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1.

They managed to _____ all their unwanted things at the jumble
sale.
A) get rid of

B) get even with

C) get away with

D) get over to

E) set out of

2.

There was a terrible storm at sea last night and one of the sailors
________.
A) floated

B) drowned

C) dived

D) sank

E) swam

3.

Let’s continue the meeting by discussing the next ________ on the
agenda.
A) item

B) factor

C) passage

D) piece

E) bit

4.

I’m paying for my car by monthly ________ as I didn’t have enough
money to pay cash.
A) deposits

B) receipts

C) amounts

D) percentages

E) installments

5.

Schubert didn’t finish one of his symphonies so it will always be
________.
A) defective

B) undeveloped

C) incomplete

D) unready

E) deficient

6.

Suddenly I understood perfectly and everything ________ place.
A) fell down

B) fell out

C) fell in

D) fell into

E) fell for

7.

The Director of the Company ________ some figures from the report
in front of him.
A) spoke

B) said

C) told

D) quoted

E) referred

8.

He was one of the ________ people I’ve ever known; he never
stopped eating.
A) greediest

B) laziest

C) proudest

D) angriest

E) shyest

9.

The men ________ the millionaire’s small daughter and demanded
a large sum of money for her return.
A) eloped

B) stole

C) removed

D) kidnapped

E) hi-jacked

10. You must be careful what you say to Susan; her feelings are easily

________.
A) damaged

B) injured

C) broken

D) hurt

E) cracked

11. You keep ________ the same subject, and I’ve asked you not to

mention it again.
A) bringing forward

B) bringing up

C) bringing to

D) bringing about

E) bringing together

12. That shop down the road always ______ its goods well in the window.

A) shows

B) reveals

C) uncovers

D) exposes

E) displays

13. Please wipe your feet on the door ________ before you come in.

A) mat

B) rug

C) carpet

D) tile

E) blanket

14. Although most of the children in the class were rather dull, there

were one or two ________ ones.
A) light

B) bright

C) skilful

D) wise

E) thoughtful

15. The ________ with Charles is, he doesn’t know his own mind.

A) upset

B) trouble

C) puzzle

D) complication

E) inconvenience

16. I hate January when all the ________ start coming in. I never seem

to have enough money to pay them all.
A) receipts

B) accounts

C) estimates

D) bills

E) lists

17. The workers were ________ in their demand for better conditions.

A) united

B) combined

C) joined

D) stuck

E) attached

18. The judge ________ the criminal to twenty years in prison.

A) condemned

B) punished

C) disciplined

D) inflicted

E) sentenced

19. I want to know the answers to these questions, so I shall have to

look at the ________ at the back of the book.
A) index

B) key

C) register

D) record

E) table

20. I wouldn’t like to spend a night alone in that house. It is said to be

________ by a headless ghost.
A) obsessed

B) tormented

C) haunted

D) infested

E) upset

21. The girl in the shop was _____ how to use a new kind of electric cooker.

A) proving

B) establishing

C) exposing

D) demonstrating

E) teaching

22. That poor woman’s husband died a few weeks after they were

married. It was a real ________.
A) sorrow

B) tragedy

C) wrong

D) evil

E) sadness

23. He didn’t seem to know what was happening at all, he looked

completely ________.
A) doubtful

B) bewildered

C) undecided

D) defeated

E) doomed

24. The economy of this country is very unstable at the moment. It’s

balanced on a ________ edge.
A) knife

B) sword

C) axe

D) saber

E) dagger

25. The little boy was ________ for breaking the window.

A) condemned

B) sentenced

C) penalized

D) persecuted

E) punished

26. There has been a lot of ____ about the housing shortage in big cities.

A) circulation

B) advertising

C) publicity

D) communication

E) instruction

27. I ________ my car badly when I hit a tree.

A) dented

B) hollowed

C) depressed

D) impressed

E) pitted

28. He is ________ to both those girls over there. One is his sister and

the other is his cousin.
A) allied

B) affiliated

C) related

D) identified

E) classified

29. When he was left on a desert island, he was able to ________ for a

year on fruit and water.
A) remain

B) continue

C) stay

D) persist

E) survive

30. If I were you I’d put that meat in the refrigerator or it will ________

in this hot weather.
A) go off

B) go on

C) go over

D) go against

E) go by

31. To play golf well you must take lessons from a good ________.

A) conductor

B) guide

C) coach

D) trainer

E) leader

32. The Browns had to use all their ________ to buy their new house.

A) keepsakes

B) savings

C) reserves

D) leavings

E) remains

33. When I was staying in Germany last year, I ____ quite a lot of German.

A) picked out

B) picked on

C) picked up

D) picked over

E) picked upon

34. What are you cooking in that saucepan? It ________ good.

A) makes

B) feels

C) sniffs

D) smells

E) flavors

35. I know Mary has two brothers, but I don’t know which is the ________.

A) elder

B) more aged

C) more ancient

D) lower

E) higher

36. I hope the Government will ________ the rate of income tax.

A) increase

B) decrease

C) reduce

D) deduct

E) degrade

37. Jane’s school report last term was very ________.

A) satisfying

B) satisfactory

C) fulfilling

D) full

E) fortunate

38. Mary has gone to the baker’s to buy a ________ of bread.

A) piece

B) packet

C) bit

D) pound

E) loaf

39. When I was turning out my cupboard I ________ this photograph of

uncle Harry.
A) came over

B) came round

C) came across

D) came to

E) came into

40. Lucy says she bought her new trouser suit in ________.

A) a disposal

B) a sale

C) a reduction

D) an offering

E) a production

TEST 12

Book 2 Part D

Test 12