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1. I lost too much money betting at the races last time, so you won't ________ me to go again.
(A) convince
(B) impress
(C) persuade
(D) urge
2. In the ________ left-hand corner of the picture there is a white mark.
(A) up
(B) high
(C) front
(D) top
3. Their aim is to ________ up a new political party.
(A) strike
(B) stand
(C) set
(D) show
4. The Finance Minister will be making a ________ today about new rates of income tax.
(A) talk
(B) notice
(C) statement
(D) declaration
5. Don't ________ up yet; you will soon be able to play the trumpet well.
(A) give
(B) catch
(C) break
(D) turn
6. He ________ me to buy my air ticket immediately or it would be too late.
(A) convinced
(B) insisted
(C) advised
(D) suggested
7. As the streets of our cities become busier, people are turning more and more to the ________ bicycle.
(A) historical
(B) old-fashioned
(C) old-aged
(D) elderly
8. I have forgotten to ________ today and I'll have to go to the bank tomorrow.
(A) pay into
(B) pay up
(C) pay in
(D) pay up
9. He wrote everything that ________ about it.
(A) could be written
(B) could have been written
(C) may have been written
(D) might have been written
10. She works very hard, as she is ________ all our students' affairs.
(A) in sole charge of
(B) in a sole charge of
(C) in the sole charge of
(D) in the sole charge to
11. It takes years to ________ as a doctor.
(A) practise
(B) pass
(C) complete
(D) qualify
12. The ________ of the air by toxic gases is one of the major problems of this century.
(A) corruption
(B) damage
(C) corruption
(D) pollution
13. Although his work was often ________ and ________, he was promoted anyway, simply because he had been with the company longer than anyone else.
(A) forceful...extraneous
(B) negligent...creative
(C) incomplete...imprecise
(D) predictable...careful
14. They sent a sample of pottery they had found to the laboratory so that a date could be ________ on it.
(A) put
(B) placed
(C) set
(D) fixed
15. Our school ________ for the summer holidays on 10th July.
(A) breaks up
(B) breaks down
(C) breaks in
(D) breaks off
(A) convince
(B) impress
(C) persuade
(D) urge
2. In the ________ left-hand corner of the picture there is a white mark.
(A) up
(B) high
(C) front
(D) top
3. Their aim is to ________ up a new political party.
(A) strike
(B) stand
(C) set
(D) show
4. The Finance Minister will be making a ________ today about new rates of income tax.
(A) talk
(B) notice
(C) statement
(D) declaration
5. Don't ________ up yet; you will soon be able to play the trumpet well.
(A) give
(B) catch
(C) break
(D) turn
6. He ________ me to buy my air ticket immediately or it would be too late.
(A) convinced
(B) insisted
(C) advised
(D) suggested
7. As the streets of our cities become busier, people are turning more and more to the ________ bicycle.
(A) historical
(B) old-fashioned
(C) old-aged
(D) elderly
8. I have forgotten to ________ today and I'll have to go to the bank tomorrow.
(A) pay into
(B) pay up
(C) pay in
(D) pay up
9. He wrote everything that ________ about it.
(A) could be written
(B) could have been written
(C) may have been written
(D) might have been written
10. She works very hard, as she is ________ all our students' affairs.
(A) in sole charge of
(B) in a sole charge of
(C) in the sole charge of
(D) in the sole charge to
11. It takes years to ________ as a doctor.
(A) practise
(B) pass
(C) complete
(D) qualify
12. The ________ of the air by toxic gases is one of the major problems of this century.
(A) corruption
(B) damage
(C) corruption
(D) pollution
13. Although his work was often ________ and ________, he was promoted anyway, simply because he had been with the company longer than anyone else.
(A) forceful...extraneous
(B) negligent...creative
(C) incomplete...imprecise
(D) predictable...careful
14. They sent a sample of pottery they had found to the laboratory so that a date could be ________ on it.
(A) put
(B) placed
(C) set
(D) fixed
15. Our school ________ for the summer holidays on 10th July.
(A) breaks up
(B) breaks down
(C) breaks in
(D) breaks off