Part 1: Multiple Choice
We set _______ at 6 in the morning and got there around noon.
A out
B away
C off
D on
C off
I’m scared ______ death of spiders.
to
In order to ________ the story we had been told by our friends, we had to investigate the truth of the matter for ourselves.
VALID
validate
We know that lack of sleep significantly affects your health.
HAVE
Lack of sleep is known ____________________ your health.
to have a significant effect on
Scotland _________ of an area of 30, 418 square miles - so it's a fairly compact and "doable" country - with a population of about five million people
A) consists B) includes C) embraces D) comprises
A) consists
I am writing with _________ to your recent order.
regard
When you're working such long hours, it's _________ that your marriage will start to suffer.
EVITATE
inevitable
Government measures of this type would be of huge benefit to us.
HUGELY
It would be _______________________ the government took measures of this type.
hugely beneficial to us if
The _________ majority of the population lives in the Central Belt between Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, and Edinburgh, Scotland's capital.
A) expansive B) vast C) expanding D) spacious
B) vast
I love London _______ the bad weather.
despite
We are deeply ________ by this devastating tragedy.
SAD
saddened
My passport needs renewing because I’m going abroad this summer.
GET
I need ______________________ because I’m going abroad this summer.
to get my passport renewed
Although the rugged Highlands _________ about two-thirds of the land area, most people live in the Central Belt. A) take out B) take in C) take up D) take off
C) take up
The heaters are broken. They produce ________ or no warmth and the room is freezing!
little
He argued that morality could be ___________ as a series of principles based on human reason.
CONCEPT
conceptualised
Could I ask you if you'd mind looking after my dog while I'm away on holiday?
WONDERING
____________________ willing to look after my dog while I'm away on holiday?
I was wondering if you were / would be
It is one of three countries that form the political _________ called Great Britain, the other two being, of course, England and Wales A) entirety B) entitle C) entry D) entity
D) entity
There are many people ________ us who feel that the government have treated the poor harshly.
among
Although they said nothing, she could sense their _________ of her suggestion.
APPROVE
disapproval
Lina advised me to go to a private hospital for my eye operation.
HAVE
Lina suggested ___________________ my eye in a private hospital.
I should have / (that) I have the operation on