Part B Intermediate test Test 1

Apart from those three very cold weeks in January, it has been a very ________ winter.

A) plain

B) soft

C) pale

D) mild

E) calm

The best student in each class will ______ a prize at the end of term.

A) catch

B) receive

C) possess

D) prove

E) reward

There is real concern that food supplies will not be ________ to feed the increasing world population.

A) sufficient

B) satisfactory

C) equal

D) measured

E) effective

The police ________ her for helping the murderer to escape.

A) caught

B) prevented

C) searched

D) brought

E) arrested

The children will not be allowed to come with us if they don’t ________ themselves better.

A) direct

B) accustom

C) behave

D) declare

E) compose

You must obtain ________ from the landowner to fish in this river.

A) permit

B) freedom

C) permission

D) right

E) allowance

The local tourist bureau will send you _______ about hotels in the area.

A) knowledge

B) information

C) news

D) notice

E) advertisement

The use of plastic for shoes ________ of leather has ruined shoe repairing as a business.

A) although

B) as well

C) else

D) instead

E) outside

Her husband felt it would be silly to ________ the color of the curtains before they had painted the room.

A) change

B) find

C) choose

D) lose

E) charge

The _______ of ice-cream sold increases sharply in the summer months.

A) account

B) amount

C) count

D) number

E) size

It will ________ time if we make the sandwiches the day before the picnic.

A) earn

B) spare

C) lower

D) save

E) win

I haven’t got enough string to ________ up this parcel.

A) stick

B) fold

C) close

D) shut

E) tie

Bill doesn’t ________ what people say about him.

A) concern

B) care

C) matter

D) disturb

E) depend

Although the false banknotes fooled many people, they did not ________ to close examination.

A) keep up

B) put up

C) stand up

D) pay up

E) look up

When he beat the carpet, the ________ rose in clouds.

A) dust

B) soil

C) mud

D) earth

E) powder

_____ of money prevented us from taking a holiday this year.

A) Limit

B) Freeze

C) Emptiness

D) Expense

E) Lack

This blue-flower is known by ______ names in other parts of England.

A) severe

B) difference

C) various

D) separate

E) usual

Why can’t you do this small ________ for me? I’ve helped you often enough in the past.

A) command

B) demand

C) effort

D) favor

E) influence

When there was a short ________ in the conversation, I asked if anyone would like anything to drink.

A) fall

B) blank

C) wait

D) pause

E) place

While I am on holiday, ring me at my hotel only if there are any ________ messages for me.

A) urgent

B) hasty

C) valuable

D) early

E) confident