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Book 2 Part D
Test 12

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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
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