Question

1. Making personal phone calls during office hours is ............. upon where I work.

a) disapproved
b) condemned
c) frowned
d) criticized

2. Recent medical research into the new virus has .................. fears that it is usually fatal.

a) propelled
b) disappeared
c) came round.
d) dispelled

3. Discussions on the issue of expansion of the company have been in ................ since the outbreak of disease in the area.

a) limbo
b) hitch
c) feud
4. He wouldn't be so successful now if he ............ so hard when he was at school.

a) didn’t study
b) wouldn’t have studied
c) studied
d) hadn’t studied

5. Aspirin was used as a medicine as far .................. as the 5 century BC.

a) before
b) beyond
c) back
d) behind

6. They certainly ............... the mould when they brought out their latest model; it’s totally different from anything else they’ve ever produced!

a) destroyed
b) cracked
c) changed
d) broke

7. Spending so much money on a dress you only wear once is just money down the .............., in my opinion!

a) bin
b) sink
c) earth
d) drain

8. She certainly mentioned .............. Mark, but I don’t remember her ............. about Vicky.

a) seeing; talking
b) to have seen; to talk
c) to see; talk
d) to have seen; to have talked

9. That .............. been John you saw at the match – he’s out of the country at the moment.

a) shouldn’t have
b) can’t have
c) might have
d) could have

10. The authorities were ................ that the public should not find out about the high level research being carried out at the institute.

a) certain
b) adamant
c) absolute
d) sure

11. You need to work really .............. if you want to be a success.

a) hardly
b) hardfully
c) hard
d) hardlessly

12. Peter was too ............. to dare to stand up and speak in front of all those people.

a) self-conscious
b) self-aware
c) self-righteous

13. It’s a very ................ disease so we may all catch it.

a) rigorous
b) nagging
c) contagious
d) spreading

14. Mr. Nesbitt ............ a lot of weight with the owner of the store, so he’s the one you should try to persuade.

a) takes
b) carries
c) pulls
d) measures

15. .............. was at the party last night.

a) Anyone
b) Anybody
c) None
d) Everybody

Answer 1

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1. Making personal phone calls during office hours is $\textbf{\underline{disapproved}}$ upon where I work.

2. Recent medical research into the new virus has $\textbf{\underline{disappeared}}$ fears that it is usually fatal.

3. Discussions on the issue of expansion of the company have been in $\textbf{\underline{feud}}$ since the outbreak of disease in the area.

4. He wouldn't be so successful now if he $\textbf{\underline{wouldn't\:have\:studied}}$ so hard when he was at school.

5. Aspirin was used as a medicine as far $\textbf{\underline{back}}$ as the 5 century BC.

6. They certainly $\textbf{\underline{destroyed}}$ the mould when they brought out their latest model; it’s totally different from anything else they’ve ever produced!

7. Spending so much money on a dress you only wear once is just money down the $\textbf{\underline{bin}}$ in my opinion!

8. She certainly mentioned $\textbf{\underline{to see}}$ Mark, but I don’t remember her $\textbf{\underline{talk}}$ about Vicky.

9. That $\textbf{\underline{shouldn't have}}$ been John you saw at the match – he’s out of the country at the moment.

10. The authorities were $\textbf{\underline{}}$ that the public should not find out about the high level research being carried out at the institute.

11. You need to work really $\textbf{\underline{hard}}$ if you want to be a success.

12. Peter was too $\textbf{\underline{self-conscious}}$ to dare to stand up and speak in front of all those people.

13. It’s a very $\textbf{\underline{contagious}}$ disease so we may all catch it.

14. Mr. Nesbitt $\textbf{\underline{takes}}$ a lot of weight with the owner of the store, so he’s the one you should try to persuade.

15. $\textbf{\underline{Everybody}}$ was at the part last night.