Exercise - 16
Question: 1 Excuse me I ....... if you can help me.
Correct Answer : 1 [wonder]
Notes: Excuse me I wonder if you can help me.
Question: 2 I certainly will if I ........
Correct Answer : 2 [can]
Notes: I certainly will if I can.
Question: 3 Well, my ....... is that I'm lost.
Correct Answer : 3 [problem]
Notes: Well, my problem is that I'm lost.
Question: 4 I see you have a ....... in your car.
Correct Answer : 4 [map]
Notes: I see you have a map in your car.
Question: 5 Yes, I have but I can't ....... it.
Correct Answer : 5 [follow]
Notes: Yes, I have but I can't follow it.
Question: 6 Now, where are you ....... for?
Correct Answer : 6 [making]
Notes: Now, where are you making for?
Question: 7 I want to ....... to Nutfield Avenue.
Correct Answer : 7 [get]
Notes: I want to get to Nutfield Avenue.
Question: 8 I don't think that's going to be ........
Correct Answer : 8 [hard]
Notes: I don't think that's going to be hard.
Question: 9 Why do you ....... that?
Correct Answer : 9 [say]
Notes: Why do you say that?
Question: 10 Because you're in that road ....... now.
Correct Answer : 10 [right]
Notes: Because you're in that road right now.
Question: 1 I really can't tell what's ........
Correct Answer : 1 [going on]
Notes: I really can't tell what's going on.
Question: 2 The trouble is somebody is ........
Correct Answer : 2 [standing in front of me]
Notes: The trouble is somebody is standing in front of me.
Question: 3 The best thing I suppose is to ask him ........
Correct Answer : 3 [to move]
Notes: The best thing I suppose is to ask him to move.
Question: 4 That's better I've got a clearer ........
Correct Answer : 4 [view now]
Notes: That's better I've got a clearer view now.
Question: 5 It looks from what I can see as if there's been some kind of ........
Correct Answer : 5 [collision]
Notes: It looks from what I can see as if there's been some kind of collision.
Question: 6 Yes, now he's gone I can see that there are two cars in the car park that have ....... .
Correct Answer : 6 [gone into one another]
Notes: Yes, now he's gone I can see that there are two cars in the car park that have gone into one another.
Question: 7 There are a lot of people there in the car park and they're ........
Correct Answer : 7 [waving their arms about]
Notes: There are a lot of people there in the car park and they're waving their arms about.
Question: 8 I'm walking right up to the crowd now to see ........
Correct Answer : 8 [what's happened]
Notes: I'm walking right up to the crowd now to see what's happend.
Question: 9 Now I can see quite clearly that the big red car has ....... .
Correct Answer : 9 [struck the little blue one]
Notes: Now I can see quite clearly that the big red car has struck the little blue one.
Question: 10 Oh dear I've just discovered that the little blue one ........
Correct Answer : 10 [belongs to me]
Notes: Oh dear I've just discovered that the little blue one belongs to me.
Question: 1 Imagine an ....... public figure attacked by press and public, who is facing an inquiry into allegations of having obtained money by deception.
Correct Answer : 1 [embattled]
Notes: Imagine an embattled public figure attacked by press and public, who is facing an inquiry into allegations of having obtained money by deception.
Question: 2 Any arguments he put up in his defence were regarded as a ....... by people who were determined to see him convicted.
Correct Answer : 2 [smokescreen]
Notes: Any arguments he put up in his defence were regarded as a smokescreen by people who were determined to see him convicted.
Question: 3 People tended not to believe a word he said and maintained that his protestations of innocence were wearing a bit ........
Correct Answer : 3 [thin]
Notes: People tended not to believe a word he said and maintained that his protestations of innocence were wearing a bit thin.
Question: 4 There was very strong support for the police who were determined to ....... this kind of crime.
Correct Answer : 4 [curb]
Notes: There was very strong support for the police who were determined to curb this kind of crime.
Question: 5 The press had been ....... by an unknown source to make as much publicity about him as they could.
Correct Answer : 5 [prompted]
Notes: The press had been prompted by an unknown source to make as much publicity about him as they could.
Question: 6 His agent spent a lot of time ....... the press on his background in the hope that they would present a balanced view.
Correct Answer : 6 [briefing]
Notes: His agent spent a lot of time briefing the press on his background in the hope that they would present a balanced view.
Question: 7 Views as to his guilt or innocence even before the trial started ....... from utter conviction that he was guilty to wild support for his innocence.
Correct Answer : 7 [ranged]
Notes: Views as to his guilt or innocence even before the trial started ranged from utter conviction that he was guilty to wild support for his innocence.
Question: 8 Gradually however as the days went by even his greatest supporters were beginning to ....... him.
Correct Answer : 8 [desert]
Notes: Gradually however as the days went by even his greatest supporters were beginning to desert him.
Question: 9 Then two days before the trial was due to start, new evidence came to ....... proving he was totally innocent.
Correct Answer : 9 [light]
Notes: Then two days before the trial was due to start, new evidence came to light proving he was totally innocent.
Question: 10 By then of course it was too late because the damage had already been done to his career, which ....... everything else he did for the rest of his life.
Correct Answer : 10 [overshadowed]
Notes: By then of course it was too late because the damage had already been done to his career, which overshadowed everything else he did for the rest of his life.