PRACTICE_(2)

PART IV GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

There are thirty sentences in each exercise. Beneath each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. 1. ______ is the influence of TV that it can make a person famous overnight.

A. So

B. This

C. Such

D. What

2. We need to get the message across ______ too much sun is harmful.

A. that

B. which

C. in which

D. so

3. The business is risky, but ______, we would be rich.

A. would we succeed

B. could we succeed

C. should we succeed

D. might we succeed

4. Having considered the problem for a while she thought better ______ her first solution.

A. to

B. than

C. from

D. of

5. If that idea was wrong, the project is bound to fail, ______ good all the other ideas might be.

A. whatever

B. though

C. whatsoever

D. however

6. The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of the body of a runner, ______ to the body.

A. the greater the stress

B. the stress is greater

C. greater the stress is

D. greater is the stress

7. That's your sister, ______?

A. isn't it?

B. isn't that?

C. isn't she?

D. aren't you?

8. It's high time we ______ a rest.

A. have

B. had

C. are having

D. should have

9. If you ______, you'd better go outside in the fresh air.

A. faint

B. have fainted

C. are going to faint

D. will faint

10. I don't know ______.

A. why do this

B. why having done this

C. why doing this

D. why we ought to do this

11. The man over there is ______ our principal.

A. no other but

B. not other than

C. no one than

D. none other than

12. No one can walk the wire without a bit of fear unless ______ very young.

A. having been trained

B. trained

C. to be trained

D. being trained

13. — When can we come to visit you?

— Any time you feel ______.

A. for it

B. to it

C. like it

D. so

14. His honesty is ______ : nobody can doubt it.

A. in question

B. out of the question

C. beside the question

D. without question

15. This is a most peculiar letter. What do you ______ of it?

A. gather

B. make

C. get

D. feel

16. Now that we've identified the problem, we must decide on an appropriate course of ______.

A. action

B. progress

C. solution

D. development

17. Since the couple couldn't ______ their differences, they decided to get a divorce.

A. reconcile

B. identify

C. adjust

D. coincide

18. We attended a ______ of the new manufacturing process.

A. demonstration

B. display

C. showing

D. manifestation

19. How many people do you think his car would ______?

A. occupy

B. hold

C. fit

D. load

20. It never ______ my mind that he might refuse the request.

A. passed

B. filled

C. crossed

D. occurred

21. People become less ______ to new ideas as they grow older.

A. receptive

B. available

C. attentive

D. attractive

22. Is he really ______ to judge a brass band contest?

A. competent

B. skillful

C. capable

D. efficient

23. The new airport will be ______ from all directions.

A. available

B. accessible

C. obtainable

D. achievable

24. The team's recent wins have now ______ them for the semi-finals.

A. fitted

B. promoted

C. qualified

D. selected

25. For parents, one of the problems ______ by rising prices is the continual demand for more pocket money.

A. given

B. posed

C. provided

D. forced

26. The police managed to ______ down the owner of the car.

A. trace

B. track

C. search

D. pursue

27. The party's reduced vote was ______ of lack of support for its policies.

A. indicative

B. confirming

C. revealing

D. evident

28. The football match was televised ______ from the Worker's Stadium.

A. alive

B. life

C. live

D. lively

29. We shall have to go on to the next village. It's too late to ______ now.

A. set back

B. turn in

C. set in

D. turn back

30. You have a very nasty cough. You must ______ on cigarettes.

A. put out

B. give up

C. cut down

D. take down