We had a marvollous holiday: only the last two days were slightly ______ by the weather.

You can’t wash this jacket in the washing machine – you need to get it............

Carry this glass of milk into the next room, and be careful not to _____ any on the floor.

Only three out of twenty ______ were chosen for the job after the interview.

It never..........his mind that his badly behaved manner would be discovered.

Although Brenda came last, everyone agreed she had ________ her best.

Daisy has spent the last two weekends _____ hundreds of photographs so that she can put them in separate albums.

Thank you for your explanation, but I’m afraid I’m still in a _____ over what happened.

She was ________ out of 115 applicants for the position of managing Director.

By cutting down trees, we _______the natural habitat of birds and animals.

Blacken the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

She simply took it for granted that the check was good and did not ask him any questions about it.

The forecast has revealed that the world’s reserves of fossil fuel will have ________ by 2015.

A good leader should not be conservative, but rather ______ to new ideas.

I’ve been on _____ nine since I heard that I passed the exam.

Walking down the street, she noticed a long _____ of houses all exactly alike.

You should concentrate on what the interviewer is saying.

I finally __________ the cold that I had had all week.

He sends his _____ wishes for your future happiness.

In view of the way things have improved I now feel confident enough to have another bite at the _______.

Installing is firewall is one method of trying to protect against_______.

……….. is the state of not knowing how to read or write.