had injured his leg badly when he
D) places E) reproduces was a boy.
A) blind B) deaf C) dumb
D) lame E) limp

Book 2 Part D 313 Test 11


TEST 12
1. They managed to _____ all their unwanted things at the jumble 20. I wouldn’t like to spend a night alone in that house. It is said to be
sale. ________ by a headless ghost.
A) get rid of B) get even with C) get away with A) obsessed B) tormented C) haunted
D) get over to E) set out of D) infested E) upset
2. There was a terrible storm at sea last night and one of the sailors 21. The girl in the shop was _____ how to use a new kind of electric cooker.
________. A) proving B) establishing C) exposing
A) floated B) drowned C) dived D) demonstrating E) teaching
D) sank E) swam 22. That poor woman’s husband died a few weeks after they were
3. Let’s continue the meeting by discussing the next ________ on the married. It was a real ________.
agenda. A) sorrow B) tragedy C) wrong
A) item B) factor C) passage D) evil E) sadness
D) piece E) bit 23. He didn’t seem to know what was happening at all, he looked
4. I’m paying for my car by monthly ________ as I didn’t have enough completely ________.
money to pay cash. A) doubtful B) bewildered C) undecided
A) deposits B) receipts C) amounts D) defeated E) doomed
D) percentages E) installments 24. The economy of this country is very unstable at the moment. It’s
balanced on a ________ edge.
5. Schubert didn’t finish one of his symphonies so it will always be
A) knife B) sword C) axe
________.
D) saber E) dagger
A) defective B) undeveloped C) incomplete
D) unready E) deficient 25. The little boy was ________ for breaking the window.
A) condemned B) sentenced C) penalized
6. Suddenly I understood perfectly and everything ________ place. D) persecuted E) punished
A) fell down B) fell out C) fell in
D) fell into E) fell for 26. There has been a lot of ____ about the housing shortage in big cities.
A) circulation B) advertising C) publicity
7. The Director of the Company ________ some figures from the report D) communication E) instruction
in front of him.
A) spoke B) said C) told 27. I ________ my car badly when I hit a tree.
D) quoted E) referred A) dented B) hollowed C) depressed
D) impressed E) pitted
8. He was one of the ________ people I’ve ever known; he never
28. He is ________ to both those girls over there. One is his sister and
stopped eating.
the other is his cousin.
A) greediest B) laziest C) proudest
A) allied B) affiliated C) related
D) angriest E) shyest
D) identified E) classified
9. The men ________ the millionaire’s small daughter and demanded
29. When he was left on a desert island, he was able to ________ for a
a large sum of money for her return.
year on fruit and water.
A) eloped B) stole C) removed
A) remain B) continue C) stay
D) kidnapped E) hi-jacked
D) persist E) survive
10. You must be careful what you say to Susan; her feelings are easily
30. If I were you I’d put that meat in the refrigerator or it will ________
________.
in this hot weather.
A) damaged B) injured C) broken
A) go off B) go on C) go over
D) hurt E) cracked
D) go against E) go by
11. You keep ________ the same subject, and I’ve asked you not to
31. To play golf well you must take lessons from a good ________.
mention it again.
A) conductor B) guide C) coach
A) bringing forward B) bringing up C) bringing to
D) trainer E) leader
D) bringing about E) bringing together
32. The Browns had to use all their ________ to buy their new house.
12. That shop down the road always ______ its goods well in the window. A) keepsakes B) savings C) reserves
A) shows B) reveals C) uncovers D) leavings E) remains
D) exposes E) displays
33. When I was staying in Germany last year, I ____ quite a lot of German.
13. Please wipe your feet on the door ________ before you come in. A) picked out B) picked on C) picked up
A) mat B) rug C) carpet D) picked over E) picked upon
D) tile E) blanket
34. What are you cooking in that saucepan? It ________ good.
14. Although most of the children in the class were rather dull, there A) makes B) feels C) sniffs
were one or two ________ ones. D) smells E) flavors
A) light B) bright C) skilful
D) wise E) thoughtful 35. I know Mary has two brothers, but I don’t know which is the ________.
A) elder B) more aged C) more ancient
15. The ________ with Charles is, he doesn’t know his own mind. D) lower E) higher
A) upset B) trouble C) puzzle
D) complication E) inconvenience 36. I hope the Government will ________ the rate of income tax.
A) increase B) decrease C) reduce
16. I hate January when all the ________ start coming in. I never seem D) deduct E) degrade
to have enough money to pay them all.
37. Jane’s school report last term was very ________.
A) receipts B) accounts C) estimates
A) satisfying B) satisfactory C) fulfilling
D) bills E) lists
D) full E) fortunate
17. The workers were ________ in their demand for better conditions.
38. Mary has gone to the baker’s to buy a ________ of bread.
A) united B) combined C) joined
A) piece B) packet C) bit
D) stuck E) attached
D) pound E) loaf
18. The judge ________ the criminal to twenty years in prison.
39. When I was turning out my cupboard I ________ this photograph of
A) condemned B) punished C) disciplined
uncle Harry.
D) inflicted E) sentenced
A) came over B) came round C) came across
19. I want to know the answers to these questions, so I shall have to D) came to E) came into
look at the ________ at the back of the book. 40. Lucy says she bought her new trouser suit in ________.
A) index B) key C) register A) a disposal B) a sale C) a reduction
D) record E) table D) an offering E) a production
Book 2 Part D 314 Test 12
TEST 13
1. When he was questioned by the police, the thief didn’t ________ 21. There is a ________ on the suitcase, but it has no name on it.
the truth. A) paper B) ticket C) sign
A) say B) reply C) answer D) stamp E) label
D) tell E) respond
22. The air hostess told the passengers to ________ their seat belts.
2. When their mother died, the children were _____ by their Aunt A) tie B) attach C) fasten
Mary. D) fix E) set
A) brought in B) brought round C) brought to
23. My sister works at a home for the deaf and ________.
D) brought forward E) brought up
A) mute B) dumb C) silent
3. Don’t touch that wire or you may get an electric ________. D) speechless E) voiceless
A) shock B) current C) attack
24. The price of this TV set is not listed in the ________.
D) feeling E) surprise
A) catalogue B) guidebook C) directory
4. Mr. Brown thinks he knows ________ about football, but he doesn’t. D) record E) schedule
A) anything B) everybody C) everything
25. The police were able to trace the criminal because he left his ________
D) somebody E) nobody
on the door handle.
5. The High Street is so narrow that the Council have decided to A) fingerprints B) finger-nails C) fingertips
________ it. D) ringer ends E) finger-marks
A) increase B) extend C) widen
26. Ann refused to take _______ in the preparations for the school
D) lengthen E) shorten
concert.
6. Your brother is very tall. What is his exact ________? A) place B) part C) notice
A) size B) length C) breadth D) leave E) offence
D) measure E) height
27. Any candidate caught ______ in the examination will be disqualified.
7. If Maria comes to England, it will be a good ________ for her to A) deceiving B) deluding C) conjuring
improve her English. D) swindling E) cheating
A) possibility B) opportunity C) advantage
28. The farmer put a ________ in his field to frighten the birds away from
D) probability E) experience
his crops.
8. Please ________ your hand if you want to ask the teacher a question. A) scarecrow B) monster C) demon
A) rise B) pull C) push D) goblin E) corpse
D) lift E) raise
29. He has been making money ______ since he started his new business.
9. ________ 100 if you want to speak to the telephone operator. A) head over heels B) hand over fist C) head to foot
A) Ask B) Hear C) Dial D) ear to ear E) top to toe
D) Describe E) Turn
30. It was so cold my fingers were quite ________.
10. Our school ________ for the summer holidays on 10th July. A) senseless B) numb C) insensible
A) breaks up B) breaks down C) breaks in D) unconscious E) paralyzed
D) breaks off E) breaks through
31. You should take more exercise if you want to keep ________.
11. If you’ve got a ________ of cards, I’ll show you some tricks. A) fit B) fat C) fine
A) packet B) collection C) pack D) fresh E) flat
D) set E) parcel
32. The twins are so alike that I can never ________ the difference
12. This church was ________ by the famous architect Archibald Sparrow. between them.
A) outlined B) designed C) produced A) tell B) say C) decide
D) composed E) made D) make E) find
13. It’s Grandmother’s birthday tomorrow, so don’t forget to wish her 33. I took the doctor’s prescription to the chemist’s to be ____.
many happy ________. A) made out B) made up C) made over
A) returns B) days C) anniversaries D) made into E) made for
D) years E) congratulations
34. My boss has ________ playing golf three afternoons a week.
14. The ________ from the airport was very tiring as we had to drive A) taken over B) taken to C) taken for
through the fog. D) taken out E) taken in
A) travel B) voyage C) flight
35. The Prime Minister made an excellent ______ in the House yesterday.
D) journey E) crossing
A) discourse B) discussion C) lecture
15. If I bought a ticket in the lottery, I might ________ £1000. D) speech E) talk
A) bet B) buy C) sell
36. I have never been on good ________ with my sister-in-law.
D) win E) let
A) responses B) exchanges C) terms
16. John hopes to ________ his examination in September. D) feelings E) affections
A) make B) take C) do
37. The ________ on this tombstone is dated 1742.
D) offer E) present
A) description B) inscription C) recording
17. When you come to London, I can ________ for the night. D) outline E) engraving
A) put you down B) put you off C) put you up
38. Have you had any ________ of John lately?
D) put you right E) put you away
A) enquiries B) news C) details
18. Your new flat ________ me very much of the one we had in D) particulars E) facts
Birmingham.
39. Did you notice the ________ on Walter’s face when he heard Hugo
A) remembers B) recalls C) recollects
had been made Manager?
D) receives E) reminds
A) appearance B) description C) expression
19. The deer is one of the shyest ________ animals in existence. D) disposition E) exposition
A) savage B) untamed C) wild
40. Children usually ________ after an illness much more quickly than
D) strange E) free
adults.
20. Do open the window; this room seems very ________. A) pick up B) pick over C) pick on
A) moldy B) stuffy C) smoked D) pick out E) pick off
D) rancid E) breathless

Book 2 Part D 315 Test 13


TEST 14
1. I had to sign for this letter because it came in ________ envelope. 21. At the election you must mark your paper, fold it and drop it into
A) a recommended B) a registered C) an endorsed the ________ box.
D) a receipted E) a sealed A) voting B) ballot C) nomination
D) selection E) electoral
2. When I bought this clock I was given a six months’ ________.
A) reservation B) guarantee C) undertaking 22. When you return to your country, don’t forget to ________ with me.
D) safeguard E) security A) keep in hand B) keep time C) keep in touch
D) keep in step E) keep together
3. A ________ for the company said that the question of safety
regulations was being looked into. 23. The corrupt builder wanted to obtain the contract so he offered a
A) speaker B) spokesman C) officer ________ to the civil servant.
D) reporter E) interpreter A) bribe B) bait C) stimulus
D) tip E) bonus
4. During the war there was so little food that it had to be ________.
A) preserved B) regulated C) rationed 24. The tramp was wearing very shabby clothes and looked very _______.
D) retained E) re-distributed A) down at heel B) down to earth C) up to date
D) up and coming E) out of shape
5. Mr Jackson is permanently ________ as the result of a car accident.
A) dislocated B) incapable C) disabled 25. It was very ________ in the cottage with the comfortable armchairs
D) powerless E) inactive by the fire.
A) snug B) gratifying C) easy
6. She ________ all her savings form the bank to pay for her flight to
D) downy E) refreshing
Australia.
A) drew in B) drew up C) drew along 26. There were some black-faced sheep ________ about the hillside.
D) drew out E) drew off A) thrown B) arranged C) scattered
D) littered E) crumpled
7. Her shopping bag broke, ________ its contents all over the road.
A) dispersing B) dispensing C) scattering 27. The news ________ that prices were going to rise next week.
D) overflowing E) distributing A) got ahead B) got on C) got through
D) got up E) got out
8. When you come to the crossroads, you will see the ________ showing
the way to Middleton. 28. The child ________ his breath in wonder when he saw the Christmas
A) advertisement B) signal C) signpost tree.
D) announcement E) indicator A) kept B) blew C) sighed
D) held E) gasped
9. The crops in this field have all been ________ with insecticide.
A) sprayed B) washed C) rinsed 29. That man’s wife is terrible; he ________ him all the time, nagging
D) cleaned E) disinfected from morning till night.
A) keeps in with B) keeps up with C) keeps on at
10. I can’t use my hair-drier because I forgot to buy a ________ for it.
D) keeps away E) keeps back from
A) tap B) switch C) socket
D) pin E) plug 30. Don’t leave your things all over the room, ________ up the place.
A) mixing B) cluttering C) filling
11. The baby is very fretful; he must be ________ some teeth.
D) huddling E) breaking
A) making B) cutting C) incising
D) producing E) grinding 31. The philosopher was a great thinker and was often ________ by a
brilliant idea.
12. The attic was thick with ________ as no one had cleared it for years.
A) seized B) grabbed C) grasped
A) rust B) powder C) dust
D) held E) clutched
D) sediment E) soot
32. The trader asked a high price, but I managed to ________.
13. The artist studied in Paris for ________ of roughly five years.
A) beat him off B) beat him up C) beat him down
A) a decade B) an age C) a time
D) beat him back E) beat him in
D) a period E) an interval
33. The woman ________ for her husband’s life when he was found
14. The two young people fell in love at ________.
guilty of murder.
A) first impression B) first sight C) short notice
A) bid B) disputed C) pleaded
D) long distance E) first appearance
D) debated E) sued
15. When you get to the airport, your luggage will have to be ________.
34. Don’t ________ me or I won’t be able to stop laughing.
A) reckoned B) balanced C) scaled
A) pat B) massage C) scratch
D) estimated E) weighed
D) tickle E) stroke
16. If you are interested in becoming a ________ of the club, telephone
35. That pop group are going to make ________ recording next week.
the secretary during office hours.
A) alive B) an alive C) an awake
A) member B) partner C) sharer
D) a living E) a life
D) player E) student
36. Mary ________ her engagement the week before the wedding
17. The first English dictionary was ________ by Dr Johnson.
because she realized she didn’t love her fiance.
A) compiled B) co-ordinated C) collected
A) broke up B) broke out C) broke down
D) composed E) constructed
D) broke off E) broke away
18. When you go out, will you get me ________ of the Farming Gazette?
37. He ________ £5000 in stocks and shares.
A) an edition B) a copy C) a publication
A) inserted B) installed C) invested
D) a paper E) a sheet
D) inducted E) indented
19. I didn’t ________ I was talking to the Manager, until he told me his
38. The new magazine about car maintenance ________ tomorrow.
name.
A) comes down B) comes off C) comes on
A) identify B) distinguish C) recognize
D) comes out E) comes round
D) accept E) realize
39. That couple are well-suited; they live in perfect ________.
20. I just cannot work out the answer to this question; I ________.
A) order B) control C) harmony
A) give off B) give out C) giveaway
D) melody E) duet
D) give into E) give up
40. He is so ________, he is never satisfied with anything.
A) discontented B) disconcerted C) discomforted
D) disconnected E) discredited

Book 2 Part D 316 Test 14


TEST 15
1. Johnny ________ very badly at Mary’s birthday party. 22. John always ________ the 8:30 train to work.
A) conducted B) behaved C) showed A) traps B) captures C) catches
D) operated E) looked D) holds E) attaches

2. Mr. Jones has ________ painting since he retired. 23. We couldn’t eat the meat because it had ________.
A) taken up B) taken off C) taken over A) gone on B) gone out C) gone off
D) taken in E) taken down D) gone in E) gone over

3. How many ________ does Peter learn at school? 24. Susan couldn’t remember what she had to buy for the weekend
A) topics B) themes C) ideas because she had lost her shopping ________.
D) subjects E) objects A) record B) list C) register
D) form E) code
4. It wasn’t my ________ that the plate broke.
A) blame B) mistake C) error 25. Grandmother is always ________ her glasses.
D) fault E) slip A) misusing B) misplacing C) mistaking
D) mislaying E) mishandling
5. Ask Joan if she would give me ________ with the washing-up.
A) a leg B) a hand C) a help 26. I hate to hear a clock ________ when I’m trying to go to sleep.
D) an assistance E) an aid A) clicking B) sounding C) humming
D) ticking E) ringing
6. The Browns ________ anyone who hasn’t much money as they
have. 27. ________ for the job should write to the Personnel Manager.
A) look up to B) look away from C) look down on A) attendants B) entrants C) applicants
D) look out for E) look round at D) contenders E) competitors

7. Part of that electric plug is ________; you ought to tighten it. 28. I don’t think this medicine ________ with me.
A) safe B) loose C) free A) goes B) suits C) agrees
D) disjoined E) unattached D) fits E) accords

8. I’m reading a book about ________ of Shakespeare. 29. All the workers in the firm get a Christmas ________ of £50.
A) the living B) the existence C) the way A) repayment B) prize C) reward
D) the life E) the road D) bonus E) refund

9. Sally ________ a little money every week for her holiday. 30. The notice on the gate said “________ the dog.”
A) puts in B) puts off C) puts by A) take care of B) be careful of C) beware of
D) puts over E) puts upon D) take notice of E) be afraid of

10. My brother has curly hair but mine is quite ________. 31. You ought to be ______ yourself for being so rude to old Mrs. Green.
A) even B) regular C) uneven A) sorry for B) unhappy about C) ashamed of
D) level E) straight D) repenting for E) unfriendly to

11. John always gets very annoyed if he can’t get his own ________. 32. Just as the violinist began to play, one of the ________ on his violin
A) wish B) desire C) will broke.
D) object E) way A) cords B) tapes C) strings
D) wires E) chords
12. It’s no use shouting at grandmother, she’s as deaf as a ________.
A) post B) pin C) pole 33. The little girl woke up screaming because she had had a ________.
D) door E) wall A) daydream B) nightmare C) fantasy
D) vision E) reverie
13. If you leave that butter in the sun, it will ________.
A) thaw B) dissolve C) set 34. Have you any ________ where you left your car keys?
D) harden E) melt A) knowledge B) information C) notion
14. When I peel onions. I can’t stop my eyes ________. D) idea E) thought
A) spilling B) watering C) leaking 35. The magistrate ________ the parents for not exercising proper control
D) dripping E) dropping over the delinquent boy.
15. I’m going home tomorrow so I mustn’t forget to buy some ________. A) blamed B) faulted C) judged
A) memories B) reminders C) recollections D) accused E) exposed
D) souvenirs E) remembrances
36. I’d like to ________ the holiday arrangements once more before we
16. I caught the train by the skin of my ________. leave tomorrow.
A) mouth B) teeth C) lips A) go for B) go over C) go round
D) nose E) cheeks D) go about E) go by

17. Peter doesn’t drink alcohol, he only drinks ________ drinks. 37. Mr. Brown always ________ his letters to his secretary as soon as he
A) squashed B) crushed C) smooth has opened his post.
D) dry E) soft A) answers B) writes C) copies
D) dictates E) replies
18. Whose ________ was it to go for this long, uninteresting walk?
A) thought B) desire C) dream 38. He made a note of the appointment in his ________.
D) purpose E) idea A) journal B) diary C) ledger
D) register E) directory
19. When he was running across the field, he ________ a log.
A) fell down B) fell over C) fell off 39. How ________ is your house from the station?
D) fell into E) fell upon A) long B) distant C) near
20. John put the suitcases in the ________ of the car. D) far E) close
A) shoe B) toe C) boot 40. I have got to get up early tomorrow so I must remember to ________
D) slipper E) foot my alarm clock.
21. The doctor gave me ________ for some medicine. A) time B) set C) fix
A) an order B) a letter C) an instruction D) turn E) point
D) a recipe E) a prescription

Book 2 Part D 317 Test 15


TEST 16
1. The inspector was a very ________ man and rechecked the evidence 20. He doubted if he would pass the examination as it was ________
several times. whether he would even finish the paper.
A) complete B) wholesome C) thoughtful A) wait and see B) hit or miss C) touch and go
D) thorough E) attentive D) this or that E) open to error
2. My friend exercises regularly and is in much better _____ than I am. 21. My aunt used to pretend that she could tell fortunes from tea ______.
A) figure B) size C) shape A) seeds B) buds C) leaves
D) frame E) outline D) leavings E) grounds
3. Mr. Brown kept the ________ round his garden neatly clipped. 22. Mr. Sims has walked with a ________ ever since his car accident six
A) hedge B) fence C) railings years ago.
D) plants E) flowers A) limp B) jog C) trot
D) hop E) jump
4. Tomorrow is a special ________ night for the guitarist who has injured
his hand and can’t play again. 23. Oh, dear, my pen has ________; can you lend me yours?
A) benefit B) welfare C) merit A) run off B) run down C) run out
D) charity E) goodwill D) run in E) run up

5. Mr. Jones was always interfering and poking his nose into everyone’s 24. Would it be possible to have these photographs ________?
________. A) expanded B) enlarged C) extended
A) situation B) job C) work D) inflated E) stretched
D) business E) life 25. Don’t forget to ________ your luggage clearly in case It gets mislaid
6. I can’t ________ the sound of a knife scraping on a plate. in transit.
A) bear B) support C) sustain A) print B) name C) sign
D) suffer E) forbear D) identify E) label
26. The ________ of living has risen by 10% in the last three months.
7. I’m sure they couldn’t have arranged it; they must have met
A) price B) expense C) cost
________.
D) rate E) expenditure
A) at random B) by chance C) with luck
D) by fate E) by design 27. Marie often buys clothes at that ________ stall in the market.
A) second-class B) second-best C) second-hand
8. If you want to know how to wash that sweater, look at the ________ D) second string E) second chance
inside the collar.
A) badge B) ticket C) notice 28. Don’t eat those berries in case they are ________.
D) sign E) tab A) poisonous B) venomous C) infectious
D) emetic E) contagious
9. Oh dear. I don’t seem to have my bag, I must have ________ it in
the Post Office. 29. I’ve got such a _____ throat I’m sure I must be going to have a cold.
A) missed B) overlooked C) forgotten A) hurt B) sensitive C) irritable
D) left E) misplaced D) sour E) sore

10. He had injured his arm badly and had to keep it in a ________ for 30. You can take a short ________ through the woods to the station.
several weeks. A) lane B) road C) highway
A) cradle B) swing C) sling D) cut E) alley
D) litter E) stretcher 31. I’m afraid it will be a long time before we get to the ________ of this
11. Peter’s car ________ in the country so he had to walk lo the nearest unpleasant affair.
village for help. A) base B) bottom C) foundation
A) broke up B) broke down C) broke away D) foot E) basis
D) broke off E) broke open 32. John has just passed his driving test, so now he’s on the ________
for a cheap car.
12. She tied a scarf round her head to ________ her hair from the rain.
A) outlook B) pursuit C) lookout
A) cover B) hide C) keep
D) discovery E) track
D) shelter E) protect
33. At the beginning of the war every man under thirty was ________ to
13. The telephone operator said she would put the caller ________ when serve in the armed forces.
the line was free. A) called in B) called up C) called for
A) through B) up C) in D) called out E) called over
D) forward E) over
34. The sight of so much ice cream made the children’s mouths ________.
14. When I’ve passed my driving test I’ll be able to get a permanent A) drip B) ooze C) wet
driving ________. D) moisten E) water
A) certificate B) license C) permit
D) voucher E) warrant 35. I’m not ________ but I never walk under a ladder if I can help it.
A) credulous B) simple C) supernatural
15. The train doesn’t leave for an hour yet. What shall we do to ________? D) superstitious E) ignorant
A) mark time B) waste time C) spend time
D) keep time E) kill time 36. According to Charles Darwin, man is ________ from the apes.
A) originated B) entailed C) revolved
16. Most people think they pay too much ______ tax to the Government. D) descended E) elevated
A) income B) salary C) wages
D) earnings E) money 37. The lighted candles on the altar ________ in the draught from the
open window.
17. The post ________ hadn’t arrived by ten o’clock. A) fluttered B) wavered C) trembled
A) yet B) already C) still D) flickered E) shivered
D) nevertheless E) even
38. I am going to celebrate my wedding ________ on the 10th December.
18. I ________ that you ought to apologize. A) birthday B) name day C) anniversary
A) desire B) wish C) want D) year E) occasion
D) hope E) think 39. When the volcano ________, several villages had to be evacuated.
19. I’ve booked two seats in the front ________ for tomorrow’s concert. A) exploded B) erupted C) emitted
A) line B) row C) rank D) overflowed E) overran
D) file E) strip 40. All the crops on that farm have been ________ with insecticide.
A) covered B) spread C) dispersed
D) sprayed E) overlaid
Book 2 Part D 318 Test 16
TEST 17
1. When I turned on the switch, the lights ________. 20. There was no ________ of anyone having entered the room.
A) cracked B) fired C) expired A) sight B) look C) sign
D) fused E) flared D) signal E) notice
2. Be careful with that knife because it has a very sharp ________. 21. If your handbag has been stolen, you must ________ it to the police
A) side B) steel C) rim immediately.
D) cut E) blade A) tell B) report C) inform
D) announce E) record
3. They are ________ all those old houses to make room for a new
Town Hall. 22. Has John paid you back the £5 you ________ him?
A) putting down B) doing down C) taking down A) lent B) borrowed C) owed
D) pulling down E) running down D) gave E) charged
4. ________ the bottle well before you pour out the medicine. 23. Who ________ of going for this walk in the rain?
A) agitate B) shake C) stir A) thought B) decided C) proposed
D) spin E) tumble D) insisted E) wanted
5. I’m afraid I took your umbrella by ________. 24. When he retired, my father _______ his business to my eldest brother.
A) fault B) error C) misdeed A) made out B) made away C) made over
D) mistake E) misjudgment D) made up E) made for
6. The prisoners had spent almost a year digging a ________ before 25. The ________ at that restaurant is excellent.
the guards discovered it. A) attention B) service C) serving
A) tube B) subway C) tunnel D) care E) attending
D) pipe E) pass
26. I enjoyed that book so much that I read it from ________ to end in
7. I wish you’d let me speak for myself and not ________ the words one day.
out of my mouth. A) opening B) beginning C) start
A) take B) remove C) pull D) commencement E) introduction
D) snatch E) grab
27. The kidnappers demanded a ________ of £509.000.
8. To get your illustrated guide to Great Britain just fill in the ________ A) forfeit B) ransom C) penalty
and send it with 50p to the Tourist Board. D) fine E) reward
A) cheque B) note C) coupon
28. I wish you wouldn’t keep _______ my time asking such silly questions.
D) bill E) warrant
A) losing B) spending C) wasting
9. There’s no ________ in going to the cinema now as the film’s already D) engaging E) occupying
started.
29. I only received the application ________ for the job yesterday.
A) reason B) cause C) motive
A) paper B) form C) order
D) point E) ground
D) notice E) document
10. That’s absolute nonsense; you’re talking out of the ________.
30. When he came back from holiday his skin was beautifully _______.
A) tip of your tongue B) back of your head
A) tanned B) sunburnt C) toasted
C) skin of your teeth D) depth of your soul
D) browned E) burnt
E) side of your mouth
31. Did you have a good ________ when you went to Scotland?
11. Without exercise many people’s bodies become ________.
A) experience B) stay C) enjoyment
A) soggy B) flabby C) spongy
D) time E) amusement
D) doughy E) squashy
32. Five hundred people were ________ in the earthquake.
12. “________ man kills the thing he loves” is a well-known saying.
A) sunk B) buried C) flooded
A) all B) none C) each
D) overrun E) overturned
D) any E) some
33. When I paid for my groceries in the supermarket, the cashier gave
13. He fell guilty about breaking off the engagement and often had a
me the wrong ________.
________ of conscience.
A) rebate B) sum C) exchange
A) spasm B) twinge C) sting
D) return E) change
D) pain E) pinch
34. He won’t be able to drive his car unless he ________ his license.
14. The members of the team were very ________ and changed their
A) remits B) reforms C) revises
plans at short notice.
D) reports E) renews
A) flexible B) supple C) loose
D) plastic E) lenient 35. Yesterday Stephen studied for five hours ________.
A) on end B) at length C) in full
15. I visited many historic houses and castles ____ my summer holiday.
D) in time E) at once
A) within B) inside C) during
D) including E) wherein 36. The ________ for the course are £50 a term.
A) charges B) costs C) payments
16. She likes classical music and is particularly ________ on Mozart.
D) fees E) subscriptions
A) overwhelmed B) hearty C) eager
D) keen E) enthusiastic 37. Do you wear your watch on your right ________ because you are
left-handed?
17. There’s ________ telling what he will do if he’s annoyed.
A) hand B) elbow C) wrist
A) none B) nobody C) nothing
D) palm E) ankle
D) no E) not
38. He arrived at a most _____ moment; I was just getting into the bath.
18. Tom’s very spoilt and always demanding attention; I expect it’s
A) importunate B) inopportune C) uncomfortable
because he’s ________ child.
D) incongruous E) unfitting
A) an only B) one C) a lone
D) a single E) an alone 39. This road is ________ to flood in winter.
A) leading B) unprotected C) conducive
19. Actors have to _______ a play before they give a public performance.
D) liable E) susceptible
A) practice B) repeat C) rehearse
D) prepare E) reproduce 40. Buying in bulk ________ one to make substantial savings.
A) enables B) facilitates C) means
D) ensures E) empowers

Book 2 Part D 319 Test 17


TEST 18
1. This village is only ________ by river. 21. Your latest project has little ________ of success.
A) attainable B) available C) accessible A) prediction B) outlook C) preview
D) obtainable E) achievable D) prospect E) forecast
2. The man’s face was ________ from his infected tooth. 22. My enquiries did not ________ any information of value.
A) bulging B) swollen C) dilated A) extort B) elicit C) arouse
D) expanded E) distended D) affect E) induce
3. As my exam is next week, I’ll take advantage of the day off to 23. The professor’s wife was in the kitchen preparing a salad and
________ on some reading. ________ cold meal into neat, thin pieces.
A) catch up B) clear up C) hurry up A) sawing B) slitting C) slicing
D) makeup E) pick up D) sandwiching E) slashing
4. Many local authorities realize the need to make ________ for elderly 24. The advantage of the new bridge will be the way it ________ the
people in their housing programs. towns on the opposite banks of the river.
A) assistance B) conditions C) admittance A) attaches B) connects C) communicates
D) provision E) rooms D) spans E) merges
5. The curator of the Museum was most ________ and let me actually 25. Charles was not sure which profession to enter, but finally ________
examine the ancient manuscript. for the Law.
A) favorable B) gratifying C) obliging A) chose B) opted C) selected
D) pleasing E) promising D) accepted E) preferred
6. For parents, one of the problems ________ by rising prices is the 26. The police _____ their attention to the events that led up to the
continual demand for more pocket money. accident.
A) given B) posed C) pressing A) confirmed B) contained C) conserved
D) provided E) forced D) confined E) completed
7. After speaking for two hours, the lecturer found he could scarcely 27. The large crowds lingering in the streets were quickly ________ by
talk, as he had become ________. heavy rain.
A) hoarse B) dumb C) inarticulate A) removed B) dislocated C) deposed
D) speechless E) tongue-tied D) detached E) dispersed
8. There is pressure on the British government to ________ the-number 28. We covered a wide ________ of topics in the interview.
of immigrants permitted to settle in the U.K. A) fashion B) extent C) collection
A) confine B) depress C) decrease D) number E) range
D) restrain E) limit
29. Looked at from your ________, the position is intolerable.
9. In recent years there has been a ______ increase in the cost of living. A) attitude B) state C) standpoint
A) powerful B) ponderous C) wide D) level E) opinion
D) significant E) violent 30. Although your offer for the house is £200 below the asking ________,
10. The drunken couple did nothing to keep the flat clean and tidy and they’ll probably accept for the sake of a quick sale.
lived in the utmost ________. A) cost B) value C) price
A) pollution B) decay C) corruption D) limit E) amount
D) contamination E) squalor
31. The garden had been badly neglected and was completely ________
11. She was extremely lucky when her great-uncle died, she with weeds.
________ a fortune. A) overgrown B) suffocated C) enclosed
A) came by B) came about C) came into D) coated E) overlaid
D) came through E) came over 32. By the end of the day the flood water which had covered most of
12. The accused man was able to prove his innocence at the trial and the town had ________.
was ________. A) receded B) reversed C) replaced
A) forgiven B) pardoned C) excused D) retired E) returned
D) acquitted E) absolved 33. The police arrested the wrong man mainly because they ________
13. A good boss always ________ responsibility to his assistants. the names they had been given by the witness.
A) relegates B) delegates C) removes A) confused B) perplexed C) puzzled
D) consigns E) refers D) bewildered E) merged
14. Although nobody ________ his presence, Mr. Smith knew he had 34. Being already a graduate from another university, he was ________
been recognized. from the entrance examination.
A) acknowledged B) admitted C) assented A) exempted B) excluded C) prohibited
D) attributed E) requited D) precluded E) deferred
15. He tries to _____ himself with everyone by paying them compliments. 35. Digging the garden is a very ________ task.
A) gratify B) please C) ingratiate A) industrious B) manual C) laborious
D) commend E) placate D) exerting E) conscientious
16. He was ________ from the competition because he had not compiled 36. Hopes of finding the missing climbers are now beginning to
with the rules. ________.
A) banished B) forbidden C) outlawed A) reduce B) fade C) dim
D) disqualified E) precluded D) faint E) shrink
17. He thanked me _______, too much I thought for the little I had 37. The Minister accused the farmers of ________ the potato shortage
done. in order to force prices up.
A) significantly B) profusely C) prolifically A) depleting B) expecting C) exploiting
D) luxuriantly E) sumptuously D) misapplying E) misappropriating
18. The police managed to ________ down the owner of the car. 38. The stories about his wealth are quite ________; he is not particularly
A) trace B) track C) catch well off.
D) search E) pursue A) unprovoked B) incredulous C) unfounded
19. The party’s reduced vote was ______ of lack of support for its policies. D) irrational E) undeserving
A) indicative B) confirming C) positive 39. I don’t really know how to ________ the problem.
D) revealing E) evident A) tackle B) cope C) set in
20. Although most of the rooms are small, the hall is ________. D) raw E) efface
A) extending B) extended C) spacious 40. He had deceived a great many people but she _______ him at once.
D) expansive E) abundant A) saw into B) saw round C) saw through
D) looked through E) looked into
Book 2 Part D 320 Test 18
TEST 19
1. Since 1945 the rivalry in military strength between the world’s great 21. At the end of his trial he was ________ of murder.
powers has produced a ________ balanced peace. A) convicted B) convinced C) penalized
A) presently B) precociously C) previously D) condemned E) sentenced
D) deviously E) precariously
22. To ________ greater accuracy, all invoices will be double-checked
2. The team’s coach insisted on a program of ________ training before before leaving the office.
the big match. A) assure B) ensure C) insure
A) harsh B) rigorous C) positive D) ascertain E) confirm
D) severe E) searching
23. The mountainous areas of the country are ________ populated.
3. I tried to ________ a hint but you didn’t notice.
A) slightly B) loosely C) infrequently
A) nod B) drop C) suggest
D) sparsely E) meagerly
D) let E) warn
4. What you say is true, but you could have ________ it more tactfully. 24. He is an ________ worker, and rarely does well in examinations.
A) talked B) phrased C) observed A) errant B) erroneous C) erotic
D) informed E) remarked D) erratic E) exotic

5. The police are ________ the suburbs for the missing car. 25. He was completely ________ by the thief’s disguise.
A) seeking B) combing C) looking A) taken away B) taken down C) taken in
D) socking E) investigating D) taken through E) taken up
6. The climbers ________ their greatest ambition by reaching the summit 26. His letter was so confused that I could hardly make any ________ of
of the mountain. it at all.
A) obtained B) sustained C) maintained A) interpretation B) meaning C) message
D) retained E) realized D) sense E) explanation
7. He was so ______ in the book that he forgot all about his appointment. 27. According to the weather forecast, which is usually ________, it will
A) distracted B) attracted C) gripped snow this afternoon.
D) diverted E) engrossed A) accurate B) precise C) exact
8. It is impossible to ________ these points of view: they are too D) perfect E) thorough
different. 28. It was nearly Christmas, and the children were in high ________.
A) unite B) reconcile C) coincide A) mood B) spirits C) heart
D) correspond E) compromise
D) glee E) gusto
9. I am never free on Thursday evenings as I have a ________
arrangement to play chess with a friend. 29. An energetic manager can be a great ________ to his firm.
A) long-standing B) long-lived C) long-range A) asset B) profit C) influence
D) long-lasting E) long-service D) surcharge E) prosperity

10. If you are under 18, you are not ________ to join this club. 30. He was a generous friend but as a businessman he drove a hard
A) available B) legitimate C) capable ________.
D) eligible E) permissible A) bargain B) affair C) arrangement
D) deal E) contract
11. The Chairman is to give a formal _____ at the Annual General Meeting.
A) discussion B) address C) debate 31. This man is so arrogant that he is completely ________ to all criticism.
D) revision E) dialogue A) impervious B) unaware C) regardless
12. When I arrived in this country I had to start learning the language D) unconscious E) safeguarded
from ________. 32. I cannot bear the noise of my brother’s radio; it ________ me from
A) scratch B) nothing C) introduction my work.
D) ignorance E) blank A) disturbs B) perturbs C) deranges
13. I spoke to him, but he was too ________ to hear what I said. D) interrupts E) distracts
A) preoccupied B) concentrated C) absent-minded 33. He soon made a ________ for himself on the stage.
D) cautious E) thoughtful A) popularity B) fame C) regard
14. National emergencies require that the community ________ those D) notoriety E) famous
of the individual citizen.
34. His aunt died leaving him a small ________.
A) overcome B) overwhelm C) overpower
D) override E) overthrow A) heritage B) dowry C) portion
D) grant E) legacy
15. Because of the strike, British Rail have been forced to ________ all
trains to London. 35. His irresponsible behavior put the whole operation in ________.
A) cancel B) abandon C) postpone A) risk B) doubt C) jeopardy
D) refer E) recall D) condemnation E) alarm
16. The townspeople held a celebration when work on the ________ of 36. When I invited him to dinner he accepted with ________.
the ancient building had been completed. A) consent B) obligation C) acknowledgement
A) re-establishment B) rejuvenation C) restoration D) alacrity E) gratification
D) reproduction E) reparation
37. During the fire he ________ the people into groups which carried
17. All flights in and out of London Airport came to a ________ because sand and water to throw on to the flames.
of the strike. A) called B) dispersed C) organized
A) terminus B) closure C) standstill D) made E) planned
D) stoppage E) conclusion
38. Will you ________ Peter to bring his camera tomorrow?
18. Dried vegetables are easy to use if you remember to ________ them A) remember B) remind C) recall
overnight. D) recollect E) refer
A) dampen B) infuse C) bathe
D) plunge E) soak 39. The floor was ______ with blood where the murdered man had fallen.
A) dyed B) colored C) dotted
19. Investors seem to be losing ________ in the car industry.
A) belief B) confidence C) trust D) blotted E) stained
D) reliability E) reliance 40. That comedian is very good at ________; she can take off the Prime
20. The memorial in the square ________ the soldiers who lost their Minister perfectly.
lives in the war. A) introductions B) reproductions C) presentations
A) celebrates B) recaptures C) remembers D) impressions E) similarities
D) commemorates E) recalls

Book 2 Part D 321 Test 19


TEST 20
1. If the fire alarm is sounded, all residents are requested to ________ 20. His carelessness ________ the whole enterprise.
in the courtyard. A) ventured B) risked C) jeopardized
A) combine B) assemble C) crowd D) chanced E) hazarded
D) mobilize E) unite 21. I congratulate you on your ________ in jewelry.
2. The acoustics in the concert hall were very poor, and it would A) selection B) choice C) flavor
obviously be necessary to ________ my voice. D) taste E) likes
A) exaggerate B) extend C) amplify 22. He ________ his rose bushes carefully with insecticide every evening.
D) develop E) increase A) distributed B) spread C) trickled
3. One rainy night the old bridge ______ into the river without warning. D) strewed E) sprayed
A) submerged B) collapsed C) degenerated 23. Playing on strong national feelings, they ________ the crowd to burn
D) immersed E) relapsed down the Embassy.
4. The people who objected to the new road were told that since work A) animated B) inclined C) incited
had already started there was no point in ________. D) instigated E) impressed
A) contradicting B) protesting C) provoking 24. Not knowing he had ________ out with his girl friend, I made the
D) competing E) refusing mistake of inviting them both to the party.
5. When they asked him about it, he said it was no ________ of theirs A) fallen B) quarreled C) parted
and wouldn’t tell them anything. D) put E) separated
A) connection B) concern C) relation 25. All visitors are requested to ________ with the regulations.
D) relevance E) influence A) agree B) comply C) assent
6. Nursery schools can be enormously ________ to socially handicapped D) consent E) concede
children. 26. My father had to take private pupils in order to ________ his salary
A) admirable B) beneficial C) invaluable as a teacher.
D) meritorious E) praiseworthy A) expand B) augment C) inflate
7. Corruption in the running of the city’s largest bank was ________ in D) enlarge E) complete
the local newspaper. 27. Even though the football match was not very exciting, the ________
A) found B) discovered C) detected managed to make it sound interesting
D) exposed E) commented A) commentator B) newscaster C) announcer
8. The lad spent several years as ________ to a master-builder, so that D) presenter E) narrator
he might learn the trade. 28. The rain soon worked its way ________ the roof of the old cottage.
A) applicant B) apprentice C) learner A) over B) in C) by
D) student E) pupil D) through E) round
9. He said he couldn’t _____ to retire from work and live only on his pension. 29. The Managing Director has asked to see the sales ________ resulting
A) accept B) afford C) compensate from our recent advertising campaign.
D) depend E) risk A) numbers B) calculations C) amounts
10. After his heavy defeat in the local elections he decided to ________ D) quantities E) figures
from the campaign for the Presidency. 30. TV, If properly used, can ________ a child’s imagination.
A) abandon B) renounce C) retract A) cause B) incite C) arise
D) withdraw E) withhold D) invoke E) stimulate
11. After the outbreak of a mysterious illness, investigation revealed 31. The country’s mineral resources have been ______ by foreign powers.
________ of the town’s water supply. A) disused B) deprived C) worn out
A) corruption B) infiltration C) contagion D) extorted E) exploited
D) pollution E) eruption
32. He earns his living by ________ old paintings.
12. She was very interested in the work of certain charities, and made a A) reviving B) restoring C) retrieving
regular ________ to them. D) recovering E) renewing
A) subscription B) contribution C) allowance
33. Unless stricter hunting laws are introduced, seals will soon be ______.
D) subsidy E) tribute
A) defunct B) out-dated C) archaic
13. The students visited the museum and spent several hours with the D) extinct E) obsolete
________, who was very helpful. 34. Inflation is very hard on people of ________ means.
A) commissioner B) bursar C) steward A) scarce B) impoverished C) limited
D) curator E) agent D) needy E) shortened
14. As soon as the exams were over, the students all went their ________ 35. A new system of quality control was ________ to overcome the
ways. defects in the firm’s products.
A) homely B) perspective C) respective A) installed B) inaugurated C) introduced
D) relative E) diverted D) inserted E) invested
15. The council members were dissatisfied with the wording of the 36. Ask the publishers to send you their latest _____ of English text-books.
recommendation, but passed it after ________ had been agreed. A) catalogue B) prospectus C) brochure
A) innovations B) amendments C) advancements D) pamphlet E) booklet
D) preferments E) refinements
37. It is easier to adapt to new situations if one has a ________ attitude.
16. He ______ his old car for a new model as soon as he had won the money. A) changeable B) flexible C) moveable
A) interchanged B) exchanged C) replaced D) malleable E) pliable
D) converted E) displaced
38. He was smoking; I could see the tip of his cigarette _____ in the darkness.
17. The brothers showed great ____ to their older sister, who had acted A) shining B) sparkling C) gleaming
as sole parent to them for many years. D) glinting E) glowing
A) compliance B) devotion C) subjection
39. Although he was under no ________, the shopkeeper replaced the
D) estimation E) allegiance
defective battery free of charge.
18. His poor standard of play fully justifies his ________ from the team A) urgency B) guarantee C) obligation
for the match next Saturday. D) insistence E) authority
A) rejection B) expulsion C) exclusion
40. I haven’t the ________ idea what you mean.
D) exception E) ban
A) lightest B) dimmest C) faintest
19. Even a small dog in a house can ________ a thief. D) furthest E) smallest
A) deter B) arrest C) waylay
D) counter E) forestall

Book 2 Part D 322 Test 20


TEST 21
1. She heard a _______ at the door and went to see who was outside. 21. The bank will ________ you the money if you are prepared to pay
A) hit B) knock C) lean them eight per cent interest on it.
D) strike E) touch A) borrow B) lend C) make
D) possess E) put
2. A young art student acted as our ________ when we visited the
National Gallery. 22. I ________ to him for my bad behavior.
A) coach B) conductor C) guide A) apologized B) coped C) excused
D) lead E) trainer D) forgave E) pardoned
3. Please ________ your bill before you leave the shop and make sure 23. The sky is ________ I don’t think it will rain.
that it is correct. A) clean B) clear C) cloudy
A) check B) control C) esteem D) open E) tidy
D) figure E) prove
24. I want to see all of you here tomorrow morning at nine o’clock
4. If you hear the baby ________, please tell me. without ________.
A) cry B) say C) shout A) fail B) fault C) late
D) weep E) whisper D) miss E) neglect
5. The bus conductor told him to get off because he couldn’t pay the 25. He ________ the letter carefully and put it in the envelope.
________. A) bent B) curved C) folded
A) bill B) fare C) fee D) turned E) twisted
D) journey E) travel
26. The price of the meal ________ a service charge.
6. I felt a sharp ________ when I put my hand in the boiling water. A) encloses B) enters C) envelopes
A) ache B) harm C) hurt D) includes E) inspects
D) pain E) suffer
27. He shouldn’t be allowed to play tennis in the club. He’s not a _______.
7. I am very fond of Graham Greene’s novels. He is my ________ modern A) belong B) member C) partner
author. D) representative E) social
A) favored B) favorite C) likely
28. He has always wanted to see his name in ________.
D) popular E) preferred
A) news B) paper C) press
8. She chose some attractive ________ paper for the Christmas present. D) print E) publication
A) covering B) envelope C) involving
29. He ________ his head, wondering how he could solve the problem.
D) packing E) wrapping
A) scratched B) scraped C) screwed
9. It’s rude to interrupt when someone else is ________. D) shaved E) wound
A) discussing B) remarking C) saying
30. Everyone who applies for a job with the company is given a/an
D) talking E) telling
intelligence________
10. Look, Mother! Jack has ________ you some flowers. A) experience B) fitting C) proof
A) brought B) carried C) lifted D) test E) trial
D) present E) taken
31. Do you ________ to go to the party?
11. He _____ out of the window for a moment and then went on working. A) attempt B) attend C) intend
A) glanced B) glimpsed C) regarded D) pretend E) think
D) saw E) viewed
32. We locked the animals in the cage to _____ them from getting away.
12. The company made a record ________ last year. A) avoid B) hinder C) object
A) benefit B) earn C) profit D) prevent E) resist
D) wage E) winning
33. They’re old customers of ours. We’ve been ________ with them for
13. These cars originally had two doors but the latest ________ has four. many years.
A) brand B) mark C) model A) competing B) dealing C) shopping
D) pattern E) trade D) supplying E) treating
14. He was killed in a car ________. 34. I don’t think I’ll beat him. I’m out of ________.
A) blow B) crash C) flash A) fitness B) game C) play
D) hit E) shock D) practice E) sport
15. He’s a nice man but he’s ________ to drink too much at parties. 35. If you are ________ to customers, they’ll walk out of the shop.
A) adequate B) apt C) common A) brush B) rough C) rude
D) probable E) suitable D) rusty E) tough
16. He has a bad cold and won’t be ______ to play in the match 36. We must get there ________ or other. If there are no buses,
tomorrow. we’ll have to take a taxi.
A) adequate B) appropriate C) fit A) anyhow B) anyway C) anywhere
D) proper E) suitable D) somehow E) somewhere
17. He ____ his wife and children and left them to take care of themselves. 37. I’ll ________ the children for you while you are out.
A) abandoned B) let C) missed A) look after B) look for C) look on
D) spoilt E) wasted D) look out E) look over
18. We want to make our products cheaper than our ________. 38. I wish I could ________ smoking.
A) colleagues’ B) competitors’ C) enemies’ A) give away B) give from C) give off
D) experts’ E) partners’ D) give out E) give up
19. It’s the ________ in this country for the father of the bride to pay for 39. We’ll have to ________ the meeting until next week because no
the wedding. one can come tomorrow.
A) common B) custom C) habit A) put down B) put off C) put on
D) normal E) use D) put round E) put up
20. He is a very ______ player. He practices for two hours every morning. 40. We went to the railway station to ________ our friends ________.
A) amateur B) anxious C) excited A) see \ off B) see \ out C) set \ out
D) impatient E) keen D) tell \ goodbye E) wave \ out

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TEST 22
1. He was sent to prison for ________ a bank.
21. I’ve ________ for a job in Mexico. I hope I get it.
A) borrowing B) lending C) robbing
A) applied B) appointed C) implied
D) stealing E) taking
D) presented E) succeeded
2. She bought a new ________ for the party.
22. Look, Mother; James has brought you a ________ of flowers.
A) clothes B) clothing C) dress
A) branch B) bucket C) bunch
D) vest E) wear
D) bush E) growth
3. My favorite ________ is roast beef.
23. Although the town had changed in the ten years since he had last
A) dish B) eat C) menu
visited it, much of it was still ________ to him.
D) plate E) receipt
A) accustomed B) common C) familiar
4. Several of the explorers did not survive the terrible ________ across D) relative E) used
the desert.
24. When his aunt died, he ________ a lot of money from her.
A) excursion B) journey C) step
A) earned B) inherited C) paid
D) travel E) voyage
D) spent E) won
5. What a beautiful dress! It ________ you perfectly.
25. This year the company made a ________ but next year we hope to
A) goes B) likes C) matches
make a profit.
D) mixes E) suits
A) loose B) lose C) loss
6. As the two teams were ________ at the end of the game, they had D) lost E) lot
to play again to decide the winners of the competition.
26. I’m afraid the lift is out of ______ so well have to walk up the stairs.
A) correct B) equal C) exact
A) function B) movement C) order
D) fair E) just
D) practice E) running
7. The books I borrowed are overdue. I’ll have to take them back to
27. l ________ to inform you that we cannot exchange articles once
the ________.
they have left the shop.
A) bible B) bookshop C) library
A) regret B) resent C) respect
D) magazine E) review
D) sense E) sorry
8. Naturally I’m ________ that I didn’t pass the examination but I’ll do
28. I ________ hands with him when I was introduced to him.
better next time.
A) gave B) greeted C) nodded
A) deceived B) despaired C) disappointed
D) shook E) waved
D) disillusioned E) tricked
29. His shoes were so old that his ________ were sticking out of them.
9. He was the only person to _____ the crash. Everyone else was killed.
A) ankles B) fingers C) thumbs
A) alive B) cure C) recover
D) tips E) toes
D) relieve E) survive
30. Would you ________ looking after the baby for me while I’m out?
10. I ________ him to go to the Lost Property office to see if his umbrella
A) agree B) like C) matter
had been found.
D) mind E) object
A) advertised B) advised C) announced
D) noticed E) remarked 31. I ________ you to drive carefully today. The roads are icy.
A) propose B) recommend C) refer
11. I ________ in bed all night thinking about it.
D) regard E) suggest
A) laid B) lay C) led
D) lied E) stood 32. Good ________! I hope you win.
A) chance B) luck C) run
12. It was on the top shelf, out of ________.
D) sort E) wish
A) achievement B) arrival C) attempt
D) reach E) touch 33. The trade ________ of the company is a flying horse.
A) brandy B) class C) mark
13. Before you take on the job, will you give me a rough ________ of
D) model E) stain
how much it will cost?
A) esteem B) estimate C) realization 34. The hotel room was so dirty that I was ________ and complained to
D) value E) worth the manager.
A) ashamed B) disgusted C) disgusting
14. The competitors in the car rally had to follow the ________ laid down
D) embarrassed E) shameful
by the organizers.
A) address B) direct C) progress 35. It’s no use waiting for him any longer. We _______ as well go without
D) route E) street him.
A) can B) just C) may
15. When, the clock ________ twelve, we raised our glasses and drank
D) must E) should
to celebrate the New Year.
A) beat B) hit C) shot 36. Her husband treated her badly. I’m surprised she ________ it for so
D) struck E) turned long.
A) put by B) put off C) put through
16. He had no way of making a fire so he had to eat the fish ________.
D) put up E) put up with
A) crude B) raw C) rough
D) rude E) wild 37. They were such good friends. I was surprised when they ________.
A) fell down B) fell off C) fell out
17. It was so hot that I had to go indoors. I couldn’t ______ it any longer.
D) fell over E) fell through
A) carry B) hold C) pass
D) stand E) support 38. He could hardly ________ such a generous offer.
A) turn down B) turn for C) turn off
18. The concert was so ________ that the audience went to sleep.
D) turn round E) turn up
A) bored B) boring C) exhausted
D) tired E) tiring 39. He ________ for his office every morning at eight o’clock.
19. What a beautiful ________! It’s a pity we have no flowers to put in it. A) began out B) set about C) set out
A) crystal B) cup C) glass D) set to E) started up
D) mug E) vase
20. Stick this ________ on the parcel that says “Fragile”. Then people will 40. Vitamin C is ________ in lemons; therefore, lemons can help us fight
see that they must handle it carefully. colds.
A) advertisement B) advice C) label A) simple B) abundant C) single
D) sign E) signal D) unmixed E) temporary

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TEST 23
1. They ________ our team by three goals to one. 22. At ________ we didn’t get on very well but later we became friends.
A) beat B) conquered C) earned A) beginning B) first C) least
D) gained E) won D) once E) principle
2. He works at a big steel ________ outside the town. 23. Policemen have to wear ________ because so many people ask them
A) fabric B) factory C) industry the time.
D) product E) society A) bells B) clocks C) hours
D) watches E) whistles
3. I congratulated him on winning the ________.
A) match B) play C) practice 24. She’s happiest when she has a house ________ of people to entertain.
D) recital E) sport A) enough B) filled C) full
D) lot E) plenty
4. A ________ of mine, my cousin John, is coming to stay with us.
A) familiar B) known C) neighbor 25. Don’t take what he said so seriously. He was only ________.
D) parent E) relative A) amusing B) enjoying C) funny
D) joking E) tricking
5. He has been very ________ since his wife died.
A) lonely B) only C) single 26. Don’t be afraid of the dog. He won’t do you any ________.
D) sole E) unique A) bite B) harm C) hurt
D) pain E) wound
6. As all the hotels in the town were full up, we tried to find
accommodation in a ________ village. 27. I’ll pay you back the money I ________ you at the end of the month.
A) close B) native C) near A) debt B) doubt C) lend
D) nearby E) neighbor D) owe E) own
7. The fish sauce was lovely, Janet. Would you mind letting me have 28. His landlady threw him out because he hadn’t paid the ________.
the ________ or is it a family secret? A) due B) fee C) hire
A) card B) course C) prescription D) let E) rent
D) receipt E) recipe
29. She ________ and fell from the top of the stairs to the bottom.
8. His parents died when he was a baby and he was _____ by his aunt. A) slipped B) sloped C) smashed
A) brought out B) brought up C) grown D) spilt E) split
D) grown up E) taken out
30. The elephant fell into a ________ the villagers had set for him in the
9. I ________ on seeing the manager. The service here is terrible. long grass.
A) ask B) demand C) insist A) track B) damp C) trap
D) repeat E) underline D) trick E) trip
10. He ________ me of someone I knew at school. 31. I ____ of his course of action and told him to go ahead.
A) memories B) refers C) regards A) accepted B) agreed C) approved
D) remembers E) reminds D) consented E) passed
11. I ________ £5 from my father because I was short of money. 32. Emotional speeches often ________ strong feelings.
A) asked B) borrowed C) lent A) arise B) arouse C) get up
D) spent E) wasted D) give up E) rise
12. His office is on the sixth ________ of the building. 33. I took ________ of the opportunity to tell him what I thought.
A) flat B) floor C) ground A) advantage B) benefit C) gain
D) level E) stage D) occasion E) profit
13. The main interest of the Trade Union is to raise its members’ ________ 34. He suffers from a speech ________ and so he cannot pronounce the
of living. letter ‘r’ properly.
A) ability B) capacity C) condition A) break B) defect C) error
D) degree E) standard D) fault E) mistake
14. The ________ for the race to begin was the starter firing a pistol. 35. He’s the greatest ________ expert on French art.
A) advice B) attention C) dispatch A) alive B) live C) lively
D) notice E) signal D) living E) nowadays
15. If you leave your bicycle out in the rain, it will get ________. 36. He never attends ________ at the university so he may not know
A) crude B) rough C) rude enough to get his degree.
D) rusty E) tough A) lectures B) performances C) rehearsals
D) reunions E) subjects
16. It must have rained ________ the night. The ground’s still wet.
A) ago B) during C) for 37. The weather forecast said it would rain but it looks as if it’s going to
D) since E) while ________ fine.
A) turn down B) turn into C) turn out
17. He’s so _____ by nature that he never knows what to say to strangers.
D) turn over E) turn up
A) disgusted B) embarrassing C) shameful
D) shy E) upset 38. He’s fond of ________ his colleagues but he goes on working for the
same firm.
18. I want to ________ the car to see how it goes before I buy It.
A) running down B) running into C) running out
A) experiment B) prove C) taste
D) running over E) running up against
D) try on E) try out
39. The plane ________ at 7 o’ clock.
19. A ________ is a person who comes from another country.
A) took away B) took down C) look off
A) foreigner B) host C) stranger
D) look out E) took up
D) tramp E) wanderer
40. My car ________ so I had to walk.
20. When they reached the ________ they had to show their passports
A) broke down B) broke off C) broke up
before crossing into Germany.
D) fell down E) fell through
A) border B) cliff C) edge
D) front E) shore
21. They _______ a hundred workers because they had no work for them.
A) disposed B) resigned C) sacked
D) shot E) threw

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TEST 24
1. We ________ goodbye to them as the train left. 21. I’ve bought some attractive ________ and I’m going to make a
A) greeted B) saluted C) saw off dress out of it.
D) shook E) waved A) clothing B) costume C) material
D) matter E) pattern
2. He will he given a pension when he ________ at the age of 65.
A) disappears B) dismisses C) resigns 22. Don’t touch things that don’t ________ to you!
D) retires E) sacks A) belong B) involve C) own
D) possess E) retain
3. He took a ________ of cigarettes out of his pocket.
A) block B) dozen C) packet 23. There are so many ________ in the road that you have to drive very
D) parcel E) piece carefully.
A) bends B) crosses C) curls
4. I’m sure you’ll ________ the film. It’s very good.
D) currents E) folds
A) amuse B) delight C) divert
D) enjoy E) entertain 24. I like the hat but it doesn’t ________ me. Have you got the same
thing in a larger size?
5. He fell in love with her at first ________.
A) dress B) fit C) go well
A) scene B) sight C) spectacle
D) match E) suit
D) view E) vision
25. I’m very ________ to you for all your help.
6. I’m ________ if I hurt your feelings. Please forgive me.
A) agreed B) graceful C) grateful
A) afraid B) pardon C) pitiful
D) reliable E) thanks
D) shameful E) sorry
26. The school claim to ________ students all the English they need in
7. The doctor has told him that he must not go back to work so soon
three months.
after such a long ________.
A) explain B) instruct C) learn
A) disease B) failing C) illness
D) teach E) understand
D) pain E) weakness
27. One of the water ________ burst during the recent cold weather
8. No one imagined that the apparently ________ business man was
and the kitchen was flooded.
really a criminal.
A) channels B) conductors C) pipes
A) honor B) respectable C) respectful
D) tubes E) ways
D) respective E) responsive
28. I only ____ a straw hat to protect my head when the sun is very hot.
9. Where do you ________ the writing paper? In this desk?
A) bear B) carry C) dress
A) drawer B) guard C) hold
D) put E) wear
D) keep E) maintain
29. I’m afraid we haven’t got what you want in ________ at the moment.
10. Please ________ your hand if you want to ask a question.
We can order it for you.
A) arouse B) get up C) put out
A) reserve B) sale C) shop
D) raise E) rise
D) stock E) work
11. As you are only 16, you must have your parents’ ________ before
30. I wasn’t able to ________ the meeting because I was too busy.
you can get married.
A) assist B) attempt C) attend
A) allowance B) consent C) let
D) present E) take place
D) permit E) subscription
31. He ________ to hit me if I didn’t do as he said.
12. The bank are offering £500 ____ to anyone who can give them useful
A) pretended B) said C) thought
information about the robbery.
D) threatened E) warned
A) cost B) price C) prize
D) reward E) salary 32. He said he was not guilty but the police proved he had ________.
A) denied B) laid C) lay
13. How long do you intend to ________ in this country?
D) lied E) meant
A) permanent B) remind C) rest
D) stay E) vacate 33. I don’t feel like swimming. I’d rather sun-bathe on the ________.
A) beach B) coast C) dust
14. She put a ________ of chocolate on the cake.
D) harbor E) shore
A) color B) cover C) layer
D) level E) plain 34. He bought his house on the ________ plan, paying a certain amount
of money back to the bank every month.
15. I’ll have to take the toy back to the shop to exchange it because the
A) hire B) installment C) part
mechanism is ________.
D) piece E) share
A) blame B) defect C) false
D) faulty E) few 35. He was the ________ child in the family so he had no brothers or
sisters to play with.
16. Dinner will be served ________ but we have time for a drink before
A) alone B) individual C) lonely
then.
D) only E) unique
A) actually B) currently C) lately
D) presently E) suddenly 36. I haven’t seen him ________ he came to dinner with us last week.
A) for B) meanwhile C) since
17. He ________ at me to show he appreciated the joke.
D) when E) while
A) glimpsed B) grinned C) sneered
D) stared E) watched 37. He’ll ________ his shyness when he’s older.
A) get away B) get down C) get off
18. They’re ________ to build a new factory here.
D) get over E) get up
A) planning B) pretending C) projecting
D) suggesting E) thinking 38. Throw some water on her face and then perhaps she’ll ________.
A) come back B) come down C) come on
19. There’s a great ________ of pollution on the beaches this summer.
D) come out E) come round
A) deal B) lot C) many
D) number E) quality 39. We’ve _____ bread. I’ll have to go to the baker’s to buy some more.
A) run away with B) run down C) run off
20. It was not an accident. He did it on ________.
D) run out of E) run over
A) decision B) determination C) intention
D) purpose E) security 40. The good service at the restaurant _____ the poor meal to some extent.
A) made for B) made out C) made over
D) made up E) made up for

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TEST 25
1. The ________ outside the house said: ‘Private’. 22. The only problem about sitting outside here in the evening is that
A) advice B) label C) notice you are likely to be ________ by mosquitoes.
D) signal E) threat A) bitten B) grasped C) ground
D) murdered E) picked
2. Are you going to ________ your house in London while you are
abroad? 23. You must ________ facts and not try to run away from the unpleasant
A) dispose B) hire C) let truth.
D) remove E) sale A) eye B) face C) front
D) look E) sight
3. How unkind of him to ________ to help you!
A) agree B) admit C) deny 24. There was a sudden ________ of lightning, which lit up the whole
D) ignore E) refuse street.
A) bum B) fire C) flash
4. Close the door, please: I don’t like sitting in a ________.
D) splash E) split
A) blow B) current C) draught
D) vent E) wind 25. When he ________ he wants to be an engine driver.
A) ages B) becomes C) grows
5. I had to stand in a ________ for hours to get the tickets for the
D) grows up E) increases
performance.
A) file B) procession C) queue 26. I just ________ to stop the child from running into the road.
D) tail E) turn A) achieved B) controlled C) could
D) managed E) succeeded
6. When he was a boy his hobby was stamp ________.
A) assembly B) collecting C) finding 27. As soon as his party came into ________ he raised the salaries of
D) gathering E) picking Member of Parliament.
A) force B) position C) power
7. He lost his ________ and threw a book at me.
D) right E) strength
A) feeling B) mood C) sense
D) spirit E) temper 28. There was an interesting ________ of the film in The Sunday Times
last weekend.
8. I learnt to ________ a bicycle when I was six years old.
A) comment B) remark C) resume
A) conduct B) drive C) guide
D) review E) revision
D) ride E) run
29. I didn’t realize you wanted to keep the letter. I’ve ________ it up.
9. Do as you think best. It doesn’t ________ whether he agrees or not.
A) broken B) pulled C) smashed
A) care B) decide C) import
D) torn E) wrapped
D) matter E) mind
30. We’re sorry you’re ill and send you our best wishes for a speedy
10. I don’t think you’ve ________ Mrs. Walker before I’ll introduce you
________.
to her.
A) recovery B) relief C) repair
A) discovered B) found C) known
D) repose E) survival
D) met E) presented
31. When he was young, all he ________ at the factory was £1 a week.
11. If the boss sees you doing that, you’ll get into ________.
A) earned B) gained C) inherited
A) mess B) nuisance C) problem
D) sacked E) won
D) struggle E) trouble
32. She ________ at me for a long time without saying anything.
12. My husband’s at ________. He’ll speak to you when he comes home.
A) glimpsed B) saw C) stared
A) busy B) employ C) job
D) viewed E) watched
D) work E) works
33. He threw the box out of the window and saw it fall to the ________
13. It’s no good asking me to calculate the cost. I’m hopeless at ________.
outside.
A) characters B) counters C) figures
A) flat B) floor C) ground
D) prizes E) shapes
D) plain E) soil
14. The road was so ________ that the car bounced up and down.
34. You’ve made a very ________ decision. Any reasonable person would
A) rare B) sharp C) steep
have done the same thing.
D) sudden E) uneven
A) sensational B) sensed C) sensible
15. You should be ________ of yourself for behaving so badly. D) sensitive E) sentimental
A) ashamed B) confused C) disgusted
35. The water here is very ________. You can get across the stream on
D) embarrassed E) shameful
foot.
16. I ________ an answer to my letter in the next few days. A) broad B) flat C) narrow
A) expect B) hope C) promise D) pure E) shallow
D) suppose E) wait
36. I am staying in a youth ________ in the center of the town.
17. The car broke down but the ________ in the garage soon fixed it. A) home B) hostel C) inn
A) driver B) machinist C) manufacturer D) lodge E) pub
D) mechanic E) motorist
37. The little boy had blue eyes and fair hair so he ________ his mother.
18. Why are you arresting me? I haven’t done anything ________. A) took after B) took down C) took from
A) crime B) error C) faulty D) took off E) took over
D) mistaken E) wrong
38. There’s no food left and the shops are shut so you’ll have to ________.
19. Roses are quite ________ flowers in English gardens. A) go for B) go off C) go on
A) accustomed B) annual C) common D) go through E) go without
D) used E) vulgar
39. You sometimes ________ quite valuable things in antique shop.
20. Benjamin Franklin ________ the lightning conductor. A) come across B) come back C) come into
A) discovered B) found C) invented D) come off E) come round
D) resulted E) solved
40. I’ll ________ you at 8:30 and give you a lift to the office.
21. I didn’t know his ________ so I couldn’t write to him.
A) call at B) call for C) call in
A) address B) direction C) letter
D) call round E) call to
D) route E) way

Book 2 Part D 327 Test 25


BOOK 2 - PART D

TEST 1 (Page 303) TEST 9 (Page 311)

1-D 2-B 3-A 4-E 5-C 6-C 7-B 8-D 1-E 2-D 3-A 4-D 5-B 6-D 7-C 8-D
9-C 10-B 11-D 12-E 13-B 14-C 15-A 16-E 9-C 10-B 11-A 12-A 13-C 14-D 15-B 16-E
17-C 18-D 19-D 20-A 21-A 22-B 23-A 24-C 17-B 18-D 19-C 20-E 21-B 22-E 23-C 24-B
25-B 26-B 27-B 28-A 29-C 30-C 31-B 32-B 25-D 26-B 27-E 28-B 29-D 30-A 31-B 32-D
33-A 34-B 35-B 36-C 37-A 38-B 39-E 40-B 33-C 34-D 35-C 36-E 37-A 38-D 39-E 40-B

TEST 2 (Page 304) TEST 10 (Page 312)

1-A 2-B 3-C 4-A 5-A 6-D 7-B 8-A 1-B 2-D 3-B 4-E 5-D 6-B 7-C 8-B
9-A 10-E 11-C 12-C 13-C 14-E 15-B 16-D 9-D 10-A 11-B 12-D 13-C 14-E 15-A 16-C
17-D 18-B 19-C 20-C 21-A 22-D 23-C 24-D 17-E 18-B 19-D 20-C 21-C 22-A 23-E 24-D
25-E 26-E 27-C 28-C 29-A 30-A 31-B 32-B 25-C 26-B 27-D 28-C 29-B 30-A 31-C 32-B
33-B 34-B 35-A 36-B 37-C 38-B 39-A 40-B 33-B 34-D 35-D 36-C 37-B 38-D 39-A 40-B

TEST 3 (Page 305) TEST 11 (Page 313)

1-C 2-A 3-B 4-D 5-C 6-A 7-C 8-C 1-C 2-D 3-C 4-D 5-B 6-E 7-C 8-B
9-B 10-C 11-B 12-E 13-C 14-D 15-D 16-C 9-B 10-C 11-B 12-D 13-B 14-B 15-E 16-B
17-E 18-A 19-C 20-E 21-E 22-B 23-D 24-E 17-D 18-E 19-C 20-B 21-B 22-B 23-E 24-B
25-E 26-C 27-A 28-B 29-B 30-A 31-C 32-C 25-C 26-D 27-B 28-D 29-C 30-B 31-A 32-C
33-A 34-B 35-A 36-B 37-C 38-C 39-A 40-A 33-C 34-E 35-D 36-D 37-B 38-C 39-B 40-D

TEST 4 (Page 306) TEST 12 (Page 314)

1-D 2-B 3-E 4-C 5-E 6-D 7-D 8-E 1-A 2-B 3-A 4-E 5-C 6-D 7-D 8-A
9-B 10-E 11-E 12-B 13-A 14-C 15-A 16-C 9-D 10-D 11-B 12-E 13-A 14-B 15-B 16-D
17-B 18-D 19-E 20-E 21-C 22-C 23-D 24-D 17-A 18-E 19-B 20-C 21-D 22-B 23-B 24-B
25-B 26-C 27-C 28-E 29-C 30-A 31-B 32-A 25-E 26-C 27-A 28-C 29-E 30-A 31-D 32-B
33-A 34-B 35-D 36-C 37-E 38-E 39-C 40-B 33-C 34-D 35-A 36-C 37-B 38-E 39-C 40-B

TEST 5 (Page 307) TEST 13 (Page 315)

1-C 2-E 3-B 4-D 5-E 6-A 7-A 8-D 1-D 2-E 3-A 4-C 5-C 6-E 7-B 8-E
9-B 10-A 11-C 12-C 13-E 14-B 15-C 16-E 9-C 10-A 11-C 12-B 13-A 14-D 15-D 16-B
17-D 18-A 19-E 20-C 21-B 22-D 23-A 24-E 17-C 18-E 19-C 20-B 21-E 22-C 23-A 24-A
25-B 26-A 27-B 28-B 29-C 30-D 31-D 32-C 25-A 26-B 27-E 28-A 29-B 30-B 31-A 32-A
33-B 34-B 35-B 36-A 37-E 38-B 39-D 40-E 33-B 34-B 35-D 36-C 37-B 38-B 39-C 40-A

TEST 6 (Page 308) TEST 14 (Page 316)

1-E 2-D 3-E 4-C 5-D 6-C 7-B 8-D 1-B 2-B 3-B 4-C 5-C 6-D 7-C 8-C
9-C 10-D 11-B 12-D 13-E 14-C 15-E 16-B 9-E 10-E 11-D 12-C 13-D 14-B 15-E 16-A
17-A 18-C 19-C 20-C 21-D 22-C 23-A 24-B 17-A 18-B 19-E 20-E 21-B 22-C 23-A 24-A
25-D 26-D 27-A 28-A 29-B 30-D 31-B 32-C 25-A 26-C 27-E 28-D 29-C 30-B 31-A 32-B
33-C 34-D 35-D 36-B 37-C 38-C 39-B 40-E 33-C 34-D 35-A 36-D 37-C 38-D 39-C 40-A

TEST 7 (Page 309) TEST 15 (Page 317)

1-E 2-B 3-E 4-E 5-D 6-B 7-A 8-D 1-B 2-A 3-D 4-D 5-B 6-C 7-B 8-D
9-B 10-D 11-C 12-A 13-B 14-B 15-D 16-C 9-C 10-E 11-E 12-A 13-E 14-B 15-D 16-B
17-C 18-B 19-E 20-B 21-B 22-C 23-E 24-A 17-E 18-E 19-B 20-C 21-E 22-C 23-C 24-B
25-C 26-E 27-C 28-A 29-A 30-D 31-D 32-B 25-B 26-D 27-C 28-E 29-D 30-C 31-C 32-C
33-B 34-E 35-D 36-A 37-D 38-C 39-C 40-B 33-B 34-D 35-A 36-B 37-D 38-B 39-D 40-B

TEST 8 (Page 310) TEST 16 (Page 318)

1-C 2-A 3-A 4-A 5-E 6-C 7-C 8-B 1-E 2-C 3-A 4-A 5-D 6-A 7-B 8-E
9-C 10-D 11-D 12-E 13-C 14-C 15-C 16-E 9-D 10-C 11-B 12-E 13-A 14-B 15-E 16-A
17-C 18-B 19-B 20-C 21-A 22-D 23-A 24-D 17-C 18-E 19-B 20-A 21-C 22-A 23-C 24-B
25-D 26-B 27-C 28-E 29-C 30-E 31-B 32-E 25-E 26-C 27-C 28-A 29-E 30-D 31-B 32-C
33-C 34-A 35-B 36-A 37-C 38-D 39-D 40-D 33-B 34-E 35-D 36-D 37-D 38-C 39-B 40-D

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TEST 17 (Page 319) TEST 25 (Page 327)

1-D 2-E 3-D 4-B 5-D 6-C 7-A 8-C 1-C 2-B 3-E 4-C 5-C 6-B 7-E 8-D
9-D 10-C 11-B 12-C 13-E 14-A 15-C 16-D 9-D 10-D 11-E 12-D 13-C 14-E 15-A 16-A
17-D 18-A 19-C 20-C 21-B 22-A 23-A 24-C 17-D 18-E 19-C 20-C 21-A 22-A 23-B 24-C
25-B 26-B 27-B 28-C 29-B 30-A 31-D 32-B 25-D 26-D 27-C 28-D 29-D 30-A 31-A 32-C
33-E 34-E 35-A 36-D 37-C 38-B 39-D 40-A 33-C 34-C 35-E 36-B 37-A 38-E 39-A 40-A

TEST 18 (Page 320)

1-C 2-B 3-A 4-D 5-A 6-B 7-A 8-E


9-D 10-E 11-C 12-D 13-B 14-A 15-C 16-D
17-B 18-B 19-A 20-C 21-D 22-B 23-C 24-B
25-B 26-D 27-D 28-E 29-C 30-C 31-A 32-A
33-A 34-A 35-C 36-B 37-C 38-C 39-A 40-C

TEST 19 (Page 321)

1-E 2-B 3-B 4-B 5-A 6-E 7-E 8-B


9-A 10-D 11-B 12-A 13-A 14-D 15-A 16-C
17-A 18-B 19-B 20-D 21-A 22-B 23-D 24-A
25-C 26-D 27-A 28-B 29-A 30-A 31-A 32-E
33-A 34-A 35-C 36-E 37-C 38-B 39-E 40-B

TEST 20 (Page 322)

1-B 2-C 3-B 4-B 5-B 6-B 7-D 8-B


9-B 10-D 11-D 12-B 13-D 14-C 15-B 16-B
17-B 18-C 19-A 20-C 21-D 22-C 23-C 24-A
25-B 26-B 27-A 28-D 29-E 30-E 31-E 32-B
33-D 34-C 35-C 36-A 37-B 38-E 39-C 40-C

TEST 21 (Page 323)

1-B 2-C 3-A 4-A 5-B 6-D 7-B 8-E


9-D 10-A 11-A 12-C 13-C 14-B 15-B 16-C
17-A 18-B 19-B 20-E 21-B 22-A 23-B 24-A
25-C 26-D 27-B 28-D 29-A 30-D 31-C 32-D
33-B 34-D 35-C 36-D 37-A 38-E 39-B 40-A

TEST 22 (Page 324)

1-C 2-C 3-A 4-A 5-E 6-B 7-C 8-C


9-E 10-B 11-B 12-D 13-B 14-D 15-D 16-B
17-D 18-B 19-E 20-C 21-A 22-C 23-C 24-B
25-C 26-C 27-A 28-D 29-C 30-D 31-B 32-B
33-C 34-B 35-C 36-E 37-C 38-A 39-C 40-B

TEST 23 (Page 325)

1-A 2-B 3-A 4-E 5-A 6-D 7-E 8-B


9-C 10-E 11-B 12-B 13-E 14-E 15-D 16-B
17-D 18-E 19-A 20-A 21-C 22-B 23-D 24-C
25-D 26-B 27-D 28-E 29-A 30-C 31-C 32-B
33-A 34-B 35-D 36-A 37-C 38-B 39-C 40-A

TEST 24 (Page 326)

1-E 2-D 3-C 4-D 5-B 6-E 7-C 8-B


9-D 10-D 11-B 12-D 13-D 14-C 15-D 16-D
17-B 18-A 19-A 20-D 21-C 22-A 23-A 24-B
25-C 26-D 27-C 28-E 29-D 30-C 31-D 32-D
33-A 34-B 35-D 36-C 37-D 38-E 39-D 40-E

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