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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