Level C lesson 1011 pot

Level C lesson 101 1. Have I ________ you about how Mary is getting on at college? D (A) said (B) explained (C) answered (D) told 2. “The Sting” is by ________ the best Robert Redford film I have seen. B (A) long (B) far (C) much (D) way 3. Many elderly people have to live on the money they ________ when they were working. D (A) laid up (B) put back (C) set up (D) put aside 4. You shouldn’t call your superior ________ his first name. C (A) in (B) with (C) by (D) under 5. I’ve had replies to our invitations from everyone ________ from Jane. A (A) apart (B) only (C) but (D) without 6. I had to get up early, ________ I’d have missed the train. A (A) otherwise (B) if not (C) but (D) so that 7. I ________ you to drive carefully today. The roads are icy. B (A) propose (B) recommend (C) refer (D) regard 8. I wanted to go home but my girlfriend ________ on going to a nightclub. B (A) persisted (B) insisted (C) demanded (D) intended 9. The house ________ beside the lake. D (A) rested (B) reposed (C) sat (D) stood 10. After the revolution, the people of Haiti ________ revenge on the secret police. B (A) made (B) took (C) had (D) brought 11. Much stricter ________ must now be taken at all airports. A (A) precautions (B) alarms (C) warnings (D) protections 12. Betty dances really ________, doesn’t she? C (A) beautiful (B) most beautiful (C) beautifully (D) beauty 13. The decision is yours, but I’d prefer you not ________ home until you’re older. B (A) leave (B) to leave (C) to leaving (D) leaving 14. The accident was terrible, because there was no doctor ________ to help. B (A) in hand (B) on hand (C) by hand (D) out of hand 15. ________ is known about the side-effects of the new drug. B (A) all but nothing (B) next to nothing (C) next to everything (D) next to anything 16. If I got his letter, I ________ his address. D (A) know (B) knew (C) will know (D) would know 17. Well we did have a terrible row but we’ve ________ it up now. D (A) turned (B) cleaned (C) sorted (D) made [...]...18 It was that he happened to walk in just as we were discussing him B (A) miserable (B) unfortunate (C) wretched (D) contemptible 19 In of rage he tried to kill his own brother B (A) temper (B) period (C) fit (D) mood 20 He was in his late fifties, with staring eyes and a hairline B (A) straggling (B) receding (C) bushy (D) curly . on the secret police. B (A) made (B) took (C) had (D) brought 11. Much stricter ________ must now be taken at all airports. A (A) precautions (B) alarms (C) warnings (D) protections 12 B (A) leave (B) to leave (C) to leaving (D) leaving 14. The accident was terrible, because there was no doctor ________ to help. B (A) in hand (B) on hand (C) by hand (D) out of hand. D (A) turned (B) cleaned (C) sorted (D) made 18. It was ________ that he happened to walk in just as we were discussing him. B (A) miserable (B) unfortunate (C) wretched (D) contemptible