Part 1 Multiple Choice
The girl with the auburn hair really caught my ________.
A) eye
B) view
C) vision
D) sight
A) eye
Never _____ I seen such a shocking documentary before.
have
As soon as I heard Sarah’s ......... laugh, I knew
she was somewhere in the crowd.
CARACTER
caracteristic
Although he had a poor upbringing, James has done well for himself.
SPITE
James has done well himself, ___________________ up in poverty.
in spite of being brought
As we turned the corner the house came into _________ .
A) eye
B) look
C) view
D) vision
C) view
My boyfriend doesn’t like horror movies and ______ do I.
neither / nor
It’s often ........... to argue with someone once
they have made up their mind about something.
POINT
pointless
We only realised what it was when we examined it more closely.
LOOK
Not until we took a __________________ realise what it was.
close look did we
If you don't all start behaving, I'll be forced to write _______ every single one of you.
A) down
B) up
C) on
D) off
B) up
No _________ had we come home than my mother phoned.
sooner
Customers will be required to pay for any ......... .
BREAK
breakage
Fame became too much for her and she became a recluse.
EYE
She could no longer put up ___________________ and she became a recluse.
with being in the public eye
He sighed and wrote _______ a cheque for 4,567 dollars.
A) up
B) off
C) out
D) in
C) out
Most people are car lovers. Even ________, cars cause enormous damage to the environment.
so
In the late 1950s Noam Chomsky ...... that all languages were built on an underlying universal grammar embedded in human genes.
THEORY
theorised
Check that your valuables cannot be seen by potential thieves.
KEPT
Make _______________________ of sight of potential thieves.
sure to keep your valuables out
It’s only an opinion poll - it would be wrong to read too much ______ the results.
A) up
B) into
C) onto
D) around
B) into
It's amazing I can walk _____ that an hour ago I couldn't move.
given
He achieved ………….. or failing a drugs test after winning an Olympic final.
NOTORIOUS
notoriety
We saw a bear almost as soon as we began our journey.
SIGHT
No sooner had we set __________________________ of a bear.
off / out than we caught sight