DE THI CCQG C
1. Why don't you look where you're going, Jame? You've just ....... on a
snail !
a) marched
b) jumped
c) trodden
d) gone
2. 'You know Mrs Jones, don't you?' 'I'm not sure. Which Mrs Jones are
you ...to?'
a) talking
b) referring
c) mentioning
d) looking
3. They showed me some photos and I had to try to ... the man that I saw
coming out of the post office.
a) place
b) identify
c) watch out
d) see
4. That girl's ... a good squash-player.
a) fairly
b) much
c) quite
d) so
5. My woollen sweater used to be bigger than this: it's .. in the wash!
a) lessened
b) shrunk
c) shortened
d) reduced
6. The small girl had to ... three teeth taken out because they were so bad.
a) have
b) let
c) operate
d) pull
7. If you think you'll earn more money by working overtime here, you 'll
be ... disappointed.
a) largely
b) tragically
c) highly
d) sadly
8. I could have ... myself for making such a stupid remark.
a) pinched
b) blown
c) hit
d) kicked
9. The fire bell went off at work this afternoon. Thank goodness it was a
false....
a) panic
b) alarm
c) emergency
d) warning
10. We ... better not walk through that field. There 's a sign saying
'Trespassers will be prosecuted'.
a) would
b) should
c) had
d) ought
11. ... March next year the club will have been in existence for 25 years.
a) since
b) until
c) to
d) by
12. The winner was ... with an engraved glass bowl.
a) given
b) awarded
c) presented
d) granted
13. The last ... of tennis I played must have been ten years ago, so it's not
surprising I'm tired out after this one.
a) play
b) game
c) match
d) competition
14. The farm worker's unions have today ... a 20% pay rise.
a) help on to
b) put in for
c) stood up for
d) got on to
15. I'm sorry, Mr Fenner's line is ... .Will you hang on, or will you call
back later?
a) occupied
b) engaged
c) full
d) connected
16. ... reaching the summit, the first thing they did was to raise their
national flag.
a) when
b) the moment
c) on
d) as soon as
17. In spite of the number of cars involved in the accident, there was only
one ... , a woman with a broken leg.
a) injury
b) casualty
c) case
d) patient
18. Can you ... to us exactly how the machine works?
a) tell
b) convince
c) say
d) explain
19. They had ... left the house before the children started arguing.
a) just
b) even
c) hard
d) scarcely
20. Grace went back to the office to ... she had turned all the lights off.
a) make sure
b) wonder
c) go over
d) look
21. If we want to get there as cheaply as we can, it will ... flying
overnight.
a) want
b) have to
c) mean
d) need
22. She waited ... the lecturer had stopped speaking before asking her
question.
a) when
b) by the time
c) before
d) until
23. The suspect ... that he knew nothing about the stolen property, but we
knew he was lying.
a) ran out
b) turned out
c) spoke out
d) made out
24. I don't suppose you could lend me some money ...?
a) do you
b) could you
c) don't you
d) couldn't you