Test - 15

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Test - 15

Johnny ________ very badly at Mary's birthday party.
- A) conducted
- B) behaved
- C) showed
- D) operated
- E) looked
Mr. Jones has ________ painting since he retired.
- A) taken up
- B) taken off
- C) taken over
- D) taken in
- E) taken down
How many ________ does Peter learn at school?
- A) topics
- B) themes
- C) ideas
- D) subjects
- E) objects
It wasn't my ________ that the plate broke.
- A) blame
- B) mistake
- C) error
- D) fault
- E) slip
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
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
Part of that electric plug is ________; you ought to tighten it.
- A) safe
- B) loose
- C) free
- D) disjoined
- E) unattached
I'm reading a book about ________ of Shakespeare.
- A) the living
- B) the existence
- C) the way
- D) the life
- E) the road
Sally ________ a little money every week for her holiday.
- A) puts in
- B) puts off
- C) puts by
- D) puts over
- E) puts upon
My brother has curly hair but mine is quite ________.
- A) even
- B) regular
- C) uneven
- D) level
- E) straight
John always gets very annoyed if he can't get his own ________.
- A) wish
- B) desire
- C) will
- D) object
- E) way
It's no use shouting at grandmother, she's as deaf as a ________.
- A) post
- B) pin
- C) pole
- D) door
- E) wall
If you leave that butter in the sun, it will ________.
- A) thaw
- B) dissolve
- C) set
- D) harden
- E) melt
When I peel onions. I can't stop my eyes ________.
- A) spilling
- B) watering
- C) leaking
- D) dripping
- E) dropping
I'm going home tomorrow so I mustn't forget to buy some ________.
- A) memories
- B) reminders
- C) recollections
- D) souvenirs
- E) remembrances
I caught the train by the skin of my ________.
- A) mouth
- B) teeth
- C) lips
- D) nose
- E) cheeks
Peter doesn't drink alcohol, he only drinks ________ drinks.
- A) squashed
- B) crushed
- C) smooth
- D) dry
- E) soft
Whose ________ was it to go for this long, uninteresting walk?
- A) thought
- B) desire
- C) dream
- D) purpose
- E) idea
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
John put the suitcases in the ________ of the car.
- A) shoe
- B) toe
- C) boot
- D) slipper
- E) foot
The doctor gave me ________ for some medicine.
- A) an order
- B) a letter
- C) an instruction
- D) a recipe
- E) a prescription
John always ________ the 8:30 train to work.
- A) traps
- B) captures
- C) catches
- D) holds
- E) attaches
We couldn't eat the meat because it had ________.
- A) gone on
- B) gone out
- C) gone off
- D) gone in
- E) gone over
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
Grandmother is always ________ her glasses.
- A) misusing
- B) misplacing
- C) mistaking
- D) mislaying
- E) mishandling
I hate to hear a clock ________ when I'm trying to go to sleep.
- A) clicking
- B) sounding
- C) humming
- D) ticking
- E) ringing
________ for the job should write to the Personnel Manager.
- A) attendants
- B) entrants
- C) applicants
- D) contenders
- E) competitors
I don't think this medicine ________ with me.
- A) goes
- B) suits
- C) agrees
- D) fits
- E) accords
All the workers in the firm get a Christmas ________ of £50.
- A) repayment
- B) prize
- C) reward
- D) bonus
- E) refund
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
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
Just as the violinist began to play, one of the ________ on his violin broke.
- A) cords
- B) tapes
- C) strings
- D) wires
- E) chords
The little girl woke up screaming because she had had a ________.
- A) daydream
- B) nightmare
- C) fantasy
- D) vision
- E) reverie
Have you any ________ where you left your car keys?
- A) knowledge
- B) information
- C) notion
- D) idea
- E) thought
The magistrate ________ the parents for not exercising proper control over the delinquent boy.
- A) blamed
- B) faulted
- C) judged
- D) accused
- E) exposed
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
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
He made a note of the appointment in his ________.
- A) journal
- B) diary
- C) ledger
- D) register
- E) directory
How ________ is your house from the station?
- A) long
- B) distant
- C) near
- D) far
- E) close
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

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