TEST - 7
1) The man on the avenue is not........ arming the
police.
A) beneficial
B) profitable
C) in favour of
D) deprived of
E) involved in
2) Bodies ........ a lot of energy to keep heat and
this gets rid of all the vitamins in the body.
A) diffuse in
B) turn into
C) use up
D) throw out
E) put off
3) The man ........ the handbrake, looked in the
rear-view mirror and put the car into first
gear.
A) took off
B) put on
C) got off
D) pulled out
E) left off
4) The petrol tank in my automobile takes 100
litters of petrol to ........
A) fill up
B) block off
C) stop up
D) plug up
E) back up
5) The poor woman's stomach was crying out for food
and her throat........ sandpaper.
A) derived from
B) held out
C) deprived of
D) hanged up
E) felt like
6) It doesn't change the fact that it is intolerable
for athletes to be seriously injured or even lose
their lives ........ competition.
A) for the sake of
B) in favour of
C) capable of
D) interested in
E) involved in
7) Two German and two English forwards were ........
an ugly incident just before half-time.
A) come on
B) involved in
C) grown out of
D) seen about
E) dwelled upon
8) In this small town, nobody can keep a secret for
months, because it........ eventually.
A) comes out
B) passes over
C) goes down
D) sets about
E) crosses out
9) Jack had ........ doing what had previously been
thought impossible.
A) brought in
B) kept at
C) succeeded in
D) criticized for
E) thought over
10) Tell him that you will work there for nothing,
that you are just........ recording, and that you
are on the look-out for any work that comes up.
A) broken away
B) waiting for
C) interested in
D) felt like
E) paying for
11) The governments of many industrialized nations
have been ........ the increasing costs of fuel for
several years.
A) looked through
B) sorry for
C) kept off
D) worried about
E) stood up
12) The chief ........ a plan that they should take
over other companies engaged in complementary
activities.
A) made up for
B) put forward
C) brought off
D) went through
E) cleared off
13) Anne seems to have ........ that nightmares now,
but she's still very dingy.
A) got over
B) put out
C) left out
D) dropped out
E) got out of
14) People who swim here are ........ the
exceptionally strong and dangerous currents in the
sea.
A) pointed at
B) exposed to
C) aimed at
D) driven into
E) deprived from
15) Instructors advocated that more nursery schools
should be ........
A) turned down
B) set up
C) got over
D) left behind
E) raised up
16) She felt she had been badly ........ by her best
friend.
A) driven away
B) dropped out
C) held out
D) led away
E) let down
17) People ........ the girl's rudeness to her
parents' having spoiled her.
A) turn over
B) put down
C) bring about
D) comply with
E) look up
18) The service car broke ........ and all the
employees had to get ........ and walk.
A) off/down
B) into/away
C) up/down
D) in/out
E) down/off
19) The fire had ........ because of the fact that
no one had put more oil on it.
A) put out
B) fallen off
C) gone out
D) cleared up
E) burnt out
20) The Browns had to ........ a lodge while the
house they've just bought is being done up.
A) move into
B) leave for
C) include in
D) convert into
E) think of
21) The detective arrived at the scene and took the
situation ........ .
A) being fit in
B) live on
C) hanging on
D) in hand
E) to pass over
22) The bank manager........ Mr. And Mrs. Brown's
request for a loan.
A) put out
B) blew out
C) made up
D) thought over
E) turned down
23) It was clear that the parents had ........ the
girl........ well.
A) let/in
B) keep/up
C) lived/on
D) brought/up
E) took/after
24) It is quite obvious that Darren always hates his
friends ........ him.
A) in charge of
B) pleased with
C) making fun of
D) dealing with
E) getting by
25) The railroad of our country have been ........
the money needed for modernization.
A) consist of
B) deprived of
C) pleased with
D) get on
E) catch up with
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