TEST 1

20. While I am on holiday, ring me at my hotel only if there are any

1. Apart from those three very cold weeks in January, it has been a ________ messages for me.
very ________ winter. A) urgent B) hasty C) valuable
A) plain B) soft C) pale D) early E) confident
D) mild E) calm 21. This ________ is not big enough to cut down a tree.
2. The best student in each class will ______ a prize at the end of term. A) axe B) hammer C) screw
A) catch B) receive C) possess D) knife E) spade
D) prove E) reward 22. He must give us more time ________ we shall not be able to make
3. There is real concern that food supplies will not be ________ to feed a good Job of it.
the increasing world population. A) whether B) otherwise C) consequently
A) sufficient B) satisfactory C) equal D) therefore E) doubtless
D) measured E) effective 23. I should be very _______ if you would post this letter for me.
4. The police ________ her for helping the murderer to escape. A) grateful B) pleasant C) accepted
A) caught B) prevented C) searched D) pleasing E) thanking
D) brought E) arrested 24. When you get to the motorway, follow the ______ for London.
5. The children will not be allowed to come with us if they don’t A) masks B) points C) signs
________ themselves better. D) plans E) ways
A) direct B) accustom C) behave 25. The garden ________ as far as the river.
D) declare E) compose A) advances B) extends C) lies
6. You must obtain ________ from the landowner to fish in this river. D) develops E) enlarges
A) permit B) freedom C) permission 26. It is time to ________ the table for dinner.
D) right E) allowance A) place B) lay C) lay out
7. The local tourist bureau will send you _______ about hotels in the D) put out E) serve
area. 27. I have always ________ you my best friend.
A) knowledge B) information C) news A) regarded B) considered C) trusted
D) notice E) advertisement D) hoped E) liked
8. The use of plastic for shoes ________ of leather has ruined shoe 28. He lost his ________ when the policeman stopped him.
repairing as a business. A) temper B) language C) spirit
A) although B) as well C) else D) character E) pride
D) instead E) outside
29. He won’t ________ to buy some bread unless I tell him again.
9. Her husband felt it would be silly to ________ the color of the curtains A) remind B) realize C) remember
before they had painted the room. D) forget E) record
A) change B) find C) choose
D) lose E) charge 30. Because of the fine weather, we had all our classes in the _____ air.
A) full B) clear C) open
10. The _______ of ice-cream sold increases sharply in the summer D) thin E) outside
months.
A) account B) amount C) count 31. Will you be taking my previous experience into ________ when you
D) number E) size fix my salary?
A) possession B) account C) mind
11. It will ________ time if we make the sandwiches the day before the D) salesmanship E) scale
picnic.
A) earn B) spare C) lower 32. If it wasn’t an accident, he must have done it on ________.
D) save E) win A) mistake B) purpose C) himself
D) fault E) intention
12. I haven’t got enough string to ________ up this parcel.
A) stick B) fold C) close 33. Most things are now mass-produced rather than ________.
D) shut E) tie A) hand-made B) by hand C) single
D) selected E) detailed
13. Bill doesn’t ________ what people say about him.
A) concern B) care C) matter 34. The office lifts are out of ________ again.
D) disturb E) depend A) operating B) order C) work
D) working E) movement
14. Although the false banknotes fooled many people, they did not
________ to close examination. 35. Let me know if any difficulties ________.
A) keep up B) put up C) stand up A) find B) arise C) come
D) pay up E) look up D) rise E) happen

15. When he beat the carpet, the ________ rose in clouds. 36. I can’t ________ to have a holiday abroad on my salary.
A) dust B) soil C) mud A) spend B) think C) afford
D) earth E) powder D) help E) spare

16. _____ of money prevented us from taking a holiday this year. 37. They are twins and look very ________.
A) Limit B) Freeze C) Emptiness A) alike B) same C) like
D) Expense E) Lack D) likely E) identical

17. This blue-flower is known by ______ names in other parts of England. 38. It is a very popular play, and it would be wise to________ seats well
A) severe B) difference C) various in advance.
D) separate E) usual A) engage B) book C) buy
D) occupy E) preserve
18. Why can’t you do this small ________ for me? I’ve helped you often
enough in the past. 39. He’s not ________ of learning German in six months.
A) command B) demand C) effort A) possible B) interested C) inclined
D) favor E) influence D) able E) capable

19. When there was a short ________ in the conversation, I asked if 40. There was a large box behind the door and John could not ________
anyone would like anything to drink. falling over it.
A) fall B) blank C) wait A) prevent B) avoid C) fail
D) pause E) place D) resist E) save

Book 2 Part D 303 Test 1

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