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151. intermediate-66
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 66
Save Our Animals (2)
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Q1
What her mother and father ....... to most was the endless tittle tattle (gossip) in the village about a young
woman working for this hot shot (well known entrepreneur),
(a) subjected
(b) dejected
(c) rejected
(d) objected
Q2
who was also ....... by some as a bit of a wheeler dealer (someone who does business in an underhand way).
(a) looked
(b) pictured
(c) regarded
(d) believed
Q3
Cathy didn't believe any of this and was delighted to be working for Geoffrey Winton if for no other .......'>....... than
that living at home was very humdrum (boring).
(a) reason
(b) cause
(c) fact
(d) decision
Q4
The rest of the organisation thought that she and Winton were a dream team (ideal partners) because she
was enthusiastic and he was very ........
(a) expertise
(b) empirical
(c) expert
(d) experienced
Q5
After all she thought her brother was enjoying himself and had gone ....... to work in America as a result of the
brain drain (talented people leaving their own country to work for better pay in another).
(a) astray
(b) abroad
(c) alone
(d) afar
Q6
One morning there was quite a hubbub (loud noise and activity) in the Fortune ....... when Cathy came rushing
into the sitting room helter skelter (running at great speed),
(a) housework
(b) housebound
(c) household
(d) housetops
Q7
and announced what she thought was a cheerful earful (a good piece of news) and that was she had been
invited to attend a ....... in the capital.
(a) demarcation
(b) denuciation
(c) depression
(d) demonstration
Q8
As far as her father was concerned this was ....... double trouble (two problems) — first working for Fortune
and now getting involved in a demonstration.
(a) simply
(b) quite
(c) entirely
(d) quietly
Q9
As far as he was concerned this would be a ....... of time because the speakers at the rally would just talk
mumbo jumbo (nonsense).
(a) waist
(b) wasting
(c) waste
(d) worst
Q10 But Cathy had made up her ....... and the next morning wham bam (very quickly) she caught the early train
and went off to the rally.
(a) brain
(b) mind
(c) thought
(d) decision

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