1. The government lost a great deal of ____because of the large increase in food price.

　　A. strength B. support C. power D. progress

　　2. The carriage was ____by four white horses.

　　A. rolled B. pushed C. driven D. drawn

　　3. Children ___good food if they are to be healthy.

　　A. have B. receive C. eat D. need

　　4. I’m afraid you have no ___but to come along with us.

　　A. decision B. interest C. choice D. selection

　　5. He ate what he could, and gave the ____of the food to the birds.

　　A. waste B. part C. rest D. most

　　6. He told me he had been offered a very well-paid ___ abroad.

　　A. service B. position C. business D. work

　　7. I do _____I could speak French well.

　　A. know B. want C. wish D. hope

　　8. As he was ill, he had to ___the party.

　　A. miss B. regret C. lose D. accept

　　9. The ____of the clock showed that it was time for dinner.

　　A. hands B. fingers C. numbers D. arms

　　10. The ____from the forest fire could be seen miles away.

　　A. smell B. steam C. smoke D. sight

　　11. Because of the poor harvest wheat prices have ____in the last six months.

　　A. added B. jumped C. developed D. dropped

　　12. In today’s newspaper, it _____that there will be strong wind this afternoon.

　　A. tells B. writes C. records D. says

　　13. A heart that is being exercised beats more quickly than a heart that is at rest. Thus a sleeping person has a _____heartbeat.

　　A. warmer B. slower C. higher D. louder

　　14. Unless the worker’s demands are ______soon, there will be a strike.

　　A. given B. met C. permitted D. replied

　　15. His new ___fitted so badly across the shoulders that he took it back to the shop.

　　A. hat B. necklace C. shirt D. trousers

　　

　　1. I ___her not to walk on the thin ice but he wouldn’t listen.

　　A. suggested B. hoped C. warned D. persuaded

　　2. Police officers working on the murder have ____hundreds of families.

　　A. asked B. researched C. questioned D. demanded

　　3. Don’t go too fast into the sea, children, or the waves will _____you off the feet.

　　A. flow B. sweep C. beat D. take

　　4. Her parents were both very ____, because she was out so late last night.

　　A. sorry B. worried C. lonely D. calm

　　5. What ____you think Betty won’t succeed?

　　A. lets B. causes C. makes D. helps

　　6. Mr. Simon is not in. Do you wish to have any _____?

　　A. message B. news C. information D. idea

　　7. It is ___impossible to make such a long journey in such an old car.

　　A. rather B. very C. fairly D. quite

　　8. The two men ___all the way to the course of the river by boat.

　　A. drove B. traveled C. rode D. followed

　　9. The world’s tallest man grew to be 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall. No other person ever ___this height.

　　A. knew B. reached C. grew D. became

　　10. Voices were ___at the argument between the two taxi drivers became more bad-tempered.

　　A. increased B. repeated C. raised D. developed

　　11. Mr. And Mrs Green ___a party for their daughter’s twenty-first birthday.

　　A. invited B. laid C. gave D. called

　　12. When you get to the highway, follow the ______for London.

　　A. marks B. spots C. ways D. signs

　　13. It was great ___for him to be pleasant to people he didn’t like.

　　A. trouble B. effort C. sorrow D. horror

　　14. Please ___the milk carefully; I don’t want it to boil over.

　　A. look at B. see C. notice D. watch

　　15. I washed the dress and the colour _______.

　　A. removed B. flowed C. ran D. went