26/4/2007 - TEST YOUR VOCABULARY - 1 (VERBS, PHRASAL VERBS, PREPOSITIONS)
1. As I don't know any French, I couldn't understand what he was talking ...... .
A) off
B) to
C) about
D) by
E) from
ÖYS 1988
2. The surgeon who is going to operate ............. my grandfather is one of the best.
A) in
B) about
C) on
D) of
E) at
3. If you don't hurry up, the boat will sail ...... us .
A) off
B) without
C) instead
D) through
E) from
ÖYS 1989
4. They blew ......... the tunnel just as the enemy was about to pass ..... it.
A) off/for
B) down/over
C) in/away
D) above/outside
E) up/through
5. Clara looked up ..... him ..... wonder in her eyes.
A) to/by
B) at/with
C) upon/in
D) for/on
E) after/through
ÖYS 1990
6. Since the new technician is not very familiar ....... the machine, he is not good ...... using it.
A) on/to
B) to/with
C) or/for
D) from/in
E) with/at
7. My daughter is not a bit like me. She seems to ............ her father.
A) look on
B) take after
C) put out
D) look after
E) set out
ÖYS 1992
8. One of the important effects ....... the traffic ....... the environment is air pollution.
A) in/of
B) at/in
C) for/at
D) on/for
E) of/on
9. The Yorkshire Chemicals Company has recently been .......... by a rival firm.
A) taken over
B) cut down
C) kept away
D) settled down
E) crossed out
ÖYS 1993
10. Mr. Brooks said he would he hack in the office ........... 4 o'clock.
A) since
B) for
C) until
D) by
E) during
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