Test - 10

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Test - 10

My brother ________ his dog not to chase sheep.
- A) has learned
- B) has trained
- C) has educated
- D) has instructed
- E) has informed
Is there any ________ of your coming to London again in the Spring?
- A) opportunity
- B) occasion
- C) facility
- D) chance
- E) ability
He visited an ________ castle in an old part of the city.
- A) antique
- B) ancient
- C) aged
- D) elderly
- E) olden
Peter is going _______ for the Job as Manager of the Sales Department.
- A) to propose
- B) to present
- C) to pretend
- D) to submit
- E) to apply
I don't think I know him, although his face seems ________.
- A) friendly
- B) known
- C) knowing
- D) familiar
- E) usual
Some people had to escape in boats when the river ______ its banks.
- A) overthrew
- B) overflowed
- C) overcame
- D) overpowered
- E) overhung
Is there a telephone ________ anywhere near here, please?
- A) place
- B) shop
- C) box
- D) compartment
- E) room
For her wedding the ________ was dressed in white.
- A) bridesmaid
- B) bride
- C) bridegroom
- D) best man
- E) wife
Mr. Black ________ to arrive on the 2:30 train.
- A) is anticipated
- B) is hoped
- C) is wanted
- D) is expected
- E) is proposed
I always ________ asleep as soon as I get into bed.
- A) fall
- B) go
- C) get
- D) turn
- E) make
You will have ________ those potatoes before you cook them.
- A) to open
- B) to peel
- C) to shell
- D) to skin
- E) to pare
I don't like these oranges, they have too many ________.
- A) stones
- B) nuts
- C) seeds
- D) pips
- E) buds
I tried to telephone him last night but his number ________.
- A) was occupied
- B) was employed
- C) was engaged
- D) was taken
- E) was used
Frank got very ________ marks in his history examination.
- A) reduced
- B) unimportant
- C) secondary
- D) imperfect
- E) low
You will have to ________, Aunt Mary is rather deaf.
- A) speak up
- B) call up
- C) ring up
- D) stand up
- E) sit up
Three people ________ in this lake last June.
- A) were sunk
- B) were flooded
- C) were drowned
- D) were downed
- E) were drained
You've been working all day. It's ________ you went home.
- A) good time
- B) bad time
- C) long time
- D) short time
- E) high time
The children walked to the ________ of the cliff and looked down at the sea below.
- A) rim
- B) edge
- C) limit
- D) brim
- E) border
The water in this stream has dried up because of the ________ of rain this summer.
- A) smallness
- B) littleness
- C) loss
- D) lack
- E) shortness
The sun rises in the East and ________ in the West.
- A) disappears
- B) vanishes
- C) sets
- D) goes
- E) appears
There were twenty-five ________ waiting in the doctor's surgery.
- A) customers
- B) visitors
- C) patients
- D) waiters
- E) clients
Mr. Brown has a very ________ job as Sales Manager.
- A) responsible
- B) controlled
- C) ordered
- D) dutiful
- E) careful
There is a ________ of sugar in Europe at the moment.
- A) want
- B) need
- C) requirement
- D) omission
- E) shortage
Beethoven is my ________ composer.
- A) best
- B) nicest
- C) selected
- D) favorite
- E) first
I am going to watch the tennis ________ on television this afternoon.
- A) contest
- B) game
- C) match
- D) sport
- E) trial
The doctor told him to keep the tablets in his mouth and ________ them slowly.
- A) swallow
- B) suck
- C) bite
- D) drink
- E) eat
I can't open the drawer in my desk, it's ________.
- A) fixed
- B) bolted
- C) set
- D) stuck
- E) unmoved
Old Mr. Pottinger ________ his pension every Friday.
- A) pays
- B) earns
- C) draws
- D) acquires
- E) obtains
Mr. Higgins is quite sure he saw a flying ________ when he was walking home from the pub.
- A) plate
- B) saucer
- C) dish
- D) cup
- E) tray
Please tell Anne that my private affairs are nothing to ________ her.
- A) do with
- B) do for
- C) do over
- D) do down
- E) do in
Mr. Heppel was flown to London on ________.
- A) affairs
- B) matters
- C) business
- D) concerns
- E) interests
Peter has entered a newspaper ________ for the best-dressed man in London.
- A) exhibition
- B) contest
- C) show
- D) test
- E) competition
Captain Saunders was accused of ________ at cards.
- A) deceiving
- B) cheating
- C) tricking
- D) trapping
- E) catching
Sam never told his wife how much he ________ as a window cleaner.
- A) paid
- B) obtained
- C) deserved
- D) earned
- E) profited
In spite of the storm, the Captain ________ the ship safely into port.
- A) pushed
- B) directed
- C) drove
- D) steered
- E) managed
The teacher ________ out the words she had written on the blackboard.
- A) cleaned
- B) dusted
- C) rubbed
- D) washed
- E) scraped
Would you mind ________ your radio a little, please?
- A) turning in
- B) turning down
- C) turning out
- D) turning over
- E) turning to
I don't think you can lift that case ________ I help you.
- A) since
- B) without
- C) not
- D) unless
- E) with
We are ________ into our new house on Saturday.
- A) moving
- B) proceeding
- C) entering
- D) arriving
- E) transporting
Susan was alone in the house when the fire ________.
- A) broke off
- B) broke out
- C) broke in
- D) broke up
- E) broke away

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