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50. Make sure the knife is really ______ before you cut the meat.

A) flat

B) sharp

C) sliced

D) thick

51. Thanks very much! I’m very ______ for your help.

A) generous

B) grateful

C) full

D) sorry

52. I like the color of the jacket but the ______ are too short.

A) buttons

B) heels

C) collars

D) sleeves

53. Can you just ______ that all the windows are shut?

A) catch

B) check

C) control

D) reclaim

54. Which ______ does our flight leave from?

- Number 12.
A) carriageway B) exit

C) gate

D) ground

55. Look at my sweater! It ______ when I washed it.

A) boiled

B) cut

C) missed

D) stretched

56. Wear a ______ to protect your head in case there’s an accident.

A) brooch

B) crash helmet C) glove

D) cap

57. Could you ______ your name at the bottom of the letter?

A) answer

B) cross

C) lay

D) sign

58. James is a terrible cook. He can’t even ______ an egg!

A) blow

B) boil

C) lay

D) smoke

59. Surely they aren’t ______ enough to buy such a large car!

A) cautious

B) well

C) poor

D) wealthy

60. There isn’t any water coming out of this ______.

A) heel

B) lock

C) shelf

D) tap

61. I’ve put on ______. I eat too many cakes.

A) gloves

B) mixture

C) waist

D) weight

62. Put your suitcase up on the luggage ______.

A) lounge

B) park

C) rack

D) store

63. You could hear the crowd shouting in the local football ______.

A) ground

B) park

C) pool

D) station

64. That’ll ______ children! Stop shouting!

A) do

B) fit

C) help

D) make

65. I can’t tell you now. I’ll ______ you know later.

A) get

B) let

C) make

D) tell

66. Give me a ______ some time. You know my phone number.

A) date

B) line

C) post

D) ring

67. The bus was so ______ that we couldn’t all get on.

A) crowded

B) deep

C) thick

D) various

68. We have a ______ climate so the winters are never very cold.

A) bright

B) fair

C) high

D) mild

69. It’s so ______ in here. Don’t you ever clean this room?

A) cloudy

B) dark

C) dusty

D) misty

70. If you ask a ______ price for your car. I’m sure you’ll sell it.

A) helpful

B) mild

C) reasonable

D) shiny

71. No, don’t wear blue. It doesn’t ______ you.

A) fit

B) notice

C) suit

D) take

72. The ______ climbed up the tree and we couldn’t see it any more.

A) deer

B) rabbit

C) squirrel

D) tortoise

73. Can you ______ me the time, please?

A) say

B) tell

C) speak

D) talk

74. Do you know how ______ it is from Ashgabat to Mary?

It’s 370 km.
A) many

B) much

C) far

D) often

75. Can I ______ your phone, please? I must call my parents.

A) borrow

B) use

C) take

D) lend

76. Don’t go. I’m going to ______ some coffee.

A) make

B) cook

C) boil

D) prepare

77. I am ______ my wife to drive a car.

A) learning

B) showing

C) practising

D) teaching

78. I had to keep my son home from school today because he had a

______ of 38.
A) fever

B) headache

C) temperature

D) heat

79. When we were in Spain last year we ______ at a wonderful hotel

overlooking the beach.
A) stayed

B) stopped

C) lived

D) left

80. Is there anything ______ you’d like me to get you?

A) else

B) more

C) extra

D) much

81. Most banks will ______ people money to buy a house.

A) lend

B) borrow

C) give

D) take

82. My friend has a ______ job at a chemist’s.

A) half-time

B) spare-time

C) empty-time

D) part-time

83. ______ have you been learning English?

A) For how long time

B) How long

C) How long time

D) How many time

84. I hate doing the ______ especially cleaning the windows.

A) homework

B) housework

C) jobs

D) house-jobs

85. You mustn’t be angry with her. It wasn’t her ______ that she was

late.
A) blame

B) error

C) mistake

D) fault

86. She ______ to take her neighbor to court if he didn’t stop making so

much noise.
A) promised

B) threatened

C) offered

D) suggested

87. You can count ______ me if you ever want any help.

A) in

B) on

C) up

D) by

88. Each ______ of the family had to take it in turns to do the washing-

up.
A) individual

B) character

C) member

D) person

89. Don’t ______ my speech when I am talking.

A) cut

B) interrupt

C) divide

D) separate

90. You can borrow money this time but don’t make ______ of it.

A) habit

B) feeling

C) help

D) learning

91. I always write my daily activities on my ______.

A) weekly

B) daily

C) diary

D) minutely

92. James and Jim are twins. They were ______ at birth and they didn’t

meet until they were both thirty nine.
A) left

B) deserted

C) separated

D) abandoned

93. What do we call someone whose job is to repair taps and baths?

A) tailor

B) carpenter

C) bricklayer

D) plumber

94. When I was away on business, my neighbors looked after my home.

Which of the followings is the synonym of the underlined word?
A) pick out

B) give up

C) take care of

D) settle down

95. When you say that you will do something for somebody, you ______.

A) shout

B) promise

C) ask

D) tell

96. When you say something to someone’s ear quietly and secretly,

you ______.
A) say again

B) whisper

C) discuss

D) cry out

97. ______ it was difficult, they managed to find somewhere they all

liked.
A) Although

B) Before

C) Since

D) As soon as

98. Anyone who gets free rides in other people’s cars as a way of

travelling cheaply is called ______.
A) passenger

B) traveller

C) goner

D) hitchhiker

99. When you pay no attention to anybody or to act as if you don’t see

him/her, you ______ him/her.
A) ignore

B) veiw

C) notice

D) watch

100. He was bitten by mosquito, but he made things worse by ______

the bite all the time.
A) stoking

B) scratching

C) rubbing

D) scraping

Book 2 Part A

Test 4