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I’ve had my car examined three times now but no mechanic has been able to.....the problem.

pinpoint

focus

specify

highlight

The hotel room was ......furnished with only a bed, a wardrobe and an ancient armchair.

sparsely

thinly

lightly

sketchily

It is high time we got going, .....?

isn’t it

aren’t we

didn’t we

is not it

Rice is a ........which is exported to other countries.

commodity

consequence

pension

category

Under no circumstances, .........or exchanged.

can goods be returned

goods will be returned

goods should be returned

are goods being returned

Whole – grain food products.......in most large supermarkets across the United States and Canada.

can now be purchased

the purchase of which

now can purchase

now to purchase

I thought you said she was going away this summer, ........?

didn’t you

didn’t I

wasn’t she

wasn’t it

They quarrelled .......the choice of a house.

over

on

for

to

If business doesn’t get better, we will need a loan from the bank.

pick up

pick at

pick out

pick off

The number of students coming to school increased last year

shot up

shot in

shot on

shot off

It’s time you.......your way of living.

amended

reflected

surrendered

meditated

He spent all his money through.........

extravagance

husbandry

shame

thrifty

These figures show a.........in the number of unemployed people in England and Wales

reduction

lessening

loss

lowering

Columbus gazed at the land that he....so far to seek.

had come

had been coming

has come

has been coming

There were 6000 visitors in all. That was the......

total

whole

result

all

She’s alive! She..........but that handsome young man dived and saved her just in time.

was drowning

being drowning

had been drowning

is drowning

Please find a(an) ......copy of the letter I received from the college.

enclosed

contained

included

covered

The old fishing village is very........

picturesque

picturedrome

picturesquely

picture

Electricity and gas supplies have been seriously.........by the floods.

disrupted

alerted

destroyed

erupted

Each athletes has to take part in the Olympic Games in the true spirit of.....

sportsmanship

sportsman

sportmanlike

sports

Overexposure to the sun can produce........some toxic chemicals.

more damage to the skin than

more damage than to the skin

more than damage to the skin

damage more than to the skin

I really had to.........some strings to get reservations at this restaurant.

pull

push

throw

get

Last night, I went to the movies and saw the most beautiful love story. I guess I have a ......for romantic movies.

feebleness

weakness

illness

sickness

When she heard the news, she.........into tears.

felt

exploded

went

broke

We intend to ...........with the old system as soon as we have developed a better one.

do away

do up

do down

do in

No educational system is perfect. Each one has its........

limitations

borders

frontiers

limits

Einstein gradually became ___ in the discussion

absorbed

absorb

to absorb

absorbing

Police had to break the meeting ___

up

off

in

out

It is impossible for them to enter the country ___

at present

on present

in time

on time

He's a ___ and so he always votes for the Labour Party

socialist

conservative

liberal

socialism

A main clause is sometimes called a ___ clause

principal

principle

principality

principles

___, a brick fell on his head

When he turned the corner

Turning the corner

Having turned the corner

Being turned the corner

The incidence of anorexia nervosa, ___, is growing in industrially advanced societies

an eating disorder

is an eating disorder

an eating disorder which

for which an eating disorder

___ recent times, the discipline of biology has expanded rapidly into a variety of subdisciplines

In

It is since

When

Since it is

In a four-hour operation, surgeons managed to sew the girl's ___ hand back on

severed

cut

grazed

crushed