Test - 24

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Test - 24

We ________ goodbye to them as the train left.
- A) greeted
- B) saluted
- C) saw off
- D) shook
- E) waved
He will he given a pension when he ________ at the age of 65.
- A) disappears
- B) dismisses
- C) resigns
- D) retires
- E) sacks
He took a ________ of cigarettes out of his pocket.
- A) block
- B) dozen
- C) packet
- D) parcel
- E) piece
I'm sure you'll ________ the film. It's very good.
- A) amuse
- B) delight
- C) divert
- D) enjoy
- E) entertain
He fell in love with her at first ________.
- A) scene
- B) sight
- C) spectacle
- D) view
- E) vision
I'm ________ if I hurt your feelings. Please forgive me.
- A) afraid
- B) pardon
- C) pitiful
- D) shameful
- E) sorry
The doctor has told him that he must not go back to work so soon after such a long ________.
- A) disease
- B) failing
- C) illness
- D) pain
- E) weakness
No one imagined that the apparently ________ business man was really a criminal.
- A) honor
- B) respectable
- C) respectful
- D) respective
- E) responsive
Where do you ________ the writing paper? In this desk?
- A) drawer
- B) guard
- C) hold
- D) keep
- E) maintain
Please ________ your hand if you want to ask a question.
- A) arouse
- B) get up
- C) put out
- D) raise
- E) rise
As you are only 16, you must have your parents' ________ before you can get married.
- A) allowance
- B) consent
- C) let
- D) permit
- E) subscription
The bank are offering £500 ____ to anyone who can give them useful information about the robbery.
- A) cost
- B) price
- C) prize
- D) reward
- E) salary
How long do you intend to ________ in this country?
- A) permanent
- B) remind
- C) rest
- D) stay
- E) vacate
She put a ________ of chocolate on the cake.
- A) color
- B) cover
- C) layer
- D) level
- E) plain
I'll have to take the toy back to the shop to exchange it because the mechanism is ________.
- A) blame
- B) defect
- C) false
- D) faulty
- E) few
Dinner will be served ________ but we have time for a drink before then.
- A) actually
- B) currently
- C) lately
- D) presently
- E) suddenly
He ________ at me to show he appreciated the joke.
- A) glimpsed
- B) grinned
- C) sneered
- D) stared
- E) watched
They're ________ to build a new factory here.
- A) planning
- B) pretending
- C) projecting
- D) suggesting
- E) thinking
There's a great ________ of pollution on the beaches this summer.
- A) deal
- B) lot
- C) many
- D) number
- E) quality
It was not an accident. He did it on ________.
- A) decision
- B) determination
- C) intention
- D) purpose
- E) security
I've bought some attractive ________ and I'm going to make a dress out of it.
- A) clothing
- B) costume
- C) material
- D) matter
- E) pattern
Don't touch things that don't ________ to you!
- A) belong
- B) involve
- C) own
- D) possess
- E) retain
There are so many ________ in the road that you have to drive very carefully.
- A) bends
- B) crosses
- C) curls
- D) currents
- E) folds
I like the hat but it doesn't ________ me. Have you got the same thing in a larger size?
- A) dress
- B) fit
- C) go well
- D) match
- E) suit
I'm very ________ to you for all your help.
- A) agreed
- B) graceful
- C) grateful
- D) reliable
- E) thanks
The school claim to ________ students all the English they need in three months.
- A) explain
- B) instruct
- C) learn
- D) teach
- E) understand
One of the water ________ burst during the recent cold weather and the kitchen was flooded.
- A) channels
- B) conductors
- C) pipes
- D) tubes
- E) ways
I only ____ a straw hat to protect my head when the sun is very hot.
- A) bear
- B) carry
- C) dress
- D) put
- E) wear
I'm afraid we haven't got what you want in ________ at the moment. We can order it for you.
- A) reserve
- B) sale
- C) shop
- D) stock
- E) work
I wasn't able to ________ the meeting because I was too busy.
- A) assist
- B) attempt
- C) attend
- D) present
- E) take place
He ________ to hit me if I didn't do as he said.
- A) pretended
- B) said
- C) thought
- D) threatened
- E) warned
He said he was not guilty but the police proved he had ________.
- A) denied
- B) laid
- C) lay
- D) lied
- E) meant
I don't feel like swimming. I'd rather sun-bathe on the ________.
- A) beach
- B) coast
- C) dust
- D) harbor
- E) shore
He bought his house on the ________ plan, paying a certain amount of money back to the bank every month.
- A) hire
- B) installment
- C) part
- D) piece
- E) share
He was the ________ child in the family so he had no brothers or sisters to play with.
- A) alone
- B) individual
- C) lonely
- D) only
- E) unique
I haven't seen him ________ he came to dinner with us last week.
- A) for
- B) meanwhile
- C) since
- D) when
- E) while
He'll ________ his shyness when he's older.
- A) get away
- B) get down
- C) get off
- D) get over
- E) get up
Throw some water on her face and then perhaps she'll ________.
- A) come back
- B) come down
- C) come on
- D) come out
- E) come round
We've _____ bread. I'll have to go to the baker's to buy some more.
- A) run away with
- B) run down
- C) run off
- D) run out of
- E) run over
The good service at the restaurant _____ the poor meal to some extent.
- A) made for
- B) made out
- C) made over
- D) made up
- E) made up for

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