Saturday, October 20, 2007

Level Advanced - Lesson 10

Level Advanced - Lesson 10

1. Where is everyone? It's as silent as ________ in here!




2. Jimmy's feeling a bit under the weather today, but I expect he'll be as right as ________ by the weekend.




3. We can't eat this meat - it's as tough as ________!




4. To what extent will future scientific discoveries make possible the ________ of the human life span?




5. Your usual teacher has lost his voice and ________ I am taking his place today.




6. We finally managed to ________ the committee's approval of our plans.




7. There is often so much traffic on the main thoroughfares that motorists may be able to travel faster on ________ roads.




8. The child was ________ for getting his shoes and socks wet.




9. He had an ________ habit of emptying ash trays out of his upstairs window onto our doorstep.




10. The snake ________ smoothly through the long grass.




11. She ________ the temptation to buy a coat she could not afford.




12. The discussion quickly became a very ________ argument about increasing prices.




13. They searched ________ for the missing documents but they were never found.




14. The children are so ________, their father is thinking of sending them to boarding school.




15. Philip will make a success of his new business because he is ________ to succeed.




16. The view from the bridge was ________.




17. The route into the harbour was marked by a string of ________.




18. On the beach the crabs ________ from rock pool to rock pool.




19. I was made a great fuss of, grid kindness and goodwill were ________ on me.




20. The prisoner was released from gaol when it was discovered that there had been a ________ of justice.




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Level Advanced - Lesson 09

Level Advanced - Lesson 09

1. I think I ________ my ticket in a few days.




2. - That was a very dirty trick you played on your colleagues. - I know. I feel badly enough about it. You don't need to ________ it ________.




3. Mrs Milton has forty-three cats. I don't know how she ________ them all.




4. I watched a very old professor giving a lecture the other day. He ________ for ages before getting to the point.




5. A sound of hammering came from the workshop, and ________ from the knife- sharpener's shop.




6. The music aroused an ________ feeling of homesickness in him.




7. She had just ________ the shell of the hard-boiled egg and was starting to peel it off.




8. Under certain conditions of stress, some people ________ qualities they had never known they possessed.




9. The young performers ________ and held the audience's attention from the moment the curtain went up.




10. He went to Somerset House ________ looking up the terms of his grandfather's will.




11. Certainly man must ________ the future, and find ways of providing for his needs.




12. I found the missing file ________ on the top shelf.




13. Accuracy is ________ to the programming of computers.




14. Violence in the local prison has ________ two lives.




15. Being both spoilt and lazy he ________ everyone else for his lack of success.




16. The wheels of the car ________ deep into the mud.




17. The children were having a wonderful time ________ on the frozen lake.




18. Mussels, which can be found in abundance on our coasts, are an expensive ________ in most restaurants in England.




19. This house has not been lived in for years and the rooms smell very ________.




20. There's a ________ at that factory; it's impossible to work there without a trade union card.




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Level Advanced - Lesson 08

Level Advanced - Lesson 08

1. The dog felt very ________ when his owners left the house, dressed for a long walk.




2. I doubt whether he can keep ________ his efforts much longer as he looks very tired.




3. His ________ book will deal with industrial relations.




4. At the boxing match, the spectators were thoroughly ________.




5. The Prime Minister frequently wandered from his text to ________ on a point that had obviously caught his audience's interest.




6. I suddenly ________ that it was past ten o'clock.




7. The jury returned ________ of "not guilty".




8. The National Union of Teachers has decided to send David Greenhurst as its ________ to National Conference.




9. On Labour Day the workers will march in ________ through the town.




10. My rifle was not ________ quality, so I did not hit anything.




11. I was so ________ in my book that I didn't hear the doorbell ring.




12. John says that his present job does not provide him with enough ________ for his organising ability.




13. This drawer is ________; I shall have to try and open it with a knife.




14. Charles Dickens used to live in that house and a ________ on the wall commemorates this.




15. Mr Smith made a lot of money in stocks and shares and is now very ________ off.




16. The new director on the board had absolutely no power; he was just a ________.




17. The company were ________ in their drive for increased production by the lack of raw materials.




18. Always wear goggles when spraying paint as a ________ against damage to your eyes.




19. The ________ comedy in the silent films was very funny, especially when the actors threw custard pies at each other.




20. There were a number of fishing boats with blue sails ________ in the harbour.




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Level Advanced - Lesson 07

1. The accident was caused by a taxi driver ________ the traffic lights.




2. Why don't you try praising your students occasionally instead of ________ them all the time?




3. Stuart is a strange man: I cannot ________ him ________.




4. The main road through Littlebury was blocked for three hours today after an accident ________ two lorries.




5. It was difficult to guess what her ________ to the news would be.




6. This is my business and you have no right to ________.




7. He gave his listeners a vivid ________ of his journey through Peru.




8. The escaped prisoner waited until ________ of night before leaving his hiding place.




9. Although it is not our normal ________ to give credit, this time I think we should consider the matter more closely.




10. He decided that it would be a profitable ________ to invest in the new tin-mining company.




11. Colour-blind people often find it difficult to ________ between blue and green.




12. The main cause of the strike was the management's refusal to give further consideration to the question of pay ________.




13. Are there any ________ for believing that there is life on other planets?




14. Johnny doesn't read comics any more; he has ________ them.




15. This painting, originally attributed to Rembrandt, has now been discovered to be a ________.




16. The actor had already proved his ________ in his first film.




17. It was absolutely ________ black outside and we were unable to see a thing.




18. Archaeologists are ________ a tomb in Central Asia which is said to be 20,000 years old.




19. Although they are relatively cheap, peanuts are said to be very ________.




20. That factory hand is constantly in trouble at union meetings as he is always ________.




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Level Advanced - Lesson 06

Level Advanced - Lesson 06

1. Jane looked ________ at the shop assistant who had been rude to her.




2. Mr Sanders has been asked to ________ the next meeting of the Library Committee.




3. The Jury gave a unanimous ________ of Not Guilty.




4. The child was told to ________ for being rude to his uncle.




5. He seemed kind and I immediately felt a great ________ of feeling for him.




6. The wind ________ through the tiny crack in the window.




7. It has always been the ________ of our firm to encourage workers to take part in social activities.




8. This rapid growth has been achieved by a ________ handful of people.




9. It had been an abominable afternoon, ________ at about six o'clock in her father's sudden collapse into unconsciousness.




10. He couldn't ________ his father that he was telling the truth.




11. The congregation listened in reverent attention to the bishop's ________.




12. She's a very selfish person who doesn't show much ________ for others.




13. The ink had faded with time and so parts of the letter were ________.




14. As they entered the village shop, the old lady behind the counter ________ at them kindly.




15. My next-door neighbour has threatened to ________ me if I don't keep my dog out of his garden.




16. It seems that medical science is ________ of discovering a cure for cancer.




17. The men don't like their new conditions of work but they will just have to ________.




18. It is very difficult to ________ the exact meaning of an idiom in a foreign language.




19. We were ________ on the island until the tide went out and we could use the causeway.




20. The village looked very peaceful and ________ in the hot afternoon sun.




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Level Advanced - Lesson 05

Level Advanced - Lesson 05

1. Stop ________ about the bush, James! Just tell me exactly what the problem is.




2. My father refused to eat meat that had been fried. He had ________ in his bonnet about it causing cancer.




3. The last item on an agenda is "Any Other Business", which gives people a chance to ________ items that were not dealt with during the main meeting.




4. If you ________ your demand, then maybe you will have more chance of getting what you want.




5. The evening's entertainment was ________ by an electrical power cut.




6. The book is full of practical ________ on home decorating and repairs.




7. The ________ of the book, with the text on the left and the notes on the right, makes it a pleasure to use.




8. The doctor managed to ________ the wound on his leg.




9. The bishop preached a farewell sermon to ________ that filled the church to overflowing.




10. This ________ was conducted to find out how many people prefer butter.




11. ________ lighting has made an important contribution to the cultural development of humanity.




12. After the collision he examined the considerable ________ to his car.




13. Many poets have ________ the beauties of the countryside.




14. I hurried to ________ Smith so that we could discuss some of the new plans as we were walking.




15. The teaching profession offers good career ________ for the well-qualified teacher.




16. The eagle carried the dead lamb away in its ________.




17. Do you think Mrs Barker will be able to ________ with the children and the housework while you are away?




18. Mary didn't seem very well this morning; she looked rather ________.




19. Poor Mary, all her colleagues teased her; she was the ________ of all their jokes.




20. That actress has the most beautiful eyes, brown ________ with green.




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Level Advanced - Lesson 04

Level Advanced - Lesson 04

1. She would do anything for her youngest son. He was the ________ of her eye.




2. You'll have to shout, I'm afraid. My father's as deaf as ________.




3. He badly ________ his back digging in the garden last Sunday.




4. She had just been to the hospital to see her husband and had returned home rather ________ by her experience.




5. "See you ________." she said casually.




6. The room was so ________ with furniture that it was hard to move about.




7. The first night is never as good as the ________ rehearsal.




8. I should like to rent a house, modern, comfortable and ________ in a quiet position.




9. He ________ the figures very carefully before making any comment.




10. The police managed to ________ down the man in Glasgow.




11. Occasionally we experience westerly gales, but the ________ winds are from the north-east.




12. During their first teacher-training year, the students often visited local schools for the ________ of lessons.




13. The dentist ________ her decayed tooth again.




14. The jury ________ him of having committed the robbery and he was then sentenced to five years' imprisonment.




15. He is unable to find a post ________ with his ability.




16. There can be no change in the plans now; everything is ________.




17. Harry ought to be able to give you a few ________ for the Derby; he's a bookmaker.




18. Large ________ of snow drifted down and settled on the grass.




19. That woman is always complaining; I do wish she would stop ________.




20. Nowadays many skirts are permanently ________ and need no ironing.




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Level Advanced - Lesson 03

Level Advanced - Lesson 03

1. I usually buy my clothes ________. It's cheaper than going to a dressmaker.




2. You really dropped ________ the other day when you told Brian you'd seen his wife at the cinema. He thought she was at her mother's.




3. Charlie had such a bad stomach ache that he was ________ with pain.




4. Yesterday the pound fell to a ________ low level against the dollar, according to this morning's news.




5. She bought a blue and yellow hat to ________ her new blue dress.




6. After a long and exhausting journey, they arrived ________.




7. If we ________ the plan you suggest, we are more likely to be successful.




8. The bully tried to take away the younger boy's violin but the youngster ________ him with considerable courage.




9. I'm in no ________ this evening to listen to his silly jokes.




10. He says he would write an English course book if he could find ________ to deal with the less interesting parts.




11. ________ he fails his final examination, he is still sure of a University place.




12. Poisons should be kept in a place that is ________ to children.




13. Have you seen my brother's latest ________ to his stamp collection?




14. That evening he reached the theatre late, only just ________ time to dress and make up.




15. The victory was ________ annually by a ten-gun salute.




16. The Judge decided to ________ the case for two days.




17. Mr Jones is such a ________ speaker, I always lose the thread of what he is saying.




18. This is a very rare poison for which there is no known ________.




19. The social worker was asked to ________ the in formation received about the Harrison family.




20. He ________ up the sheet of paper and dropped it into the waste paper basket.




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