Question 1

He always ...... his wife. She's his best friend.

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confides in

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applies for

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breaks up

Question 2

I knew I could rely on her- she was such a ...... of strength.

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tower

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background

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shore

Question 3

It's ...... that he did so well in his exam.

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surprising

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surprised

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surprise

Question 4

The manager has ...... a meeting for five o'clock.

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called

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run

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valued

Question 5

Don't be so ...... . I'm sure things will be better.

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pessimistic

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hard-working

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confident

Question 6

I don't know if he's in London. I haven't ...... him since March.

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heard from

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got to know

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got on with

Question 7

The flight was fantastic and the ...... were very helpful.

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crew

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teens

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judges

Question 8

It's really ...... when people are late for a meeting.

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annoying

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optimistic

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critical

Question 9

She refused to give me an answer and drove me up the ...... .

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wall

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edge

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gate

Question 10

She called me immature and I lost my ...... .

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temper

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surprise

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strength

Question 11

She ...... some water on her face but she was still feeling sleepy.

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splashed

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squeaked

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howled

Question 12

My laptop has been ...... with a virus and I can't open my files.

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infected

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surrounded

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rented

Question 13

Adults who would love to return to study can now learn in the ...... of their own home.

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comfort

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edge

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scenery

Question 14

They had problems but they did their best to ...... .

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sort them out

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get to know them

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change their minds

Question 15

When the restaurant owner came to our table, I took the ...... to complain about the slow service.

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opportunity

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look

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time

Question 16

The wooden floor ...... as we walked through the door.

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creaked

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crashed

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squeaked

Question 17

"Where does this corridor ......? "  "To the living room."

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lead

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collect

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enter

Question 18

Our day trip to Delphi was ...... by the bad weather.

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spoilt

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rescued

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created

Question 19

The young boy was found ...... in the shopping mall two hours later.

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wandering

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beating

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catering

Question 20

They had been traveling for hours and they were ...... .

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exhausted

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exhausting

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exhaustion

Question 21

I need to ...... an anti-virus program in my laptop.

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install

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plug

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charge

Question 22

We've ...... milk. Can you get some on your way home from work?

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run out of

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got through to

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cut off

Question 23

The use of the internet has ...... our daily lives.

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affected

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protected

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wasted

Question 24

The locals have become actively ...... in cleaning the beaches.

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involved

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endangered

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connected

Question 25

They wrote articles about water pollution in the newspapers, hoping to ...... public awareness.

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raise

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achieve

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depend

Question 26

She was very ...... about buying a flat and moving to the city center.

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enthusiastic

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handy

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successful

Question 27

About eighteen thousand species of plants and animals are facing ...... .

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extinction

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reserve

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improvement

Question 28

I'm going to ...... for a new printer.

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shop around

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shop away

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shop about

Question 29

He spent a ...... on his new high tech computer.

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fortune

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survey

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connection

Question 30

They will ...... a new method of turning solar power into electricity.

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adopt

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grow

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provide

Question 31

We became good friends because we were both ...... fitness.

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keen on

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capable of

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concerned about

Question 32

There was so much noise that I could ...... hear what he was telling me.

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hardly

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lately

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nearly

Question 33

The giant panda is the most critically ...... species with only 1600 animals left in the wild.

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endangered

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organic

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ecological

Question 34

...... food products typically cost 30 % more than similar conventionally produced products.

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Organic

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Global

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Connected

Question 35

We made a(n) ...... and had everything ready by midnight.

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effort

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chat

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signal

Question 36

The chairs, a bed and a small table were the only ...... of furniture she had in her flat.

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items

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species

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courts

Question 37

There are only about two thousand red pandas left in their natural ......, the Himalayas.

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habitat

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development

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rainforest

Question 38

She got so angry when I told her the news that she ...... me.

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hung up on

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hung in on

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hung around

Question 39

There's nothing wrong with the printer - it's just come ...... from its socket.

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unplugged

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deleted

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connected

Question 40

The book was so ...... that she couldn't put it down.

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interesting

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interested

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interest

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