English Grammar Test Package

© 2003—2006 www.english-test.net
303. advanced-60
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 60
The Parliamentary Candidate (3)
Before: Read the story www.english-test.net/esl-book/2/ 
Q1
Henry Orpington's first ....... that day was an open-air meeting on a large housing estate at ten o'clock.
(a) entrance
(b) engagement
(c) incitement
(d) endeavour
Q2
As most of the men were ....... at work, his audience consisted mainly of women and young children.
(a) off
(b) over
(c) under
(d) out
Q3
Andrew Higgins kept a close watch on the platform from which Henry was making his speech, while several
plainclothes policemen ....... inconspicuously with the crowd.
(a) meddled
(b) moulded
(c) mingled
(d) melded
Q4
There was very little reaction to Henry's speech, except from one or two people at the back who kept on
asking what Henry's party intended to do about the ....... price of fruit and vegetables.
(a) rising
(b) raising
(c) risen
(d) raised
Q5
After the speech he shook hands with some of the women. One of them lifted up a baby for him to kiss, but
the ....... of Henry's beard must have frightened it because it began to scream its head off.
(a) seeing
(b) sighting
(c) sight
(d) scene
Q6
At eleven o'clock he ....... a brief visit to a public house on the estate. Henry couldn't offer to buy anyone a
drink because he knew very well that his opponents would consider that to be dishonest. So he let one of his
supporters buy him a drink instead.
(a) bought
(b) paid
(c) sought
(d) did
Q7
At lunch time he went to his sister's house to see his wife and daughters. They had spent the morning
addressing envelopes for the leaflets he was sending out. His sister, Vera, thoroughly ....... of his involvement
in politics.
(a) disliked
(b) discouraged
(c) disappointed
(d) disapproved
Q8
Vera: Now I hope you can see the danger of getting mixed up in politics. You and the family will probably .......
get blown up by a bomb.
Henry: Don't exaggerate, Vera. I'm sure it's just a joke.
(a) each
(b) every
(c) all
(d) entirely
Q9
There was a large crowd in the field when Henry arrived at eight o'clock for what was perhaps the biggest
meeting of the ....... campaign. After a hard day's work, hundreds of farmers and farm labourers had come to
the field to hear what Henry had to say.
(a) utter
(b) whole
(c) absolute
(d) lasting
Q10 Henry: Ladies and gentlemen, I appreciate the anxiety you must all feel about support for your farms. I too
have been a farmer and I know the difficulties you are experiencing, and so...
Voice from the crowd: ... and so you've decided to become an M.P. and get rich!
Henry: No, my friend. I want to give the farmers a ....... in the House of Commons.
(a) sound
(b) speech
(c) noise
(d) voice

---