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1.

The ________ outside the house said: ‘Private’.
A) advice

B) label

C) notice

D) signal

E) threat

2.

Are you going to ________ your house in London while you are
abroad?
A) dispose

B) hire

C) let

D) remove

E) sale

3.

How unkind of him to ________ to help you!
A) agree

B) admit

C) deny

D) ignore

E) refuse

4.

Close the door, please: I don’t like sitting in a ________.
A) blow

B) current

C) draught

D) vent

E) wind

5.

I had to stand in a ________ for hours to get the tickets for the
performance.
A) file

B) procession

C) queue

D) tail

E) turn

6.

When he was a boy his hobby was stamp ________.
A) assembly

B) collecting

C) finding

D) gathering

E) picking

7.

He lost his ________ and threw a book at me.
A) feeling

B) mood

C) sense

D) spirit

E) temper

8.

I learnt to ________ a bicycle when I was six years old.
A) conduct

B) drive

C) guide

D) ride

E) run

9.

Do as you think best. It doesn’t ________ whether he agrees or not.
A) care

B) decide

C) import

D) matter

E) mind

10. I don’t think you’ve ________ Mrs. Walker  before I’ll introduce you

to her.
A) discovered

B) found

C) known

D) met

E) presented

11. If the boss sees you doing that, you’ll get into ________.

A) mess

B) nuisance

C) problem

D) struggle

E) trouble

12. My husband’s at ________. He’ll speak to you when he comes home.

A) busy

B) employ

C) job

D) work

E) works

13. It’s no good asking me to calculate the cost. I’m hopeless at ________.

A) characters

B) counters

C) figures

D) prizes

E) shapes

14. The road was so ________ that the car bounced up and down.

A) rare

B) sharp

C) steep

D) sudden

E) uneven

15. You should be ________ of yourself for behaving so badly.

A) ashamed

B) confused

C) disgusted

D) embarrassed

E) shameful

16. I ________ an answer to my letter in the next few days.

A) expect

B) hope

C) promise

D) suppose

E) wait

17. The car broke down but the ________ in the garage soon fixed it.

A) driver

B) machinist

C) manufacturer

D) mechanic

E) motorist

18. Why are you arresting me? I haven’t done anything ________.

A) crime

B) error

C) faulty

D) mistaken

E) wrong

19. Roses are quite ________ flowers in English gardens.

A) accustomed

B) annual

C) common

D) used

E) vulgar

20. Benjamin Franklin ________ the lightning conductor.

A) discovered

B) found

C) invented

D) resulted

E) solved

21. I didn’t know his ________ so I couldn’t write to him.

A) address

B) direction

C) letter

D) route

E) way

22. The only problem about sitting outside here in the evening is that

you are likely to be ________ by mosquitoes.
A) bitten

B) grasped

C) ground

D) murdered

E) picked

23. You must ________ facts and not try to run away from the unpleasant

truth.
A) eye

B) face

C) front

D) look

E) sight

24. There was a sudden ________ of lightning, which lit up the whole

street.
A) bum

B) fire

C) flash

D) splash

E) split

25. When he ________ he wants to be an engine driver.

A) ages

B) becomes

C) grows

D) grows up

E) increases

26. I just ________ to stop the child from running into the road.

A) achieved

B) controlled

C) could

D) managed

E) succeeded

27. As soon as his party came into ________ he raised the salaries of

Member of Parliament.
A) force

B) position

C) power

D) right

E) strength

28. There was an interesting ________ of the film in The Sunday Times

last weekend.
A) comment

B) remark

C) resume

D) review

E) revision

29. I didn’t realize you wanted to keep the letter. I’ve ________ it up.

A) broken

B) pulled

C) smashed

D) torn

E) wrapped

30. We’re sorry you’re ill and send you our best wishes for a speedy

________.
A) recovery

B) relief

C) repair

D) repose

E) survival

31. When he was young, all he ________ at the factory was £1 a week.

A) earned

B) gained

C) inherited

D) sacked

E) won

32. She ________ at me for a long time without saying anything.

A) glimpsed

B) saw

C) stared

D) viewed

E) watched

33. He threw the box out of the window and saw it fall to the ________

outside.
A) flat

B) floor

C) ground

D) plain

E) soil

34. You’ve made a very ________ decision. Any reasonable person would

have done the same thing.
A) sensational

B) sensed

C) sensible

D) sensitive

E) sentimental

35. The water here is very ________. You can get across the stream on

foot.
A) broad

B) flat

C) narrow

D) pure

E) shallow

36. I am staying in a youth ________ in the center of the town.

A) home

B) hostel

C) inn

D) lodge

E) pub

37. The little boy had blue eyes and fair hair so he ________ his mother.

A) took after

B) took down

C) took from

D) took off

E) took over

38. There’s no food left and the shops are shut so you’ll have to ________.

A) go for

B) go off

C) go on

D) go through

E) go without

39. You sometimes ________ quite valuable things in antique shop.

A) come across

B) come back

C) come into

D) come off

E) come round

40. I’ll ________ you at 8:30 and give you a lift to the office.

A) call at

B) call for

C) call in

D) call round

E) call to

TEST 25

Test 25

Book 2 Part D