1.
Their mother warned Peter and David not to go near the .......... mine as some of the old mine shafts had not been properly sealed.
- A) disabled
- B) abundant
- C) sensible
- D) irrelevant
- E) disused
2.
"It will take a long time to repair the damage done by the previous government," announced the incoming president. "However, ............ we will have this country back on its feet."
- A) shamefully
- B) formerly
- C) ultimately
- D) continually
- E) frequently
3.
At the end of the messy divorce proceedings, the waning couple finally managed to reach a/an .............. settlement. "It is good to see an agreeable end to things," commented the magistrate.
- A) hostile
- B) amicable
- C) ambitious
- D) nasty
- E) dazzling
4.
It used to be impossible for me to get to sleep because of the next door neighbour's dog barking incessantly. Now it only happens ............. but even now-and-again, it is still irritating.
- A) desperately
- B) regularly
- C) supposedly
- D) noticeably
- E) occasionally
5.
Every month, Fred visits the cemetery in Blackpool, because his wife is ........... there and he likes to put flowers on her grave.
- A) dug
- B) isolated
- C) buried
- D) contracted
- E) covered
6.
In most countries, the ............ of lessons is forty minutes at elementary schools, but fifty in high schools, because students can concentrate for longer periods of time as they grow older.
- A) motivation
- B) discipline
- C) capability
- D) percentage
- E) duration
7.
Carl Walenda, the great tightrope walker, balanced .............. over Niagara Falls. Had he looked down, he would have seen a three hundred-foot drop to the thundering water below!
- A) highly
- B) pleasantly
- C) partially
- D) fatally
- E) daringly
8.
Guy Fawkes was executed as a/an .......... in 1606 for trying to blow up the King and parliament.
- A) acquaintance
- B) conqueror
- C) detective
- D) traitor
- E) defender
9.
The only .............. to having the Whites as next door neighbours is that they occasionally play their music too loud; otherwise, they are very nice people.
- A) possibility
- B) pleasure
- C) drawback
- D) comment
- E) consideration
10.
idi Amin, who declared himself President of Uganda for life, was a .......... ruler, who treated his people brutally and some 300.000 citizens are believed to have been killed during his rule.
- A) ruthless
- B) treacherous
- C) explanatory
- D) miserable
- E) undeniable
11.
It is .......... that Mr Brown arrives on time. If he is late, then all our plans will be ruined.
- A) considerable
- B) regretful
- C) hesitating
- D) experimental
- E) essential
12.
My passport ran out last month, and I had to get a new one. The new one is .............. for ten years and runs out in 2008.
- A) realistic
- B) valid
- C) disused
- D) practical
- E) allowable
13.
The crowd at the demonstration last week showed a great deal of ............. . They attacked police with bricks and bottles.
- A) tenderness
- B) silence
- C) assumption
- D) hostility
- E) maintenance
14.
Everyone on board the plane was expecting a rough landing because of the heavy winds. However, they were relieved that the pilot managed to land the plane ........... .
- A) smoothly
- B) ultimately
- C) silently
- D) presently
- E) gratefully
15.
Wendy was very grateful for all that Sarah had done for her. To show her how much she ........... it, she bought her a big bunch of Sowers.
- A) appreciated
- B) applauded
- C) observed
- D) demonstrated
- E) resented
16.
Ever since the sales clerk left, they have been desperately looking for someone to fill the .......... but so far, they haven't been able to find anyone suitable.
- A) store
- B) tolerance
- C) residence
- D) accommodation
- E) vacancy
17.
People buy mountain spring water for its ........... because its sources are generally free of contaminants.
- A) softness
- B) attention
- C) deficiency
- D) competence
- E) purity
18.
The head office was severely understaffed because of the 'flu bug' that was going around. In fact, the manager couldn't remember the last time that numbers had been so ........... .
- A) acquired
- B) depleted
- C) extended
- D) offended
- E) inflated
19.
We had to give some of our butter away when we inadvertently bought too much. Still, it is better to have a/an .............. rather than have none at all.
- A) surplus
- B) density
- C) access
- D) deficiency
- E) additive
20.
When Arnie fell over, he landed heavily on his wrist. At first it was so painful that he thought it was broken. However, X-rays showed that he had only ............. it.
- A) folded
- B) sprained
- C) broiled
- D) operated
- E) disguised
