Choose the best answer
1. The painting was beautiful. I stood there ... it for a long time. (for admiring/ being admired/ admire/ admiring)
2. If I do something in vain, I do it ... (without success/ with success/ without care/ with care)
3. There were only two actors on the ... when the play started. (platfrom/ stage/ screen/ floor)
4. ... the people in our village buy meat every day (Just a few/ Only some/ Not many of/ Not much of)
5. How fast did he drive? ... 301 miles an hour. (At/ With/To/By)
6. By the end of next day, they ... married for 25 years. (will be/ will have been being/ will have been/ will get)
7. The police ... the prisoners who escaped yesterday. (captured/ have captured/ are capturing/ capture)
8. We called ... her shop on our way home. (on/ at/ up/ for)
9. Programmes on TV and the radio are ... (news/ performances/ broadcast/ shows)
10. They discovered the cause of the fire accidentally. They discoveref it ... (fortunately/ chacily/ luckily/ by chance)
11. Please be careful ... the dishes. It's easy to break them. (on/ at/ with/ for)
12. Not many buses have a ... . You usually pay the driver. (manager/ conductor/ farmer/ porter)
13. Who is the ... of this book? (author/ surgeon/ journalist/ orphan)
14. Many traffic accidents are ... by carelessness and impatinece. (occurred/ happend/ caused/ resulted)
15. I've got to work late toight - something has .... (come out/ turned out/ come up/ turned off)
16. My ... was right. The result of the game was exactly what I said it would be. (anticipation/ prospect/ outlook/ prediction)
17. Don't worry about not finding a job yet. I'm sure something will turn ... soon. (up/ out/ about/ in)
18. He was late so often that it was ... that he would lose his job eventually (forecast/ inevitable/ potenial/ antivipated)
19. I had ... temporary jobs when I was a student. (different/ distinctive/ varying/ various)
20. We sell a ... of different wines from around the world (variation/ variety/ variance/ variant)
21. Playing cards in not harmful, .... itself, but gambling may be (on/ into/ in / with)
22. The committee took just thirty minutes to ... the conclusion that action was necessary (judge/ make/ decide/ reach)
23. I'd like ... this dress shortened (to have/ to do/ to cut/ no word is needed)
24. The oil used in a lamp is called .... (lamp-oil/ oil-lamp/ lamped-oil/ oiling lamp)
25. How much did it contain? How much .... (did it consist/ was there in it/ did it include/ had it)