C2 Use of English

You shouldn't have bought so many ____ presents on this holiday. You won't have any money left when you go back home. a. rich b. lavish c. worthy d. invaluable

Throughout the 1790s he worked hard to secure the interest of wealthy patrons. Such patronage ..... him to concentrate on becoming a successful composer. ABLE

If you continue to _____ debts at this rate, you will have to declare bankruptcy eventually. a. save b. raise c. incur d. default

1. You’d be [ ] off if you put some money aside every month. 2. The guidelines for the office’s policy on [ ] practice are displayed in the folder. 3. Come on! You need to put your [ ] foot forward if you wan

1. Tom will get a real wake up [ ] when he enters the world of work after being at university 2. Many young men answered the [ ] to arms and signed up for the war. 3. That car nearly drove into us, it was a really close [ ]

Mother arrived home eventually at 5pm, ____ with grocery bags, having been out shopping for nearly three hours. a. burdened b. full c. stocked d. laden

For me, the highlight of this past week's science news was the images (1) ........ back from the Curiosity rover a. thrown b. shot c. beamed d. fired

So it should come as no surprise that scientific images of planetary surfaces have ........ inspiration to a range of artists from Galileo to Hepworth. a. offered b. provided c. given d.made

He had to come to terms with the crushing realisation that his increasing deafness was ..... CURE

The old house was ___ furnished and we had to buy almost everything new. a. thinly b. sparsely c. mildly d. rarely

Nonetheless, I suspect that the image of definitely water-lain (4) ........ made geologists very happy. a. sediments b. dross c. grounds d. matter

1. It isn’t [ ] why she changed her mind at the last minute. 2. The intravenous solution was a [ ] , blue liquid. 3. Sheila decided to [ ] out the drawers of her desk.

Nonetheless, I suspect that the image made the heart of more than one geologist (5) ........ a beat. a. slip b. lose c. skip d. jump

His (1) ..... talent was already clearly evident as a young man ORDINARY

I have been back to the doctor three times and he still hasn't____ the reason for all the pain I have been suffering from recently. a. indicated b. highlighted c. pinpointed d. looked up

His day-to-day (6) ..... with people invariably turned out to be rather turbulent. RELATE

That old house hasn't been lived in for nearly thirty years, hence the fact that it looks so _________ a. decrepit b. trashed c. rotten d. derelict

Whatever his awe-inspiring musical (5) ....., however, his personal life was something of a disaster. ACHIEVE

During the riots, hundreds of people broke into the city's main department store and_____ it. There was almost nothing left after the night had finished. a. stole b. looted c. mugged d. conned

Although he apparently fell in love with a number of society women, the identity of the girl who lay closest to his heart remains ..... to this day. ELUDE

The evidence has been ........ as well, as various clay minerals and iron oxides have been identified through hyperspectral imagery. a. swelling b. expanding c. increasing d. mounting

Galileo's first sketches of the moon through a telescope are ........ beautiful. a. totally b. doubtlessly c. surely d. truly

You could argue that the scientific exploration of the extra-terrestrial is, at least (6) ........ part, a search for meaning: to position us within a larger cosmology. a. with b. in c. at d. for

He survived a somewhat unconventional ..... during which his eccentric father would often force him to take music lessons in the middle of the night. BRING