1. There's something wrong with my watch: it's ________ fifteen minutes in the last twelve hours.
(A) won
(B) progressed
(C) advanced
(D) gained
2. If you are ________ to customers, they'll walk out of the shop.
(A) brush
(B) rough
(C) rude
(D) rusty
3. The air in the house felt cold and ________ after weeks of bad weather.
(A) wet
(B) moist
(C) damp
(D) watery
4. Is it worth waiting for a table at this restaurant or shall we go ________ else?
(A) anywhere
(B) otherwise
(C) somewhere
(D) everywhere
5. Children who go up escalators should always be accompanied ________ an adult.
(A) with
(B) beside
(C) from
(D) by
6. I took someone else's coat from the cloakroom by ________.
(A) mistake
(B) fortune
(C) error
(D) forgetfulness
7. How long does it usually ________ to get home in the evening?
(A) need
(B) need you
(C) take you
(D) demand
8. It is becoming more and more ________ that the Government has lost the confidence of the nation.
(A) understood
(B) apparent
(C) anticipated
(D) expected
9. You need a special ________ to go into this part of the building.
(A) permission
(B) allowance
(C) permit
(D) agreement
10. I don't like him, so I have no intention ________ speaking to him.
(A) about
(B) with
(C) in
(D) of
11. We had to drive carefully because the road was icy in several ________.
(A) blocks
(B) places
(C) pieces
(D) bits
12. Don't invite John to dinner; I can't stand his bad ________.
(A) mood
(B) mind
(C) character
(D) temper
13. Not only ________ the film, but he had read the book as well.
(A) he did see
(B) had he seen
(C) has he seen
(D) he saw
14. I'm sorry I'm so late; we had a meeting at work which went ________ much longer than we expected.
(A) on
(B) in
(C) by
(D) up
15. He ________ me to take a lawyer to court with me.
(A) advised
(B) suggested
(C) threatened
(D) insisted
16. Poor Mary! She has so much to cope ________.
(A) to
(B) in
(C) with
(D) by
17. He has always gone ________ strange hobbies like collecting bottle-tops and inventing secret codes.
(A) into
(B) by
(C) in for
(D) through
18. As he is an expert on pottery, his opinions would be worth ________.
(A) to have
(B) having
(C) of having
(D) to have had
19. Nowhere ________ the bathrooms.
(A) is it as cold as
(B) is as cold as in
(C) it is as cold as in
(D) is so cold
20. There's just something about him that really puts my ________ up. I can't stand being in the same room as him.
(A) back
(B) handle
(C) teeth
(D) fit

KEY:

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