Test - 4

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Test - 4

He grew very angry when he realized how he had been ________ out of his money.
- A) tricked
- B) played
- C) deceived
- D) robbed
- E) stolen
The cow had lost its own calf, but the farmer persuaded it to ________ one whose mother had died.
- A) choose
- B) adopt
- C) undertake
- D) collect
- E) educate
When my aunt lost her cat last summer, it turned ________ a week later at a house in the next village.
- A) in
- B) on
- C) over
- D) out
- E) up
The funeral will be ________, and only members of the dead man's family will attend.
- A) peculiar
- B) particular
- C) private
- D) alone
- E) personal
They were making enough noise at the party to wake the ________.
- A) people
- B) population
- C) living
- D) company
- E) dead
I can't advise you what to do. You must use your own ________.
- A) opinion
- B) guesswork
- C) justice
- D) judgment
- E) ideal
It isn't quite ________ that he will be present at the meeting.
- A) sure
- B) right
- C) exact
- D) certain
- E) formal
The ________ from the forest fire could be seen ten miles away.
- A) mist
- B) smell
- C) spark
- D) steam
- E) smoke
The house was so damp that it was ________ to live in.
- A) sickly
- B) unhealthy
- C) unwell
- D) diseased
- E) infectious
There are usually at least two ________ of looking at every question.
- A) means
- B) directions
- C) views
- D) opinions
- E) ways
He spoke so quickly that I didn't ________ what he said.
- A) receive
- B) accept
- C) listen
- D) take
- E) catch
I have such a bad cold that I have lost all ________ of smell.
- A) degree
- B) sense
- C) strength
- D) skill
- E) scent
Peter begged his neighbor to ________ him five pounds until the weekend.
- A) lend
- B) supply
- C) borrow
- D) provide
- E) hire
The lorry driver was badly ________ when his lorry crashed into a wall.
- A) pained
- B) hit
- C) hurt
- D) harmed
- E) damaged
Although John was the eldest in the family, he always let his sister ________ charge of the house.
- A) take
- B) hold
- C) make
- D) get
- E) be
The policeman ________ everything he had noticed to the inspector.
- A) reviewed
- B) accounted
- C) reported
- D) informed
- E) said
These trees cannot be grown in such a cold ________ as ours.
- A) weather
- B) climate
- C) air
- D) season
- E) space
The audience waited until the curtain had risen and then ________into applause.
- A) flooded
- B) cheered
- C) started
- D) burst
- E) went
________ up children properly is mainly their parents' duty.
- A) growing
- B) rearing
- C) breeding
- D) raising
- E) bringing
When he makes a ________ by car, he takes his family with him.
- A) travel
- B) course
- C) passage
- D) voyage
- E) journey
Science has made great ________ during the past 30 years.
- A) increases
- B) motions
- C) advances
- D) advantages
- E) opportunities
People who live in a small village are bound to see a good ________ of each other.
- A) sum
- B) quantity
- C) deal
- D) portion
- E) degree
As soon as the children were ________, their mother got them out of bed and into the bathroom.
- A) woke
- B) awoke
- C) wake
- D) awake
- E) waken
This blue door was ________ painted green.
- A) lastly
- B) before
- C) firstly
- D) originally
- E) presently
Her shoes ________ her gloves; they look very well together.
- A) suit
- B) match
- C) fit
- D) compare
- E) color
If you have a ________ to make about the food, I am willing to listen.
- A) dislike
- B) trouble
- C) complaint
- D) discontent
- E) fault
His father had ________ him how to make model airplanes.
- A) planned
- B) guided
- C) taught
- D) learnt
- E) described
The old man got into the ________ of storing money under the bed.
- A) tradition
- B) manner
- C) use
- D) harvest
- E) habit
Violent programs on television may have a bad ________ on children.
- A) affection
- B) pressure
- C) influence
- D) control
- E) power
The shoes fitted her ________.
- A) perfectly
- B) justly
- C) fairly
- D) rightly
- E) finely
Could you please ________ an appointment for me to see Mr. Smith?
- A) manage
- B) arrange
- C) do
- D) take
- E) have
Tell your brother to come ________, because it's going to rain in a minute or two.
- A) indoors
- B) outdoors
- C) within
- D) inwards
- E) homewards
As he was ill, he had to _____ the party.
- A) miss
- B) avoid
- C) regret
- D) lack
- E) fail
When he was at school, he won the first ________ for good behavior.
- A) reward
- B) prize
- C) price
- D) present
- E) praise
Can't you ________ your chief to let you have a holiday?
- A) overcome
- B) make
- C) succeed
- D) persuade
- E) reason
The girl's father ________ to buy her a car if she passed her examination.
- A) admitted
- B) accepted
- C) agreed
- D) approved
- E) afforded
The carriage was ________ by four horses.
- A) tired
- B) rolled
- C) pushed
- D) driven
- E) drawn
He ate what he could, and gave the _______ of the food to the birds.
- A) remain
- B) uneaten
- C) waste
- D) part
- E) rest
They decided to leave the waiter a big ________ because the food and service had been excellent.
- A) note
- B) addition
- C) tip
- D) gift
- E) reward
As it had not rained for several months, there was a ______ of water.
- A) waste
- B) shortage
- C) drop
- D) loss
- E) desert

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