11. A number of bad contracts and last year’s deep recession finally drove him ____________ business.
A. off
B. out of
C. from
D. outside
12. He was terribly nervous, and as restless as a __________ on hot bricks.
A. cat
B. dog
C. mouse
D. donkey
13. The repercussions of working with radioactive material without proper protective clothing can include cancer. What is the closet meaning with the underlined word?
A. expectations
B. complications
C. extensions
D. effects
14. Since she was too weak to walk, we __________ her back to the gallery where her husband was waiting for her in a rented car.
A. must have driven
B. had to drive
C. have driven
D. ought to drive
15. My hopes of becoming a doctor ____________ when I failed my “A levels”.
A. cracked
B. crashed
C. crumbled
D. smashed
16. Authorities should warn people against ___________ hazardous foods containing additives. Still better, perhaps, they shouldn’t allow such products ___________ in the first place.
A. to be using – produced
B. having used – to produce
C. using – to be produced
D. being used – being produced
17. “Do you want me to help you with those suitcases?” – “_______________________”
A. Of course, not for me
B. No, I can’t help you now
C. No, those aren’t mine
D. No, I can manage them myself
18. Nicole has spent the last four weekends ___________ the hundreds of photographs that she has so that she can put them into separate albums.
A. playing at
B. sorting out
C. cutting off
D. filling up
19. Only after _____________ how much damage had been caused.
A. I realized
B. I had realized
C. did I realize
D. I would realize
20. A: Which one would you like?
B: Oh, _________ will do. They _________ look fine to me.
A. every – both
B. each – some
C. any – all
D. none - neither