IVC part 4 test 3B

Your latest project has little ________ of success.

A) prediction

B) outlook

C) preview

D) prospect

E) forecast

My enquiries did not ________ any information of value.

A) extort

B) elicit

C) arouse

D) affect

E) induce

The professor’s wife was in the kitchen preparing a salad and ________ cold meal into neat, thin pieces.

A) sawing

B) slitting

C) slicing

D) sandwiching

E) slashing

The advantage of the new bridge will be the way it ________ the towns on the opposite banks of the river.

A) attaches

B) connects

C) communicates

D) spans

E) merges

Charles was not sure which profession to enter, but finally ________ for the Law.

A) chose

B) opted

C) selected

D) accepted

E) preferred

The police _____ their attention to the events that led up to the accident.

A) confirmed

B) contained

C) conserved

D) confined

E) completed

The large crowds lingering in the streets were quickly ________ by heavy rain.

A) removed

B) dislocated

C) deposed

D) detached

E) dispersed

We covered a wide ________ of topics in the interview.

A) fashion

B) extent

C) collection

D) number

E) range

Looked at from your ________, the position is intolerable.

A) attitude

B) state

C) standpoint

D) level

E) opinion

Although your offer for the house is £200 below the asking ________, they’ll probably accept for the sake of a quick sale.

A) cost

B) value

C) price

D) limit

E) amount

The garden had been badly neglected and was completely ________ with weeds.

A) overgrown

B) suffocated

C) enclosed

D) coated

E) overlaid

By the end of the day the flood water which had covered most of the town had ________.

A) receded

B) reversed

C) replaced

D) retired

E) returned

The police arrested the wrong man mainly because they ________ the names they had been given by the witness.

A) confused

B) perplexed

C) puzzled

D) bewildered

E) merged

Being already a graduate from another university, he was ________ from the entrance examination.

A) exempted

B) excluded

C) prohibited

D) precluded

E) deferred

Digging the garden is a very ________ task.

A) industrious

B) manual

C) laborious

D) exerting

E) conscientious

Hopes of finding the missing climbers are now beginning to ________.

A) reduce

B) fade

C) dim

D) faint

E) shrink

The Minister accused the farmers of ________ the potato shortage in order to force prices up.

A) depleting

B) expecting

C) exploiting

D) misapplying

E) misappropriating

The stories about his wealth are quite ________; he is not particularly well off.

A) unprovoked

B) incredulous

C) unfounded

D) irrational

E) undeserving

I don’t really know how to ________ the problem.

A) tackle

B) cope

C) set in

D) raw

E) efface

He had deceived a great many people but she _______ him at once.

A) saw into

B) saw round

C) saw through

D) looked through

E) looked into