Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the answer to each of the following questions.
It is just as well you didn't put your money in that company, because it would have been an absolute________ if you had.
A.mistake            
B. catastrophe    
C.error    
D.miscalculation

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Such _______that the firelighters could not get near it.
A.the fire was hot 
B.hot was the fire
C.was the heat of the fire   
D.the hot fire

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the answer to each of the following questions.
David: “Would you like to join our volunteer group in this summer?” Peter: “________”
A.Yes, I’d love to. Thanks.
B.I wouldn’t. Thank  you.
C.Do you think I would? 
D.Yes, you're a good friend.

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the answer to each of the following questions.
As neither of us would ________ , the bargain come to nothing.
A.give off                  
B.give out      
C.give away  
D.give in

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the answer to each of the following questions.
One of the tenets of New Criticism is that a critic need not tell readers ________ about a story.
A.which thinking      
B.What to think     
C.that thinking 
D. to think what

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The pollution problems in town have been _______by mass in the summer.
A.exacerbated     
B.developed      
C.augmented  
D.contributed

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We regret _______ you that you have been made redundant   
A.inform             
B. to inform           
C.informed        
D.informing

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the answer to each of the following questions.
________are a form of carbon has been since the late eighteenth century.
A.Diamonds, which   
B.That diamonds
C.Because diamonds
D.Diamonds

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the answer to each of the following questions.
Down _______ for three days.
A.the rain poured
B. poured the rain    
C.did the rain pour 
D.the rain pour

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the answer to each of the following questions.
She got so _______while watching the match on TV that she began shouting.
A.excited        
B.excitement       
C.exciting   
D.excitedly