Level C lesson 20 ppt

Level C lesson 20
1. Last year the potato harvest was very disappointing, but
this year it looks as though we shall have a better
________.
D
(A) product
(B) outcome
(C) amount
(D) crop
2. He was in ________ of a large number of men.
C
(A) management
(B) leadership
(C) charge
(D) direction
3. He was born during the war, which would ________ him
about 50 now.
B
(A) give
(B) make
(C) age
(D) calculate
4. Hugh Jones never married, choosing to remain
________ all his life.
B
(A) separate
(B) single
(C) individual
(D) divorced
5. The salesman showed us ________ the washing
machine.

B
(A) for using
(B) how to use
(C) the working of
(D) to work
6. The other driver failed to signal his ________ to turn
right so I had to brake suddenly.
C
(A) purpose
(B) idea
(C) intention
(D) design
7. I wish you wouldn’t call him ________ that insulting
name.
A
(A) by
(B) with
(C) in
(D) under
8. We had ________ reached the church when we saw
everyone leaving.
D
(A) quite
(B) enough
(C) rather
(D) almost
9. “My daughter, Mary, tries to ________ to see me at
least once a week,” Mrs Jones told the social worker.
D
(A) call up

(B) go up
(C) come on
(D) drop in
10. No, she isn’t stupid. ________ she’s rather clever, and
always has been.
A
(A) Actually
(B) Currently
(C) Recently
(D) Now
11. The Foreign Minister resigned as a(n) ________ of the
incident.
A
(A) result
(B) effect
(C) reason
(D) cause
12. The names of the prizewinners will be ________ in the
next issue of the magazine.
C
(A) informed
(B) promised
(C) announced
(D) told
13. When the clock ________ twelve, we raised our
glasses and drank to celebrate the New Year.
D
(A) beat
(B) hit
(C) shot

(D) struck
14. The library is only open ________ weekday mornings
now.
C
(A) in
(B) at
(C) on
(D) for
15. His teachers think he is very good ________ drawing.
B
(A) in
(B) at
(C) for
(D) to
16. Every day thousands of ________ fly the Atlantic for
negotiations with American firms.
C
(A) merchants
(B) dealers
(C) businessmen
(D) tradesmen
17. Prices continued to rise while wages remained low
________ the Government became increasingly
unpopular.
B
(A) on condition that
(B) with the result that
(C) provided that
(D) on the chance that
18. I would help Jane in her shopping if she ________ me.

D
(A) will ask
(B) would ask
(C) ask
(D) asked
19. ________ for a trip last Saturday?
A
(A) did you go
(B) do you go
(C) will you go
(D) have you gone
20. I was always taught that it was ________ to interrupt.
A
(A) rude
(B) coarse
(C) rough
(D) crude