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1. The socks were too small and it was only by________ them that he managed to get themon.

A) spreading

B) extending

C) lengthening

D) stretching(D)

2. Language can be defined as a tool by whichhuman beings ________ with one another.

A) associate

B) connect

C) communicate

D) correspond(C)

3. As a small boy, he was slow ________ learning to read and write.

A) on

B) with

C) in

D) about(C)

4. Tony was ________ a mile of the hotel when he ran out of petrol.

A) within

B) inside

C) about

D) off(D)

5. It has been rather costly to install the machinery, but it will prove to be worth themoney ________.

A) in the long run

B) in conclusion

C) at long last

D) at the end(A)

6. I don’t know why he ________ in the middle of a sentence.

A) broke off

B) broke out

C) broke through

D) broke away(A)

7. I’m sorry Andy didn’t want to go to the conference. ________ willing to go wewould have paid all his expenses.

A) Being

B) Was he

C) He had been

D) Had he been(D)

8. The minister was the person ________.

A) whom the state dinner was given in honour

B) for whom the state dinner was given honour

C) whose honour the state dinner was given

D) in whose honour the state dinner was given(D)

9. The young driver looked over the engine carefully lest it ________ on the way.

A) goes wrong

B) would go wrong

C) went wrong

D) should go wrong(D)

10. John had been working hard and ________.

A) so his brother had

B) so had his brother

C) so was his brother

D) so his brother did(B)