Grammar - Level C Test 86

in Level C

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. The expert ________ the painting carefully and then said it was not original.

A. looked into
B. examined
C. watched
D. investigated

2. People demand higher wages because prices are ________ all the time.

A. rising
B. progressing
C. growing
D. exceeding

3. Eve was sitting just ________ Peter and Harry.

A. besides
B. amongst
C. beside
D. off

4. There is a fault at our television station. Please do not ________ your set.

A. repair
B. adjust
C. switch
D. change

5. I was instructed ________ drawing once upon a time.

A. about
B. at
C. on
D. in

6. The three friends all ________ for the same job.

A. requested
B. chose
C. applied
D. referred

7. He drives so quickly that I am afraid that one day he will ________ someone crossing the street.

A. crash down
B. knock down
C. turn over
D. run across

8. You look ________ you've seen a ghost!

A. so that
B. as if
C. that
D. so as

9. Our house isn't difficult to find: it's ________ St.Mary's Church.

A. against
B. across
C. between
D. beside

10. I found the book rater dull, I couldn't read it ________.

A. by the end
B. to the end
C. on the end
D. at an end

11. I've put on so much weight that my clothes don't ________ me any more.

A. match
B. suit
C. agree with
D. fit

12. We have arranged special insurance to cover medical ________ in the event of an accident.

A. prices
B. expenses
C. accounts
D. money

13. I had no ________ that the divorce rate was so high in this country.

A. knowledge
B. idea
C. doubt
D. understanding

14. The safety committee's report recommended that all medicines should be kept out of the ________ of children.

A. hold
B. hand
C. reach
D. grasp

15. It's a very nice drink; I'm sure you would like it if you ________ it.

A. tested
B. proved
C. tried
D. surveyed

16. Children should be prohibited ________ smoking.

A. from
B. of
C. in
D. on

17. I'm so out of ________ that I can't run ten meters without puffing.

A. health
B. strength
C. condition
D. fitness

18. The police-officer asked us what ________ doing.

A. we had
B. we were
C. we did
D. would we

19. She may pride herself ________ her abitities, but she's not capable of bringing up children.

A. with
B. on
C. about
D. of

20. Her rudeness upset him, and it took him a long of time to ________ it.

A. put off
B. set back
C. get over
D. come from