PRACTICE 14

1. Mark: Hey, Mary, you’ve got some nice things here.

Mary: _____
Mark: Right. It’s a great idea to use things again but where do you get your ideas?
Mary: Oh, I find things in books and magazines.
A) l sometimes get ideas from the internet.
B) Yes, they’re my favourite belongings, but none of them is expensive.
C) Thanks. I made a lot of them. I like to recycle things. It’s good for the environment.
D) Yeah, the other things are easy too. The notice board is just some cardboard from a big box and some paint.
E) Really? I’ve forgotten to post them.

2. Jackson: Have you been to the exhibition of Picasso paintings?

Robin: Yes, last Saturday.
John: What did you think of it?
Robin: ______
A) By the way, did you say it was open till 5 o’clock?
B) Some of my friends are not interested in paintings.
C) Really! I really must find time to see it.
D) Fascinating! I only wish I could have understood something of it.
E) Obviously, they had an inefficient administrative system.

3. Mary: The results of the laboratory tests are here.

David: I’m sure they are good.
Mary: _____
David: You don’t have to. It can be seen on your face.
A) Right, most of them were. One will be done again.
B) Yes, they are. I can’t tell you how relieved I feel.
C) They certainly are. I will be able to finish my thesis in two weeks.
D) They were, indeed. We’ll celebrate
E) More or less what I expect.

4. Mr Smith: Well, can I make an appointment with Doctor Wall, please?

Receptionist:______
Mr Smith: No, I’m afraid. I can’t. What about the evening?
Receptionist: Doctor Wall isn’t here in the evening. I’m sorry.
A) Yes, Would you like to be at ten to three on Monday?
B) You can't. He's abroad this week.
C) l can put you in at 10:30 at the evening session.
D) Will you really come? Doctor Wall is rather busy nowadays.
E) Why are you insisting? You know his sessions are getting more expensive.

5. Sally: When should we let her know it?

Susan: _____
Sally: I agree. Let’s say this afternoon.
Susan: Great idea!
A) Well, What about saying sometime next week?
B) We had better hot hurry.
C) The sooner the better I think.
D) The boss has already told her.
E) I think she knows about it
 6. By the way, Clive ______ (paid a short visit) but 10. Don’t eat that cheese - it’s ______!
you were out. So I told him to come and see you A) gone away
tomorrow. B) gone out
A) fall for C) gone off
B) called by D) gone down
C) get by
D) cut down in 11. It’s difficult to see through this windscreen - I can’t
even make ______ where the road is.
7. Shall I ______ (collect) you on my way to work? A) up
A) call off B) out
B) bring down C) into
C) call for D) over
D) call away
12. He had such a strong accent that it was very difficult
to ______ what he was saying.
8. I was just getting out of the bath when the lights
A) make up
______.
B) make out
A) went up
C) make over
B) went off
D) make for
C) went away
D) went down
13. A sudden draught caused the candle to ______ (stop
burning).
9. A bomb ______ (exploded) in the town center,
A) put off
killing three people and injuring twenty-five
B) cut off
others.
C) go off
A) went on
D) go out
B) went off
C) set on
D) set off
 22. A surprise prize will now be ............... ............... the
winner by the Minister himself.
14. She ________ be Canadian because she’s got a A) possessed / by
British passport. B) received / from
A) can’t C) thrown / at
B) isn’t able to D) forwarded / toward
C) mustn’t E) presented / to
D) doesn’t need
23. You'd be wise to accept my............... .
15. “Our daughter ________”, they said. A) apologize
A) was born since three years B) advice
B) is born for three years ago C) devise
C) was born three years ago D) practice
D) has been born since three years ago E) advise

16. When ________ English? 24. His friends urged him to ............... away from the
A) has he begun to study İMKB, but he never ............... any attention to them.
B) has he begun study A) stay / paid
C) did he begin to study B) step / prepared
D) did he begin study C) go / received
D) drive / thought
17. Do you want some cheese? No, ________ E) jump / called
A) I’ve some still
B) I still haven’t much 25. The company ............... gourmet olive oil.
C) I don’t want A) consumes
D) I’ve still got much B) tastes
C) discovers
18. Brenda likes going to the theatre and ________ D) produces
A) so do I E) invents
B) so go I
C) so I like 27. “The critic has to ............... the public; the artist has
D) so I am to ............... the critic.” -- Oscar Wilde
A) borrow from
19. ________ from London to Edinburgh! B) demonstrate
A) How long there is C) educate
B) What a long way it is D) recover
C) What distance is there E) consult
D) How long is
28. One of the passengers fainted because of the intense
20. He’s a good guitarist, but he plays the piano heat, but a little rubbing of her hands soon brought
________ her ............... .
. A) toward
A) quite well B) within
B) too hardly C) under
C) very good D) round
D) much better E) through

21. When you go to the shops, bring me ________

A) a fruit tin
B) a fruits tin
C) a tin of fruit
D) a tin of fruits