Part 21
1) Your teeth are full of ______ ; you must see a dentist. A. pits B. cavities C. excavations D. hollows 2) ______ the rope over the post and tie. it fast. A. Loop B. Wind C. Plait D. Curve 3) The young soldier had to ______ ail his courage to prevent himself from running away and being regarded as a coward. A. screw to B. screw on C. screw out of D). screw up 4) He ______ a stone from the wall while climbing over. A. ousted B. expelled '' C. dislodged D. ejected 5) Bruce behaved in such a strange way that we had doubts about his ______ . A. sanity B. normality C. sense D. insanity 6) I can see that the new responsibilities are ____ the young father. A. pressing to B. pressing for C. pressing on D. pressing out
7) If he ______ the rope, he'll fall to his death. A, lets off B. lets go of C. lets loose D. lets out 8) The young man ______ through the station a few minutes before the train's departure. A. rambled B. strode C. strolled D. sauntered 9) Snobs are usually ______ of people they feel to be beneath them. A. insolent B. audacious C. contemptuous D. supercilious 10) Children delight in being able to get long lists of difficult words to _ A. roll over B. roll in C. roll up D. roll off
Part 22
1} The two countries were ancient ______ and had met more than once on the field of battle.
A. contestants B. adversaries C. competitors D. foes 2) He was an investor who was ___ about his holdings during the recession. A. apprehensive B. aghast C. alarm D. scare 3) The psychiatrist used hypnosis to___ the patient's amnesia. A. pervade B. penetrate C. impregnate D. saturate
4) The patients in the hospital were all __ dysentery. A. suffering from B. sleeping with C. subjected to D, happy about
5) The radio station agreed to ______ the minister's speech ___. the whole of Europe, A. beam ... to B. radiate ... on C. shine ... to D. gleam ... to 6) They were obviously preparing to break oil the ___. negotiations covering four months of se
rious discussion. A. stretched B. extended C. protracted D. prolonged
7) The general was on inactive status, but he received the services of three military____ A. deputies B aides C.helpers D. subordinates 8) Bill thought he would be elected, but his friends ____him and voted for Vin A. pulled the nig from under B. pulled the rug out of from under C. pulled the nig over D. pulled the nig round from under 9) He was a brilliant industrial diplomat, who dignitaries. A. presided in B. presided C. presided over D. presided on 10) You'll be able to enjoy your holiday now that you've ______ A. gotten ... over B. gotten ... across C. pollen ... past D. gotten ... out
Part 23
1) We ______ our own metaphors for our own needs. A. conjured with B. conjured away C. conjured D. conjured up 2) We have to invent a new method for ______ prisoners ______ without the guards noticing.
A. sneaking ... out of B. sneaking ... out C. sneaking ... in D. sneaking ... on 3) Memorization is only an__ to real education, not its whole. _ A. appellation B. adjunct C. appendix D. accessory 4) Cyril is lazy: he won't do any work if he's not__ into it A. prodded at B. moved C. prodded D. poked 5) When we've finished this pile of papers, let's ______ and go home, A. pack up B. pack together C. pack out D. pack off
6) To his surprise, he ______ a bright red glow emanating from a crater in the moon. A. determined B. deleted C. detected D. dispersed 7) The kitchen is equipped with modern ______. A. apparatus B. appliances C. contrivance D. device
8) After the quarrel, he com pletely ___ his relations with his family A. split . B. sundered C. cleaved D. severed 9) Genes are ______ from one generation to another by the chromosomes. A. transmitted B. dispatched C. delivered D. forwarded
10) Police ______ the suspect's comings and goings with a camera planted in the building across the street. A. eavesdropped B. bugged C. monitored D. planned
Part 24
1) He stubbornly _ ____ on certain changes. A. wanted B. persisted C. insisted D. wagered 2) The odd noises and flashes of light in the empty house completely ___ him.
A. battered B. vitiated C. elated D. baffled 3) Considering her reputation as a gourmet, the dinner she served was ______. A. passable B. tolerable C. exciting D. second-rate
4) An _____. person is disposed to resist discipline hut can he brought under control. A. unruly B. obstinate C. intrepid D. unrestrained
5) Our plans for a party didn't __ because no one could come. A. get off the wrong feet B. get off the ground C. get off easy D. get off the hook
6} He ___ _ for months over the thought of his son's death. A. worried B. agonized C. panicked D. strained
7) The basketball coach has worked hard to ______ a team spirit into the players. A. inculcate B. fuse C. ingrain D. imbue 8) She shrunk from entering the grimy bar with him and once inside, she __.___at every depraved face that met her gaze. A. reclined B. reckoned C. recoiled D reciprocated 9) Tom wrote his last book in such a short time by _____ at the typewriter for hours on end.
A. staring B. plowing C. plodding D. typing 10) For three decades we have been ______ about the dangers of smoking, but millions of people still continue to smoke. A. anxious B. series C. serious D. curious
