1. After a workout, I feel .

2. Fowler looked at the tiny fields of black soil and wondered how anyone could a
living from them.
3. I stayed with an Israeli family, and the chance to soak up their culture at ground-
level.
4. Hundreds of homeless people have to s every night in London.
5. I saved as much as I could, and my parents made the rest.
6. It was unbelievable -- it took two years to set the whole thing up and it fell t at the
last minute!
7. Computers can now do the same job a fraction the cost.
8. The scene he saw was b his worst nightmares.
9. We're going to be in a real f if we miss that bus.
10.Here comes the boss and she doesn’t look happy! You’d better b yourself!
11.Each luxury home b an indoor pool and three-car garage.
12.Before t a loan , calculate your monthly outgoings.
13.Are we c against theft?
14.Asylum seekers were entering Britain a rate of 1,600 per day.
15.Mary made no bones a enjoying a drink.
16.Is it really necessary to c /c out experiments on animals?
17.Bryce was caught p as a lawyer.
18.Try and p /put up your tent on level ground.
19.The bridge is built to w an earthquake of 8.3 magnitude.
20.We t at the door but it still wouldn't open.
21.The hostages were relieved that their long o was finally over.
22.As soon as the sun went down temperatures p .
23.We looked out over a d landscape of bare trees and stony fields.
24.In the middle of town there is a d building that used to be the school.
25.She's been living on b t for the last year.
26.Overcrowded slums are breeding g for crime.
27.Make sure you w up warm - it's freezing.
28.All that walking t me out.
29.A woman mistook him a well-known actor, and asked him for his autograph.
30.We should have the test results back w 24 hours.
31.I'm quite partial red wine.
32.People may be l into buying tickets by clever advertising.
33.The servant brought a glass of water, which I d in a single mouthful.
34.I urge those responsible to c to the violence.
35.We had been waiting an hour, the temperature rising, tempers f .
36.I keep meaning to put a lock on it, but I never get to it.
37.The work just keeps on piling and makes me want to scream.
38.Learn to be assertive, stand for yourself and your own value.
39.He had a with words, my master.
40.He got o because his father was a lawyer.
II. Fill in the gaps with the right form of one of the following words:
bygone, lavish, lush, fudge, merge, muddle, perch, prime, ravage, resilience, secluded,
sever, squabble, surfeit, swelter, slither, undaunted, unscathed, unruffled, wry

1. Crowds of shoppers s in the summer heat.

2. They drove to a s spot in the country to have their picnic.
3. The kids always s about who should do the dishes.
4. There is a s of managers in the company; we certainly don’t need another one.
5. Undaunted by the enormity of the task, they began rebuilding the village.
6. He tried to f the issue by saying that he did not want to specify periods.
7. Did you p her with what to say?
8. The snake s away through the grass.
9. Rows of large silent birds are p on the mountain ledges - vultures.
10.The bullet grazed the side of his head, leaving him virtually u .
11.'Was it as bad as you expected?' Travis gave a w smile.
12.There are plans to m the two most successful TV channels.
13.Our accountant finally managed to sort out the m .
14.High winds s power lines in many areas last night.
15.The hotel is 650 feet above the sea, set in l gardens of flowers, palms and orange
trees.
16.Pet owners lavish love and attention on animals because they’re a lot easier to
deal with than their fellow human beings.
17.After two hours of intense questioning, he remained u .
18.People showed remarkable r during the war.
19.The country has been r by civil war for the last ten years.
20.He had impeccable manners that somehow always reminded you of an older, b
age.