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  • We intend to ...........with the old system as soon as we have developed a better one.
    do away
    do in
    do up
    do down
  • The old fishing village is very........
    picturesque
    picturedrome
    picture
    picturesquely
  • Einstein gradually became ___ in the discussion
    absorbed
    absorbing
    to absorb
    absorb
  • Whole – grain food products.......in most large supermarkets across the United States and Canada.
    now to purchase
    can now be purchased
    the purchase of which
    now can purchase
  • Rice is a ........which is exported to other countries.
    consequence
    commodity
    category
    pension
  • Columbus gazed at the land that he....so far to seek.
    has been coming
    had come
    has come
    had been coming
  • A main clause is sometimes called a ___ clause
    principality
    principle
    principal
    principles
  • ___ recent times, the discipline of biology has expanded rapidly into a variety of subdisciplines
    Since it is
    In
    When
    It is since
  • No educational system is perfect. Each one has its........
    limitations
    limits
    borders
    frontiers
  • I really had to.........some strings to get reservations at this restaurant.
    pull
    throw
    get
    push
  • Under no circumstances, .........or exchanged.
    are goods being returned
    can goods be returned
    goods will be returned
    goods should be returned
  • In a four-hour operation, surgeons managed to sew the girl's ___ hand back on
    grazed
    cut
    crushed
    severed
  • The hotel room was ......furnished with only a bed, a wardrobe and an ancient armchair.
    thinly
    sparsely
    lightly
    sketchily
  • Each athletes has to take part in the Olympic Games in the true spirit of.....
    sportmanlike
    sportsman
    sports
    sportsmanship
  • I’ve had my car examined three times now but no mechanic has been able to.....the problem.
    focus
    highlight
    pinpoint
    specify
  • When she heard the news, she.........into tears.
    exploded
    broke
    went
    felt
  • ___, a brick fell on his head
    When he turned the corner
    Having turned the corner
    Turning the corner
    Being turned the corner
  • He's a ___ and so he always votes for the Labour Party
    conservative
    socialist
    liberal
    socialism
  • Overexposure to the sun can produce........some toxic chemicals.
    more damage to the skin than
    more than damage to the skin
    more damage than to the skin
    damage more than to the skin
  • He spent all his money through.........
    extravagance
    thrifty
    shame
    husbandry
  • Police had to break the meeting ___
    in
    out
    off
    up
  • I thought you said she was going away this summer, ........?
    didn’t I
    wasn’t she
    didn’t you
    wasn’t it
  • It is high time we got going, .....?
    isn’t it
    is not it
    didn’t we
    aren’t we
  • The number of students coming to school increased last year
    shot in
    shot off
    shot up
    shot on
  • Please find a(an) ......copy of the letter I received from the college.
    contained
    covered
    included
    enclosed
  • If business doesn’t get better, we will need a loan from the bank.
    pick up
    pick out
    pick at
    pick off
  • It is impossible for them to enter the country ___
    on present
    on time
    at present
    in time
  • Electricity and gas supplies have been seriously.........by the floods.
    alerted
    disrupted
    destroyed
    erupted
  • These figures show a.........in the number of unemployed people in England and Wales
    loss
    lowering
    lessening
    reduction
  • They quarrelled .......the choice of a house.
    over
    to
    on
    for
  • She’s alive! She..........but that handsome young man dived and saved her just in time.
    was drowning
    is drowning
    had been drowning
    being drowning
  • Last night, I went to the movies and saw the most beautiful love story. I guess I have a ......for romantic movies.
    weakness
    illness
    feebleness
    sickness
  • There were 6000 visitors in all. That was the......
    all
    whole
    total
    result
  • It’s time you.......your way of living.
    amended
    reflected
    meditated
    surrendered
  • The incidence of anorexia nervosa, ___, is growing in industrially advanced societies
    for which an eating disorder
    an eating disorder which
    is an eating disorder
    an eating disorder