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Apart from those three very cold weeks in January, it has been a very ________ winter.
- A) plain
- B) soft
- C) pale
- D) mild
- E) calm
The best student in each class will ______ a prize at the end of term.
- A) catch
- B) receive
- C) possess
- D) prove
- E) reward
There is real concern that food supplies will not be ________ to feed the increasing world population.
- A) sufficient
- B) satisfactory
- C) equal
- D) measured
- E) effective
The police ________ her for helping the murderer to escape.
- A) caught
- B) prevented
- C) searched
- D) brought
- E) arrested
The children will not be allowed to come with us if they don't ________ themselves better.
- A) direct
- B) accustom
- C) behave
- D) declare
- E) compose
You must obtain ________ from the landowner to fish in this river.
- A) permit
- B) freedom
- C) permission
- D) right
- E) allowance
The local tourist bureau will send you _______ about hotels in the area.
- A) knowledge
- B) information
- C) news
- D) notice
- E) advertisement
The use of plastic for shoes ________ of leather has ruined shoe repairing as a business.
- A) although
- B) as well
- C) else
- D) instead
- E) outside
Her husband felt it would be silly to ________ the color of the curtains before they had painted the room.
- A) change
- B) find
- C) choose
- D) lose
- E) charge
The _______ of ice-cream sold increases sharply in the summer months.
- A) account
- B) amount
- C) count
- D) number
- E) size
It will ________ time if we make the sandwiches the day before the picnic.
- A) earn
- B) spare
- C) lower
- D) save
- E) win
I haven't got enough string to ________ up this parcel.
- A) stick
- B) fold
- C) close
- D) shut
- E) tie
Bill doesn't ________ what people say about him.
- A) concern
- B) care
- C) matter
- D) disturb
- E) depend
Although the false banknotes fooled many people, they did not ________ to close examination.
- A) keep up
- B) put up
- C) stand up
- D) pay up
- E) look up
When he beat the carpet, the ________ rose in clouds.
- A) dust
- B) soil
- C) mud
- D) earth
- E) powder
_____ of money prevented us from taking a holiday this year.
- A) Limit
- B) Freeze
- C) Emptiness
- D) Expense
- E) Lack
This blue-flower is known by ______ names in other parts of England.
- A) severe
- B) difference
- C) various
- D) separate
- E) usual
Why can't you do this small ________ for me? I've helped you often enough in the past.
- A) command
- B) demand
- C) effort
- D) favor
- E) influence
When there was a short ________ in the conversation, I asked if anyone would like anything to drink.
- A) fall
- B) blank
- C) wait
- D) pause
- E) place
While I am on holiday, ring me at my hotel only if there are any ________ messages for me.
- A) urgent
- B) hasty
- C) valuable
- D) early
- E) confident
This ________ is not big enough to cut down a tree.
- A) axe
- B) hammer
- C) screw
- D) knife
- E) spade
He must give us more time ________ we shall not be able to make a good Job of it.
- A) whether
- B) otherwise
- C) consequently
- D) therefore
- E) doubtless
I should be very _______ if you would post this letter for me.
- A) grateful
- B) pleasant
- C) accepted
- D) pleasing
- E) thanking
When you get to the motorway, follow the ______ for London.
- A) masks
- B) points
- C) signs
- D) plans
- E) ways
The garden ________ as far as the river.
- A) advances
- B) extends
- C) lies
- D) develops
- E) enlarges
It is time to ________ the table for dinner.
- A) place
- B) lay
- C) lay out
- D) put out
- E) serve
I have always ________ you my best friend.
- A) regarded
- B) considered
- C) trusted
- D) hoped
- E) liked
He lost his ________ when the policeman stopped him.
- A) temper
- B) language
- C) spirit
- D) character
- E) pride
He won't ________ to buy some bread unless I tell him again.
- A) remind
- B) realize
- C) remember
- D) forget
- E) record
Because of the fine weather, we had all our classes in the _____ air.
- A) full
- B) clear
- C) open
- D) thin
- E) outside
Will you be taking my previous experience into ________ when you fix my salary?
- A) possession
- B) account
- C) mind
- D) salesmanship
- E) scale
If it wasn't an accident, he must have done it on ________.
- A) mistake
- B) purpose
- C) himself
- D) fault
- E) intention
Most things are now mass-produced rather than ________.
- A) hand-made
- B) by hand
- C) single
- D) selected
- E) detailed
The office lifts are out of ________ again.
- A) operating
- B) order
- C) work
- D) working
- E) movement
Let me know if any difficulties ________.
- A) find
- B) arise
- C) come
- D) rise
- E) happen
I can't ________ to have a holiday abroad on my salary.
- A) spend
- B) think
- C) afford
- D) help
- E) spare
They are twins and look very ________.
- A) alike
- B) same
- C) like
- D) likely
- E) identical
It is a very popular play, and it would be wise to________ seats well in advance.
- A) engage
- B) book
- C) buy
- D) occupy
- E) preserve
He's not ________ of learning German in six months.
- A) possible
- B) interested
- C) inclined
- D) able
- E) capable
There was a large box behind the door and John could not ________ falling over it.
- A) prevent
- B) avoid
- C) fail
- D) resist
- E) save

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