1. Her husband treated her badly. I'm surprised she ________ it for so long.
(A) put up with
(B) put off
(C) put through
(D) put up
2. The bank manager ________ me to open a deposit account as soon as possible.
(A) warned
(B) advised
(C) suggested
(D) approved
3. Oxfam tries to send food to countries where people are suffering ________ malnutrition.
(A) for
(B) by
(C) from
(D) of
4. If students are to understand the notice, the instructions must be ________ clearer.
(A) wrote
(B) made
(C) got
(D) done
5. ________ you like what I want to do or not, you won't make me change my mind.
(A) Whether
(B) When
(C) Because
(D) If
6. Doctors usually have to study for at least seven years before becoming fully ________.
(A) tested
(B) qualified
(C) examined
(D) proved
7. The weather was warm and pleasant with ________ a gentle wind to cool us down.
(A) but
(B) just
(C) almost
(D) nearly
8. I wish you wouldn't ________ your clothes all over the floor.
(A) stray
(B) sprawl
(C) scatter
(D) straggle
9. ________ he had no money for a bus, he had to walk all the way home.
(A) For
(B) Thus
(C) So
(D) As
10. He didn't want to make up his mind until he had heard Pamela's ________ of the story.
(A) side
(B) angle
(C) aspect
(D) edge
11. It is strange that Lucy is as ________ as her mother is beautiful.
(A) dull
(B) plain
(C) humble
(D) raw
12. Since the accident he has walked with a ________.
(A) slope
(B) limp
(C) lame
(D) strain
13. We flew to the island, then ________ a car for three days and visited most places of interest.
(A) lent
(B) bought
(C) hired
(D) charged
14. In America, surgeons have given a man a(n) ________ heart.
(A) unreal
(B) false
(C) pretend
(D) artificial
15. The examiners had to ________ half the candidates.
(A) fire
(B) fail
(C) foil
(D) fall
16. The company made a record ________ last year.
(A) benefit
(B) earn
(C) profit
(D) wage
17. We must economize ________ fuel.
(A) with
(B) from
(C) on
(D) in
18. When he finally understood what she was saying, everything ________.
(A) fell into place
(B) fell in place
(C) fell into the place
(D) fell off the place
19. I had to give a full ________ of my camera when I reported it stolen.
(A) account
(B) detail
(C) information
(D) description
20. Jim's version of the facts doesn't ________ with the version I heard from Jules.
(A) argue
(B) amount
(C) accord
(D) arrive

KEY:

(A) put up with(B) advised(C) from(B) made(A) Whether(B) qualified(B) just(C) scatter(D) As(A) side(B) plain(B) limp(C) hired(D) artificial(B) fail(C) profit(C) on(A) fell into place(D) description(C) accord