Question 6: Choose the word or phrase that best complete each sentence.

1.      My brother is intelligent but he …….common sense. 

A. fails                        B. lacks                       C. misses                     D. wants

2.      Leave it ....................it is.    

A. that                         B. as                            C. like                          D. so

3.       I’ll go on holiday …… I can.    

A. as soon as               B. as                            C. until                        D. how

4.      Never ...............a gift horse in the mouth.   

 A. feel                        B. catch                       C. hold                        D. look

5.      Give me a word .....................with S.     

A. beginning               B. began                      C. begins                     D. begin

6.      He seldom goes fishing........................?  

A. doesn’t he               B. is he                        C. does he                   D. isn't he

7.       Does anyone know …….this hat might be?  

A. who                        B. whom                     C. whose                     D. to whom

8.      Not one of the students ......the answer to that difficult problem.  

A. know                                  B. knows                     C. is known                 D. has known

9.      She spoke quietly to him ................nobody else could hear a word.

A. because                   B. if                             C. although                 D. so that

10.   If you want to .........success in life, you have to work hard.  

A. achieve                   B. receive                    C. award                     D. earn

11.   A surgeon is a doctor who performs an operation. 

A. studies                                 B. researchers               C. is interested in          D. carries out

12.  We will wait until he shows up  

A. appears                   B. answers                   C. speaks                     D. finishes