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1.

Johnny ________ very badly at Mary’s birthday party.
A) conducted

B) behaved

C) showed

D) operated

E) looked

2.

Mr. Jones has ________ painting since he retired.
A) taken up

B) taken off

C) taken over

D) taken in

E) taken down

3.

How many ________ does Peter learn at school?
A) topics

B) themes

C) ideas

D) subjects

E) objects

4.

 It wasn’t my ________ that the plate broke.
A) blame

B) mistake

C) error

D) fault

E) slip

5.

Ask Joan if she would give me ________ with the washing-up.
A) a leg

B) a hand

C) a help

D) an assistance

E) an aid

6.

The Browns ________ anyone who hasn’t  much money as they
have.
A) look up to

B) look away from

C) look down on

D) look out for

E) look round at

7.

Part of that electric plug is ________; you ought to tighten it.
A) safe

B) loose

C) free

D) disjoined

E) unattached

8.

I’m reading a book about ________ of Shakespeare.
A) the living

B) the existence

C) the way

D) the life

E) the road

9.

Sally ________ a little money every week for her holiday.
A) puts in

B) puts off

C) puts by

D) puts over

E) puts upon

10. My brother has curly hair but mine is quite ________.

A) even

B) regular

C) uneven

D) level

E) straight

11. John always gets very annoyed if he can’t get his own ________.

A) wish

B) desire

C) will

D) object

E) way

12. It’s no use shouting at grandmother, she’s as deaf as a ________.

A) post

B) pin

C) pole

D) door

E) wall

13. If you leave that butter in the sun, it will ________.

A) thaw

B) dissolve

C) set

D) harden

E) melt

14. When I peel onions. I can’t stop my eyes ________.

A) spilling

B) watering

C) leaking

D) dripping

E) dropping

15. I’m going home tomorrow so I mustn’t forget to buy some ________.

A) memories

B) reminders

C) recollections

D) souvenirs

E) remembrances

16. I caught the train by the skin of my ________.

A) mouth

B) teeth

C) lips

D) nose

E) cheeks

17. Peter doesn’t drink alcohol, he only drinks ________ drinks.

A) squashed

B) crushed

C) smooth

D) dry

E) soft

18. Whose ________ was it to go for this long, uninteresting walk?

A) thought

B) desire

C) dream

D) purpose

E) idea

19. When he was running across the field, he ________ a log.

A) fell down

B) fell over

C) fell off

D) fell into

E) fell upon

20. John put the suitcases in the ________ of the car.

A) shoe

B) toe

C) boot

D) slipper

E) foot

21. The doctor gave me ________ for some medicine.

A) an order

B) a letter

C) an instruction

D) a recipe

E) a prescription

22. John always ________ the 8:30 train to work.

A) traps

B) captures

C) catches

D) holds

E) attaches

23. We couldn’t eat the meat because it had ________.

A) gone on

B) gone out

C) gone off

D) gone in

E) gone over

24. Susan couldn’t remember what she had to buy for the weekend

because she had lost her shopping ________.
A) record

B) list

C) register

D) form

E) code

25. Grandmother is always ________ her glasses.

A) misusing

B) misplacing

C) mistaking

D) mislaying

E) mishandling

26. I hate to hear a clock ________ when I’m trying to go to sleep.

A) clicking

B) sounding

C) humming

D) ticking

E) ringing

27. ________ for the job should write to the Personnel Manager.

A) attendants

B) entrants

C) applicants

D) contenders

E) competitors

28. I don’t think this medicine ________ with me.

A) goes

B) suits

C) agrees

D) fits

E) accords

29. All the workers in the firm get a Christmas ________ of £50.

A) repayment

B) prize

C) reward

D) bonus

E) refund

30. The notice on the gate said “________ the dog.”

A) take care of

B) be careful of

C) beware of

D) take notice of

E) be afraid of

31. You ought to be ______ yourself for being so rude to old Mrs. Green.

A) sorry for

B) unhappy about

C) ashamed of

D) repenting for

E) unfriendly to

32. Just as the violinist began to play, one of the ________ on his violin

broke.
A) cords

B) tapes

C) strings

D) wires

E) chords

33. The little girl woke up screaming because she had had a ________.

A) daydream

B) nightmare

C) fantasy

D) vision

E) reverie

34. Have you any ________ where you left your car keys?

A) knowledge

B) information

C) notion

D) idea

E) thought

35. The magistrate ________ the parents for not exercising proper control

over the delinquent boy.
A) blamed

B) faulted

C) judged

D) accused

E) exposed

36. I’d like to ________ the holiday arrangements once more before we

leave tomorrow.
A) go for

B) go over

C) go round

D) go about

E) go by

37. Mr. Brown always ________ his letters to his secretary as soon as he

has opened his post.
A) answers

B) writes

C) copies

D) dictates

E) replies

38. He made a note of the appointment in his ________.

A) journal

B) diary

C) ledger

D) register

E) directory

39. How ________ is your house from the station?

A) long

B) distant

C) near

D) far

E) close

40. I have got to get up early tomorrow so I must remember to ________

my alarm clock.
A) time

B) set

C) fix

D) turn

E) point

TEST 15

Test 15

Book 2 Part D