Từ vựng – Bài 8

1. I sat near the entrance for a long time _____ him, but he didn’t arrive?

2. Spies may have a number of _____ names and papers?

3. He does not _______ his fellow-workers and there are often disagreements between them?

4. Mr and Mrs Green ____ a party for their daughter’s twenty-first birthday?

5. He knows so much about the stars that I am sure it would be impossible to find his ______?

6. Tell your brother to come _____ because it’s going rain in a minute or two?

7. Because of the strong sun Mrs. William’s new diningroom curtains _____ from dark blue to grey within a year?

8. The lorry driver was badly ______ when his lorry crashed into a wall?

9. An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of _______?

10. A horse drives the ______ from its body with its tail?

11. A strong westerly ______ flattened the standing corn though it brought no rain?

12. I can’t advise you what to do: you must use your own _______?

13. You must have ______ the examination before Friday, so bring your money to the office as soon as possible?

14. I cannot undo the _____ in this piece of string?

15. Why can’t you do this small _____ for me? I’ve helped you often enough in the past?

16. It is not _____ for you to eat too much?

17. I usually listen to the weather _____, though I have little faith in it?

18. I could tell he was surprised from the ______ on his face?

19. Since his retirement, Peter Smith, who was ______ a teacher, has written four novels?

20. Now that he has retired, he lives partly on his pension and partly on the _____ on his post office savings account?

21. I’m sorry I’m late, I was held up in a traffic _______?

22. The old lady couldn’t ____ because she had rheumatism?

23. The peasants’ many ______ resulting from ill-treat-ment by their landlords led finally to rebellion?

24. With the invention of the train, man could travel overland _____ without the need of horses?

25. As the storm drew nearer, black clouds were _______ over the sky?

26. We couldn’t cut the string because the ______ of the knife was not sharp enough?

27. Be quiet! It’s rude to ______ people when they are speaking?

28. The ______ of the clock showed that it was time for dinner?

29. The plain occupies the west, south and central parts of the continent, though considerable variations are to be found over so ______ an area?

30. The crowd stared at the giant and the dwarf as if they were _______ monsters?

31. Be careful how you _____ that jug; It will break very easily?

32. The children thought that the cream was deliciously ______ and they finished it all?

33. Sally married _____ the Kennedy family?

34. The old man got into the ______ of storing money under the bed?

35. The children _____ a line, then walked quietly into school?

36. You couldn’t ______ any secrets even for an hour in that little town?

37. Where do you ______ going for your holidays this yea?

38. You should be very _____ to your teachers for their help?

39. Shut the window and _____ the cold _______?

40. During the _____ the audience strolled and chatted in the foyer?

41. You can _____ your shorthand ability by taking notes in shorthand during lectures?

42. You are not allowed to use the ______ after eleven o’clock at night, as it makes too much noise?

43. I dislike going to the dentist as he uses the ______ on my teeth?

44. The us eof plastics for shoes _____ of leather has ruined shoe repairing as a business?

45. When you are riding a bicycle you should _____ the handlebars firmly?

46. It was a long time before the cut on my hand _____ completely?

47. There is something wrong with his vocal chords and as a result, he had always been ______?

48. I ______ him to arrive in time for dinner?

49. I should like to ______ touch with old friends but I have so little time?

50. When he makes a _____ by car, he takes his family with him?

51. The judge said that he was ______ by the high standards of performance by the riders?

53. We paid the shopkeeper _____ cash?

54. When there’s a doubt the examiner’s decision is ______?

55. The boy’s allergy to dust caused his skin to _______?

56. You won’t find a greater variety of flowers anywhere else on _____?

57. He hit the other boxer so hard that he broke his lower ______?

58. Violent programmes on television may have a bad _____ on children?

59. We suddenly saw the bus about to leave and had to run ______ to catch it?

60. All the students were excited at the _______ of a weekend sports competition?

61. On summer _____ many English men work in their gardens when they come home from work?

62. When he beat the carpet, the _____ rose in clouds?

63. The local tourist bureau will send you _____ about hotels in the area?

64. The gardener ______ a bucket with water so that he could plant the vegetables?

65. Many of the earliest _____ into the United States established large plantations?

66. The ____ charged by the lawyer for his services was unusually high?

67. The information-office at the station ___ that all trains were running about one hour behind time?

68. After his prolonged dive in search of the ring he emerged from the water _______?

69. The businessman proved to be an apparently well-behaved ______ middle-aged man?

70. If we can _____ our present difficulties, then everything should be all right?

71. Wolves were _______ mournfully in the nearby forest?

72. Her mother had asked her to do several ______ before she went out?

73. You direct me to the nearest garage? One of my tyres is _____ ?

74. Most things are now mass-produced rather than ______?

75. I cut my finger on a rusty tin and it became badly _______?

76. The garden ______ as far as the river?

77. It is time to ______ the table for dinner?

78. ______ of money prevented us from taking a holiday this year?

79. If present dissatisfaction over salaries continues the _____ result will be loss of staff?

80. This year the farmers were just able to gather the _____ before the fine weather came to an end?

81. High in the sky a _____ of birds was flying southward?

82. When can the students _____ for next year’s evening classes?

83. Because of the poor harvest, wheat prices have ______ in the last six months?

84. It was the longest film I’ve ever seen; it ______ four hours?

85. Because the company was doing more business, it was necessary to _____ the factory?

86. There’s no need to be frightened of the dog; he’s quite ______?

87. He has always gone _____ strange hobbies like collecting bottle-tops and inventing secret codes?

88. A historical novel is a form of which may include many facts?

89. They have a _____ future ahead with little comfort, food or hope?

90. When I came through the customs at the airport, I had to pay ____ on a clock I had bought?

91. You can _______ my surprise when I heard the news?

92. My petrol tank was empty so I pulled into a garage to ______?

93. The police had to _____ the crow ______?

94. You can do it if you want to, but in my opinion it’s not worth the _____ it involves?

95. She looked every where for her book but ______ had to return home without it?

96. The sun ______ the growth of plants?