Test 4 b
1. Look ________ ! You're going to crash!
a. through b. for c. to d. out
2. You can't wear this to school. Go and __________ .
a. take off b. change c. get dressed d. get changed
3. You have to take two days __________ to rest and recover.
a. break b. home c. off d. out
4. You can bring a friend. I don't __________ .
a. matter b. mind c. hope d. bother
5. Government __________ has to be approved by the queen.
a. policy b. politics c. party d. elections
6. It doesn't __________ . I need a bigger size.
a. suit b.fit c. goes d. match
7. Who's the __________ in your family?
a. breadmaker b. breadmaster c. breadwinner d. breadprovider
8. My sister is certainly the black __________ in our family.
a. cat b. dog c. hen d. sheep
9. Are there any national parks or __________areas in your country?
a. conservation b. preservation c. extinction d. environment
10. To pay money to somebody in exchange for a favour is called:
a. arson b. forgery c. bribery d. blackmail
11. Could you tell me where __________ ?
a. the bank is b. does the bank stand c. is the bank d. the bank stands
12. Which of these sentences is correct?
a. What are they talking about? b. They are talking about what? c. About what are they talking? d. About what they are talking?
13. If I see her, I __________ her.
a. `d tell b. tell c. had told d. `ll tell
14. I used __________ up early every day.
a. to having got b. to have got c. to get d. to getting
15. You should __________ those jeans yesterday.
a. buy b. have buy c. have bought d. bought
16. The sooner you tell me, the __________ .
a. most good b. better c. the most good d. more good
17. I wish I __________ more money now!
a. had had b. can have c. had d. have
18. The news __________ very bad.
a. is b. are c. so d. were
19. I __________ him for years.
a. know b. have been known c. `ve been knowing d. `ve known
20. I'm having the house __________ .
a. paint b. painting c. being painted d. painted
21. My sister __________ on watching the fashion show, though we all wanted to see a film.
a. admitted b. claimed c. preferred d. insisted
22. The Police will find him. He'll never be able to __________ the crime.
a. come across on b. slip away c. get away with d. run off from
23. Could you give us a clue as to how __________ with the problem as quickly as possible?
a. we can cope b. can we cope c. do we cope d. should we cope
24. Why didn't you take up another sport when you had a chance? You should __________ so,
shouldn't you?
a. have done b. do c. have been doing d. be doing
25. We __________ much money on entertainment in those days.
a. didn't use to spend b. didn't use spending c. usedn't be spending d.usedn't have spent
26. Your car looks terrible. It really needs __________.
a. to wash b. wash c. washing d. washed
27. I'd been trying to convince him for days. I did manage to convince him __________.
a. at the end b. on the end c. in the end d. for the end
28. George has finally got used __________ on the left after five months of living in England.
a. driving b. to driving c. drive d.to drive
29. Frank Simpler started a business but he soon __________ money and went bankrupt.
a. broke up for b. came short on c. ran out of d. fell over with
30. We produce cheaper goods than our __________.
a. competitors b. competers c. competents d. competitioners
31. I'm sure she has given up smoking: she __________have given up smoking.
a. can b. must c. mustn't d. cannot
32. Ann and Sally share the same flat, so it is __________flat.
a. Ann's and Sally b. Ann and Sally's c. Ann's and Sally's d. theirs
33. We __________to the museum by a kind woman.
a. were directed b. were direct c. directed d. was directed
34. I had __________little time to go to the shop before going to work.
a. enough b. too c. such d. such a
35. A __________father is a parent who always cares about his child.
a. protective b. protect c. protected d.protecting
36. __________ she's been having lessons for years, she doesn't speak French very well.
a. Although b. Even c. Even if d. Despite
37. My cousin is very sophisticated. He has __________ expensive taste!
a. such an b. such a c. such d. so
38. Do you take pride __________ your work.
a. at b. in c. of d. on
39. She can speak Russian fluently, __________, she is unable to read or write it.
a. comparing b. compared c. in spite of d. however
40. I have difficulty __________ to a diet.
a. to stuck b. to stick c. sticking d. stuck
41. They made her __________ the truth.
a. telling b. to tell c. tell d. having told
42. I am sure she hadn't prepared it. __________ ( say it in other words):
a. she can't have prepared it b. she must not have prepared it c. she will not have prepared it d. she couldn't have prepared it
43. They put a lot of __________ into the project.
a. attempts b. attempt c. effort d. efforts
44. When I got home I had no idea I __________ my key.
a. have lost b. had lost c. lost d. had been lost
45. I bought several dictionaries __________are really up to date.
a. either of what b. none of which c. neither of which d. none of what
46. I'll write it down in case I __________it
a. forgot b. had forgotten c. will forget d. forget
47. As soon as I finish the report, I will__________
a. have typed it b. have it typed c. had typed it d. be typed it
48. They had finished packing before we __________ from work.
a. have returned b. had returned c. returned d. would return
49. I can't believe this is my old house, you __________wonders with it!
a. have made b. have done c. will have done d. will do
50. I am due at your house at six, __________?
a. nor am I b. aren't I c. am I d. wasn't I
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