1. - Grace: I wish your parents invite us for holiday. - Monty: They can't. They have ________ to accommodate us and the children too.
(A) such a small house
(B) a too small house
(C) very small a house
(D) too small a house
2. When they had ________ the new carpet, the workmen went back to the office.
(A) laid
(B) lain
(C) lied
(D) been lying
3. It will ________ be Christmas.
(A) soon
(B) fast
(C) quick
(D) next
4. Do be careful not to ________ your coffee on this white rug, Bill.
(A) drip
(B) spill
(C) filter
(D) leak
5. She had to leave her family ________ when she went abroad to work.
(A) at a loss
(B) behind
(C) out
(D) at all costs
6. Metal ________ at high temperatures.
(A) grows
(B) increases
(C) enlarges
(D) expands
7. Because of the poor harvest, wheat prices have ________ in the last six months.
(A) grown up
(B) gone up
(C) jumped up
(D) sprung up
8. I'm ________ worried about Jane; she always seems to be tired.
(A) as
(B) so
(C) such
(D) too
9. I have difficulty ________ without glasses these days.
(A) to read
(B) in reading
(C) read
(D) of reading
10. Our guest of honour arrived rather late. The party was already ________.
(A) in full swing
(B) at full tilt
(C) in full bloom
(D) to the full
11. My brother plays his records ________ in his room at night, and nobody can get enough sleep.
(A) at full tilt
(B) in full swing
(C) at full blast
(D) in full cry
12. It's most unwise to ________ in a quarrel between a man and his wife.
(A) involve
(B) poke
(C) mix
(D) interfere
13. I will ________ the idea with the other teachers and see what they think about it.
(A) explain
(B) argue
(C) discuss
(D) talk
14. The farmer was very angry ________ the dogs chasing his sheep.
(A) for
(B) with
(C) because
(D) about
15. I think he's quite honest ________ his intentions.
(A) about
(B) with
(C) in
(D) on
16. Dick will be waiting ________ them at the entrance door.
(A) for
(B) on
(C) to
(D) at
17. It's no use complaining ________ the cold.
(A) on
(B) in
(C) from
(D) of
18. Furniture manufacturers are now ________ of the latest credit restrictions.
(A) feeling the pinch
(B) smelling the rat
(C) cooking the books
(D) feeling the smell
19. Jazz is an American art form which is now ________ in Europe through the determined efforts of ________ in France, Scandinavia, and Germany.
(A) foundering...governments
(B) diminishing...musicians
(C) waning...novices
(D) flourishing...expatriates
20. She was ________ disappointed when she learned that she had not got the job.
(A) gravely
(B) fully
(C) highly
(D) bitterly

KEY:

(D) too small a house(A) laid(A) soon(B) spill(B) behind(D) expands(B) gone up(B) so(B) in reading(A) in full swing(C) at full blast(D) interfere(C) discuss(D) about(C) in(A) for(D) of(A) feeling the pinch(D) flourishing...expatriates(D) bitterly