Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the box. Change the form if necessary.

　　Test 1

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　　1) He would be the _________ man to do such foolish things.

　　2) Please inform me by _________ of your plan.

　　3) My _________ family consists of my son and my wife.

　　4) People know little about what the _________-term effects of the new drug will be.

　　5) Would you like me to _________ your trousers for you?

　　6) She went nearly _________ with grief after the child died.

　　7) The _________ old man worked his life away like a work horse.

　　8) Peter's father was very _________; he never gave Peter any new clothes.

　　9) You should _________ your deeds to your beliefs.

　　10) You must learn to _________ your temper.

　　Test 2

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　　1) In _________ to catch the train, she hurried through her work.

　　2) Please _________ your car in the parking lot and hike in.

　　3) The driver saw the police car following him in his side _________.

　　4) He is such kind of person who always has _________ ideas.

　　5) She _________ together an account of what had gone on during the stormy meeting.

　　6) The gardener _________ trees and vegetables in the garden.

　　7) Circumstances do not _________ me to help you.

　　8) The names of the members of the team will be _________ up today.

　　9) It's difficult to _________ everybody nowadays.

　　10) He made it _________ that he did not like me.

　　Test 3

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　　1) She _________ herself on her ability to speak many foreign languages.

　　2) The judge _________ sentence on the prisoner.

　　3) _________ at the meeting were the leading members of the departments concerned.

　　4) The _________ she was ill was that she had eaten bad meat.

　　5) The press has been invited to a _________ conference to hear the government's statement on the event.

　　6) The driver was _________to emergency room after the car accident.

　　7) The explorer returned _________ and sound from a dangerous expedition.

　　8) Air travel has caused a _________ in our way of living.

　　9) He _________ his success to the good teaching he had had.

　　10) The police _________ several complaints about the noise from the plant.

　　Test 4

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　　1) If you _________ now, you will be able to buy a car soon.

　　2) The man who had killed his wife had children received a heavy _________.

　　3) He looked at his work with a smile of _________.

　　4) He _________ his way through the crowd in order to have a look at the film star.

　　5) All my questions were met with _________ from him.

　　6) The navy had a large _________ in bringing about the victory.

　　7) This kind of sweet potatoes should be planted in sandy _________.

　　8) You can sit here in your _________ time and read the carpet.

　　9) When the bell _________, all students run into their classroom.

　　10) _________ has a right to see law-breakers punished severely.

　　Test 5

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　　1) These actions _________ him as a man of high principles.

　　2) When I _________ that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, Mr. Thompson shook his head.

　　3) The astronauts _________ in returning from the moon to the earth according to the plan.

　　4) I _________ you on the shoulder to get your attention.

　　5) When the door opened, She _________out of her chair to greet her father.

　　6) The railroad workers asked for a _________ increase and went on a strike.

　　7) We never know the _________ of water till the well is dry.

　　8) Children are taught to _________ their parents and teachers with respect.

　　9) The day is very still, without a breath of _________.

　　10) She was given a fine because she had _________ some of the papers out of the book borrowed from the library.

　　Keys:

　　Test 1

　　1) last

　　2) letter

　　3) immediate

　　4) long

　　5) iron

　　6) mad

　　7) lonely

　　8) mean

　　9) match

　　10) master

　　Test 2

　　1) order

　　2) park

　　3) mirror

　　4) novel

　　5) pieced

　　6) plants

　　7) permit

　　8) posted

　　9) please

　　10) plain

　　Test 3

　　1) prided

　　2) pronounced

　　3) Present

　　4) reason

　　5) press

　　6) rushed

　　7) safe

　　8) revolution

　　9) referred

　　10) received

　　Test 4

　　1) save

　　2) sentence

　　3) satisfaction

　　4) shouldered

　　5) silence

　　6) share

　　7) soil

　　8) spare

　　9) sounds

　　10) Society

　　Test 5

　　1) stamped

　　2) suggested

　　3) succeeded

　　4) tapped

　　5) sprang

　　6) wage

　　7) value

　　8) treat

　　9) wind

　　10) torn