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eparate	C. different 	D. discrete
25. The noise of the traffic is a real _____ when I am trying to study.
 A. harassment	B. worry	C. nuisance	D. annoying
26. The railway station was full of ______ asking passengers for money.
 A. wanderers	B. beggars	C. penniless	D. petitioners
27. You’ll get a free month’s subscription, _____ you renew your membership by the end of January.
 A. unless	B. however	C. were	D. provided
28. All his hard work _______ in success.
 A. accounted	B. merged	C. culminated	D. succumbed
29. When he accomplices failed to turn up at the meeting point, it _____ on him that he had been tricked.
 A. dawned	B. broke	C. awoke	D. became clear
30. ______ go wrong, the impact on the surrounding area could be disastrous.
 A. Something would	B. Something will	C. Should something	D. Does something
31. After the collision, two seamen were slightly injured in the ______ explosion.
 A. following	B. ensuing	C. aftermath	D. consequential
32. Her business must be going rather well, ____ by the car she drives.
 A. deducing	B. deciding	C. inferring	D. judging
33. I _____ understand the reasons for your wanting to leave, I think you ought to consider.
 A. quite	B. highly	C. greatly	D. terribly
35. Will you ______ the baby for a minute, while I make a phone call?
 A. control	B. settle	C. attend	D. mind
36. As years passed, Joe’s memory of his terrible experience _____ away.
 A. faded	B. backed	C. passed	D. got
37. The similarities between all the crimes were such that they could not be _____ down to chance.
 A. set	B. put	C. laid	D. taken
38. When my parents retired they bought a tiny ______ in the country.
 A. bungalow	B. mansion	C. slack	D. barn
39. Who did you invite to dinner? – No one ____ than Frank and his family.
 A. rather	B. except	C. besides	D. other
40. The cosmopolitan favor of San Francisco is enhanced by ______ shops and restaurants.
 A. an ethnic	B. its many ethnic	C. its ethnicity	D. ethnicity
41. The teacher hoped to _____ a positive, not a negative reply from his students.
 A. respond	B. donate	C. elicit	D. preface
42. I ______ this ship “Titanic’. May God bless all who sail in her?
 A. name	B. entitle	C. christen	D. register
43. This is a big decision to make. Think it ______ before you give me your final word tomorrow.
 A. over	B. upon	C. carefully	D. on
44. Tomorrow never makes mistakes because he does his work so _____.
 A. meticulously	B. superficially	C. tactfully	D. essentially
45. My decision to leave university after a year is one I now _____ regret.
 A. painfully	B. harshly	C. heavily	D. keenly
46. I am sure your bank manager will lend you a ______ ear when you explain the situation to him.
 A. merciful	B. compassionate	C. pitiful	D. sympathetic
47. After hearing news of the attack, the general made plans for an immediate ____ against the enemy.
 A. reverberation	B. retaliation	C. resurrection	D. repulsion
48. I am a(n) ____ reader of science fiction novels.
 A. avid	B. ardent	C. zealous	D. fervent
49. On July 20, 1969, Astronaut Neil Armstrong ____ down onto the moon.
 A. was stepping	B. stepped	C. has stepped	D. was step
50. After the big storm, the beach was covered with ______.
 A. extracts	B. sprinkles	C. debris	D. fragments
51. Some people prefer to watch a film first, and then read the _____ in the paper.
 A. critic	B. revue	C. review	D. criticism
52. I’ve given up trying to now I am ____ to the fact that she’s going to marry Jackson.
 A. adapted	B. resigned	C. adjusted	D. accepted
53. That little boy is very rude. I find his manners ______.
 A. intolerable	B. intolerant	C. inadmissible	D. irresistible
54. The whole building collapsed, but fortunately there were no _______.
 A. wounded	B. hurt	C. casualties	D. victims
55. All the _____ from the jumble sale will be given to charity.
 A. expenses	B. income	C. proceeds	D. rewards
56. We want everyone to begin the test ______.
 A. simultaneously	B. unexpectedly	C. indefinitely	D. continuously
57. “How long have you been married?” – “We ____ have been married for 20 years on the next anniversary”
 A. must	B. should	C. will	D. could
58. I’m really sleepy today. I wish I _____ Bob to the airport late last night.
 A. didn’t have to take	B. weren’t taking	C. hadn’t had to take	D. didn’t take
59. The students were admitted even though their test scores were ____.
 A. underscored	B. marginal	C. qualitative	D. successful 
60. The death ____ in weekend’s traffic exodus has risen to sixteen.
 A. score	B. rate	C. toll	D. mark
61. He still suffers from a rare tropical disease which he _____ while in Africa.
 A. infected	B. complained	C. gained	D. contracted
62. Not mentioning the author’s name was a serious ______.
 A. omission	B. drawback	C. shortcoming	D. defect
63. I’m so tired I think I’ll probably _____ off in the cinema.
 A. doze	B. sleep	C. nod	D. fall
64. You can talk to him until you’re _______ in the face, but he still won’t understand.
 A. white	B. blue	C. black	D. pink
65. The family is selling their large country home because they can no longer afford the ______.
 A. extract	B. domain	C. upkeep	D. disposal
66. Who is the woman talking to Mr. Quinn? I don’t recall _____ her around the office before.
 A. to have seen	B. seeing	C. to see	D. being seen
67. He had the good _____ to be in the right place at the right time.
 A. fortune	B. fate	C. destiny	D. opportunity
68. With better medicine, we would stop the ______ of that disease.
 A. proliferation	B. suffusion	C. collaboration	D. exhibition
69. Social status ______ for little if you are marooned on a desert island.
 A. applies	B. signifies	C. counts	D. makes
70. Let’s hope that the new year will _____ in a period of prosperity for everyone.
 A. admit	B. usher	C. show	D. introduce
71. The performance was spoilt by the leading actor losing his train of thought and ____ over his words in the
 final scene.
 A. stammering	B. stuttering	C. spluttering	D. stumbling
72. I felt as if I ____ a confidence.
 A. have betrayed	B. would betrayed	C. had betrayed	D. am betraying
73. Police have warned people to be ____ when strangers call at door to ask to see proof of identity.
 A. choosy	B. cagey	C. wary	D. scary
74. I suddenly noticed that the runaway bus was hurtling ____ me!
 A. over	B. nearby	C. towards	D. without
75. _____ of bees can be seen in the orchard in the summer months.
 A. Troupes	B. Herds	C. Flocks	D. Swarms
76. The car skidded of the road and fell into a _____ full of muddy water.
 A. lake	B. gutter	C. ditch	D. puddle
77. When morning came, the scene of where the bomb had fallen was one of utter _____.
 A. disturbance	B. damage	C. disruption	D. devastation
78. Generally speaking, every person _____ the potential to be a teacher, to some extent.
 A. has	B. to have	C. having	D. have	 
79. _____ of commodities by air began in the 1920s at the same time as airmail service.
 A. The shipping	B. A ship	C. The shipped	D. To ship
80. ____ business, a merger is a combination of two or more corporations under one management.
 A. The	B. At	C. On	D. In
81. Did you see that fascinating wildlife program _____ television last night?
 A. on	B. at	C. in	D. by
82. Wild rabbits used to be common here but now they are _____.
 A. deficient	B. scarce	C. insufficient	D. wanting
83. Meg had a _____ escape when she was hang-gliding yesterday.
 A. slender	B. close	C. near	D. narrow
84. I got very nervous during the exam. When the examiner asked my name, my mind went completely ___.
 A. empty	B. blank	C. white	D. void
85. In the last century, it was widely ___ that Indian fakirs were capable of superhuman feats.
 A. held	B. grasped	C. kept	D. shaken
86. People who are squeamish are afraid of the ______ of blood.
 A. spectacle	B. view	C. sight	D. look
87. Some people are ___ interested in animals than in other people.
 A. further	B. far more	C. much	D. most
88. Tom is quite a(n) _____ character and easy to understand.
 A. frank	B. straightforward	C. candid	D. undemanding
89. Why don’t you have a night out? It would take your ____ off your worries.
 A. thoughts	B. heart	C. head	D. mind
90. There’s a rumor that the National Bank is going to _____ the company I work for.
 A. take over	B. overtake	C. take on	D. take off
91. If coastal erosion continues to take place, in another fifty years this beach _____ any more.
 A. doesn’t exist	B. isn’t exist	C. isn’t existing	D. won’t b existing
92. I can’t tell you the exact amount, but I can give you a _____ estimate.
 A. smooth	B. rough	C. tidy	D. similar
93. Everyone congratulated Judy on her suggestion, but actually I thought of it ______.
 A. first	B. at first	C. firstly	D. at the beginning
94. The minister has, in a ______ of speaking, resigned.
 A. form	B. means	C. kind	D. manner
95. We can always find out what books the author consulted by referring to the ______.
 A. index	B. bibliography	C. key	D. dust jacket
96. It was _____ hot day that we decided to leave work early and go to the beach.
 A. so	B. such	C. a so	D. such a
97. There’s no point in telephoning him. He’s certain _____ by now.
 A. to leave	B. to have left	C. left	D. having left
98. Tony can’t be trusted yet with too much responsibility, he’s still ____.
 A. green	b. pink	C. yellow	D. orange
99. Jo was shocked when I disagreed with her. She’s so used to getting her own ______.
 A. mind	B. way	C. kept	D. views
100. “What happened to my cookie? It’s gone’ – “I don’t know. One of the children ____ it”
 A. may have eaten	B. could eat	C. had to eat	D. should have eaten
101. The complaints he received were like water off a duck’s ______.
 A. feather	B. wings	C. back	D. body
102. John got three daughters. Joanna, who’s ____, is the only five weeks old.
 A. younger	B. the youngest	C. youngest	D. young
103. Marge walked away from the discussion. Otherwise, she ___ something she would regret later.
 A. will say	B. said	C. might say	D. might have said
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