26/4/2007 - TEST YOUR VOCABULARY - 2 (VERBS, PHRASAL VERBS, PREPOSITIONS)
1. Industrial development partly depends ................... an efficient transport system.
A) for
B) of
C) to
D) in
E) upon
ÖYS 1993
2. I am afraid there is something wrong ................ my ear. I can't hear you properly.
A) from
B) of
C) with
D) at
E) besides
ÖYS 1994
3. Kenya spends a quarter ............ its income every year ....... oil imports.
A) on/for
B) about/through
C) in/over
D) within/above
E) of/on
4. Two hundred years ago most people grew ......... some of their own food.
A) so far
B) all at once
C) at least
D) by the way
E) at a glance
5. Over 40 million people pass ........... Heathrow airport each year and at least 900 aircraft land and take off every day.
A) away
B) in
C) before
D) through
E) along
ÖYS 1995
6. ........... my great surprise, almost everyone agreed ............ him.
A) For/to
B) To/with
C) At/from
D) In/of
E) With/by
7. Few young people can start up a business .......... first having to borrow money.
A) indeed
B) through
C) about
D) without
E) over
ÖYS 1996
8. Make sure you turn ......... the television before you go out, hut leave one of the lights ........ .
A) down/out
B) off/on
C) up/in
D) out/over
E) on/back
9. The view ........... our window must be one of the best anywhere .......the town.
A) in/over
B) through/of
C) from/in
D) down/outside
E) by/above
10. I'm extremely fond .......... her, too; but even so I'm afraid we Can't rely .......... her.
A) about/to
B) of/on
C) for/in
D) to/with
E) with/over
ÖYS 1997
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