1. He spoke English with a ........ French accent. A. average B. careless C. widespread D. pronounced E. chronic
2. His new novel has met with ........ acclaim. A. careless B. dreadful C. great D. pronounced E. wholehearted
3. We need to make sure that there is enough ........ accommodation to house all the delegates. A. careless B. dreadful C. yellow D. luxury E. wholehearted
4. He gave us a ........ account of all that you had achieved over there. A. ready B. yellow C. careless D. luxury E. glowing
5. Could you please give me an ........ account? A. Itemised B. Dreadful C. Great D. Luxury E. Glowing
6. We need to crack down hard on the ........ abuse of drugs. A. average B. outright C. widespread D. frenetic E. careless
7. He was able to predict what was going to happen with ........ accuracy. A. itemised B. uncanny C. careless D. luxury E. glowing
8. They've made some highly ........ accusations about us. A. itemised B. uncanny C. damaging D. Luxury E. Glowing
9. We need to find a new site with ........ access to the European motorway network. A. Ready B. outright C. widespread D. pronounced E. wholehearted
10. This will probably be the ........ achievement of her career. A. itemised B. uncanny C. damaging D. crowning E. Glowing
1. Because it snowed heavily during the night the motorway is closed. due
The motorway is closed due to the fact that there was heavy snow the night before.
2. Did you manage to get in contact with the boss today? getting
Did you succeed in getting in contact with the boss today? 3. I don’t care what you do. concerned
As far as I am concerned / far as I'm concerned you can do what you like.
4. The meal we had in the restaurant was so nice. such
It was such a nice meal in the restaurant.
5. He was ordered to leave the field for arguing with the referee. sent
The referee sent him off / sent him off the field for arguing.
6. Do you and your brother have the same looks? like
Does your brother look like you?
7. That’s the garage where I left my car last week. repaired
That’s where I went to get my car repaired / to get the car repaired / to
have the car repaired / to have my car repaired last week.
8. You can't bring food into this room. supposed
You are not supposed to bring / 're not supposed to bring food into this room. Word Formation
For Questions 1 - 10 Read the text below. Use the word given in CAPITALS
at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Example: (0) CRITICISM Dress Code
UK companies have received (0) ... from CRITIC
a business forum for what their report refers to as
a rather narrow-minded attitude towards the dress
code for office workers. This follows a case in
which a male (1) ... working in the post room of a EMPLOY
large (2) ... in the United Kingdom received a ORGANIZE
(3) ... for wearing jeans to work. SUSPEND
Whilst the report accepts that there is a need for
people dealing with (4) ... to look well dressed, CUSTOM
it questions whether employees who work behind
the scenes necessarily need to dress formally.
The authors of the report made a (5) ... between COMPARE
the UK and other European nations where
employers seem (6) ... about the need for their CONCERN
workers to wear smart clothes in the office.
Their (7) ... is based on research that claims ARGUE
workers are far more (8) ... when they have the PRODUCT
(9) ... to dress in a way that they feel most FREE (10) ... in. COMFORT Key Dress Code
UK companies have received (0) CRITICISM from a business forum for what their
report refers to as a rather narrow-minded attitude towards the dress code for office
workers. This follows a case in which a male (1) employee working in the post
room of a large (2) organization/organisation in the United Kingdom received
a (3) suspension for wearing jeans to work. Whilst the report accepts that there is
a need for people dealing with (4) customers to look well dressed, it questions
whether employees who work behind the scenes necessarily need to dress formally.
The authors of the report made a (5) comparison between the UK and other
European nations where employers seem (6) unconcerned about the need for their
workers to wear smart clothes in the office. Their (7) argument is based on
research that claims ARGUE workers are far more (8) productive when they have
the (9) freedom to dress in a way that they feel most (10) comfortable in. ED MURROW
01. Ed Murrow was one of the fewer genuine giants in the history of broadcasting. In Britain,
02. he is remembered for broadcasts which bring home to the American people the horror
03. of the London Blitz. In the United States, his reputation rests upon a series of document-
04. aries, not the less of which was the one in which he destroyedSenator McCarthy. It
05. was a hatchet-job from whom McCarthyism never recovered.Murrow's bravery, physical
06. as well as moral, was unquestioned. Colleagues would refuse to be driving by him. He
07. was a best-rate poker player. He was offered the job of Director-General of the
08. BBC. What happened to Murrow? By 1958, he seemed to see which television was
09. going, and where it would take him. It is, he said, "being used to distract, delude,
10. amuse and insulate us. This could be a most exciting and fruitful method of communic-
11. ation still devised, but it is in the hands of timid and avaricious men and the public
12. appeared incredibly apathetic "
01. few (fewer is used for comparisons: fewer... than...)
02. brought (narrative past tense required) 03. correct
04. least (not the least = the best)
05. which (who, whom with people) 06. driven (= passive)
07. first-rate (standard phrase) 08. where 09. correct
10. the (if you are the best, you are the only one, and therefore definite = the, NOT a) 11. yet
12. appear (present tense required)
Sentence completions for advanced students
Some critics described the photographer's work as -------, citing his obvious -------
of the work of his renowned predecessors.
(A) distinctive . . assimilation (B) sycophantic . . dismissal (C) derivative . . adaptation
(D) controversial . . veneration (E) pedantic . . ignorance
The new policy has been called a quiet revolution because, though introduced
without ------, it is already producing ------ changes. (A) warning . . specious (B) fanfare . . momentous (C) concealment . . transient (D) hesitation . . ostensible (E) debate . . negligible
Many subatomic nuclear particles are ------- and nearly -------: they are hard to track as well as to detect. (A) unstable . . explosive (B) elusive . . imperceptible (C) minute . . immobile (D) charged . . reactive (E) tenuous . . indivisible »»
Some critics described the photographer's work as -------, citing his obvious -------
of the work of his renowned predecessors.
(A) distinctive . . assimilation (B) sycophantic . . dismissal
(C) derivative . . adaptation
(D) controversial . . veneration (E) pedantic . . ignorance
In this question, the sentence is structured so that the second half of the sentence
following the comma explains the missing term in the first half of the sentence. The
two missing terms, then, should be closely related.
Choice (C) is correct! Derivative means based on something else, or lacking
originality. Adaptation means making something suitable for a specific or new use,
often by modifying it. If the photographer’s work is "derivative," then it is based on
other work; it is not original or unique. It makes sense to say that critics described
the photographer’s work as "derivative" because it obviously made use of and
modified "the work of his renowned predecessors."
The new policy has been called a quiet revolution because, though introduced
without ------, it is already producing ------ changes. (A) warning . . specious (B) fanfare . . momentous
(C) concealment . . transient (D) hesitation . . ostensible (E) debate . . negligible
Choice (B) is correct! Fanfare refers to a showy public display.
Momentous means of major significance or consequence. The missing words
must help to explain why the new policy has been called a "quiet revolution."
Something that is "introduced without fanfare" would be "quiet," and a "revolution"
would by definition involve "momentous changes," so these words make perfect
sense when inserted in the sentence.
Many subatomic nuclear particles are ------- and nearly -------: they are hard to track as well as to detect. (A) unstable . . explosive
(B) elusive . . imperceptible (C) minute . . immobile (D) charged . . reactive (E) tenuous . . indivisible
This is a 2 blank vocabulary-based question (see my post on Techniques for
solving sentence completions).
Choice (B) is correct! Elusive means tending to elude capture, perception, or
comprehension. Imperceptible means difficult or impossible to perceive. The
colon indicates that the material after the colon will explain, clarify, or exemplify
that which comes before it. The missing terms, then, must help characterize things
that are "hard to track as well as to detect." Elusive and imperceptible fit perfectly
when inserted into the blanks because something that is elusive would be hard to
track, and something that is imperceptible would be hard to detect.
Document Outline

• Word Formation
• Sentence completions for advanced students