IVC part 3 test 2A

They managed to _____ all their unwanted things at the jumble sale.

A) get rid of

B) get even with

C) get away with

D) get over to

E) set out of

There was a terrible storm at sea last night and one of the sailors ________.

A) floated

B) drowned

C) dived

D) sank

E) swam

Let’s continue the meeting by discussing the next ________ on the agenda.

A) item

B) factor

C) passage

D) piece

E) bit

I’m paying for my car by monthly ________ as I didn’t have enough money to pay cash.

A) deposits

B) receipts

C) amounts

D) percentages

E) installments

Schubert didn’t finish one of his symphonies so it will always be ________.

A) defective

B) undeveloped

C) incomplete

D) unready

E) deficient

Suddenly I understood perfectly and everything ________ place.

A) fell down

B) fell out

C) fell in

D) fell into

E) fell for

The Director of the Company ________ some figures from the report in front of him.

A) spoke

B) said

C) told

D) quoted

E) referred

He was one of the ________ people I’ve ever known; he never stopped eating.

A) greediest

B) laziest

C) proudest

D) angriest

E) shyest

The men ________ the millionaire’s small daughter and demanded a large sum of money for her return.

A) eloped

B) stole

C) removed

D) kidnapped

E) hi-jacked

You must be careful what you say to Susan; her feelings are easily ________.

A) damaged

B) injured

C) broken

D) hurt

E) cracked

You keep ________ the same subject, and I’ve asked you not to mention it again.

A) bringing forward

B) bringing up

C) bringing to

D) bringing about

E) bringing together

That shop down the road always ______ its goods well in the window.

A) shows

B) reveals

C) uncovers

D) exposes

E) displays

Please wipe your feet on the door ________ before you come in.

A) mat

B) rug

C) carpet

D) tile

E) blanket

Although most of the children in the class were rather dull, there were one or two ________ ones.

A) light

B) bright

C) skilful

D) wise

E) thoughtful

The ________ with Charles is, he doesn’t know his own mind.

A) upset

B) trouble

C) puzzle

D) complication

E) inconvenience

I hate January when all the ________ start coming in. I never seem to have enough money to pay them all.

A) receipts

B) accounts

C) estimates

D) bills

E) lists

The workers were ________ in their demand for better conditions.

A) united

B) combined

C) joined

D) stuck

E) attached

The judge ________ the criminal to twenty years in prison.

A) condemned

B) punished

C) disciplined

D) inflicted

E) sentenced

I want to know the answers to these questions, so I shall have to look at the ________ at the back of the book.

A) index

B) key

C) register

D) record

E) table

I wouldn’t like to spend a night alone in that house. It is said to be ________ by a headless ghost.

A) obsessed

B) tormented

C) haunted

D) infested

E) upset