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1. Blake may seem bossy, but it's Lisa that really ________ in that relationship.
A. fills their boots
B. puts a sock
C. gets their knickers
D. wears the trousers
D
1. It is no surprise that this story has ________ in our office after Daisy was told about it.
A given a buzz
B ridden high
C done the rounds
D rung the bell
C
1. The immigrants from this country will not be given the right of ________ in Britain when the new legislation comes into force.
A abode B abbess C baptism D lodging
A
1. After winning the lottery, they moved into a more ___________ house in a high-class residential area and had a more comfortable life.
A. well-attended B. well-built C. well-appointed D. well-disposed
C
1. The President has gotten used to being _________ by his political opponents whenever a new policy is proposed.
A blasted off B ripped off C zonked out D sniped at
D
1. I can't see why the teacher compliments Harry so much, his performance is basically nothing to _______ home about!
A write B call C go D tell
A
1. We are required to _________ empirical data and evidence from reliable sources to support our argument.
A. adduce B. attest C. elicit D. accost
A
1. Since John is the bee's _______in terms of English, it is no wonder so many friends ask him for support in this subject.
A. wings B. knees C. antenna D. spiracle
B
1. Fingerprints are the most ______ types of evidence used in criminal cases because it's one of the most reliable forms of identification. A. culpable B. incriminating C. liable D.offending
B
1. There is no need to ___________ over the cracks, I know you are having problems, just tell me and I will help you.
A. carpet B. paper C. lay D. curtain
B
1. Since he is not polite, he often makes ______ remarks. A. immaterial B. impertinent C. impervious D. implausible
B
1. In a culture where knockoffs are normal, from sportswear to DVDs, it will not be easy to _________ deep-rooted academic habits.
A. exude B. exclude C. expunge D. extricate
C
1. I tried to ______myself from the situation but it was impossible.
A. exude B. exclude C. expunge D. extricate
D
1. Last week's violence was _______ condemned by foreign governments.
A. grimly B. roundly C. roughly D. bitingly
B
1. Looking at the number of typos in this article, I am sure you have skipped the...........................stage again. (READ)
PROOFREADING
1. A(n) ...........................is the one who turns into wolf during full moon. (WOLF)
WOREWOLF
1. Andy was ..........................from the volunteer group due to his poor attitude. (COMMUNICATE)
EXCOMMUNICATED
1. People in coastal area live mainy on the ............................., which allows them to earn a great deal of money from the sea products (CULTURE)
AQUACULTURE
1. The dog seems rather ............................. ; it must not have been fed for days. (SEE)
UNSIGHTLY
1. He was ........................ by the darkness and got lost in the forest. (NIGHT)
BENIGHTED
1. The aridity in that area .............................. a poor crop. (TOKEN)
BETOKENS
1. In the field of .............................. , standards of practice have been developed for practitioners in the field. (DIET)
DIETETICS
1. The new regulations will be .............................. for small businesses. (BURDEN)
BURDENSOME
1. When Emma was widowed in 1879, she decided to leave her home in Koblenz, Germany, to start .............................. in Glasgow, and settled in the city by 1881. (NEW)
ANEW
Jean Piaget, the pioneering Swiss philosopher and psychologist, became famous for his theories on child development. A child prodigy, he became interested in the scientific study of nature at an early age. He (1)__________________ a special fascination for biology, having some of his work published before graduating from high school.
DEVELOPED
When, aged 10, his observations (2)________________ to questions that could be answered only by access to the university library, Piaget wrote and published some notes on the sighting of an albino sparrow in the hope that this would persuade the librarian to stop (3)________________ him like a child. It worked.
2. LEAD
3. TREATING
Piaget went on to spend much of his professional life listening to and watching children, and poring over reports of researchers who were doing the same. He found, to (4)________________ it succinctly, that children don't think like adults
PUT
After thousands of interactions with young people often barely old enough to talk, Piaget began to suspect that (5)________________ their cute and seemingly illogical utterances were thought processes that had their own kind of order and their own special logic.
BEHIND
Albert Einstein, the renowned physicist, deemed (6)________________ a discovery 'so simple that only a genius could have thought of it'.
THIS
Piaget's insight opened a new window (7)________________ the inner workings of the mind. Several new fields of science, among them developmental psychology and cognitive theory, came into being as a result of his research.
INTO
Although (8)________________ an educational reformer, he championed a way of thinking about children that provided the foundation for today's education reform movements.
NOT
One might say that Piaget was the first to take children's thinking seriously. Others who shared this respect for children may have fought harder for immediate change in schools, but Piaget's influence on education (9)________________ deeper and more pervasive.
REMAINS
Piaget has been revered by generations of teachers inspired by the belief that children are not empty vessels to be filled with knowledge, as traditional academic thinking had it, (10)________________ active builders of knowledge - little scientists who are constantly creating and testing their own theories of the world
BUT