Level B lesson 20
1. When you are riding a bicycle you should ________ the
handlebars firmly.
B
(A) handle
(B) hold
(C) hand
(D) have
2. If we are thinking of having a day in the country, I
should like to listen to the weather ________.
C
(A) statement
(B) spell
(C) forecast
(D) recording
3. I bought a single ticket only on the bus, but my friend
bought a ________ one.
D
(A) double
(B) new
(C) second
(D) return
4. How much would you ________ for repairing my
watch?
A
(A) charge
(B) cost
(C) pay
(D) spend
5. They ________ their examinations at the end of the
next month.
D
(A) take
(B) took
(C) takes
(D) are going to take
6. It took years of research, but ________ they found the
answer.
B
(A) at the end
(B) in the end
(C) last
(D) lastly
7. July 10th is my wedding anniversary. Next month, my
husband and I will ________ for twenty years.
D
(A) merry
(B) have married
(C) be married
(D) have been married
8. Tommy had his big brother ________ his shoes for him.
B
(A) to tie
(B) tie
(C) tied
(D) tying
9. Bill came to work at the University thirty years
________ today.
D
(A) since
(B) before
(C) from
(D) ago
10. We can become frustrated by a legal system when
judges ________.
C
(A) fall asleep
(B) are impartial
(C) appear uninterested
(D) become very interested.
11. Don’t worry about trying to catch the last train home,
as we can easily ________ you up for the night.
B
(A) take
(B) put
(C) set
(D) keep
12. The whole story is made up. It’s nothing but a
________ of lies.
A
(A) tissue
(B) good
(C) business
(D) teeth
13. Helen is expert ________ drafting the minutes of a
meeting.
B
(A) with
(B) in
(C) at
(D) for
14. Football is a subject I know very ________ of.
C
(A) few
(B) a few
(C) little
(D) a little
15. Her landlord gave her two month’s ________ to quit.
C
(A) warn
(B) note
(C) notice
(D) allowance
16. The weather was ________ that we didn’t go out.
C
(A) very bad
(B) such bad
(C) so bad
(D) too bad
17. Our plane will arrive ________ Don Muang at noon.
B
(A) in
(B) at
(C) to
(D) -
18. His office is only ________ away.
C
(A) stone throw
(B) a stone throw
(C) stone’s throw
(D) a stone’s throw
19. ________ in ill-fitting clothes, he smiled a warm
welcome.
C
(A) Dress
(B) Dressing
(C) Dressed
(D) Being dressed
20. The crictic must have detested the play, for the review
was not merely ________, it was ________.
D
(A) laudatory … enthusiatic
(B) sincere … long
(C) appreciative … stinging
(D) critical … scathing