Upper Level Vocabulary Test 12

They managed to _____ all their unwanted things at the jumble sale.

There was a terrible storm at sea last night and one of the sailors _____.

Let’s continue the meeting by discussing the next _____ on the agenda.

I’m paying for my car by monthly _____ as I didn’t have enough money to pay cash.

Schubert didn’t finish one of his symphonies so it will always be _____.

Suddenly I understood perfectly and everything _____ place.

The Director of the Company _____ some figures from the report in front of him.

He was one of the _____ people I’ve ever known; he never stopped eating.

The men _____ the millionaire’s small daughter and demanded a large sum of money for her return.

You must be careful what you say to Susan; her feelings are easily _____.

You keep _____ the same subject, and I’ve asked you not to mention it again.

That shop down the road always _____ its goods well in the window.

Please wipe your feet on the door _____ before you come in.

Although most of the children in the class were rather dull, there were one or two _____ ones.

The _____ with Charles is, he doesn’t know his own mind.

I hate January when all the _____ start coming in. I never seem to have enough money to pay them all.

The workers were _____ in their demand for better conditions.

The judge _____ the criminal to twenty years in prison.

I want to know the answers to these questions, so I shall have to look at the _____ at the back of the book.

I wouldn’t like to spend a night alone in that house. It is said to be _____ by a headless ghost.

The girl in the shop was _____ how to use a new kind of electric cooker.

That poor woman’s husband died a few weeks after they were married. It was a real _____.

He didn’t seem to know what was happening at all, he looked completely _____.

The economy of this country is very unstable at the moment. It’s balanced on a _____ edge.

The little boy was _____ for breaking the window.

There has been a lot of _____ about the housing shortage in big cities.

I _____ my car badly when I hit a tree.

He is _____ to both those girls over there. One is his sister and the other is his cousin.

When he was left on a desert island, he was able to _____ for a year on fruit and water.

If I were you, I’d put that meat in the refrigerator or it will _____ in this hot weather.

To play golf well you must take lessons from a good _____.

The Browns had to use all their _____ to buy their new house.

When I was staying in Germany last year, I _____ quite a lot of German.

What are you cooking in that saucepan? It _____ good.

I know Mary has two brothers, but I don’t know which is the _____.

I hope the Government will _____ the rate of income tax.

Jane’s school report last term was very _____.

Mary has gone to the baker’s to buy a _____ of bread.

When I was turning out my cupboard I _____ this photograph of uncle Harry.

Lucy says she bought her new trouser suit in _____.