1. My parents
haven't ..... back from hospital yet
A. come
B. came
C. coming
D. comed
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2. Those big cars on
the corner are my .....
A. father cars
B. father's cars
C. father of cars
D. car's the father
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3. He ..... the bathroom when I went to see him
A. was painting
B. was to paint
C. painting
D. painted
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4. After ..... a match
of paddle, they went for a walk
A. to play
B. play
C. playes
D. playing
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5. Peter and Mary have just arrived ..... Madrid this morning
A. on
B. in
C. at
D. to
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6. Does your friend take sugar ..... his coffee?
A. in
B. on
C. at
D. into
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7. There were ..... people there that morning
A. lot of
B. lots of
C. much
D. a lot
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8. There's a dirty spot ..... the ceiling
A. on
B. in
C. at
D. into
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9. I don't think this summer is ..... last summer
A. as hot as
B. as hot
C. so hot
D. hotter
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10. If Hannibal Lecter entered the store with a knife, what ..... you do?
A. will
B. would
C. did
D. should
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11. Stop ....., I'm trying to hear the news!
A. talking
B. to talk
C. to speak
D. of talk
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12. John hasn't come to work yet. He must ..... ill
A. have been
B. been
C. to be
D. be
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13. That boy ought ..... but he prefers to play tennis instead
A. to be studying
B. be studying
C. to be study
D. to study
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14. That snake ..... for the last two months
A. hasn't eaten
B. doesn't eat
C. isn't eating
D. has eaten
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15. The hobby of some film stars is ..... married
A. to getting
B. in getting
C. the getting
D. getting
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16. My grandparents still love ..... after 50 years of marriage
A. each other's
B. each other
C. to one another
D. themselves
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17. Strange things have …... in the sky at night
A. being seen
B. being seeing
C. been seeing
D. been seen
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18. Mr Standley, ….. is 83, runs 7 miles every day
A. whom
B. who
C. whose
D. which
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19. I remember very well …..the door when I left
A. of locking
B. to lock
C. lock
D. locking
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20. You ….. heard those drunkards shouting all night. They made a terrible noise
A. might
B. must have
C. could have
D. might have
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21. I just remember people ….. at my foreign accent
A. laugh
B. laughing
C. to laugh
D. laughed
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22. Mrs. Stanley is in ….. of a hundred and fifty men
A. direction
B. leadership
C. management
D. charge
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23. My mother suggested ….. after lunch
A. leaving
B. to leave
C. leave
D. they left
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24. It's difficult to get used ….. up early every day
A. to get
B. to getting
C. getting
D. get
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25. Would you mind ….. in this room, please?
A. not to smoke
B. not smoking
C. you not to smoke
D. your not smoking
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26. There ….. time for all that, if you hurried
A. would be
B. would have been
C. will have been
D. will be
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27. They said they would go the next day. "We ….. tomorrow", they said
A. would go
B. will go
C. went
D. have gone
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28. My sister ….. of the way you behaved at the Stanleys'
A. disapproves
B. condemns
C. disagrees
D. objects
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29. The family business was still ….. the old man himself
A. ran by
B. run by
C. run for
D. ran for
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30. Your son does not take ….. you in any way
A. behind
B. after
C. off
D. up
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31. ..... I didn't write, I would be thinking of you
A. Though
B. So
C. Even if
C. In spite
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32. I would have brought my coat if it ..... cold
A. would have been
B. had had
C. had been
D. were
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33. We were over worried about a ..... matter
A. punny
B. petty
C. measly
D. trifling
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34. I always work from 8 to 5, so at 4.45 tomorrow I'll .....
A. have worked
B. have been working
C. be working
D. work
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35. My classmates have been ..... me about my new hairstyle
A. bothering
B. teasing
C. plaguing
D. worrying
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36. If you left that wasp alone it ..... you
A. wouldn't sting
B. didn't sting
C. stang
D. shouldn't sting
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37. New ideas ..... discussed in the next meeting
A. are being
B. are to have
C. are to have been
D. are to have being
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38. The slaves were asking for .....
A. independence
B. autonomy
C. emancipation
D. freedom
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39. "Your alarm clock
is not working." "Yes, I am going to ..... "
A. had it repaired
B. repair it
C. get repaired it
D. get it repair
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40. When I got there he ..... on his bed for hours
A. was laying
B. had been laying
C. had lain
D. will have been laying
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41. When my brother came back to United States he ..... the USA Today
A. entered
B. engaged
C. joined
D. joined with
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42. Picasso was an innovative painter who broke ..... the classical tradition
A. up from
B. away from
C. out of
D. into
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43. When you want to buy a motorbike you'll have to break ..... your own savings
A. in
B. into
C. up
D. over
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44. Please, tell me the truth. Make a clean ..... of it
A. chest
B. breast
C. shoulder
D. head
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45. The will is by no ..... satisfactory to him
A. way
B. means
C. mean
D. reason
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46. I'd like you to
know that fame is something very ......
A. fleeing
B. flying
C. fleeting
D. ephemera
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47. I now call ..... Mrs Stanley, who will make a speech about AIDS control
A. out
B. over
C. at
D. on
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48. That tennis match was called ..... because of the rain
A. off
B. up
C. over
D. out
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49. We couldn't do anything about it. The die was ......
A. thrown
B. over
C. cast
D. tossed
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50. When my country was invaded the army was called .....
A. in
B. out
C. over
D. forth
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51. Let's hope the rain
will hold ..... during the match
A. off
B. up
C. down
D. in
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52. It wasn't serious.
It was just a storm in a .....
A. coffee pot
B. coffee cup
C. tea pot
D. tea cup
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53. That dinner was
really delicious. It was fit for a .....
A. god
B. prince
C. king
D. queen
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54. Put a little more,
just to be on the safe .....
A. place
B. path
C. side
D. part
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55. She has just taken
a ..... in anatomy
A. license
B. decree
C. degree
D. licenciature
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56. That old woman was
as red as a .....
A. tomato
B. carrot
C. beetroot
D. pepper
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57. They know it already;
I wonder who's let the ..... out of the bag
A. rat
B. dog
C. cat
D. rabbit
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58. I will bring those boys to ..... ,don't worry
A. hill
B. heel
C. heal
D. heed
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59. Give me the .....
or I'll let you have it!
A. dough
B. dought
C. daunt
D. daub
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60. That motorbike must
have set you ..... a couple of thousand
A. back
B. behind
C. down
D. off
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