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I saw a really scary _______ movie last night. It was about a little girl who speaks to ghosts.
a) crime
b) fantasy
c) horror
d) science fiction
c) horror
I often buy _______ magazines to check out all the latest styles and popular designers.
a) entertainment
b) fashion
c) politics
d) the economy
b) fashion
I think people who _______ should always be punished.
a) be arrested
b) break the law
c) go to prision
d) pay a fine
b) break the law
Rita can't talk today. She's got a _______ throat.
a) hurts
b) pain
c) sore
d) suffers
c) sore
If you smoke a lot of cigarettes, you will start to _______ a lot.
a) cough
b) feel
c) sneeze
d) sweat
a) cough
Philip was lucky to _______ in a zoo. I would love to do what he does, working with animals.
a) get a job
b) get a promotion
c) look for a job
d) quit his job
a) get a job
This morning I read an interesting _______ about environmental problems in South America.
a) article
b) issue
c) news
d) reporter
a) article
My brother is _______ now. He'll be 47 next year.
a) childhood
b) elderly
c) middle-aged
d) thirties
c) middle-aged
A: Are you and your husband going to _______?
B: No, we are too busy to look after one now.
a) get married
b) have a baby
c) retire
d) split up
b) have a baby
My boss _______ send an apology email to the clients.
a) said me to
b) told me that I
c) told me to
d) told to
c) told me to
I'm going to _______, which are really bad for my health.
a) give cigarettes out
b) give off cigarettes
c) give them up
d) give up cigarettes
d) give up cigarettes
The government has _______ some changes to the student visa rules.
a) announced
b) attacked
c) awarded
d) discovered
a) announced
This book is _______ on a planet in another galaxy. In the story, the characters are fighting for control of the planet.
a) filmed
b) released
c) set
d) stars
c) set
She lives on the seventh floor, but she never uses the elevator in her apartment block. It's a great way to _______.
a) go on a diet
b) keep fit
c) gain weight
d) make healthy
b) keep fit
We walked around the city _______ our legs were too tired to continue, so then we sat in a cafe.
a) at last
b) finally
c) until
d) when
c) until
You need to start writing your essay now. Don't _______ any longer!
a) put it
b) put it off
c) put off
d) put off it
b) put it off
We will _______ of drinks at this party very soon. Can you go to the shop and buy some more?
a) find out
b) hand out
c) run out
d) set out
c) run out
They have never found the ______ who killed all those women.
a) victims
b) murder
c) thief
d) murderer
d) murderer
I'm reading a _______ about people with special powers. There's a girl who can read people's minds.
a) non-fiction book
b) novel
c) play
d) poem
b) novel
This is her problem. She has to _______ by herself.
a) deal it with
b) deal the problem with
c) deal with her
d) deal with it
d) deal with it
I was in the bath, listening to some relaxing music. _______, Hillary was downstairs, preparing dinner.
a) Eventually
b) Immediately
c) Meanwhile
d) Suddenly
c) Meanwhile
Some criminals broke into my house yesterday. I'm lucky they didn't _______ my computer or TV.
a) murder
b) rob
c) solve
d) steal
d) steal
I live very close to my office _______ I don't have to take the car.
a) because
b) however
c) so
d) whereas
c) so
In the UK, people drive their cars on the left side of the road _______ in the USA, they drive on the right.
a) as a result
b) due to
c) therefore
d) while
d) while
Susan left work ________ she had finished all her paperwork for the day.
a) afterwards
b) as soon as
c) then
d) while
b) as soon as