Level Advanced - Lesson 30

Level Advanced - Lesson 30

1. If I have time tomorrow, I ________ Jane.
(A) will go and see
(B) would go and see
(C) would have gone and see
(D) would have gone and seen
2. Because the owner wanted a quick sale, the house went for ________ - only 15,000 $.
(A) loose change
(B) a song
(C) a loaf of bread
(D) a smile
3. I always get ________ in my stomach before visiting the dentist.
(A) worms
(B) butterflies
(C) crabs
(D) hedgehogs
4. The escaped prisoner fought ________ before he was finally overpowered.
(A) head over heels
(B) tooth and nail
(C) heart and soul
(D) foot and mouth
5. It's very late and I have a busy day tomorrow. If you don't mind, I think I'll ________ now.
(A) turn in
(B) black out
(C) lay off
(D) sleep on
6. The BBC tries to ________ for all tastes with its four national programmes.
(A) suit
(B) furnish
(C) oblige
(D) cater
7. I have had a ________ of misfortunes.
(A) success
(B) continuation
(C) repetition
(D) succession
8. A force of desperate men burst out of the besieged city and ________ the army that had surrounded them.
(A) won
(B) defeated
(C) broke down
(D) gained
9. He had always had a good opinion of himself, but after the publication of his best-selling novel he became unbearably ________.
(A) bigoted
(B) proud
(C) conceited
(D) exaggerated
10. Bitterly cold grey weather together with the after-effects of influenza made him feel very ________.
(A) deprived
(B) depressed
(C) bored
(D) disgusted
11. It was his ________ to retire from business the following year.
(A) intention
(B) opinion
(C) meaning
(D) advice
12. Although I tried to concentrate on the lecture I was ________ by the noise from the next room.
(A) dissuaded
(B) averted
(C) repressed
(D) distracted
13. The dentist had to ________ the tooth as it was badly decayed.
(A) extract
(B) release
(C) pull off
(D) extricate
14. There were no witnesses of the murder, but the ________ evidence of the prisoner's guilt was overwhelming.
(A) ambiguous
(B) circumstantial
(C) intentional
(D) exact
15. No hazard or difficulty could ________ the two mountaineers from their intention of reaching the summit.
(A) dilate
(B) defect
(C) deflect
(D) deflate
16. The Sussex downs are part of our English national ________.
(A) tradition
(B) heritage
(C) institution
(D) inheritance
17. If the Government continues with its present housing policy, it is likely to ________ considerable opposition.
(A) come up for
(B) come round to
(C) come up against
(D) come away with
18. There is a large ________ for tropical birds in the city park.
(A) apiary
(B) aquarium
(C) zoo
(D) aviary
19. Owing to their unruly behaviour, the football team were ________ from taking part in the match on Saturday.
(A) exempted
(B) outlawed
(C) excommunicated
(D) banned
20. I heard on the news that the import/export ________ has been narrowed this month.
(A) gap
(B) division
(C) divide
(D) split

Test back with: Level Advanced - Lesson 30 Or Level Advanced - Lesson 29

• Level A

• Level B

• Level C

Level Advanced - Lesson 29

Level Advanced - Lesson 29

1. I don't know whether Peter would be interested in joining our Conservation Society. I'll ________ him ________ about it.
(A) chat up
(B) sound out
(C) tell off
(D) spur on
2. A ________ change in policy is needed if relations are ever to improve.
(A) severe
(B) violent
(C) drastic
(D) strict
3. No human being is ________ but Alistair Allington made very few mistakes.
(A) fallacious
(B) false
(C) plausible
(D) infallible
4. The floods did not start to ________ until two days after the rain had stopped.
(A) retire
(B) recede
(C) retreat
(D) depart
5. He is considered to be an outstanding artist but I consider his work to be quite ________.
(A) mediocre
(B) medium
(C) moderate
(D) intermediate
6. When I went into the dining room next morning the ________ of the dinner were still on the table.
(A) remains
(B) results
(C) remnants
(D) surplus
7. It is not profitable to provide bus service in districts where the population is widely ________.
(A) scattered
(B) dismissed
(C) separated
(D) spaced
8. Many university courses are not really ________ to the needs of students or their future employers.
(A) associated
(B) relative
(C) geared
(D) sufficient
9. She ________ along the path, glad to be able to take her time.
(A) hurried
(B) marched
(C) sped
(D) wandered
10. Many road accidents occur because motorists cannot ________ the speed of approaching vehicles.
(A) conclude
(B) count
(C) gauge
(D) value
11. He offered her a ticket for the concert, and she gladly ________.
(A) agreed
(B) accepted
(C) assented
(D) took
12. The motion was proposed by Mr Jones and ________ by Mr Pearson.
(A) supported
(B) sustained
(C) signed
(D) seconded
13. What was the ________ of that article on devolution? I haven't had time to read it.
(A) digest
(B) synopsis
(C) draft
(D) gist
14. The Council are going to impose further parking restrictions in the more ________ streets of the city.
(A) overloaded
(B) overburdened
(C) populous
(D) congested
15. If anything goes wrong with the car, Mr Jones always ________ his wife's driving.
(A) faults
(B) blames
(C) accuses
(D) cautions
16. The medicine should be ________ with a little water.
(A) thinned
(B) modified
(C) weakened
(D) diluted
17. I think it would be best if Grandmother went straight to bed when she arrives, to ________ the effects of her long journey.
(A) offset
(B) negate
(C) nullify
(D) counteract
18. The horse's harness ________ as it trotted along briskly.
(A) crunched
(B) chimed
(C) jingled
(D) whirred
19. The National Theatre receives a large ________ of 2,000.000 USD from the Government every year.
(A) subsidy
(B) support
(C) gift
(D) donation
20. It's interesting to see the seagulls ________ up and down on the waves near the fishing boats.
(A) bobbing
(B) jigging
(C) jerking
(D) bouncing

Test back with: Level Advanced - Lesson 28 Or Level Advanced - Lesson 29

• Level A

• Level B

• Level C

Level Advanced - Lesson 28

Level Advanced - Lesson 28

1. He has told us so many lies that we can no longer place any ________ on what he says.
(A) conviction
(B) reliance
(C) reputation
(D) credibility
2. Having been to prison, I can now understand something of the criminal ________.
(A) activities
(B) mentality
(C) thoughts
(D) minds
3. The tremor in his voice ________ his nervousness.
(A) affirmed
(B) revealed
(C) disguised
(D) represented
4. He has read widely but seldom thought deeply so his apparent learning is really quite ________.
(A) superior
(B) superficial
(C) supercilious
(D) superfluous
5. The widely-publicised demonstration did not after all ________.
(A) come off
(B) go off
(C) get on
(D) break out
6. Our men looked up as the planes passed ________.
(A) overshot
(B) overseeing
(C) overhanging
(D) overhead
7. I wished that I could cry, but I was too ________ by my upbringing.
(A) shy
(B) inhibited
(C) effected
(D) rigid
8. I was told that this material would not ________ in the wash but it has.
(A) dwindle
(B) shrink
(C) decrease
(D) contract
9. An almost ________ line of traffic was moving at a snail's pace through the town.
(A) continuous
(B) constant
(C) solid
(D) continual
10. Keys should never be hidden around the house since thieves ________ know where to look.
(A) virtually
(B) variously
(C) unavoidably
(D) invariably
11. When the student graduated, he got his ________.
(A) diploma
(B) degree
(C) licence
(D) certificate
12. You will find John rather difficult to understand at first, as he has a slight ________ in his speech.
(A) contraction
(B) difficulty
(C) impediment
(D) inhibition
13. A new coin was ________ to commemorate the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
(A) manufactured
(B) minted
(C) moulded
(D) stamped
14. You would be well advised to remain with the firm for at least three years in order to ________ your experience.
(A) harden
(B) consolidate
(C) confirm
(D) determine
15. With the rise in prices and continuing inflation, most people are beginning to feel the ________.
(A) nip
(B) pinch
(C) twinge
(D) sting
16. The animals taken to the slaughterhouse must be killed by ________ methods.
(A) human
(B) humane
(C) humanistic
(D) humanised
17. The side of the cliff was ________ with small holes where the seabirds had made their nests.
(A) laced
(B) punched
(C) tattooed
(D) riddled
18. The new Chairman of the Board has ________ himself to improve the Company's performance in the export market.
(A) assured
(B) pledged
(C) bound
(D) intended
19. The saleswoman ________ my attention to the intricate embroidery on the front of the blouse.
(A) attracted
(B) drew
(C) led
(D) lured
20. Little boys never seem to like washing, and their faces and hands are generally pretty ________.
(A) scruffy
(B) grubby
(C) shabby
(D) dingy

Test back with: Level Advanced - Lesson 28 Or Level Advanced - Lesson 27

• Level A

• Level B

• Level C

Level Advanced - Lesson 27

Level Advanced - Lesson 27

1. My father ________ when he found out that I'd damaged the car.
(A) hit the roof
(B) saw pink elephants
(C) made my blood boil
(D) brought the house down
2. Simon never takes anything seriously. He just likes ________.
(A) splashing out
(B) acting up
(C) fooling around
(D) playing along
3. Enquiries ________ the condition of patients may be made personally or by telephone.
(A) revealing
(B) concerning
(C) affecting
(D) for
4. The forecast predicted ________ weather with snow, sunshine, wind and thunder and that is just what we have had.
(A) variable
(B) various
(C) differing
(D) unsteady
5. This book gives a brief ________ of the history of the castle and details of the art collection in the main hall.
(A) outline
(B) reference
(C) article
(D) outlook
6. There has been a great deal of ________ about the results of the coming elections.
(A) speculation
(B) prediction
(C) contemplation
(D) hesitation
7. It was too early in the ________ to expect many visitors to a seaside town.
(A) term
(B) season
(C) time
(D) period
8. A very large cat was watching us intently from the top of a ________ car.
(A) moveless
(B) stationary
(C) stationery
(D) motionless
9. After so many weeks without rain, the ground quickly ________ the little rain that fell last night.
(A) absorbed
(B) digested
(C) drained
(D) soaked
10. ________ me to take some money with me when we go shopping tomorrow.
(A) prepare
(B) remember
(C) inform
(D) remind
11. He took the day off work to ________ his aunt's funeral.
(A) accompany
(B) regard
(C) assist
(D) attend
12. After his leave, Alfred went back on duty to ________ his soldiers.
(A) put in charge of
(B) be charged with
(C) make a charge with
(D) take charge of
13. His account must be true, because the evidence he gave ________ that of two other witnesses.
(A) collaborates
(B) consists
(C) corroborates
(D) condones
14. We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son's illness had put him under great ________.
(A) emotion
(B) excitement
(C) crisis
(D) stress
15. Some people still cling to the ________ that the Earth is flat.
(A) fallacy
(B) falsehood
(C) fabrication
(D) falsification
16. The habit of taking cold baths in the winter is said to be ________ to the English.
(A) peculiar
(B) pertinent
(C) individual
(D) personal
17. All the men working at the atomic power station have to be equipped with ________ clothing.
(A) protective
(B) repellent
(C) disinfected
(D) unpolluted
18. It is difficult to grow good vegetables in the poor ________ in this area.
(A) soil
(B) dirt
(C) crust
(D) strand
19. It was impossible for the student to work out the answer to the question, so he just ________.
(A) gave off
(B) gave out
(C) gave away
(D) gave up
20. It was not easy to get an extra allowance, but he ________ it through an influential friend.
(A) cheated
(B) wangled
(C) swindled
(D) manipulated

Test back with: Level Advanced - Lesson 26 Or Level Advanced - Lesson 27

• Level A

• Level B

• Level C

Level Advanced - Lesson 26

Level Advanced - Lesson 26

1. I caught the last bus by the skin of my ________.
(A) mouth
(B) leg
(C) teeth
(D) face
2. You didn't think I was being serious, did you, Brian! It was a joke! I was pulling your ________, that's all!
(A) thumb
(B) hair
(C) toe
(D) leg
3. I was already fed up with the job, but when the boss walked into my office and told me he expected me to work overtime that was the ________. I quit.
(A) final curtain
(B) last straw
(C) end of the line
(D) last waltz
4. It's a good idea to ________ people before taking them into your confidence.
(A) tumble to
(B) root out
(C) bank on
(D) size up
5. - Is it raining? - Raining? It's absolutely ________!
(A) pouring down
(B) streaming away
(C) spurting out
(D) flooding in
6. It's not easy trying to find the right Smith in the London telephone directory: you may have to ________ about thirty pages of Smiths.
(A) wade through
(B) rip out
(C) tramp across
(D) peer at
7. As the sky darkened it soon became obvious that a violent thunderstorm was ________.
(A) imminent
(B) instantaneous
(C) immediate
(D) simultaneous
8. The government's strong action demonstrated its ________ to crush the rebellion.
(A) energy
(B) resistance
(C) courage
(D) determination
9. The Department is also deeply ________ in various improvement schemes.
(A) involved
(B) included
(C) entailed
(D) implied
10. Far more should be done to ________ the suffering of unwanted domestic pets.
(A) alleviate
(B) improve
(C) help
(D) remove
11. The water-skier ________ over the water.
(A) flew
(B) floated
(C) balanced
(D) skimmed
12. He was ________ by a bee when he was collecting honey.
(A) scratched
(B) pricked
(C) stung
(D) stuck
13. We tried to make a success of the business, but were ________ by difficulties at every turn.
(A) surmounted
(B) intruded
(C) flustered
(D) plagued
14. Only hotel guests have the ________ of using the private beach.
(A) occasion
(B) possibility
(C) privilege
(D) habit
15. The diamonds were stolen from the jeweller's shop in a ________ raid.
(A) hit and run
(B) smash and grab
(C) hit or miss
(D) tip and run
16. The ________ use of adjectives ruins much written English.
(A) undifferentiated
(B) indescribable
(C) indiscriminate
(D) unsorted
17. Mr Jones is the ________ of the sports club; he deals with all the finance.
(A) treasurer
(B) bursar
(C) steward
(D) purser
18. Do not write the answers in fractions; ________ to whole numbers.
(A) round them up
(B) add them up
(C) work them up
(D) move them up
19. Mr Brown was always smiling, and the ________ round his eyes he referred to as his 'laughter lines'.
(A) kinks
(B) twists
(C) whorls
(D) wrinkles
20. The scientists became very excited as they felt they were on the ________ of a new discovery.
(A) outskirts
(B) threshold
(C) gateway
(D) forefront

Test back with: Level Advanced - Lesson 26 Or Level Advanced - Lesson 25

• Level A

• Level B

• Level C

Level Advanced - Lesson 25

Level Advanced - Lesson 25

1. I can't stand Mr Bryant. He's always blowing his own ________ - telling everyone how good he is at everything.
(A) trumpet
(B) breath
(C) mind
(D) horn
2. John will never buy you a drink - he is far too ________.
(A) tight-fisted
(B) pigheaded
(C) highly-strung
(D) easy-going
3. When the dentist has finished drilling your tooth, he will offer you a glass of peculiar pink liquid and tell you to ________ your mouth ________.
(A) brush off
(B) wash up
(C) rinse out
(D) scrub down
4. When one company tries to gain control of another by offering a high price for its shares, it is making a ________ bid.
(A) breakthrough
(B) showdown
(C) takeover
(D) outcast
5. I was so tired that I just ________ in the armchair.
(A) flaked out
(B) broke up
(C) dropped out
(D) fell over
6. I'm sorry, but I don't think you and I have met before. Are you sure you're not ________ me ________ with somebody else?
(A) pairing off
(B) putting together
(C) fitting in
(D) mixing up
7. The rainbow ________ as the sun came fully out from behind the clouds.
(A) dissolved
(B) disappeared
(C) dispersed
(D) retired
8. I ________ what her name is: I'm sure I know her face.
(A) remember
(B) wonder
(C) guess
(D) suspect
9. One of the problems local authorities have to deal with is the ________ of plastic containers.
(A) dispersal
(B) disposition
(C) disposal
(D) disappearance
10. New mineral resources may be discovered during the forthcoming Antarctic ________.
(A) excursion
(B) voyage
(C) expedition
(D) migration
11. Beside washing that cut, put some ________ on it in case you have got some dirt in it.
(A) medicine
(B) disinfectant
(C) antiseptic
(D) antidote
12. The teacher could find no ________ with his pupil's work.
(A) blame
(B) fault
(C) mistake
(D) failure
13. Most people were no longer listening to his long ________ story.
(A) irritable
(B) boring
(C) tiring
(D) annoying
14. The trapped sparrow ________ against the window pane.
(A) hit
(B) fluttered
(C) flapped
(D) swooped
15. She was a shy woman and took ________ behind a rather forbidding bluntness of manner.
(A) appearance
(B) refuge
(C) kindness
(D) protection
16. The accused man was released on ________ pending the hearing of the case.
(A) deposit
(B) bond
(C) bail
(D) deposition
17. I am afraid you missed the ________ of my argument.
(A) point
(B) thesis
(C) subject
(D) topic
18. You will have to ________ those apple trees if you want a good crop of apples next summer.
(A) lop
(B) fell
(C) cut
(D) prune
19. The ________ cash for day-to-day expenses is kept in that red box.
(A) petty
(B) little
(C) small
(D) current
20. Before you agree to buy that house, find out if the Building Society will give you a ________.
(A) loan
(B) deposit
(C) mortgage
(D) credit

Test back with: Level Advanced - Lesson 24 Or Level Advanced - Lesson 25

• Level A

• Level B

• Level C

Level Advanced - Lesson 24

Level Advanced - Lesson 24

1. He has a quick temper and easily ________ off the handle.
(A) leaps
(B) jumps
(C) flies
(D) runs
2. You shouldn't have frightened her like that. Poor thing! She went as white as ________!
(A) a sheet
(B) snow
(C) milk
(D) whitewash
3. Ruth wanted to go to Cyprus or Rhodes, her husband wanted to go to Scotland or Ireland. In the end they ________ Cyprus.
(A) hit on
(B) jumped at
(C) plumped for
(D) plunged into
4. If you never put oil in your engine, one day it will ________.
(A) seize up
(B) go off
(C) flake out
(D) shut down
5. Outside the town, the speed limit is 70 mph. In ________ areas, the speed limit is reduced to 30 mph.
(A) made-up
(B) packed-up
(C) built-up
(D) filled-in
6. Any student who ________ his homework is unlikely to pass his examination.
(A) reduces
(B) neglects
(C) practises
(D) denies
7. I shall ________ the loss of my reading-glasses in the newspaper, with a reward for the finder.
(A) announce
(B) publish
(C) advertise
(D) make known
8. The Fosters believe so firmly in family equality that they never go to visit their friends without their children's ________.
(A) allowance
(B) permission
(C) admission
(D) concession
9. On religious holidays ________ of the local saint is carried in procession through the streets.
(A) a model
(B) a prototype
(C) an effigy
(D) a representation
10. They always kept on good ________ with their next-door neighbours for the children's sake.
(A) friendship
(B) relations
(C) intentions
(D) terms
11. The choir stood in four rows according to their ________ heights.
(A) respectable
(B) respectful
(C) respective
(D) respected
12. Hotel rooms must be ________ by noon, but luggage may be left with the porter.
(A) vacated
(B) departed
(C) abandoned
(D) discharged
13. The bus company apparently ignores the many ________ about unpunctuality and overcrowding of buses.
(A) complaints
(B) claims
(C) griefs
(D) objections
14. Would you be good enough to send us a ________ of your school.
(A) prospect
(B) review
(C) prospectus
(D) leaflet
15. The law proved so unpopular that it was ________ by the Government a year later.
(A) repelled
(B) repulsed
(C) taken back
(D) repealed
16. "I ________ that one," said the tourist, pointing for the benefit of the uncomprehending shopkeeper.
(A) want
(B) wish
(C) take
(D) desire
17. The Chairman ruled the speaker's question ________.
(A) out of line
(B) out of tune
(C) out of order
(D) out of condition
18. The announcement of the Managing Director's retirement has been timed to ________ with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the company.
(A) agree
(B) concur
(C) coincide
(D) conform
19. The museum has two magnificent tapestries ________ in the fifteenth century.
(A) crocheted
(B) sewn
(C) threaded
(D) woven
20. Due to the bad weather conditions, the lifeboat crew were asked to ________ in case of emergency,.
(A) stand in
(B) stand by
(C) stand off
(D) stand up

Test back with: Level Advanced - Lesson 24 Or Level Advanced - Lesson 23

• Level A

• Level B

• Level C

Level Advanced - Lesson 23

Level Advanced - Lesson 23

1. The sky got very dark and soon it began to ________ down.
(A) roar
(B) bath
(C) bathe
(D) bucket
2. Ask David to give you a hand moving the furniture. He's as strong as ________.
(A) an elephant
(B) a mountain
(C) a gorilla
(D) a horse
3. The man in the market was selling leather coats very cheaply: they were such bargains that they were soon ________.
(A) cleared off
(B) done for
(C) bought out
(D) snapped up
4. The business had been allowed to ________ to such an extent that it was sold for only a quarter of its true market value.
(A) tail off
(B) fade away
(C) play out
(D) run down
5. Since any answer was likely to cause embarrassment to his party the politician tried to ________ the question.
(A) delude
(B) seclude
(C) pervade
(D) evade
6. Is a person to be more highly ________ for his courage or for his self-sacrifice?
(A) estimated
(B) assessed
(C) esteemed
(D) gauged
7. He didn't intend to ________ this conversation further himself, for he disliked his aunt's patronising tone.
(A) prosecute
(B) pursue
(C) push
(D) follow
8. The explosion blew the kitchen door off its ________.
(A) joints
(B) connections
(C) boards
(D) hinges
9. A competitor may submit any number of entries, ________ each one is accompanied by a packet top.
(A) guaranteeing
(B) insuring
(C) allowing
(D) providing
10. This is the ________ piano on which the composer created some of his greatest works.
(A) actual
(B) real
(C) genuine
(D) original
11. The blow at the end of round three knocked the champion ________.
(A) insensitive
(B) stupefied
(C) senseless
(D) inanimate
12. A half-savage mongrel went ________ the tramp as the man approached the farm.
(A) at
(B) against
(C) about
(D) for
13. He bought that house, ________ that he would inherit money under his uncle's will.
(A) speculating
(B) considering
(C) assuming
(D) estimating
14. His parents gave him many expensive toys as some form of ________ for his lameness and inability to play active games.
(A) prize
(B) remedy
(C) compensation
(D) reward
15. Although John is not fluent in French yet, he has quite a good ________ of the language.
(A) grasp
(B) grip
(C) hold
(D) clasp
16. Charles Dickson used to be a ________ of mine when we both worked at Highway Secondary School.
(A) confederate
(B) colleague
(C) partner
(D) co-operator
17. It was a magnificent sight to see the waterfall ________ over the rocks into the river below.
(A) catapulting
(B) cascading
(C) coursing
(D) leaping
18. The annual ________ of steel has risen enormously in recent years.
(A) outlay
(B) outbreak
(C) output
(D) outcome
19. The children gazed at the magician ________ as he performed his tricks.
(A) wild-eyed
(B) open-eyed
(C) wide-eyed
(D) eagle-eyed
20. Sociologists say that an element of violence is ________ in all societies.
(A) latent
(B) skulking
(C) passive
(D) potential

Test back with: Level Advanced - Lesson 22 Or Level Advanced - Lesson 23

• Level A

• Level B

• Level C