Part A
1.My brother ________ his dog not to chase sheep.
A) has learned
B) has trained
C) has educated
D) has instructed
E) has informed
2.Is there any ________ of your coming to London again in the Spring?
A) opportunity
B) occasion
C) facility
D) chance
E) ability
3.He visited an ________ castle in an old part of the city.
A) antique
B) ancient
C) aged
D) elderly
E) olden
4.Peter is going _______ for the Job as Manager of the Sales Department.
A) to propose
B) to present
C) to pretend
D) to submit
E) to apply
5.I don’t think I know him, although his face seems ________.
A) friendly
B) known
C) knowing
D) familiar
E) usual
6.Some people had to escape in boats when the river ______ its banks.
A) overthrew
B) overflowed
C) overcame
D) overpowered
E) overhung
21. There were twenty-five ________ waiting in the doctor’s surgery.
A) customers
B) visitors
C) patients
D) waiters
E) clients
7.Is there a telephone ________ anywhere near here, please?
A) place
B) shop
C) box
D) compartment
E) room
8.For her wedding the ________ was dressed in white.
A) bridesmaid
B) bride
C) bridegroom
D) best man
E) wife
9.Mr. Black ________ to arrive on the 2:30 train.
A) is anticipated
B) is hoped
C) is wanted
D) is expected
E) is proposed
10. I always ________ asleep as soon as I get into bed.
A) fall
B) go
C) get
D) turn
E) make
11. You will have ________ those potatoes before you cook them.
A) to open
B) to peel
C) to shell
D) to skin
E) to pare
12. I don’t like these oranges, they have too many ________.
A) stones
B) nuts
C) seeds
D) pips
E) buds
13. I tried to telephone him last night but his number ________.
A) was occupied
B) was employed
C) was engaged
D) was taken
E) was used
14. Frank got very ________ marks in his history examination.
A) reduced
B) unimportant
C) secondary
D) imperfect
E) low
15. You will have to ________, Aunt Mary is rather deaf.
A) speak up
B) call up
C) ring up
D) stand up
E) sit up
16. Three people ________ in this lake last June.
A) were sunk
B) were flooded
C) were drowned
D) were downed
E) were drained
17. You’ve been working all day. It’s ________ you went home.
A) good time
B) bad time
C) long time
D) short time
E) high time
18. The children walked to the ________ of the cliff and looked down at the sea below.
A) rim
B) edge
C) limit
D) brim
E) border
19. The water in this stream has dried up because of the ________ of rain this summer.
A) smallness
B) littleness
C) loss
D) lack
E) shortness
20. The sun rises in the East and ________ in the West.
A) disappears
B) vanishes
C) sets
D) goes
E) appears
22. Mr. Brown has a very ________ job as Sales Manager.
A) responsible
B) controlled
C) ordered
D) dutiful
E) careful
23. There is a ________ of sugar in Europe at the moment.
A) want
B) need
C) requirement
D) omission
E) shortage
24. Beethoven is my ________ composer.
A) best
B) nicest
C) selected
D) favorite
E) first
25. I am going to watch the tennis ________ on television this afternoon.
A) contest
B) game
C) match
D) sport
E) trial
26. The doctor told him to keep the tablets in his mouth and ________them slowly.
A) swallow
B) suck
C) bite
D) drink
E) eat
27. I can’t open the drawer in my desk, it’s ________.
A) fixed
B) bolted
C) set
D) stuck
E) unmoved
28. Old Mr. Pottinger ________ his pension every Friday.
A) pays
B) earns
C) draws
D) acquires
E) obtains
29. Mr. Higgins is quite sure he saw a flying ________ when he was walking home from the pub.
A) plate
B) saucer
C) dish
D) cup
E) tray
30. Please tell Anne that my private affairs are nothing to ________ her.
A) do with
B) do for
C) do over
D) do down
E) do in
31. Mr. Heppel was flown to London on ________.
A) affairs
B) matters
C) business
D) concerns
E) interests
32. Peter has entered a newspaper ________ for the best-dressed man in London.
A) exhibition
B) contest
C) show
D) test
E) competition
33. Captain Saunders was accused of ________ at cards.
A) deceiving
B) cheating
C) tricking
D) trapping
E) catching
34. Sam never told his wife how much he ________ as a window cleaner.
A) paid
B) obtained
C) deserved
D) earned
E) profited
35. In spite of the storm, the Captain ________ the ship safely into port.
A) pushed
B) directed
C) drove
D) steered
E) managed
36. The teacher ________ out the words she had written on the blackboard.
A) cleaned
B) dusted
C) rubbed
D) washed
E) scraped
37. Would you mind ________ your radio a little, please?
A) turning in
B) turning down
C) turning out
D) turning over
E) turning to
38. I don’t think you can lift that case ________ I help you.
A) since
B) without
C) not
D) unless
E) with
39. We are ________ into our new house on Saturday.
A) moving
B) proceeding
C) entering
D) arriving
E) transporting
40. Susan was alone in the house when the fire ________.
A) broke off
B) broke out
C) broke in
D) broke up
E) broke away
Part B
1.The spade is a gardening ________.
A) instrument
B) machine
C) tool
D) weapon
E) piece
2.The thieves buried the ________ under an oak-tree.
A) show
B) store
C) harvest
D) treasure
E) stock
3.James is very ________ about the cost of his dental treatment.
A) sorry
B) pained
C) worried
D) ashamed
E) sorrowful
4.The children had great ________ when they went to the fair.
A) excitement
B) enjoyment
C) interest
D) fun
E) joy
5.What ________ of toothpaste do you buy?
A) class
B) make
C) order
D) style
E) mark
6.My father began to lose hair when he was thirty and now he is quite________.
A) hairless
B) beardless
C) smooth
D) shiny
E) bald
7.It is not far to the church if you take the short _______ by Friars Lane.
A) turning
B) corner
C) cut
D) pass
E) slit
8.His car battery has ________; he’ll have to get it recharged.
A) run off
B) run out
C) run away
D) run down
E) run in
9.Mary looked as pretty as a ________ in her new dress.
A) painting
B) picture
C) postcard
D) flower
E) engraving
10. It will do you ________ to have a holiday.
A) well
B) better
C) good
D) fine
E) great
11. My mother says she doesn’t like ________ buttons on my shirts.
A) attaching
B) sewing
C) connecting
D) fixing
E) joining
12. People of all ________ come to Hutton’s Holiday Camp.
A) years
B) limes
C) dates
D) ages
E) days
13. Have a ________ of coffee; it will make you feel better.
A) swallow
B) sip
C) touch
D) chew
E) bite
14. She is very intelligent. I ________ her to pass the examination easily.
A) hope
B) expect
C) wish
D) desire
E) need
15. They wanted to plan their holidays so they collected some ________from the travel agency.
A) books
B) volumes
C) sheets
D) papers
E) brochures
16. We hope to hear from you at your ________.
A) opportunity
B) convenience
C) expedience
D) liberty
E) possibility
17. The weather ________ said it would rain again tomorrow.
A) expectancy
B) prophecy
C) prediction
D) forecast
E) horoscope
18. I’m very thirsty. I would ________ a cup of tea.
A) desire
B) fancy
C) wish
D) long
E) like
19. She couldn’t make up her ________ whether to buy the green skirt or the blue one.
A) brain
B) heart
C) mind
D) soul
E) head
20. Oh dear, I have a ________ tire. I must put some air in it.
A) shallow
B) flat
C) low
D) bent
E) level
22. The rapid rise in the cost of ________ is worrying many people.
A) existing
B) living
C) surviving
D) breathing
E) respiring
23. You must look in the ________ section of the newspaper to find out what films are showing.
A) variety
B) diversion
C) recreation
D) hospitality
E) entertainment
24. He had a very bad cold and couldn’t stop ________.
A) snoring
B) sneezing
C) sighing
D) yawning
E) spitting
25. Mr. Smith walked along the corridor and came face to ________with his boss.
A) eye
B) figure
C) face
D) head
E) front
26. She ________ going to the dentist although her teeth needed attention.
A) put in
B) put out
C) put through
D) put off
E) put away
27. It’s very easy to ________ your temper when someone annoys you.
A) mislay
B) lose
C) miss
D) forget
E) damage
28. If the World Population ________ continues, it will be impossible to feed everybody.
A) outbreak
B) bang
C) blast
D) explosion
E) contraction
29. The brave man was greatly honored when the general said “You________ a medal.”
A) earn
B) expect
C) deserve
D) reserve
E) justify
30. I wish to see the manager to ________ about the terrible food in this restaurant.
A) inquire
B) complain
C) criticize
D) revolt
E) disapprove
31. She couldn’t quite remember his name although it was on the________ of her tongue.
A) tip
B) top
C) back
D) front
E) end
32. The soldier took careful aim, then ________ several shots.
A) exploded
B) broke
C) fired
D) banged
E) bombed
33. It’s very hot in this room; that fire ________ a good heat.
A) gives away
B) gives in
C) gives out
D) gives up
E) gives round
34. A woman who has never married is called a ________.
A) widow
B) widower
C) divorcee
D) housewife
E) spinster
35. The criminal didn’t want to be recognized so he ________ himself.
A) camouflaged
B) covered
C) concealed
D) disguised
E) dressed
36. It’s possible to tell the time in the dark if your watch has a _____dial.
A) light
B) bright
C) radiant
D) luminous
E) shining
37. She wasn’t able to buy any of the things she wanted so she returned home ________.
A) full-handed
B) empty-handed
C) empty-headed
D) left-handed
E) right-handed
38. He never stops smoking; one cigarette after another. I’m afraid he’s become a ________ smoker.
A) line
B) rope
C) chain
D) fiber
E) cord
39. When it is raining and the sun is shining at the same time, a ________can often be seen in the sky.
A) waterfall
B) rainbow
C) arc
D) crescent
E) curve
40. The man was very ________ as he had injured his leg badly when he was a boy.
A) blind
B) deaf
C) dumb
D) lame
E) limp
Part C
1.They managed to _____ all their unwanted things at the jumble sale.
A) get rid of
B) get even with
C) get away with
D) get over to
E) set out of
2. There was a terrible storm at sea last night and one of the sailors
________.
A) floated
B) drowned
C) dived
D) sank
E) swam
3. Let’s continue the meeting by discussing the next ________ on the
agenda.
A) item
B) factor
C) passage
D) piece
E) bit
4. I’m paying for my car by monthly ________ as I didn’t have enough
money to pay cash.
A) deposits
B) receipts
C) amounts
D) percentages
E) installments
5. Schubert didn’t finish one of his symphonies so it will always be
________.
A) defective
B) undeveloped
C) incomplete
D) unready
E) deficient
6. Suddenly I understood perfectly and everything ________ place.
A) fell down
B) fell out
C) fell in
D) fell into
E) fell for
7. The Director of the Company ________ some figures from the report
in front of him.
A) spoke
B) said
C) told
D) quoted
E) referred
8. He was one of the ________ people I’ve ever known; he never
stopped eating.
A) greediest
B) laziest
C) proudest
D) angriest
E) shyest
9. The men ________ the millionaire’s small daughter and demanded
a large sum of money for her return.
A) eloped
B) stole
C) removed
D) kidnapped
E) hi-jacked
10. You must be careful what you say to Susan; her feelings are easily
________.
A) damaged
B) injured
C) broken
D) hurt
E) cracked
11. You keep ________ the same subject, and I’ve asked you not to
mention it again.
A) bringing forward
B) bringing up
C) bringing to
D) bringing about
E) bringing together
12. That shop down the road always ______ its goods well in the window.
A) shows
B) reveals
C) uncovers
D) exposes
E) displays
13. Please wipe your feet on the door ________ before you come in.
A) mat
B) rug
C) carpet
D) tile
E) blanket
14. Although most of the children in the class were rather dull, there
were one or two ________ ones.
A) light
B) bright
C) skilful
D) wise
E) thoughtful
15. The ________ with Charles is, he doesn’t know his own mind.
A) upset
B) trouble
C) puzzle
D) complication
E) inconvenience
16. I hate January when all the ________ start coming in. I never seem
to have enough money to pay them all.
A) receipts
B) accounts
C) estimates
D) bills
E) lists
17. The workers were ________ in their demand for better conditions.
A) united
B) combined
C) joined
D) stuck
E) attached
18. The judge ________ the criminal to twenty years in prison.
A) condemned
B) punished
C) disciplined
D) inflicted
E) sentenced
19. I want to know the answers to these questions, so I shall have to look at the ________ at the back of the book.
A) index
B) key
C) register
D) record
E) table
20. I wouldn’t like to spend a night alone in that house. It is said to be________ by a headless ghost.
A) obsessed
B) tormented
C) haunted
D) infested
E) upset
21. The girl in the shop was _____ how to use a new kind of electric cooker.
A) proving
B) establishing
C) exposing
D) demonstrating
E) teaching
22. That poor woman’s husband died a few weeks after they were married. It was a real ________.
A) sorrow
B) tragedy
C) wrong
D) evil
E) sadness
23. He didn’t seem to know what was happening at all, he looked completely ________.
A) doubtful
B) bewildered
C) undecided
D) defeated
E) doomed
24. The economy of this country is very unstable at the moment. It’s balanced on a ________ edge.
A) knife
B) sword
C) axe
D) saber
E) dagger
25. The little boy was ________ for breaking the window.
A) condemned
B) sentenced
C) penalized
D) persecuted
E) punished
26. There has been a lot of ____ about the housing shortage in big cities.
A) circulation
B) advertising
C) publicity
D) communication
E) instruction
27. I ________ my car badly when I hit a tree.
A) dented
B) hollowed
C) depressed
D) impressed
E) pitted
28. He is ________ to both those girls over there. One is his sister and the other is his cousin.
A) allied
B) affiliated
C) related
D) identified
E) classified
29. When he was left on a desert island, he was able to ________ for a year on fruit and water.
A) remain
B) continue
C) stay
D) persist
E) survive
30. If I were you I’d put that meat in the refrigerator or it will ________in this hot weather.
A) go off
B) go on
C) go over
D) go against
E) go by
31. To play golf well you must take lessons from a good ________.
A) conductor
B) guide
C) coach
D) trainer
E) leader
32. The Browns had to use all their ________ to buy their new house.
A) keepsakes
B) savings
C) reserves
D) leavings
E) remains
33. When I was staying in Germany last year, I ____ quite a lot of German.
A) picked out
B) picked on
C) picked up
D) picked over
E) picked upon
34. What are you cooking in that saucepan? It ________ good.
A) makes
B) feels
C) sniffs
D) smells
E) flavors
35. I know Mary has two brothers, but I don’t know which is the ________.
A) elder
B) more aged
C) more ancient
D) lower
E) higher
36. I hope the Government will ________ the rate of income tax.
A) increase
B) decrease
C) reduce
D) deduct
E) degrade
37. Jane’s school report last term was very ________.
A) satisfying
B) satisfactory
C) fulfilling
D) full
E) fortunate
38. Mary has gone to the baker’s to buy a ________ of bread.
A) piece
B) packet
C) bit
D) pound
E) loaf
39. When I was turning out my cupboard I ________ this photograph of uncle Harry.
A) came over
B) came round
C) came across
D) came to
E) came into
40. Lucy says she bought her new trouser suit in ________.
A) a disposal
B) a sale
C) a reduction
D) an offering
E) a production
Part D
1.When he was questioned by the police, the thief didn’t ________the truth.
A) say
B) reply
C) answer
D) tell
E) respond
2.When their mother died, the children were _____ by their Aunt Mary.
A) brought in
B) brought round
C) brought to
D) brought forward
E) brought up
3.Don’t touch that wire or you may get an electric ________.
A) shock
B) current
C) attack
D) feeling
E) surprise
4.Mr. Brown thinks he knows ________ about football, but he doesn’t.
A) anything
B) everybody
C) everything
D) somebody
E) nobody
5.The High Street is so narrow that the Council have decided to________ it.
A) increase
B) extend
C) widen
D) lengthen
E) shorten
6.Your brother is very tall. What is his exact ________?
A) size
B) length
C) breadth
D) measure
E) height
7.If Maria comes to England, it will be a good ________ for her to improve her English.
A) possibility
B) opportunity
C) advantage
D) probability
E) experience
8.Please ________ your hand if you want to ask the teacher a question.
A) rise
B) pull
C) push
D) lift
E) raise
9.________ 100 if you want to speak to the telephone operator.
A) Ask
B) Hear
C) Dial
D) Describe
E) Turn
10. Our school ________ for the summer holidays on 10th July.
A) breaks up
B) breaks down
C) breaks in
D) breaks off
E) breaks through
11. If you’ve got a ________ of cards, I’ll show you some tricks.
A) packet
B) collection
C) pack
D) set
E) parcel
12. This church was ________ by the famous architect Archibald Sparrow.
A) outlined
B) designed
C) produced
D) composed
E) made
13. It’s Grandmother’s birthday tomorrow, so don’t forget to wish her many happy ________.
A) returns
B) days
C) anniversaries
D) years
E) congratulations
14. The ________ from the airport was very tiring as we had to drive through the fog.
A) travel
B) voyage
C) flight
D) journey
E) crossing
15. If I bought a ticket in the lottery, I might ________ £1000.
A) bet
B) buy
C) sell
D) win
E) let
16. John hopes to ________ his examination in September.
A) make
B) take
C) do
D) offer
E) present
17. When you come to London, I can ________ for the night.
A) put you down
B) put you off
C) put you up
D) put you right
E) put you away
18. Your new flat ________ me very much of the one we had in Birmingham.
A) remembers
B) recalls
C) recollects
D) receives
E) reminds
19. The deer is one of the shyest ________ animals in existence.
A) savage
B) untamed
C) wild
D) strange
E) free
20. Do open the window; this room seems very ________.
A) moldy
B) stuffy
C) smoked
D) rancid
E) breathless
21. There is a ________ on the suitcase, but it has no name on it.
A) paper
B) ticket
C) sign
D) stamp
E) label
22. The air hostess told the passengers to ________ their seat belts.
A) tie
B) attach
C) fasten
D) fix
E) set
23. My sister works at a home for the deaf and ________.
A) mute
B) dumb
C) silent
D) speechless
E) voiceless
24. The price of this TV set is not listed in the ________.
A) catalogue
B) guidebook
C) directory
D) record
E) schedule
25. The police were able to trace the criminal because he left his ________on the door handle.
A) fingerprints
B) finger-nails
C) fingertips
D) ringer ends
E) finger-marks
26. Ann refused to take _______ in the preparations for the school concert.
A) place
B) part
C) notice
D) leave
E) offence
27. Any candidate caught ______ in the examination will be disqualified.
A) deceiving
B) deluding
C) conjuring
D) swindling
E) cheating
28. The farmer put a ________ in his field to frighten the birds away from his crops.
A) scarecrow
B) monster
C) demon
D) goblin
E) corpse
29. He has been making money ______ since he started his new business.
A) head over heels
B) hand over fist
C) head to foot
D) ear to ear
E) top to toe
30. It was so cold my fingers were quite ________.
A) senseless
B) numb
C) insensible
D) unconscious
E) paralyzed
31. You should take more exercise if you want to keep ________.
A) fit
B) fat
C) fine
D) fresh
E) flat
32. The twins are so alike that I can never ________ the difference between them.
A) tell
B) say
C) decide
D) make
E) find
33. I took the doctor’s prescription to the chemist’s to be ____.
A) made out
B) made up
C) made over
D) made into
E) made for
34. My boss has ________ playing golf three afternoons a week.
A) taken over
B) taken to
C) taken for
D) taken out
E) taken in
35. The Prime Minister made an excellent ______ in the House yesterday.
A) discourse
B) discussion
C) lecture
D) speech
E) talk
36. I have never been on good ________ with my sister-in-law.
A) responses
B) exchanges
C) terms
D) feelings
E) affections
37. The ________ on this tombstone is dated 1742.
A) description
B) inscription
C) recording
D) outline
E) engraving
38. Have you had any ________ of John lately?
A) enquiries
B) news
C) details
D) particulars
E) facts
39. Did you notice the ________ on Walter’s face when he heard Hugo had been made Manager?
A) appearance
B) description
C) expression
D) disposition
E) exposition
40. Children usually ________ after an illness much more quickly than adults.
A) pick up
B) pick over
C) pick on
D) pick out
E) pick off
