YDS Prepositions / Phrasal Verbs Test

1. My uncle is passing through town on his way to visit my cousin at Oxford, so he will stop by .......... for a chat.

A) cunningly

B) briefiy

C) lately

D) reasonably

E) cautiously

2. Mecca is a very important site for Muslims and crowds of devotees .......... there all the time.

A) occupy

B) fulfil

C) employ

D) gather

E) thicken

3. With one or two exceptions, I was very .......... with the quality of work displayed in your mid-term assignments, so I am very pleased with the progress you are making.

A) retreated

B) obsessed

C) appreciated

D) exhibited

E) impressed

4. Frederick's new jacket, which is made out of ........... calves leather, caused a serious argument between him and his girlfriend, who is a devoted animal rights activist.

A) fake

B) cultured

C) imitation

D) genuine

E) fragile

5. There had been a mix up and, although we had tickets for the airline, there were no ........... seats on the plane. To make up for their error, the airline upgraded us to first-class seats on the next flight.

A) repeated

B) adequate

C) stimulating

D) available

E) abandoned

6. Most students have to find ways of being ........... and to make their money last a long time, so they often buy their food in groups to get the best prices.

A) luxurious

B) hazardous

C) mean

D) thrifty

E) costly

7. Not much work is done in offices around the country on Christmas Eve as people have no .......... for their work and can't wait to leave to make arrangements for Christmas Day.

A) enthusiasm

B) intelligence

C) temper

D) ownership

E) freedom

8. They received about a five-hour film for the latest James Bond movie. It was their job to .......... the film into an exciting and entertaining ninety-minute movie.

A) type

B) copy

C) instruct

D) edit

E) narrate

9. Due to current problems with staff shortages, we are experiencing trouble .......... our normal high level of service.

A) translating

B) overflowing

C) designing

D) concealing

E) maintaining

10. He hadn't been looking forward to the weekend as his wife and children were away at relatives, but he found the ......... helped him think and make some positive plans for the future.

A) virtue

B) solitude

C) performance

D) reflection

E) petience

11. Near Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, the chief trading centre is Moshi, located at the southem foot, which is also the ......... point for the hard climb of mountaineers.

A) application

B) validity

C) summit

D) peak

E) departure

12. Some members of this Amazanian Indian tribe welcome the introduction of modern machines into their world, but others fear the complete ....... of their native lifestyle in the long run.

A) compliance

B) disarmament

C) strategy

D) abundance

E) destruction

13. By putting forward, in his fictional work "The New Atlantis", published in 1627, the idea of an institution that would bring together objects that people wanted to see and study, Sir Francis Bacon was actually .......... future museums.

A) evaluating

B) examining

C) defining

D) accumulating

E) haunting

14. Last weekend, we went to visit our relatives in Scotland. The driving conditions near their home were ........ . We were driving through torrential rain on unlit, winding and bumpy roads.

A) comparable

B) marvellous

C) horrible

D) offensive

E) tremendous

15. Inspectors are at the accident scene at the moment ......... the damage to both vehicles.

A) raising

B) promoting

C) assessing

D) resigning

E) assigning

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