Test - 21

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Test - 21

She heard a _______ at the door and went to see who was outside.
- A) hit
- B) knock
- C) lean
- D) strike
- E) touch
A young art student acted as our ________ when we visited the National Gallery.
- A) coach
- B) conductor
- C) guide
- D) lead
- E) trainer
Please ________ your bill before you leave the shop and make sure that it is correct.
- A) check
- B) control
- C) esteem
- D) figure
- E) prove
If you hear the baby ________, please tell me.
- A) cry
- B) say
- C) shout
- D) weep
- E) whisper
The bus conductor told him to get off because he couldn't pay the ________.
- A) bill
- B) fare
- C) fee
- D) journey
- E) travel
I felt a sharp ________ when I put my hand in the boiling water.
- A) ache
- B) harm
- C) hurt
- D) pain
- E) suffer
I am very fond of Graham Greene's novels. He is my ________ modern author.
- A) favored
- B) favorite
- C) likely
- D) popular
- E) preferred
She chose some attractive ________ paper for the Christmas present.
- A) covering
- B) envelope
- C) involving
- D) packing
- E) wrapping
It's rude to interrupt when someone else is ________.
- A) discussing
- B) remarking
- C) saying
- D) talking
- E) telling
Look, Mother! Jack has ________ you some flowers.
- A) brought
- B) carried
- C) lifted
- D) present
- E) taken
He _____ out of the window for a moment and then went on working.
- A) glanced
- B) glimpsed
- C) regarded
- D) saw
- E) viewed
The company made a record ________ last year.
- A) benefit
- B) earn
- C) profit
- D) wage
- E) winning
These cars originally had two doors but the latest ________ has four.
- A) brand
- B) mark
- C) model
- D) pattern
- E) trade
He was killed in a car ________.
- A) blow
- B) crash
- C) flash
- D) hit
- E) shock
He's a nice man but he's ________ to drink too much at parties.
- A) adequate
- B) apt
- C) common
- D) probable
- E) suitable
He has a bad cold and won't be ______ to play in the match tomorrow.
- A) adequate
- B) appropriate
- C) fit
- D) proper
- E) suitable
He ____ his wife and children and left them to take care of themselves.
- A) abandoned
- B) let
- C) missed
- D) spoilt
- E) wasted
We want to make our products cheaper than our ________.
- A) colleagues'
- B) competitors'
- C) enemies'
- D) experts'
- E) partners'
It's the ________ in this country for the father of the bride to pay for the wedding.
- A) common
- B) custom
- C) habit
- D) normal
- E) use
He is a very ______ player. He practices for two hours every morning.
- A) amateur
- B) anxious
- C) excited
- D) impatient
- E) keen
The bank will ________ you the money if you are prepared to pay them eight per cent interest on it.
- A) borrow
- B) lend
- C) make
- D) possess
- E) put
I ________ to him for my bad behavior.
- A) apologized
- B) coped
- C) excused
- D) forgave
- E) pardoned
The sky is ________ I don't think it will rain.
- A) clean
- B) clear
- C) cloudy
- D) open
- E) tidy
I want to see all of you here tomorrow morning at nine o'clock without ________.
- A) fail
- B) fault
- C) late
- D) miss
- E) neglect
He ________ the letter carefully and put it in the envelope.
- A) bent
- B) curved
- C) folded
- D) turned
- E) twisted
The price of the meal ________ a service charge.
- A) encloses
- B) enters
- C) envelopes
- D) includes
- E) inspects
He shouldn't be allowed to play tennis in the club. He's not a _______.
- A) belong
- B) member
- C) partner
- D) representative
- E) social
He has always wanted to see his name in ________.
- A) news
- B) paper
- C) press
- D) print
- E) publication
He ________ his head, wondering how he could solve the problem.
- A) scratched
- B) scraped
- C) screwed
- D) shaved
- E) wound
Everyone who applies for a job with the company is given a/an intelligence________
- A) experience
- B) fitting
- C) proof
- D) test
- E) trial
Do you ________ to go to the party?
- A) attempt
- B) attend
- C) intend
- D) pretend
- E) think
We locked the animals in the cage to _____ them from getting away.
- A) avoid
- B) hinder
- C) object
- D) prevent
- E) resist
They're old customers of ours. We've been ________ with them for many years.
- A) competing
- B) dealing
- C) shopping
- D) supplying
- E) treating
I don't think I'll beat him. I'm out of ________.
- A) fitness
- B) game
- C) play
- D) practice
- E) sport
If you are ________ to customers, they'll walk out of the shop.
- A) brush
- B) rough
- C) rude
- D) rusty
- E) tough
We must get there ________ or other. If there are no buses, we'll have to take a taxi.
- A) anyhow
- B) anyway
- C) anywhere
- D) somehow
- E) somewhere
I'll ________ the children for you while you are out.
- A) look after
- B) look for
- C) look on
- D) look out
- E) look over
I wish I could ________ smoking.
- A) give away
- B) give from
- C) give off
- D) give out
- E) give up
We'll have to ________ the meeting until next week because no one can come tomorrow.
- A) put down
- B) put off
- C) put on
- D) put round
- E) put up
We went to the railway station to ________ our friends ________.
- A) see \ off
- B) see \ out
- C) set \ out
- D) tell \ goodbye
- E) wave \ out

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