A Blank Filling

Fill in each blank with one of the words from each group.

1. abundance / bounty / cornucopia / plenty

A. A(n)_______ of instances is cited.

B. The cottage is full of a/ an______ of fresh flowers.

C. LuLu-V (a kind of wine) is refreshingly crisp with silly textures and the airy perfumes of apricot, peach and acacia blossom and a     of mouth-filling fruit flavors.

D. There are___of books on the shelf.

2. emerge / emergent /emergence

A. He felt new emotions.

B._______ democracies created markets that were ripe for exploitation.

C. Ma Jun considers the.____of ecological civilization.

3. endow / endowment

A. He is___with great talent.

B. The school's______was set up by a family.

4. designate / designation

A. They will___a new leader next month.

B. His official___is Financial Controller.

 

B Blank Filling

Fill in the blank in each sentence with a  word or phrase from the box in the  proper form.

fake          detain                diminish                labor over make an offering... to                devoid of               gratitude

1. She _____illness so that she did not have to go to school.

2. His illness,______his strength.

3. He told his wife that he had been_______in the office by unexpected callers.

4. I can hardly express my_______ to you for your help.

5. Some children are ______ambition.

6. I have________ of $ 2000 for the house______the buyers.

7. If you want to write a book you have to________ it.

 

C.  Blank Filling

Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.

1. He is _____debt to the extent______10 000 dollars.

2. The tour company crashed______a debt of over 1 million

3. We owe you a debt_______gratitude

______your help.

4. The landscape seems to be completely devoid_______life.

Grammar and Vocabulary

There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D). Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. 

1._____ native to North America, corn has now spread all over the world.

 A. In spite of       B.That it is          C It was           D.Although

2. Our civilization cannot be thought of as _____in a short period of time.

 A. to have been created      B. to be created

C. having been created        D. being created

3. We feel it is high time that the Government____something to check the inflation.

 A. did           B. do          C. should do             D. would do

4. It has been proposed that he____his decision until the next meeting.

 A. delayed       B. delay        C. can delay             D. is to delay

5. Hurricanes are severe cyclones with winds over seventy five miles an hour____originate over tropical ocean waters.

A. Which         B. who         C. where               D. how to

6.____is announced in the papers, our country has launched a large scale movement against  smuggling and fraudulent activities in foreign currency exchange deals. 

A. What          B.As           C. Which              D. That

7. All the flights_____ because of the snowstorm, we had to take the train instead.

A. were canceled                  B. had been canceled

C. having canceled                 D. having been canceled 

8. Once____,this power station will supply all the neighboring towns and villages with electricity. 

A. it being completed               B. it completed

C. Completed                     D. it completes

9. He might have been killed _____the timely arrival of the ambulance.

A. but tor       B. except for       C. besides         D. except

10. If you have never planted anything, you won't be able to know the pleasure of watching the thing you have planted ___.

A. Grow        B.to grow         C growing         D.to be growing

11. He did me a____turn by lending me ten pounds. 

A. good        B. nice           C. fine             D. pretty

12. Once our chickens started laying eggs, we had such a_______of eggs that we were giving many away to our neighbors.

A. Output       B. surplus         C. production      D. plenty

13. Following are comments about the behavior that people in Korea usually expect in various social _______

A. Occasions    B. cases           C. situations       D. circumstances

14. They have considered their high standard of living a (n)_____for practicing their basic beliefs.

A.award        B. reward          C. result          D. consequence

15. Mac's close.to his brother made people mistake them for one another.

A. resemblance  B. identity          C. appearance     D. relationship

16. The thieves____the waste paper all over the room while they were searching for the diamond ring.

A. Spread       B. scratched        C. scattered       D. burned

17. The sight of the fruit salad made our daughter Kit's mouth,

A. Wet         B. water            C. soak          D. taste

18. The____problem of bringing a space ship back from the moon has been solved.

A. Technical    B. technological      C. technique      D. technology

19. A large part of a person's memory is____words and combination of words.

A. by means of   B. in terms of     C. in connection with     D. by way of

20. At her word she soot up and walked away, stopping at the window to pull back the curtain and_____.

A. look round     B. look out         C.look up           D. look on

21. Their happiness was very       .

A. Crisp        B. brittle           C. delicate           D. fragile

22. I was awfully tired when I got home from work, but a half hour nap___me.

A. Revived     B. released       C. relieved        D. recovered

23. we hold always keep in mind that______decisions often lead to bitter regrets.

A. Hasty       B. instant         C. prompt        D. rapid

24.Information and opinion gap exercises have to have some content ________talking about.

A. worthwhile   B. worthily       C. worth          D. worthy

25. "If we fill to act now,"said Tom, "We'll find ours____in action later on.'”

A. paid back    B. paid for       C. paid up         D. paid off

26. When people do things wrong we should try hard to forgive them, as the idiom goes,“To____is human."

A. refer     B. confer          C. defer           D. err

27. Although gaining a job as a real ____agent or broker may be relatively easy, beginning agents and brokers may face competition from well-established, more experienced ones.

A. Property         B. estate          C. house           D. assets

28. The constitution of the State required that property should be___for taxation at its market value.

A. Estimated        B. appraised       C. evaluated        D. valued

29. On June 15, 1909, after Scott finished his rushed plans for his_____to the South Pole, he departed form England.

A. Tour            B. voyage         C. expedition       D. excursion

30. The government authority had to____oil and other products so that it would not run out during war.

A. share .           B. fare           C. provide          D. ration