Part 1. Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
1. According to the _____ of the contract, tenants must give six months’ notice if they intend to live.
     A. laws                   B. rules                  C. terms                 D. details
2. No one could contemplate fame these days without knowing beforehand of its _____.
    a. laisez-faire           B. outburst             C. insight                D. downside
3. Books taken from the short _____ section are due to be returned the next day.
   A. borrowing            B. credit                 C. loan                   D. return
4. She was so undisciplined and disobedient that, as the manager, I just had to put my _____ down.
   A. stamp                   B. shoe                   C. fist                     D. foot
5. When Wilson’s company was hit by the recession, he decided to take early _____.
     A. redundancy        B. retirement           C. resignation         D. redeployment
6. I am sure your husband-to-be will lend you a _____ ear when you explain the situation to him.
     A. merciful             B. compassionate    C. pitiful                 D. sympathetic
7. The whereabouts of the exiled president remains a _____ guarded secret.
     A. highly                B. closely               C. deeply                D. entirely
8. It’s a shame to fall out so badly with your own _____.
     A. heart to heart      B. flesh and blood   C. heart and soul     D. skin and bone
9. Life’s very easy for you. You were born with a _____ spoon in your mouth.
     A. silver                 B. golden                C. bronze                D. diamond
10. There has been a lot of _____ surrounding the government’s proposed scheme.
     A. controversy        B. consent              C. conformity         D. consequence
11. You can’t bury your head _____ and hope that this problem goes away, you know.
     A. in the mud          B. in the pool          C. in the sand         D. in the water
12. Fiona’s offered to help you. Don’t ask why – never look a gift _____ in the mouth.
     A. horse                 B. cow                   C. deer                   D. dog
13. Sandra’s unpleasant _____ suggested that she knew about Amanda’s terrible secret.
     A. grimace              B. smirk                 C. wince                 D. snort
14. Few people can do creative work unless they are in the right _____ of mind.
A. frame                 B. trend                  C. attitude               D. tendency
15. He was arrested for trying to pass _____ notes at the bank.
     A. camouflaged      B. fake                   C. counterfeit          D. fraudulent
16. This fabric has the _____ of silk but it’s very cheap.
     A. stroke                B. substance           C. friction               D. texture
17. I threw some biscuit _____ on the ground and a whole load of pigeons swooped down and started eating them.
     A. grains                B. specks                C. flakes                 D. crumbs
18. The insects looked and tasted so horrible, I _____ with disgust as I tried to force them down.
     A. gloated               B. grinned              C. grimaced            D. chuckled
19. Going down white-water rapids in a canoe must be extremely _____! Does your heart start beating really fast?
     A. trivial                 B. mundane            C. sedentary           D. exhilarating
20. Was it always an _____ of yours to play for France?
     A. urge                   B. adoration            C. anticipation        D. aspiration