Test - 11

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Test - 11

The spade is a gardening ________.
- A) instrument
- B) machine
- C) tool
- D) weapon
- E) piece
The thieves buried the ________ under an oak-tree.
- A) show
- B) store
- C) harvest
- D) treasure
- E) stock
James is very ________ about the cost of his dental treatment.
- A) sorry
- B) pained
- C) worried
- D) ashamed
- E) sorrowful
The children had great ________ when they went to the fair.
- A) excitement
- B) enjoyment
- C) interest
- D) fun
- E) joy
What ________ of toothpaste do you buy?
- A) class
- B) make
- C) order
- D) style
- E) mark
My father began to lose hair when he was thirty and now he is quite ________.
- A) hairless
- B) beardless
- C) smooth
- D) shiny
- E) bald
It is not far to the church if you take the short _______ by Friars Lane.
- A) turning
- B) corner
- C) cut
- D) pass
- E) slit
His car battery has ________; he'll have to get it recharged.
- A) run off
- B) run out
- C) run away
- D) run down
- E) run in
Mary looked as pretty as a ________ in her new dress.
- A) painting
- B) picture
- C) postcard
- D) flower
- E) engraving
It will do you ________ to have a holiday.
- A) well
- B) better
- C) good
- D) fine
- E) great
My mother says she doesn't like ________ buttons on my shirts.
- A) attaching
- B) sewing
- C) connecting
- D) fixing
- E) joining
People of all ________ come to Hutton's Holiday Camp.
- A) years
- B) limes
- C) dates
- D) ages
- E) days
Have a ________ of coffee; it will make you feel better.
- A) swallow
- B) sip
- C) touch
- D) chew
- E) bite
She is very intelligent. I ________ her to pass the examination easily.
- A) hope
- B) expect
- C) wish
- D) desire
- E) need
They wanted to plan their holidays so they collected some ________ from the travel agency.
- A) books
- B) volumes
- C) sheets
- D) papers
- E) brochures
We hope to hear from you at your ________.
- A) opportunity
- B) convenience
- C) expedience
- D) liberty
- E) possibility
The weather ________ said it would rain again tomorrow.
- A) expectancy
- B) prophecy
- C) prediction
- D) forecast
- E) horoscope
I'm very thirsty. I would ________ a cup of tea.
- A) desire
- B) fancy
- C) wish
- D) long
- E) like
She couldn't make up her ________ whether to buy the green skirt or the blue one.
- A) brain
- B) heart
- C) mind
- D) soul
- E) head
Oh dear, I have a ________ tire. I must put some air in it.
- A) shallow
- B) flat
- C) low
- D) bent
- E) level
A good hen ________ six or seven eggs a day.
- A) lies
- B) lays
- C) puts
- D) places
- E) reproduces
The rapid rise in the cost of ________ is worrying many people.
- A) existing
- B) living
- C) surviving
- D) breathing
- E) respiring
You must look in the ________ section of the newspaper to find out what films are showing.
- A) variety
- B) diversion
- C) recreation
- D) hospitality
- E) entertainment
He had a very bad cold and couldn't stop ________.
- A) snoring
- B) sneezing
- C) sighing
- D) yawning
- E) spitting
Mr. Smith walked along the corridor and came face to ________ with his boss.
- A) eye
- B) figure
- C) face
- D) head
- E) front
She ________ going to the dentist although her teeth needed attention.
- A) put in
- B) put out
- C) put through
- D) put off
- E) put away
It's very easy to ________ your temper when someone annoys you.
- A) mislay
- B) lose
- C) miss
- D) forget
- E) damage
If the World Population ________ continues, it will be impossible to feed everybody.
- A) outbreak
- B) bang
- C) blast
- D) explosion
- E) contraction
The brave man was greatly honored when the general said "You ________ a medal."
- A) earn
- B) expect
- C) deserve
- D) reserve
- E) justify
I wish to see the manager to ________ about the terrible food in this restaurant.
- A) inquire
- B) complain
- C) criticize
- D) revolt
- E) disapprove
She couldn't quite remember his name although it was on the ________ of her tongue.
- A) tip
- B) top
- C) back
- D) front
- E) end
The soldier took careful aim, then ________ several shots.
- A) exploded
- B) broke
- C) fired
- D) banged
- E) bombed
It's very hot in this room; that fire ________ a good heat.
- A) gives away
- B) gives in
- C) gives out
- D) gives up
- E) gives round
A woman who has never married is called a ________.
- A) widow
- B) widower
- C) divorcee
- D) housewife
- E) spinster
The criminal didn't want to be recognized so he ________ himself.
- A) camouflaged
- B) covered
- C) concealed
- D) disguised
- E) dressed
It's possible to tell the time in the dark if your watch has a _____ dial.
- A) light
- B) bright
- C) radiant
- D) luminous
- E) shining
She wasn't able to buy any of the things she wanted so she returned home ________.
- A) full-handed
- B) empty-handed
- C) empty-headed
- D) left-handed
- E) right-handed
He never stops smoking; one cigarette after another. I'm afraid he's become a ________ smoker.
- A) line
- B) rope
- C) chain
- D) fiber
- E) cord
When it is raining and the sun is shining at the same time, a ________ can often be seen in the sky.
- A) waterfall
- B) rainbow
- C) arc
- D) crescent
- E) curve
The man was very ________ as he had injured his leg badly when he was a boy.
- A) blind
- B) deaf
- C) dumb
- D) lame
- E) limp

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