1. After dinner the minister made a short ___to the guests.
A. talk B. pronunciation C. conversation D. speech
2. Those are very pleasant rooms. How much do you __them?
A. want B. demand C. ask for D. ask
3. A mistake is not serious unless it is _____.
A. made B. well-known C. great D. repeated
4. He ___live in the country than in the city.
A. prefers to B. likes to C. had better D. would rather
5. You can _____my surprise when I heard the news.
A. suppose B. see C. imagine D. believe
6. Peter begged his neighbour to ____him twenty pounds until the weekend.
A. lend B. supply C. borrow D. give
7. I have always ___you my best friend.
A. regard B. considered C. trusted D. found
8. I sat near the entrance for a long time ___him, but he didn’t arrive.
A. expecting B. waiting C. hoping D. wanting
9. Looking for new ways to do old jobs means _______.
A. work B. goodness C. success D. progress
10. Bats do not see well. Instead, they ____where they are going.
A. smell B. listen to C. watch D. ask
11. I’m __to get the tickets for the show, as there are hardly any left.
A. worried B. anxious C. after D. troubled
12. The more you ____things to chance, the less chance there is for you.
A. leave B. have C. take D. put
13. This year the farmers were just able to gather in the _____before the fine weather came to an end.
A. fields B. plants C. seeds D. harvest
14. His ____of the plane was correct and could really fly.
A. shape B. pattern C. design D. model
15. He left in such a hurry that I ____had time to speak to him.
A. hardly B. almost C. even D. nearly
