1. I ___her not to walk on the thin ice but he wouldn’t listen.
A. suggested B. hoped C. warned D. persuaded
2. Police officers working on the murder have ____hundreds of families.
A. asked B. researched C. questioned D. demanded
3. Don’t go too fast into the sea, children, or the waves will _____you off the feet.
A. flow B. sweep C. beat D. take
4. Her parents were both very ____, because she was out so late last night.
A. sorry B. worried C. lonely D. calm
5. What ____you think Betty won’t succeed?
A. lets B. causes C. makes D. helps
6. Mr. Simon is not in. Do you wish to have any _____?
A. message B. news C. information D. idea
7. It is ___impossible to make such a long journey in such an old car.
A. rather B. very C. fairly D. quite
8. The two men ___all the way to the course of the river by boat.
A. drove B. traveled C. rode D. followed
9. The world’s tallest man grew to be 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall. No other person ever ___this height.
A. knew B. reached C. grew D. became
10. Voices were ___at the argument between the two taxi drivers became more bad-tempered.
A. increased B. repeated C. raised D. developed
11. Mr. And Mrs Green ___a party for their daughter’s twenty-first birthday.
A. invited B. laid C. gave D. called
12. When you get to the highway, follow the ______for London.
A. marks B. spots C. ways D. signs
13. It was great ___for him to be pleasant to people he didn’t like.
A. trouble B. effort C. sorrow D. horror
14. Please ___the milk carefully; I don’t want it to boil over.
A. look at B. see C. notice D. watch
15. I washed the dress and the colour _______.
A. removed B. flowed C. ran D. went
