1. Contrast may make something appear more beautiful than it is when _____ alone.
(A) seen (B) is seen (C) to be seen (D) having been seen

2. The football game comes to you _____ from New York.
(A) lively (B) alive (C) live (D) living

3. None of us expected the chairman to _____at the party. We thought he was still in hospital.
(A) turn in(B) turn over (C) turn up(D) turn down

4. The mother didn't know who _____ for the broken glass.
(A) blamed (B) be blamed (C) to blame (D) would blame

5. He _____ to his customers and halved the price.
(A) leaked (B) drew (C) quoted (D) yielded

6. Tryon was extremely angry, but cool-headed enough to _____ storming into the boss's office.
(A) prevent(B) prohibit (C) turn (D) avoid

7. All flights _____ because of the terrible weather, they had to go there by train.
(A) having been canceled (B) had been canceled (C) having canceled(D) were canceled

8. The author of the report is well _____ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.
(A) informed (B) acquainted (C) enlightened(D) acknowledged

9. The boy spent as much time watching TV as he _____ studying.
(A) does (B) had (C) was (D) did

10. The ship's generator broke down, and the pumps had to be operated _____ instead of mechanically.
(A) manually (B) artificially (C) automatically(D) synthetically


1. You would be ____ a risk to let your child go to school by himself.
(A) omitting (B) attaching (C) affording(D) running

2. He is always here It's ____ you've never met him.
(A) unique (B) strange (C) rare (D) peculiar

3. There has been a great increase in retail sales ____?
(A) does there (B) isn't there (C) hasn't there (D) isn't it

4. We'd like to ____ a table for five for dinner this evening.
(A) preserve (B) reserve (C) retain (D) sustain

5. Although a teenager Fred could resist ____ what to do and what not to do.
(A) being told (B) telling (C) to be told (D) to tell

6. The European Union countries were once worried that they would not have ____ supplies of petroleum.
(A) proficient (B) efficient (C) potential(D) sufficient

7. In fact Peter would rather have left for San Francisco than ____ in New York..
(A) to stay(B) stayed (C) staying(D) having stayed

8. He soon received promotion for his superiors realized that he was a man of considerable ____.
(A) ability(B) future (C) possibility(D) opportunity

9. Britain has the highest ____ of road traffic in the world—over 60 cars for every mile of road.
(A) popularity (B) density (C) intensity(D) prosperity

10. How is it ____ your roommate's request and yours are identical?
(A) in all (B) at best (C) for all(D) by far