Test - 9

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Test - 9

________ you hurry up, you'll miss the bus.
- A) Because
- B) If
- C) Also
- D) Except
- E) Unless
The man jumped out of the window and committed ________.
- A) murder
- B) death
- C) sin
- D) suicide
- E) homicide
I was walking along the street when I accidentally _______ my friend.
- A) bumped into
- B) moved into
- C) came into
- D) fell into
- E) saw into
The doctor took his temperature and felt his ________.
- A) vein
- B) nerve
- C) blood
- D) pulse
- E) muscle
It's my ________ that it's going to rain.
- A) option
- B) opinion
- C) intention
- D) decision
- E) thought
This book is too ________, I don't understand it.
- A) secret
- B) opaque
- C) dark
- D) obscure
- E) blank
She was very inquisitive and she didn't ________ to hide her curiosity.
- A) effect
- B) affect
- C) attempt
- D) discover
- E) find
She wanted to buy a modern dress, she didn't want an old-________ one.
- A) styled
- B) formed
- C) looked
- D) fashioned
- E) shaped
What ________ is your car?
- A) manufacture
- B) construction
- C) make
- D) mark
- E) assembly
He was a very ________ driver and had a lot of accidents.
- A) careful
- B) careless
- C) correct
- D) cautious
- E) conscientious
The ________ gave the new film a very good review.
- A) critics
- B) reporters
- C) announcers
- D) interviewers
- E) translators
Grandmother lets the children do anything they like, so they are completely ________.
- A) spoilt
- B) damaged
- C) hurt
- D) injured
- E) destroyed
The Manager asked me to ________ the contract for my new job.
- A) write
- B) describe
- C) sign
- D) disagree
- E) design
______ for the post of Senior Clerk must be received by March 10th.
- A) Proposals
- B) Descriptions
- C) Possibilities
- D) Applications
- E) Offerings
Mr. Hobson has had to ________ his job because of ill-health.
- A) give in
- B) give up
- C) give away
- D) give out
- E) give over
My English teacher ________ me to try for a place at University.
- A) insisted
- B) persisted
- C) proposed
- D) convinced
- E) encouraged
I ________ you £5 that Peter will win the race on Saturday.
- A) gamble
- B) bet
- C) offer
- D) give
- E) risk
Mary had to be taken to hospital after her ________.
- A) dilemma
- B) distraction
- C) happening
- D) accident
- E) occurrence
I shall never ________ the time when I was lost in London without any money.
- A) remember
- B) recall
- C) forget
- D) recollect
- E) imagine
Mary is almost well again now, but she still looks rather ________.
- A) faded
- B) light
- C) poor
- D) transparent
- E) pale
I feel so sleepy, I can hardly ________ my eyes open.
- A) make
- B) keep
- C) pull
- D) take
- E) bring
After walking four miles in the pouring rain, the children were ________.
- A) moist
- B) damp
- C) drowned
- D) humid
- E) drenched
The Grand Hotel ________ five pounds for a single room with bath.
- A) pays
- B) prices
- C) charges
- D) expends
- E) spends
The thief ________ my handbag and ran off down the street.
- A) caught
- B) snatched
- C) picked
- D) disconnected
- E) detached
I thought the problem of pollution would ________ at the meeting but no one mentioned it.
- A) come in
- B) come over
- C) come to
- D) come up
- E) come round
Jane's new blue dress ________ her coat perfectly.
- A) likes
- B) matches
- C) colors
- D) resembles
- E) fits
When I came in, John and Mary ________ about the best way to learn English.
- A) were saying
- B) were teaching
- C) were speaking
- D) were telling
- E) were talking
Let's go into the garden and ________ some roses to take to your mother.
- A) dig
- B) pick
- C) pull
- D) break
- E) detach
Would you go upstairs and ________ my handbag, please.
- A) take
- B) bring
- C) carry
- D) fetch
- E) obtain
The houses with even numbers are on the left side of the street and those with ________ numbers are on the right.
- A) odd
- B) unequal
- C) irregular
- D) level
- E) divided
Every morning I do the crossword ________ in the newspaper.
- A) problem
- B) puzzle
- C) question
- D) test
- E) theme
There is an index ________ of this book.
- A) in the end
- B) on the end
- C) from the end
- D) at the end
- E) with the end
It was so cold that the water in the lake ________.
- A) chilled
- B) iced
- C) froze
- D) hardened
- E) boiled
John ________ his examination but his brother failed.
- A) succeeded
- B) made
- C) resulted
- D) passed
- E) qualified
The Government will have ________ this proposal very carefully.
- A) to go for
- B) to go after
- C) to go into
- D) to go round
- E) to go under
The Post Office is only a few yards ________.
- A) in the road
- B) on the road
- C) above the road
- D) under the road
- E) up the road
Will you help me ________ this parcel, please?
- A) tie up
- B) lie down
- C) tie in
- D) tie for
- E) tie with
If you didn't keep scratching that spot on your face, it would soon ________.
- A) remedy
- B) cure
- C) restore
- D) heal
- E) mend
Mary has given me a ________ for chocolate cake.
- A) prescription
- B) description
- C) diet
- D) list
- E) recipe
Mrs. Simpson ________ £1000 to the Dogs' Home when she died.
- A) remained
- B) left
- C) presented
- D) offered
- E) permitted

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