1. It's distressing to see small children ____ in the street.
A. pleading
B. imploring
C. begging
D. entreating
2. It never ____ his mind that his dishonesty would be discovered.
A. crossed
B. came
C. sprung
D. paned
3. ____ I am aware, there were no problems during the first six months.
A. Except that
B. So much as
C. Much more than
D. As far as
4. He's very amusing, and I like his ___ of humour.
A. meaning
B. feeling
C. mind
D. sense
5. She ____in business as a dressmaker.
A. set, off
B. set up
C. set out
D. set down
6. Although he was completely ____ as a furniture
-
maker, he produced the most, beautiful chairs.
A. unable
B. untrained
C. incapable
D. uneducated
7. After a thorough search, the police ____ most of the missing jewels.
A. retreated
B. refreshed
C. recorded
D. recovere
d
8. Because of road works, traffic is restricted to one ___ in each direction.
A. lane
B. row
C. alley
D. path
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9. A trick in the mining industry is ____ to bring about a shortage of coal in the near future.
A. causing
B. resulting
C. threatening
D. prospering
10. We expected him at eight but he finally ____ at midnight.
A. came to
B. turned out
C. turned up
D. came off
11. The marathon runner _____ for almost one hour when she _____ to the
pavement. She received immediate medical attention.
A. has been running / collapses
B. were running / collapse
C. had been running / collapsed
D. will have running / will collapse
12. The teacher asked his students to go
____ charter three.
A. over
B. to
C upon
D. off
13. We are in no hurry, so take your ______ .
A. attention
B. concentration
C. good care
D. time
14. More men than women are _____
A. left
-
handing
B. left
-
handed
C. hand
-
left
D. hand
-
lefting
15. One must obey the law, __________
A. however he is old or young
B. however old or young he is
C. whatever he is old or young
D. whatever old 01 young he is
16. We
h
ave nothing to do
with your trouble.
A. have no intention of
B. have no relation to
C. have no knowledge of
D. have no good time
17. He earns _____ he used to last year.
A. twice as much as
B. twice as many as
C. as much twice as
D. as much as twice
18. We have
managed
to organize a meeting this afternoon.
A. set on
B. set off
C. set up
D. set away
19. In our modern time, people
communicate
by teleph
one, radio, television , and computer.
A. talk to each other
A. give and receive information
C. combine together
D. have a date
20. ____ every industry in our modern word requires the work of engineers.
A. Wholly
B. Hardly
C. Only
D. Virtually
