The two dogs started to fight, so we tried to _____ them.
A.split | B.separate | C.tear | D.divide |
As soon as Charles had _____ a little from his surprise, his one thought was to get away.
A.returned | B.absorbed | C.dissolved | D.recovered |
I shall never beat John at tennis; we are clearly not in the same _____.
A.set | B.band | C.group | D.class |
I'm afraid you have no _____ but to come along with us.
A.possibility | B.permission | C.choice | D.selection |
One-room schoolhouses can still be found in _____ areas where there are no other schools for many miles.
A.disposed | B.deserted | C.isolated | D.abandoned |
If you put too many potatoes in that paper-bag it will _____.
A.fail | B.explode | C.crack | D.burst |
Children are likely to get _____ if no one cares about their upbringing.
A.out of hand | B.out of order | C.out of place | D.out of work |
Busy and successful as he was, the novelist was willing to _____ any promising young man and give him all the help he could.
A.take up | B.pick up | C.make up | D.look up |
Deserts, dry areas with _____ no vegetation, cover more than one-third of the Earth's land surface.
A.surprisingly | B.eventually | C.permanently | D.virtually |
All too _____ it was time to go back to school after the glorious summer holidays.
A.often | B.fast | C.soon | D.late |
The rainbow _____ as the sun came fully out from behind the clouds.
A.dissolved | B.removed | C.resigned | D.disappeared |
The lorry driver was badly _____ when his lorry crashed into a wall.
A.damaged | B.hit | C.hurt | D.harmed |