PART B.

LEXICO-GRAMMAR
1. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the sentences.
1. Many supporters were
from the stadium as it was already full.
D. played off
D. pluck
D. faint
A. sent off
2. Why do 1 always draw
B turned away the short straw?
C. put off
C. drag
C. misted
B. pull
3. Without my glasses, my vision is
very
A. fogged
blurred
4. It was decided that the cost of the project would be
and so it was abandoned.
D. exclusive
A. repressive
5. We
B.
prohibitive
C. restrictive
up a friendship the very first time we met.
struck
6. Look, will you stop
A. moving
B. launched
C. cropped
D. plugging
D. settled

in and let me finish my sentence!

B. pushing
7. The man gave a series of
answers which told them nothing more.
A. tricky
B. uncertain
C. evasive
D. elusive
8. The announcement about job losses has
consequences for the firm.
A.
ard-hitting
B. far-reaching
C. never-ending
D. wide-ranging
9. The decision was
to a later meeting.
C.
eferred
D. delayed
D. not to write
A.
cancelled
B. arranged
10, "Don't worry about your sister. I'm sure she's okay".
"But it's unlike her
to me every week."
k if she didn't write
B. if not writing
C. not writing
11. The
listened attentively to every word the vicar said in his sermon.
A. sightseers
12. In today’s paper it
A. says
B. congregation
C. spectators
D. audience
that we shall have an election this year.
B. admits
C. expresses
D. proposes
13.
calculations have shown that the earth's resources may run out before the end of the next
century.

A. Raw
B. Rude
C. Crude
D. Blunt
14. The closets are filled with things we don't need. We should have a
soon.
A garage sale
B. wholesale
C. housekeeper
D. doggy bag
15. Hello! Aviation Electronics? Could
speak to Mr. John on C. system
8183, please?
A. branch
B. extension
D. Exchange
16. NoWs a
time to tell me you're going out this evening- I've spent the whole day preparing
supper for you.
A. suitable
B. reasonable
C. right
D. fine
17. He often forgets to do what he has been told and is scolded for being
D. insolent
A. disobedient
B. impertinent
C. malicious
18. The peasants many
A. grieves
resulting from ill-treatment by their landlords led finally to rebellion.
B. arumbles
C. ariev