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Test - 8

Yesterday the pound fell to a ________ low level against the dollar, according to this morning news.
- A) final
- B) major
- C) record
- D) remote
- E) last
Even the most detached and indifferent spectator can be ________ away by enthusiasm at a horserace.
- A) carried
- B) moved
- C) excited
- D) stirred
- E) swept
The young performers ________ and held the audience's attention from the moment the curtain went up.
- A) caught
- B) gathered
- C) snatched
- D) took
- E) trapped
She was very ________ when I told her my pet dog had died.
- A) sympathetic
- B) just
- C) helpful
- D) pitiful
- E) friendly
What were John and Mary ________ about when you came into the room?
- A) speaking
- B) discussing
- C) saying
- D) telling
- E) talking
I don't smoke, but I don't object to ________ people smoking.
- A) different
- B) another
- C) other
- D) alternative
- E) unlike
I like your new red dress, the color ________ you.
- A) fits
- B) looks
- C) suits
- D) likes
- E) seems
Mr. Jones wants to know if he can have a ________ with you.
- A) argument
- B) word
- C) lecture
- D) speech
- E) conversation
Mrs. Brown has cleaned the house from ________ to bottom.
- A) attic
- B) first floor
- C) top
- D) roof
- E) upstairs
Alice is tall and slim and has a beautiful ________.
- A) position
- B) shape
- C) form
- D) figure
- E) size
Mrs. Brown's children have very good manners because they have been well ________.
- A) brought out
- B) brought in
- C) brought together
- D) brought up
- E) brought round
My father is very ________ with his hands.
- A) curious
- B) interested
- C) interesting
- D) intelligent
- E) clever
Mrs. Brown is offering a ________ of £50 to anyone who finds her diamond ring.
- A) prize
- B) price
- C) reward
- D) money
- E) total
I should be ________ if you would answer my letter by return.
- A) nice
- B) good
- C) glad
- D) cheerful
- E) kind
He will pass his examination if he works ________.
- A) quietly
- B) strongly
- C) hard
- D) cleverly
- E) loudly
Mary is very ________ because she has failed her examination.
- A) excited
- B) afraid
- C) sensitive
- D) sensible
- E) upset
My father told me never ________ a lie.
- A) to do
- B) to make
- C) to tell
- D) to recount
- E) to relate
Mrs. Brown's children are always as good as ________.
- A) butter
- B) gold
- C) milk
- D) silk
- E) silver
My cousin, who lives in France, is ________ me French.
- A) learning
- B) teaching
- C) helping
- D) assisting
- E) instructing
Peter has not got the right ________ for that job.
- A) knowledge
- B) learning
- C) qualifications
- D) abilities
- E) examinations
The Stephenson's' house was ________ by thieves last night.
- A) broken into
- B) broken up
- C) broken off
- D) broken down
- E) broken in
The fishermen said that the high wind had made the sea very _______.
- A) calm
- B) uneven
- C) undulating
- D) rough
- E) hard
Three masked men ________ the city bank early this morning.
- A) robbed
- B) attacked
- C) stole
- D) took
- E) spoilt
I can't remember ________ told me Mary had gone to Spain.
- A) which
- B) what
- C) that
- D) who
- E) whose
Can you tell the ________ between margarine and butter?
- A) opposite
- B) change
- C) alteration
- D) difference
- E) sameness
Could you give me a ________? I've forgotten my matches.
- A) flame
- B) light
- C) fire
- D) illumination
- E) flare
The Company gave my father a gold watch when he ________.
- A) replaced
- B) reformed
- C) retired
- D) retreated
- E) rearranged
You can't ________ how frightened I was when I first saw an elephant.
- A) suppose
- B) assume
- C) propose
- D) wonder
- E) imagine
When my sister was in hospital, she was ________ by a well-known surgeon.
- A) worked on
- B) carried on
- C) operated on
- D) turned on
- E) passed on
If you ask Martin, he will explain ________ of cricket to you.
- A) the orders
- B) the arrangements
- C) the regulations
- D) the preparations
- E) the rules
We arrived late because there was a traffic ________.
- A) stop
- B) jam
- C) holding
- D) suspension
- E) confusion
I had to wait ________ for an answer to my letter.
- A) a long day
- B) a period
- C) an interval
- D) a stage
- E) a long while
Call for me at any time that ________ you.
- A) fits
- B) likes
- C) suits
- D) docs
- E) meets
I am very ________ in architecture.
- A) interested
- B) interesting
- C) concerned
- D) informed
- E) intelligent
The Meeting has been ________ till next Thursday.
- A) put by
- B) put off
- C) put over
- D) put in
- E) put away
A circle is a different ________ from a square.
- A) shape
- B) shade
- C) sign
- D) style
- E) number
Could you ________ me £5? I'll pay you back tomorrow.
- A) pay
- B) borrow
- C) lend
- D) provide
- E) donate
You can't smoke here. It's ________.
- A) prevented
- B) allowed
- C) stopped
- D) prohibited
- E) ceased
I don't believe you, you must be ________ my leg.
- A) grasping
- B) holding
- C) handling
- D) pulling
- E) stretching
It's very cold, the temperature is several ________ below zero.
- A) ounces
- B) inches
- C) numbers
- D) degrees
- E) figures

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