Level C lesson 53 pot

When the police eventually found my wallet, it was completely ________.. It was a sad day when the factory finally closed and the workers were all ________... When you stay in a country

Level C lesson 53

1 When the police eventually found my wallet, it was

completely

A

(A) empty

(B) vacant

(C) deserted

(D) open

2 It was a sad day when the factory finally closed and the

workers were all

B

(A) paid back

(B) paid off

(C) paid out

(D) paid up

3 You will become ill you stop working so hard

C

(A) until

(B) when

(C) unless

(D) if

4 The sooner we leave this terrible hotel, the !

B

(A) rather

(B) better

(C) preferable

(D) ideal

5 You won’t need an umbrella after all: the weather

seems to be

A

(A) clearing up

(B) setting up

(C) clearing off

(D) wearing off

6 When you stay in a country for some time you get used

to the people’s of life

C

(A) habit

(B) custom

(C) way

(D) system

7 We can no longer afford the cost of two cars,

so we’re selling one

C

(A) operating

(B) managing

(C) running

(D) controlling

8 A soldier has to learn to carry orders as soon

as they are given

B

(A) on

(B) out

(C) through

(D) off

9 Too many footballers these days refuse to

the referee’s decision

B

(A) agree

(B) accept

(C) allow

(D) approve

10 It’s not fair that I always have to do the

washing-up

B

(A) would

(B) should

(C) ought(to)

(D) must

11 I don’t think Nicole will have any problems at the

interview: she’s a very self- young lady

B

(A) reliable

(B) confident

(C) trusting

(D) dependent

12 Last summer was so hot that the in the

wood actually dried up

A

(A) pond

(B) bath

(C) bowl

(D) flood

13 It is over a year I visited the dentist

A

(A) since

(B) past

(C) yet

(D) when

14 There’s an interesting job in today’s

newspaper

B

(A) informed

(B) advertised

(C) announced

(D) issued

15 The drawing lessons usually start 4 p.m

D

(A) with

(B) on

(C) in

(D) at

16 I though you said that you were to be in

Spain this weekend

A

(A) supposed

(B) assumed

(C) intended

(D) planned

17 Motorway traffic was after a lorry overturned

and spilt its load over the northbound carriageway

D

(A) diverged

(B) digressed

(C) deflected

(D) diverted

18 Being described by the Americans as a homemaker

seems infinitely preferable to being referred to as a(n)

housewife

C

(A) only

(B) lone

(C) mere

(D) sole

19 I wish they change their minds so often!

B

(A) shouldn’t

(B) wouldn’t

(C) mightn’t

(D) couldn’t

20 The Tabors lived a life thought to be even

by their contemporaries

C

(A) extortionate

(B) exorbitant

(C) extravagant

(D) extraneous