Exercies 002

1. The funeral will be ________, and only members of the dead man’s family will attend.
(A) peculiar
(B) particular
(C) private
(D) alone
2. Do you really believe ________ ghosts?
(A) in
(B) for
(C) on
(D) about
3. I enjoyed ________ her again after all this time.
(A) seeing
(B) see
(C) to see
(D) to seeing
4. I am sorry that I can’t ________ your invitation.
(A) take
(B) accept
(C) agree
(D) have
5. When he was a boy, he was always willing to join in a ________ of football.
(A) match
(B) play
(C) game
(D) group
6. The next ________ of the committee will take place on Thursday.
(A) seating
(B) group
(C) collection
(D) meeting
7. Who ________ the boss tell him that?
(A) did hear
(B) does hear
(C) hears
(D) heard
8. His parents never allowed him ________.
(A) a smoking
(B) smoking
(C) to smoke
(D) some smoked
9. I have absolutely no doubt ________ the innocence of the accused.
(A) about
(B) over
(C) on
(D) with
10. As James had distinctions in Chemistry and Biology in his Higher School Certificate Examination, I hoped to ________ one of these subjects at university.
(A) abandon
(B) discover
(C) specialize
(D) take part in
11. The room was infested ________ cockroaches.
(A) to
(B) by
(C) at
(D) with
12. In my company only executives are eligible ________ share option schemes.
(A) for
(B) of
(C) with
(D) to
13. Johnny is simply blind ________ his own shortcomings.
(A) with
(B) to
(C) for
(D) at
14. John was born ________ two intelligent people.
(A) to
(B) of
(C) with
(D) from
15. He took a taxi ________ he wouldn’t be late.
(A) less
(B) unless
(C) so that
(D) even so
16. He went to a school which ________ good manners and self- discipline.
(A) grew
(B) cultivated
(C) planted
(D) harvested
17. She ________ 20 pounds out of the bank every Monday.
(A) pulls
(B) draws
(C) takes
(D) removes
18. The lost of a front tooth has left an unsightly ________ in her teeth.
(A) slot
(B) slit
(C) gap
(D) hole
19. The terms toad and frog refer to different animals belonging to different genuses, and careful students ________ the two.
(A) intermingle
(B) ignore
(C) distinguish
(D) confuse
20. Although the terms toad and frog refer to different animals belonging to different genuses, some students ________ the two.
(A) distinguish
(B) confuse
(C) respect
(D) observe