18. It is ________ impossible to tell the twins apart. 
 A. virtually                 B. realistically           C. closely                 D. extremely
19. The man known as Bonnie Prince Charlie claimed that he was the ________ heir to the throne.
A. due                        B. correct                  C. authentic              D. rightful
20. The rather humid climate in no way ________ from the beauty of the place. 
A. protracts                 B. detracts                 C. attracts                 D. subtracts
21. The weather was ________ the exceptionally poor harvest. 
A. blamed for                   B. condemned for      C. accused of            D. found fault with for
22. I'm sorry to hear that Peter and Dick have ________. They were such a good friends. 
A. dropped out            B. fallen against        C. fallen out              D. dropped against
23. He ________ being given a receipt for the bill he had paid.  
      A. insisted on             B. demanded             C. asked to                D. required
24. It's an awful ________ your wife couldn't come. I was looking forward to meeting her. 
      A. harm                      B. sorrow                  C. shock                   D. shame
25. They shouldn't have ________ the accident. It wasn't my fault.
      A. accused me of        B. blamed me for       C. accused me with   D. blamed me
26. The bank won't lend you the money without some ________ that you will pay it back. 
      A. profit                      B. interest                 C. charge                  D. guarantee
27. After he had broken his leg, Henry could only go up and down stairs ________. 
      A. with difficulty   B. in difficulties           C. hardly            D. hard
28. Like many other countries in the world, Vietnam is “on the ________”.
A. progress                 B. start                      C. begin                    D. move
29. The bomb exploded with a loud bang which could be ________ all over the town
 A. see                         B. heard                    C. listened                D. watched
30. Some people claim to be able to ________ the future.
A. foretell                   B. say                       C. tell                       D. see
31. I’d like to buy a bracelet for my wife. What do you ________?
      A. approve                  B. favor                    C. introduce              D. recommend
32. He was looked ________ by others because of his poverty.                      
      A. out for                    B. up                        C. down upon                       D. from upon
33. She was ________ breath after running all the way upstairs.                         
      A. under                     B. out of                   C. without         D. away from
34. Anyone who ________his work won’t be allowed to leave now.
      A. don’t finish             B. is not finishing      C. has not finished    D. will not finish
35. Mary ________lazy preparing her lesson last night.
      A. should be               B. shouldn’t be          C. should have been  D. shouldn’t have been