1. In his student days he was as poor as a church ............................... .
A. beggar B. miser C. mouse D. pauper
2. She may have been poor, but she was ............................... honest.
A. finally B. in the end C. at least D. at last
3. The manager was very ....................... with me about my prospects of promotion.
A. sincere B. friendly C. just D. frank
4. The unmarried ladies regard him as a very ............................ young man.
A. ineligible B. illegible C. illicit D. eligible
5. Mr Lazybones ............................. to work harder in future.
A. excepted B. agreed C. accorded D. accepted
6. He believed that promotion should be awarded on ........, not on length of service.
A. equality B. merit C. characteristics D. purposes
7. It is a criminal offence to ................................... the facts.
A. oppress B. suppress C. repress D. express
8. He ....................... the cart before the horse by buying the ring before he had proposed to her.
A. fastened B. tied C. put D. coupled
9. Every delicacy Miss Cook produces is done ................................... .
A. there and then B. at will C. sooner or later D. to a turn
10. She tells her small boy everyday not to be rude, but it’s like water off a duck’s .................... .
A. wings B. beak C. back D. feathers
11. Announcing that he was totally done ........................., Grandfather retired to bed.
A. out B. with C. in D. down
12. Oliver Twist had already had his fair ............................... of food.
A. ratio B. help C. ration D. division
13. Some great men have had an ............................. school record.
A. indistinct B. indistinguishable C. extinguished D. undistinguished
14. Buyers and sellers were ............................... over prices.
A. hacking B. hugging C. heckling D. haggling
15. Within a few weeks all this present trouble will have blown ......................... .
A. along B. over C. out D. away
16. The six (and last) volume in the series is ....................... with its predecessors.
A. uniform B. similar C. like D. identical
17. Politicians often promise to solve all a country’s problems ............................. .
A. thick and fast B. on the whole C. of set purpose D. at a stroke
18. When the detectives finally trapped him, he had ........................ to lying.
A. resource B. retort C. resort D. recourse
19. My late grandmother ........................... me this silver teapot.
A. bequested B. willed C. bequeathed D. inherited
20. It was getting ............................. midnight when he left.
A. on B. on to C. to D. past
1. In his student days he was as poor as a church ............................... .
A. beggar B. miser C. mouse D. pauper
2. She may have been poor, but she was ............................... honest.
A. finally B. in the end C. at least D. at last
3. The manager was very ....................... with me about my prospects of promotion.
A. sincere B. friendly C. just D. frank
4. The unmarried ladies regard him as a very ............................ young man.
A. ineligible B. illegible C. illicit D. eligible
5. Mr Lazybones ............................. to work harder in future.
A. excepted B. agreed C. accorded D. accepted
6. He believed that promotion should be awarded on ........, not on length of service.
A. equality B. merit C. characteristics D. purposes
7. It is a criminal offence to ................................... the facts.
A. oppress B. suppress C. repress D. express
8. He ....................... the cart before the horse by buying the ring before he had proposed to her.
A. fastened B. tied C. put D. coupled
9. Every delicacy Miss Cook produces is done ................................... .
A. there and then B. at will C. sooner or later D. to a turn
10. She tells her small boy everyday not to be rude, but it’s like water off a duck’s .................... .
A. wings B. beak C. back D. feathers
11. Announcing that he was totally done ........................., Grandfather retired to bed.
A. out B. with C. in D. down
12. Oliver Twist had already had his fair ............................... of food.
A. ratio B. help C. ration D. division
13. Some great men have had an ............................. school record.
A. indistinct B. indistinguishable C. extinguished D. undistinguished
14. Buyers and sellers were ............................... over prices.
A. hacking B. hugging C. heckling D. haggling
15. Within a few weeks all this present trouble will have blown ......................... .
A. along B. over C. out D. away
16. The six (and last) volume in the series is ....................... with its predecessors.
A. uniform B. similar C. like D. identical
17. Politicians often promise to solve all a country’s problems ............................. .
A. thick and fast B. on the whole C. of set purpose D. at a stroke
18. When the detectives finally trapped him, he had ........................ to lying.
A. resource B. retort C. resort D. recourse
19. My late grandmother ........................... me this silver teapot.
A. bequested B. willed C. bequeathed D. inherited
20. It was getting ............................. midnight when he left.
A. on B. on to C. to D. past
