Many poets have ________ the beauties of the countryside.
B) enthused C) enamored
E) extolled
When the student graduated, he got his ________.
B) degree C) license
E) bachelor
She didn’t ________ doing the washing up, as she hadn’t wanted to
B) care C) matter
E) mind
The tremor in his voice ________ his nervousness.
B) pronounced C) disguised
E) revealed
Although I tried to concentrate on the lectures, I was ________ by
B) averted C) repressed
E) interfered
I ________ what her name is; I’m sure I know her face.
B) wonder C) guess
E) suppose
‘I ________ that one’, said the tourist, pointing for the benefit of the uncomprehending shopkeeper.
B) wish C) take
E) become
I do not ________ to be clever but I am not stupid.
B) classify C) confess
E) compare
After the Cabinet reshuffle, the Minister wasn’t very happy at his
B) post C) work
E) place
. Children under the age of 16 are not ________ to enter for the
B) empowered C) capable
E) permissible
. I was so ________ in my book that I didn’t hear the doorbell ring.
B) concentrated C) absorbed
E) occupied
. Motorists _____ of speeding may be banned from driving for a year.
B) arrested C) charged
E) condemned
. In the medical profession, men ________ women by five to one.
B) outnumber C) supersede
E) outclass
. He has told us so many lies that we can no longer place any ________
B) reliance C) reputation
E) regard
. Pools of water lay trapped among the rocks as the tide ________.
B) refilled C) returned
E) retired
. He bought that house, ________ that he would inherit money under
B) considering C) assuming
E) allowing
. A ________ change in policy is needed if relations are ever to
B) violent C) drastic
E) wide
. He wrote the text book in ________ with his brother.
B) collaboration C) unison
E) communion
. His country cottage ________ the amenities of his London flat.
B) overlooked C) neglected
E) lacked
. The victory was ________ annually by a ten-gun salute.
B) commemorated C) reminded E) remembered
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He ________ the figures carefully before making any comment.
estimated B) scrutinized C) watched
D) remarked E) visualized
‘He couldn’t explain the problem well, as he had only a ________knowledge of the subject.
profound B) primary C) rudimentary
D) fundamental E) superfluous
His account must be true, because the evidence he gave ________that of two other witnesses.
collaborates B) consists C) coincides
D) condones E) corroborates
We must hear the ________ of the last meeting before we proceed.
minutes B) protocol C) reportage
D) agenda E) items
Many road accidents occur because motorists cannot ________ thespeed of approaching vehicles.
conclude B) count C) gauge
D) value E) number
The rainbow ______ as the sun came fully out from behind the clouds.
dissolved B) removed C) dispersed
D) retired E) disappeared
The boy, wanting to be independent, _____ his father’s offer of help.
turned away B) turned from C) turned down
D) turned against E) turned up
It is not profitable to provide bus services in districts where thepopulation is widely ________.
scattered B) dismissed C) separated
D) spaced E) divided
There is a ________ of a thousand pounds offered for the capture ofthe murderer.
reward B) prize C) price
D) grant E) credit
They always kept on good ________ with their next-door neighborsfor the children’s sake.
friendship B) relations C) intentions
D) terms E) will
She had clearly no ________ of doing any work, although she wasvery well paid.
desire B) ambition C) willingness
D) intention E) meaning
The car salesman took the customer for a drive in the new model inorder to ________ its improved features.
advocate B) demonstrate C) exhibit
D) reveal E) expound
The actual ________ by which coal Is extracted is well worth watching.
conduct B) process C) procession
D) pattern E) fashion
If we ______ the plan you suggest, we are more likely to be successful.
decide B) elect C) command
D) vote E) adopt
The child was ________ for getting his shoes and socks wet.
corrected B) remonstrated C) suffered
D) scolded E) complained
Certainly man must ________ the future, and find ways of providingfor his needs.
look to B) look up C) look after D) look for E) look on
He took the day off work to ________ his aunt’s funeral.
accompany B) regard C) assist
D) attend E) follow
His energetic efforts met with only ________ success.
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