1. We had the first snow
of the winter ................
days ......................... .
A) few … since
B) a few … since
C) few … ago
D) a few … ago
2. I knew she was
married because she
was ................ a
wedding ring.
A) carrying
B) bearing
C) dressing
D) wearing
4. The thought of
spending a night in the socalled ‘haunted’ house
alone made him ____ with
fear.
A) burp
B) shudder
C) blink
D) swallow
5. ____ that they booed
her off the stage.
A) She sang such badly
B) So badly she sang
C) So she sang badly
D) So badly did she sing
3. Choose the correct
alternatives to complete the
sentences. _____,
6. ____ for him, we
surely would have
missed our flight.
don’t tell anybody about
our plans for a merger.
A) Unless we waited
A) However you do
B) Had we waited any
longer
B) What thing you do
C) If we were to wait
C) Whatever you do
D) Should we wait
D) Whichever to do
7. The shirt looks small
but the material ____ to
fit the
9. Don’t worry! I know
the speech ____.
individual.
A) on the tip of my
tongue
A) swells
B) by heart
B) stretches
C) on my mind
C) spreads
D) off my head
D) extends
8. Oh no! It looks like the
rain has ____ for the
day.
A) broken out
10. They decided to
celebrate by going out
and ____.
A) getting on cloud nine
B) brought on
B) seeing the light at the
end of the tunnel
C) set in
C) painting the town red
D) taken on
D) getting over the moon