Level C lesson 53 pot
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Level C lesson 53
1. When the police eventually found my wallet, it was
completely ________.
A
(A) empty
(B) vacant
(C) deserted
(D) open
2. It was a sad day when the factory finally closed and the
workers were all ________.
B
(A) paid back
(B) paid off
(C) paid out
(D) paid up
3. You will become ill ________ you stop working so hard.
C
(A) until
(B) when
(C) unless
(D) if
4. The sooner we leave this terrible hotel, the ________!
B
(A) rather
(B) better
(C) preferable
(D) ideal
5. You won’t need an umbrella after all: the weather
seems to be ________.
A
(A) clearing up
(B) setting up
(C) clearing off
(D) wearing off
6. When you stay in a country for some time you get used
to the people’s ________ of life.
C
(A) habit
(B) custom
(C) way
(D) system
7. We can no longer afford the cost of ________ two cars,
so we’re selling one.
C
(A) operating
(B) managing
(C) running
(D) controlling
8. A soldier has to learn to carry ________ orders as soon
as they are given.
B
(A) on
(B) out
(C) through
(D) off
9. Too many footballers these days refuse to ________
the referee’s decision.
B
(A) agree
(B) accept
(C) allow
(D) approve
10. It’s not fair that I ________ always have to do the
washing-up.
B
(A) would
(B) should
(C) ought(to)
(D) must
11. I don’t think Nicole will have any problems at the
interview: she’s a very self-________ young lady.
B
(A) reliable
(B) confident
(C) trusting
(D) dependent
12. Last summer was so hot that the ________ in the
wood actually dried up.
A
(A) pond
(B) bath
(C) bowl
(D) flood
13. It is over a year ________ I visited the dentist.
A
(A) since
(B) past
(C) yet
(D) when
14. There’s an interesting job ________ in today’s
newspaper.
B
(A) informed
(B) advertised
(C) announced
(D) issued
15. The drawing lessons usually start ________ 4 p.m.
D
(A) with
(B) on
(C) in
(D) at
16. I though you said that you were ________ to be in
Spain this weekend.
A
(A) supposed
(B) assumed
(C) intended
(D) planned
17. Motorway traffic was ________ after a lorry overturned
and spilt its load over the northbound carriageway.
D
(A) diverged
(B) digressed
(C) deflected
(D) diverted
18. Being described by the Americans as a homemaker
seems infinitely preferable to being referred to as a(n)
________ housewife.
C
(A) only
(B) lone
(C) mere
(D) sole
19. I wish they ________ change their minds so often!
B
(A) shouldn’t
(B) wouldn’t
(C) mightn’t
(D) couldn’t
20. The Tabors lived a life thought to be ________ even
by their contemporaries.
C
(A) extortionate
(B) exorbitant
(C) extravagant
(D) extraneous
