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Choose the best item to complete each of the following sentences. 1. A lot of ants are always invading my kitchen. They are a thorough _. A. nuisance B.trouble C. worry D. anxiety2. One of the requirements for a fire is that the material _ to its burning temperature. A. is heated B. will be heated C. be heated D. would be heated3.Why this otherwise excellent newspaper allows such an article to be printed is _ me. A. above B. outside C. deceived D. beyond4. This movie is not _ for children to see: it contains too much violence and too many love scenes. A. profound B. valid C. decent D. beyond5. _ difficulties we may come across, well help one another to overcome them. A. Wherever B. Whatever C. However D. When6. Working hard is not only a _ of great success, but it is among the essential requirements. A. sign B. signal C. guarantee D. supposition7.The interpreter _ the French words for the Chinese visitors. A. interpreted B. interrupted C. interfered D. interview8. Whats the _ amount of wine you are allowed to take through customs duty- free? A. big B. minimum C. great D. maximum9. Without guidance we could not _ with the chapter, so we had to pause for the teacher. A. pursue B. pursuit C. persist D. push 10. When people become unemployed, it is _ which is often worse than lack of wages. A. laziness B. poverty C. idleness D. inabilityKey:ACDCB CADACChoose the best item to complete each of the following sentences. 1. To keep fit, you need to _ on your intake of oil-rich foods.A. cut off B. cut in C. cut down D. cut back2. If he had been in better health, he _ more books.A. can write B. could have written C. Could write D. have written3. _ popular belief that classical music is too complete, it achieves a simplicity that only a genius can create. A. Subject to B. Contrary to C. Familiar to D. Similar to4. David likes country life and has decided to _ farming. A. go in for B. go back on C. go through with D. go along with5. It is said that the fingerprints found on the rifle will be used to _ him. A. charge B. accuse C. convict D. sue6. Two men, _ I had seen before, came into my office.A. neither of whom B. whom neither C. neither D. neither whom7. Mike _ an old friend on the street. A. ran for B. ran out C. ran after D. ran into 8. The course gets more difficult as you go _.A. down B. along C. ahead D. in9. Her big-boned body felt _ and she placed the tray on the coffee table with a loud clatter.A. flexible B. stumble C. clumsy D. coarse10. Your account of events does not _ with hers. A. respond B. correspond C. comply D. consistentKey: CBBAC ADBCBChoose the best item to complete each of the following sentences. 1. All the key words in the article are printed in _ type so as to attract readers attention. A. dark B. dense C. black D. bold2. Bruce Stephen gripped the _ wheel hard as the car bounced up and down. A. stirring B. driving C. steering D. revolving3. He was _ to anger by the insult.A. risen B. roused C. arisen D. arouse4. The pills give the patient _ from pain.A. relieve B. release C. relief D. relevant5. A group of generals have _ against the government.A. revolved B. revival C. revise D. revolted6. My doctor _ me to dangers of smoking. A. warned B. told C. alarmed D. alerted7. With the development of industry, this region will surely _. A. develop B. profit C. succeed D. thrive8. This ticket _ you to a free meal in our new restaurant. A. gives B. grants C. entitles D. credits9. Yesterday he _ $1000 to cancer research. A. gave B. gifted C. presented D. donated10. Theres a whole _ of bills waiting to be paid. A. stock B. stack C. number D. sequenceKey:CCBCD DDCDBChoose the best item to complete each of the following sentences. 1. Have you ever seen John? Im _ to meet him. A. despair B. thirsty C. desperate D. desire2. The police took a new _ for crowd control. A. strategy B. plan C. way D. procedure3. Can you help me _ on to the computer system? A. get B. log C. step D. go4. They argued that their products should be developed on the basis of need, _profit. A. rather than B. other than C. more than D. less than5. Prices are going up so rapidly. _ A. Petrol now is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago. B. Petrol now is as twice expensive as it was a few years ago. C. Petrol now is as expensive as twice it was a few years ago. D. Petrol now is expensive as twice as it was a few years ago.6. She _ all her efforts in passing the final exam. A. made B. put C. used D. invested7. Mum is getting old, so her memory is not very _ these days. A. true B. forgettable C. reliable D. credit8. The safe _of nuclear waste is a major problem. A. proposal B. throw C. abandon D. disposal9. Fog will _ throughout the night. A. stay B. keep C. persist D. retain10. Many people lost their job because of the industrial _. A. boom B. failure C. reduction D. recession Key:CABAA BDDChoose the best item to complete each of the following sentences. 1. The teacher _ a passage to the class. A. dominated B. donated C. dictated D. devoted2. She enjoys the _ of her own flat. A. solicitude B. solitude C. soliloquy D. solidity 3. After a year without defeat, the team now reigns _ as the finest in the country. A. superior B. supreme C. superb D. superficial4. What dress shall I _ for the party? A. put up B. put in C. put forward D. put on5. What time are you planning to _ tomorrow? A. set to B. set in C. set forth D. set up6. Some old people dont like pop songs because they cant _ so much noise. A. resist B. sustain C. tolerate D. undergo7. A flower is beautiful, but beauty itself is _. A. stale B. disorder C. abstract D. concrete8. He was very tired, _ he was unable to sleep until after midnight. A. therefore B. hence C. nevertheless D. on the contrary9. He put forward the argument after _ consideration. A. humble B. ripe C. stumble D. mature10. His old dream of sailing round the world was realized _. A. on purpose B. in line C. at best D. at length Key:CBBDC CCCDDChoose the best item to complete each of the following sentences. 1.Reading _ the lines, I would say that the Government are more worried than they will admit. A. behindB. between C. along D. among2. I didnt _ to take a taxi but I had to as I was late. A. assume B. suppose C. mean D. hope3. He will surely finish the job on time _ he is left to do it in his own way. A. in that B. so long as C. in case D. as far 4. The same factors push wages and prices up together, the one _ the other.A. emphasizing B. reinforcing C. multiplying D. increasing5. Extensive reporting on television has helped to _ interest in a wide variety of sports and activities. A. assemble B. generate C. yield D. gather6. Petrol is refined from the_ oil we take out of the ground.A. crude B. fresh C. rude D. original7. A season ticket _the holder to make as many journeys as he wishes within the stated period of time. A. entitles B. grants C. bloomed D. promises8. Our hopes _ and fell in the same instant. A. arose B. raised C. rose D. aroused9. He wrote an article criticizing the Greek poet and won_ and a scholarship.A. faith B. status C. fame D. courage10. If the building project _by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be fined. A. being completed B. is completed C. to be completed D. completed Key:BCBDD AACCCChoose the best item to complete each of the following sentences. 1. I think I was at school, _ I was staying with a friend during the vacation when I heard the news. A. or elseB. and then C. or soD. even so2. They believed that this was not the _ of their campaign for equality but merely the beginning. A. climaxB. s