MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 05

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 05

Choose the best options to complete the following sentences.

I. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES:

1. Scientists suggested the disease _______ by a new type of virus.
A. be caused B. would be caused C. was caused D. might have caused
2. A: “Kelly’s late; that’s not like her.” – B: “She _______ about your date.”
A. might forget C. might have forgotten
B. could be forgetting D. could forget
3. “Should I phone Annie now?”
“I wouldn’t. She _______ the baby to bed about now.”
A. is putting C. going to put
B. will be putting D. will have put
4. Surely the professor wouldn’t be _______ everyone in the class!
A. too cruel to fail B. enough cruel to fail C. so cruel that fails D. so cruel as to fail
5. Susie as well as her coaches _______ any idea of her plan for next year.
A. has not voiced B. have not voiced C. do not voice D. is not voicing
6. If you prepare well in advance, the presentation _______ be any trouble.
A. wouldn’t B. hadn’t C. shouldn’t D. couldn’t
7. The government just passed a law _______ achieving huge reductions in carbon-based energy usage
by 2050.
A. in efforts to B. for their hopes of C. aimed at D. regardless of
8. No sooner _______ everyone started to gossip about him.
A. had Mike left than C. had Mike left when
B. did Mike leave when D. did Mike leave than
9. I've ________ that in Poland there's been a tradition that young boys take sweets to school for girls,
and men take flowers for women at work.
A. heard to tell B. been heard telling C. heard tell D. been heard to tell
10. The entertainment was _______ for the whole family as it was appropriate for all ages.
A. cleanly good fun B. well clean fun C. well cleanly fun D. good clean fun

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

II. PHRASAL VERBS AND PREPOSITIONS:

1. People are buying _______ stocks of food in case the storm hits the area.
A. up B. out C. off D. into
2. Living in a small town in the North of France, Jacob’s life _______ his family.
A. orbits round B. circled round C. revolves around D. moves around
3. Can’t you hold _______ those reporters until I’ve finished the rehearsal?
A. off B. away C. out D. up
4. It’s time everyone wised _______ the illegal acts the government is committing.
A. on in B. up on C. up to D. in on
5. Her father laid _______ her when she came home two hours late from a party.
A. off B. down C. apart D. into
6. I tried asking him about Eileen, but he just _______ up completely.
A. clammed B. tied C. strung D. hung
7. The bully cleared _______ when he saw the teacher approaching.
A. up B. off C. away D. out
8. I was a little apprehensive _______ the effects of what I had said.
A. with B. about C. for D. towards
9. Impatient _______ her arrival, he kept running to the window every time a car passed.
A. with B. on C. for D. by

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10. The rules are clearly stated and admit _______ no confusion.
A. to B. for C. of D. from

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

III. VOCABULARY
1. Before the Civil War, several Southern states tried to _______ laws passed by the U.S. government.
A. mollify B. adhere C. nullify D. sequester
2. The police officer was forced to _______ the nearest car to chase the bank robbers.
A. discern B. commandeer C. verify D. reconcile
3. Sean spent some extra time studying his geometry in order to _______ failure on the test.
A. imprint B. imprison C. preclude D. exclude
4. If you truly want to strive for a goal, you must be _______ to opinions of people who don’t think you can
do it.
A. imperceptible B. impenitent C. impartial D. impervious
5. The purpose of the new employee manual is to show, briefly and _______, how to stay safe in the
laboratory.
A. unambiguously B. impeccably C. authentically D. deftly
6. Because folk art is neither completely rejected nor accepted as an art form by art historians, their final
evaluations of it necessarily remain ________.
A. arbitrary B. estimable C. unspoken D. equivocal
7. In parts of the Arctic, the land grades into the landfast ice so ________ that you can walk off the coast
and not know you are over the hidden sea.
A. slightly B. imperceptibly C. precariously D. irregularly
8. If the network is busy, then voice calls can suffer from ________ and the quality of the service
becomes unacceptably low.
A. discourse B. lapse C. flicker D. latency
9. This job may not pay well, but it has certain _______ benefits, such as friendly colleagues and a
stimulating environment.
A. obscure B. tangential C. intangible D. immaterial
10. Jerry had the _______ to blame his teachers for his failure.
A. concern B. chivalry C. regard D. audacity
11. To _______ the course of justice by withholding information is a serious penal offense.
A. obstruct B. prohibit C. stem D. hamper
12. The government ________ its ambassador when war was declared.
A. repealed B. recalled C. revoked D. annulled
13. It is sometimes very difficult to appreciate his _______ wit.
A. caustic B. frail C. sardonic D. flimsy
14. My mother left for Europe on Friday. She asked me to hold the _______ while she’s away.
A. pants B. fork C. stick D. fort
15. You’ll certainly get it in the ________ if your mother discovers you smoke cigarettes in the backyard.
A. throat B. back C. neck D. hand
16. During winter the shelters are full of people of no fixed _______.
A. residence B. abode C. home D. dormitory
17. If you _______ your time until the market improves, you’ll get a better return on your investment.
A. seek B. bind C. wait D. bide
18. You shouldn’t have mentioned anything about Steve’s failed exam. It only _______ the flames of your
brother’s irritation.
A. burned B. fanned C. blew D. glowed
19. Now that you have grown up, you must stop living on your parents’ money. It’s high time you started
to _______.
A. give them your due C. take them in good part
B. earn your own keep D. rest on your laurels

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20. The film star categorically _______ any connection with the scandal.
A. refuses B. denies C. rejects D. revokes

Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

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