1. Next year I hope to ----------my ambition of climbing Mount Blanc.

A.  complete    B. follow         C. realize                     D.impose

2.The chairman announcement was followed by -----------debate.

A.warm           B. heated         C.hot                           D. boiling

3. Most people ----------ice-cream with the summer.

A.link              B.image           C.remind                     D. associate

4. Here is a report from our political ---------.

A.journalist      B.editorial       C.correspondent          D. bulletin

5. Six novels a year, you say? He’s certainly a ----------writer.

A.fruitful         B. fertile          C. virile                       D. prolific

6. Alex complained that no one invited him to any social events and that he felt------.

A. turn out       B. left out        C. omitted out              D. gone out

7. Many young families have little or no ----------of buying their own homes.

A. aspect         B. prospect       C. concept                  D. view

8. By the age of twenty-five he had ----------his ambition of becoming a pianist.

A. obtained     B. achieved       C. completed              D. reached

9. The drunken man was --------crazily from one side of the street to the other.

A. racing         B. scrambling     C. marching              D. staggering

10. A…………….. woman is needed to take care of two small children.

A.confident     B. reliable                    C. confidential             D. faithful

11. I was passing their house, so I __________Claire and Michael

A dropped in    B came up with          C got on with              D run into

12. I don’t really___________winter sports very much

A deal with      B face up to                 C go in for                   D get round to

13. The attorney told his client that___________

A they had little chance of winning the case    B it was nearly impossible to win him the case

C the case was of  a small chance to win    D the case had a minimum chance to be won by him

14. One of the professor’s greatest attributes is_____________

A when he gives lectures                    B how in the manner that he lectures

C the way which give lectures           D his ability to lecture

15.____________better working conditions

A What’s interesting the workers most is    B What’s interested the workers most is

C What interest the workers most is            D What interests the workers most is

16. The concert was given____________the auspices of the Y.M.C.A)

A on                            B with             C through        D under

17. Her mother’s illness cast a cloud__________her wedding day

A over                         B for                C in                 D on

18. She did six hours’____________studying a day for her exam

A solid                         B heavy           C strong           D big

19. The weather was fine and everyone was________the coast

A going in for              B making for               C joining in                 D seeing about    

20. There isn’t any sugar, I’m afraid. You’ll have to_________

A run out                     B put up with              C do without               D make for