Level B lesson 16
1. I couldn’t do question 6, so I ________ it out.
A
(A) left
(B) let
(C) dropped
(D) put
2. I don’t want to wait until tomorrow; I ________ go at
once.
B
(A) prefer
(B) would rather
(C) want
(D) like
3. The old man was very fond ________ telling stories.
C
(A) to
(B) -
(C) of
(D) for
4. I am tired ________ grammar exercises.
C
(A) to do
(B) for doing
(C) of doing
(D) by do
5. I am ________ this essay right now.
B
(A) finish
(B) to finish
(C) finish to
(D) finished
6. Don’t let him ________ it.
C
(A) doing
(B) to do
(C) do
(D) does
7. How long ________ French?
B
(A) do you study
(B) have you studied
(C) did you studied
(D) you have studied
8. Al’s doctor insists ________ for a few days.
D
(A) that he is resting
(B) his resting
(C) him to rest
(D) that he rest
9. You ________ your seats today if you want to go to the
game.
C
(A) had better to reserve
(B) had to better reserve
(C) had better reserve
(D) had to reserve better
10. After he had researched and ________ his paper, he
found some additional material that he should have
included.
B
(A) wrote
(B) written
(C) writing
(D) have written
11. The new champion, ________, took over the dining
room.
D
(A) led by an equestrian,
(B) with his sobriquet,
(C) accompanied by his reveries,
(D) accompanied by his entourage,
12. The three friends all ________ for the same job.
B
(A) requested
(B) applied
(C) intended
(D) referred
13. I knew him ________ I was child.
B
(A) until
(B) when
(C) as
(D) during
14. The sergeant’s orders were perfectly ________.
A
(A) executed
(B) developed
(C) exercised
(D) applied
15. The Director has just gone on his ________ leave. He
gets four weeks’ holiday a year and he is taking it all at the
same time. So if you wish to see him, come back in a
month’s time.
A
(A) annual
(B) temporary
(C) regular
(D) permanent
16. Before the invention of refrigeration, the ________ of
fish and meat was a problem.
B
(A) keeping
(B) preservation
(C) treatment
(D) maintenance
17. My brother did not go to school yesterday. Neither
________.
C
(A) went I
(B) I did
(C) did I
(D) had I gone
18. He ________ for a job for some weeks but he has not
found one.
D
(A) is looking
(B) looks
(C) has looked
(D) has been looking
19. The firm went bankrupt and their shares became
________.
D
(A) priceless
(B) unworthy
(C) invaluable
(D) worthless
20. The ascent of the mountain is ________, but anyone
who makes it to the top is rewarded by a spectacular view.
D
(A) helpful
(B) easy
(C) unique
(D) unpleasant