Level B lesson 9 pdf

Level B lesson 9
1. There is ________ that I may have to go into hospital
next week.
C
(A) an opportunity
(B) bad luck
(C) a possibility
(D) fate
2. Call for me at any time that ________ you.
C
(A) fits
(B) likes
(C) suits
(D) does
3. He always wore a shirt with an open ________.
C
(A) colour
(B) tie
(C) collar
(D) top
4. I have learned all the irregular verbs ________.
D
(A) from memory
(B) by the heart
(C) in the memory
(D) by heart
5. The soldiers were put in prison because they ________
to obey orders.
A
(A) refused
(B) rejected

(C) denied
(D) objected
6. I don’t believe he can ________ it properly.
A
(A) do
(B) to do
(C) is doing
(D) doing
7. I ________ as ill as I do now for a long time.
D
(A) wasn’t feeling
(B) haven’t been feeling
(C) didn’t feel
(D) haven’t felt
8. If he ________ lucky, he can get the job.
A
(A) is
(B) had been
(C) would be
(D) would have been
9. Does your new secretary ________ shorthand?
B
(A) know to take
(B) know how to take
(C) know how take
(D) know how taking
10. Mary and John ________ to the parties at the Student
Union every Friday.
A
(A) used to go

(B) use to go
(C) are used to go
(D) were used to go
11. Mike had hoped ________ his letter.
C
(A) her to answer
(B) that she answer
(C) that she would answer
(D) her answering
12. They forgot about ________ them to join us for lunch.
C
(A) us to asking
(B) us asking
(C) our asking
(D) we asking
13. I really appreciate ________ to help me, but I am sure
that I will be able to manage by myself.
B
(A) you to offer
(B) your offering
(C) that you offer
(D) that you are offering
14. It’s difficult to pay one’s bills when prices keep
________.
A
(A) rising
(B) growing
(C) gaining
(D) raising
15. We have no ________ in our files of your recent letter

to the tax office.
D
(A) account
(B) memory
(C) list
(D) record
16. They said they had the European rights for the product
but it was a lie. They were acting under false ________.
A
(A) pretences
(B) eel
(C) egg
(D) wool
17. The teacher says, “The time is up.” This means that
the period of time has ________.
C
(A) begun
(B) seemed long
(C) ended
(D) been interesting
18. ________ we dislike him, he’s efficient and we can’t
dismiss him.
B
(A) Much
(B) However much
(C) Although much as
(D) As much
19. The examiners often ________ extremely difficult
questions for the literature exam.
A

(A) set
(B) invent
(C) write
(D) create
20. All we see is the ________ of the iceberg; six -
seventh of it are underwater.
D
(A) top
(B) apex
(C) summit
(D) tip