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The inspector was a very ________ man and rechecked the evidence several times.
- A) complete
- B) wholesome
- C) thoughtful
- D) thorough
- E) attentive
My friend exercises regularly and is in much better _____ than I am.
- A) figure
- B) size
- C) shape
- D) frame
- E) outline
Mr. Brown kept the ________ round his garden neatly clipped.
- A) hedge
- B) fence
- C) railings
- D) plants
- E) flowers
Tomorrow is a special ________ night for the guitarist who has injured his hand and can't play again.
- A) benefit
- B) welfare
- C) merit
- D) charity
- E) goodwill
Mr. Jones was always interfering and poking his nose into everyone's ________.
- A) situation
- B) job
- C) work
- D) business
- E) life
I can't ________ the sound of a knife scraping on a plate.
- A) bear
- B) support
- C) sustain
- D) suffer
- E) forbear
I'm sure they couldn't have arranged it; they must have met ________.
- A) at random
- B) by chance
- C) with luck
- D) by fate
- E) by design
If you want to know how to wash that sweater, look at the ________ inside the collar.
- A) badge
- B) ticket
- C) notice
- D) sign
- E) tab
Oh dear. I don't seem to have my bag, I must have ________ it in the Post Office.
- A) missed
- B) overlooked
- C) forgotten
- D) left
- E) misplaced
He had injured his arm badly and had to keep it in a ________ for several weeks.
- A) cradle
- B) swing
- C) sling
- D) litter
- E) stretcher
Peter's car ________ in the country so he had to walk lo the nearest village for help.
- A) broke up
- B) broke down
- C) broke away
- D) broke off
- E) broke open
She tied a scarf round her head to ________ her hair from the rain.
- A) cover
- B) hide
- C) keep
- D) shelter
- E) protect
The telephone operator said she would put the caller ________ when the line was free.
- A) through
- B) up
- C) in
- D) forward
- E) over
When I've passed my driving test I'll be able to get a permanent driving ________.
- A) certificate
- B) license
- C) permit
- D) voucher
- E) warrant
The train doesn't leave for an hour yet. What shall we do to ________?
- A) mark time
- B) waste time
- C) spend time
- D) keep time
- E) kill time
Most people think they pay too much ______ tax to the Government.
- A) income
- B) salary
- C) wages
- D) earnings
- E) money
The post ________ hadn't arrived by ten o'clock.
- A) yet
- B) already
- C) still
- D) nevertheless
- E) even
I ________ that you ought to apologize.
- A) desire
- B) wish
- C) want
- D) hope
- E) think
I've booked two seats in the front ________ for tomorrow's concert.
- A) line
- B) row
- C) rank
- D) file
- E) strip
He doubted if he would pass the examination as it was ________ whether he would even finish the paper.
- A) wait and see
- B) hit or miss
- C) touch and go
- D) this or that
- E) open to error
My aunt used to pretend that she could tell fortunes from tea ______.
- A) seeds
- B) buds
- C) leaves
- D) leavings
- E) grounds
Mr. Sims has walked with a ________ ever since his car accident six years ago.
- A) limp
- B) jog
- C) trot
- D) hop
- E) jump
Oh, dear, my pen has ________; can you lend me yours?
- A) run off
- B) run down
- C) run out
- D) run in
- E) run up
Would it be possible to have these photographs ________?
- A) expanded
- B) enlarged
- C) extended
- D) inflated
- E) stretched
Don't forget to ________ your luggage clearly in case It gets mislaid in transit.
- A) print
- B) name
- C) sign
- D) identify
- E) label
The ________ of living has risen by 10% in the last three months.
- A) price
- B) expense
- C) cost
- D) rate
- E) expenditure
Marie often buys clothes at that ________ stall in the market.
- A) second-class
- B) second-best
- C) second-hand
- D) second string
- E) second chance
Don't eat those berries in case they are ________.
- A) poisonous
- B) venomous
- C) infectious
- D) emetic
- E) contagious
I've got such a _____ throat I'm sure I must be going to have a cold.
- A) hurt
- B) sensitive
- C) irritable
- D) sour
- E) sore
You can take a short ________ through the woods to the station.
- A) lane
- B) road
- C) highway
- D) cut
- E) alley
I'm afraid it will be a long time before we get to the ________ of this unpleasant affair.
- A) base
- B) bottom
- C) foundation
- D) foot
- E) basis
John has just passed his driving test, so now he's on the ________ for a cheap car.
- A) outlook
- B) pursuit
- C) lookout
- D) discovery
- E) track
At the beginning of the war every man under thirty was ________ to serve in the armed forces.
- A) called in
- B) called up
- C) called for
- D) called out
- E) called over
The sight of so much ice cream made the children's mouths ________.
- A) drip
- B) ooze
- C) wet
- D) moisten
- E) water
I'm not ________ but I never walk under a ladder if I can help it.
- A) credulous
- B) simple
- C) supernatural
- D) superstitious
- E) ignorant
According to Charles Darwin, man is ________ from the apes.
- A) originated
- B) entailed
- C) revolved
- D) descended
- E) elevated
The lighted candles on the altar ________ in the draught from the open window.
- A) fluttered
- B) wavered
- C) trembled
- D) flickered
- E) shivered
I am going to celebrate my wedding ________ on the 10th December.
- A) birthday
- B) name day
- C) anniversary
- D) year
- E) occasion
When the volcano ________, several villages had to be evacuated.
- A) exploded
- B) erupted
- C) emitted
- D) overflowed
- E) overran
All the crops on that farm have been ________ with insecticide.
- A) covered
- B) spread
- C) dispersed
- D) sprayed
- E) overlaid

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