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Test 23
Book 2 Part D

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1.
We ________ goodbye to them as the train left.
A) greeted
B) saluted
C) saw off
D) shook
E) waved
2.
He will he given a pension when he ________ at the age of 65.
A) disappears
B) dismisses
C) resigns
D) retires
E) sacks
3.
He took a ________ of cigarettes out of his pocket.
A) block
B) dozen
C) packet
D) parcel
E) piece
4.
I’m sure you’ll ________ the film. It’s very good.
A) amuse
B) delight
C) divert
D) enjoy
E) entertain
5.
He fell in love with her at first ________.
A) scene
B) sight
C) spectacle
D) view
E) vision
6.
I’m ________ if I hurt your feelings. Please forgive me.
A) afraid
B) pardon
C) pitiful
D) shameful
E) sorry
7.
The doctor has told him that he must not go back to work so soon
after such a long ________.
A) disease
B) failing
C) illness
D) pain
E) weakness
8.
No one imagined that the apparently ________ business man was
really a criminal.
A) honor
B) respectable
C) respectful
D) respective
E) responsive
9.
Where do you ________ the writing paper? In this desk?
A) drawer
B) guard
C) hold
D) keep
E) maintain
10. Please ________ your hand if you want to ask a question.
A) arouse
B) get up
C) put out
D) raise
E) rise
11. As you are only 16, you must have your parents’ ________ before
you can get married.
A) allowance
B) consent
C) let
D) permit
E) subscription
12. The bank are offering £500 ____ to anyone who can give them useful
information about the robbery.
A) cost
B) price
C) prize
D) reward
E) salary
13. How long do you intend to ________ in this country?
A) permanent
B) remind
C) rest
D) stay
E) vacate
14. She put a ________ of chocolate on the cake.
A) color
B) cover
C) layer
D) level
E) plain
15. I’ll have to take the toy back to the shop to exchange it because the
mechanism is ________.
A) blame
B) defect
C) false
D) faulty
E) few
16. Dinner will be served ________ but we have time for a drink before
then.
A) actually
B) currently
C) lately
D) presently
E) suddenly
17. He ________ at me to show he appreciated the joke.
A) glimpsed
B) grinned
C) sneered
D) stared
E) watched
18. They’re ________ to build a new factory here.
A) planning
B) pretending
C) projecting
D) suggesting
E) thinking
19. There’s a great ________ of pollution on the beaches this summer.
A) deal
B) lot
C) many
D) number
E) quality
20. It was not an accident. He did it on ________.
A) decision
B) determination
C) intention
D) purpose
E) security
21. I’ve bought some attractive ________ and I’m going to make a
dress out of it.
A) clothing
B) costume
C) material
D) matter
E) pattern
22. Don’t touch things that don’t ________ to you!
A) belong
B) involve
C) own
D) possess
E) retain
23. There are so many ________ in the road that you have to drive very
carefully.
A) bends
B) crosses
C) curls
D) currents
E) folds
24. I like the hat but it doesn’t ________ me. Have you got the same
thing in a larger size?
A) dress
B) fit
C) go well
D) match
E) suit
25. I’m very ________ to you for all your help.
A) agreed
B) graceful
C) grateful
D) reliable
E) thanks
26. The school claim to ________ students all the English they need in
three months.
A) explain
B) instruct
C) learn
D) teach
E) understand
27. One of the water ________ burst during the recent cold weather
and the kitchen was flooded.
A) channels
B) conductors
C) pipes
D) tubes
E) ways
28. I only ____ a straw hat to protect my head when the sun is very hot.
A) bear
B) carry
C) dress
D) put
E) wear
29. I’m afraid we haven’t got what you want in ________ at the moment.
We can order it for you.
A) reserve
B) sale
C) shop
D) stock
E) work
30. I wasn’t able to ________ the meeting because I was too busy.
A) assist
B) attempt
C) attend
D) present
E) take place
31. He ________ to hit me if I didn’t do as he said.
A) pretended
B) said
C) thought
D) threatened
E) warned
32. He said he was not guilty but the police proved he had ________.
A) denied
B) laid
C) lay
D) lied
E) meant
33. I don’t feel like swimming. I’d rather sun-bathe on the ________.
A) beach
B) coast
C) dust
D) harbor
E) shore
34. He bought his house on the ________ plan, paying a certain amount
of money back to the bank every month.
A) hire
B) installment
C) part
D) piece
E) share
35. He was the ________ child in the family so he had no brothers or
sisters to play with.
A) alone
B) individual
C) lonely
D) only
E) unique
36. I haven’t seen him ________ he came to dinner with us last week.
A) for
B) meanwhile
C) since
D) when
E) while
37. He’ll ________ his shyness when he’s older.
A) get away
B) get down
C) get off
D) get over
E) get up
38. Throw some water on her face and then perhaps she’ll ________.
A) come back
B) come down
C) come on
D) come out
E) come round
39. We’ve _____ bread. I’ll have to go to the baker’s to buy some more.
A) run away with
B) run down
C) run off
D) run out of
E) run over
40. The good service at the restaurant _____ the poor meal to some extent.
A) made for
B) made out
C) made over
D) made up
E) made up for
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