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PROGRESS TEST 1 – EXTRA EXERCISES

A. Choose the best answer. 

1. Enough money has been raised to ________ the hospital's survival.
A.  ensure B.  endow C.  enable D.  empower
2. ________, the people who come to this club are in their twenties and thirties.
A.  By and large B.  Altogether C.  To a degree D. 
Virtually
3. Physics and mathematics interest him almost ________ .
A.  equally B.  the same C.  similarly D.  alike
4. I admit I suffer from a ________ of patience with such people.
A.  shortage B.  lack C.  emptiness D.  limit
5. You haven’t heard all the facts so don’t ________ to conclusions.
A.  dash B.  jump C.  spring D.  fly
6. The student’s hard work was ________ with success in his degree
examination.
A.  rewarded B.  thanked C.  awarded D.  presented
7. He ________ on the bed staring at the ceilings wondering what to do next.
A.  laid B.  lay C.  lain D.  lied
8. The ________ between the rich and the poor countries of the world is
increasing.
A.  space B.  gap C.  distance D. 
interval
9. Picasso was a (n) ________ cubist painter.
A.  artistic B.  celebrated C.  colourful D. 
knowledgeable
10. Because of the dominance of retail chain-stores, most shopping centres show
the same bland ________ and no imagination.
A.  similarity B.  likeness C.  equality D.  uniformity

B. Supply the correct forms of the words in brackets. 

1. The ______________________ of the agriculture in our country is very

necessary. (ELECTRIFY)
2. She is training to be a ______________________ . (BEAUTY)
3. It’s ______________________ of him to lose his temper like that - he’s
usually very calm. (CHARACTER)
4. Politeness is one thing. Real kindness is another. You must learn to
______________________ between the two. (DIFFERENT)
5. It is ______________________ to me whether she slays or leaves.
(MATERIAL)
6. I didn’t believe him. His story was very ______________________ .
(CONVINCE)
7. We ______________________ go to the pub before lunch on Sunday.
(VARY)
8. His disappearance is very strange, in fact, quite ______________________ .
(EXPLAIN)
9. The new ______________________ has certainly made things a lot easier in
the town centre since it has taken away all the through traffic.  (PASS)
10. The low wages and poor working conditions caused great
______________________ among the workers. (SATISFY)

C. Use the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

1.  Mary isn’t here - but she (NOT, TAKE)

________________________________ the car because there’s no  petrol in it.
2.  Hardly they (MOVE) ________________________________ into the house
when their friends came.
3.  Trade has gone from bad to worse and staff (LAY)
________________________________ off now.
4.  Would they not rather you (SEEK) ________________________________
new sponsors?
5.  By the time we get there now. I’m afraid the meeting (END)
________________________________ .
6.  Jean, I'm so glad you've got here at last. I (EXPECT)
________________________________ you all day.
7.  None of the people (INVITE) ________________________________ to the
party can come.
8.  His demand was that his son (ACQUIT)
________________________________ at once.
9.  Had they not invented satellites, we (NOT, WATCH)
________________________________ live programmes on TV.
10. What a pity! If only I (LISTEN) ________________________________ to my
parents.

D. Fill in each blank with one appropriate preposition. 

1. He believes the figure should be more ___________ $10 million.
2. They were angry at being treated ___________ children.
3. I promise to admit you ___________ my office.
4. These oranges are sold ___________ the dozen.
5. We met each other in Paris ___________ coincidence.
6. Our house has been ___________ the market for months.
7. I called ___________ the hope ___________ finding her al home.
8. I was ___________ the verge of phoning him when he came.
9. - Can you help me solve this puzzle?
- Don’t rely on me, I think we are ___________ the same boat.