Last Saturday was my parents’ 20th wedding ( ). They went out for a special dinner together. [ festival; anniversary; exhibition; foundation]
Anniversary
A. Are there any tickets left for the school concert tomorrow? B. I don’t know. You should ask Kathy. She’s in ( ) of the tickets. [ charge; spite; place; case]
Charge
You are not good at swimming and ( ) am I. [ neither; either; also; so]
Neither
A. The weather report said it will clear up in the afternoon. B. Oh, good. But if it does rain, we plan to go to see the movie ( ). [ suddenly; quickly; back; instead]
Instead
A. How often does the ice hockey team practice? B. That ( ), but usually about three times a week. [ changes; turns; depends; reaches]
Depends
We ( ) out of coal, and had to burn the wood instead. [ used; saved; ran; cut]
Ran
A. What time shall we start on Sunday? B. Let’s leave at 5:30 in the morning. We should ( ) the rush hour. [ avoid; keep; hurry; reserve]
Avoid
A. Mike, what would you like to have for dinner? B. ( ) will do, Helen. [ anything; everything; things; something]
Anything
Our class ( ) the matter for a long time, but we didn’t come to come to a conclusion. [ closed; needed; developed; discussed]
Discussed
I can hardly speak English, much ( ) write it. [ more; less; better; little]
Less
A. Excuse me. We’d like to use the tennis court. B. OK. Please ( ) in this form. [ fix; hold; fill; set]
Fill
A. Doyou want to go skating this afternoon, Sarah? B. No thanks, Bill. I’m really ( ) skating. [ bad at; full of; out of; ready for]
Bad at
A. What wouldnyou like to drink tonight, sir? B. Just water, thank you. And I’d like to start ( ) the onion soup. [ with; from; by; at]
With
Mr Thompson has a wide ( ) of responsibilities and is always traveling around the world on business. [ place; measure; country; range]
Range
The population of our planet is growing too quickly. In the future, some countries may have trouble ( ) enough room for their people to live. [ find; finding; found; to find]
Finding
A. I heard that you bought a house. B. Yes. It’s very comfortable. Best of all, our living room ( ) the southeast. [ brings; faces; pulls; draws]
Faces
A. How did you like the jazz concert last night, Tony? B. It was really wonderful. I ( ) enjoyed the drummer. He was great. [ necessarily; particularly; suddenly; regularly]
Particularly
Nancy promised to call Ted, but she didn’t. Her ( ) was that she had lost her cell phone. [ essay; effort; practice; excuse]
Excuse
A. How was the TV drama last night, Tom? B. ( ), it was amusing. But I didn’t like the ending. [ for example; at last; by the way; on the whole]
On the whole
My mother was so tired that she ( ) asleep while she was reading a book. [ grew; fell; drew; became]
Fell
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