1. The interest in him _____ to such a degree that his exploits made front page news. A. mounted B. augmented C. elevated D. ascended

2. Whether that joy is real or imaginary is of little _____ since the stimulation that occurs in the brain is the same.

A. association B. consequence C. influence D. difference

3.  No matter what kind of visit is selected, the Antartic never fails to _____ on its promise of the holiday of a lifetime.

A. follow B. succeed C. announce D. deliver

4.  If you’re not using social media to promote your business, you’re behind the _____. A. dates B. curve C. wave D. purpose

5. Roland had the _____ to blame his teachers for his failure at school.

A. concern B. audacity C. regard D. chivalry

1. They are going to pay for the portrait to be done by an artists. (get) 

They are going to ________ the portrait

2. Rod wasn’t able to attend the sales conference this year. (chance) 

Rod _______ to attend the sales conference this year

3. Two secretaries were busy typing letter. (who) There _______ busy typing letters

4. You didn’t call and that’s why I didn’t get tickets for the concert. 

If you ____

5. Mrs. Walters advised her sister to complain.

“If I ________”, Mrs. Walters said to her sister

6. . The doctor is going to take out Jake’s tonsils tomorrow. (taken)

 Jake is going to ___

1. They are going to pay for the portrait to be done by an artists. (get) 

They are going to ________ the portrait

2. Rod wasn’t able to attend the sales conference this year. (chance) 

Rod _______ to attend the sales conference this year

3. Two secretaries were busy typing letter. (who) There _______ busy typing letters

4. You didn’t call and that’s why I didn’t get tickets for the concert. 

If you ____

5. Mrs. Walters advised her sister to complain.

“If I ________”, Mrs. Walters said to her sister

1. They are still building the new church, aren’t they?

The new church _

2.The mistake was caused by your being careless. 

If you hadn’t ____

3. The pupils still talking hadn’t heard the teacher come in. (were) 

The pupils ___

4. Not many people can learn a foreign language so quickly. (ability) 

Not many people ___

5. As soon as we took off, I realized my life was changing forever. 

No sooner ____

6. Experts believe that these rock paintings are the oldest in the world. 

These rock paintings _____

1.I haven’t worked so many hours since I did my finals at university

Not since ____

2. They are only now beginning to make a profit from the company. 

Only now ____

3. The article was more interesting than I’d expected. (as) 

The article was ______________ I’d expected

4.  I wish you would pay more attention when I’m talking to you. (notice)

 I wish you would ________________

5. It was announced that the flight had been cancelled. (made) 

Someone _____ that the flight had been cancelled

1. He dressed but instead of returning to his duties, lay back on his bed, _____ depressed and exhausted.

A. specifically B. relatively C. deeply D. particularly

2.  She always has a _____ for being a bread maker, but her mother imposes her opinion that she must become a teacher on her.

A. hunger             B. urge          C. thirst           D. peak

3. He didn’t want to _____ a fuss with his wife at the public place, so he just kept silent.

A. pass            B. claim           C. make                 D. run

4. The monitor always goes to class on time to set a good _____ for the whole class.

 A. motion               B. example           C. mistake              D. hobby

5. For the _____ of those who have already read the chapter, I won’t go into it in too much detail here today.

A. chance          B. sake          C. help             D. invent

6. I don’t want to listen to any more of your half-_____ ideas. Come back when you have some ideas that aren’t impractical and stupid.

A. mashed             B. peeled          C. rinsed               D. baked

7. You should take notice of warnings which state that guard dogs are on _____. A. alert               B. patrol           C. defence          D. watch

8. The experience of marvelling at the diversity of wildlife and stunning scenery does not _____ cheap.

A. cost            B. come          C. find         D. charge

9. Daniel didn’t work here for very long, but he definitely made his _____ on the place.  

A. impression          B. mark C. point D. stamp

10 . The interest in him _____ to such a degree that his exploits made front page news.

A. mounted B. augmented C. elevated D. ascended

1. No matter _____, Mozart was an accomplished composer while still a child.

A. how it seems remarkable

 B. how remarkable it seems

C. it seems remarkable now

D. how seems it remarkable

2. _____ the French army was defeated at the battle of Dien Bien Phu came a complete surprise to all over the world.

 A. Why B. What C. Which D. That

3. Little _____ that Ted was a secret agent.

 A. did the embassy staff realized

B. did the embassy staff realize

C. the embassy staff realized

D. realized the embassy staff

4. The patients _____ with the new drug showed better signs of recovery than those receiving conventional medicine.

A. treated B. having treated C. treating D. who treated

5. If the bride’s father _____ the car for the wrong time, she _____ at the church by now.

A. hadn’t booked/ would have been

B. didn’t book/ would have been

C. hadn’t booked/ would be

D. hadn’t booked/ had been

6. According to this newspaper, John is said _____ a new record for the long jump.

 A. to have established B. establishing C. to establish D. established

7. One million people suffered _____ as a result of the Asian tsunami.

A. unemployment    B. employee         C. employer         D. employment

8. We _____ while we were on holiday.

A. had our alarm system stolen

B. had stolen our alarm system

C. got stolen our alarm system

D. were stolen our alarm system

9. The better the weather is, _____.

 A. the most the beaches get crowded

B. the more the beaches get crowded

C. the most crowded the beaches get

D. the more crowded the beaches get

10. _____ disappear from the public eye shortly after the games are over.

A. Many Olympic athletes

B. Many Olympic athletes who

C. That many Olympic athletes

D. Many Olympic athletes to