Learning English Online

Advance Level 14

1. It's hard to believe Brian and Steven are brothers, isn't it? They're as different as ________.





2. You may not like what has happened but you cannot simply ________ it ________. It really happened, and you must face up to that fact.





3. Children under the age of 16 are not ________ to enter for the competition.





4. I fear you can't count on him: he's liable to ________ out when things become difficult.





5. The anarchist banner was ________ defiantly in the demonstration.





6. The book proved to be very unreliable and so was quite ________ to him in his research.





7. The ________ of the clock showed that it was time for dinner.





8. The kitchen was small and ________ so that the disabled woman could reach everything without difficulty.





9. When we shook hands I was conscious of his firm ________.





10. She didn't ________ doing the washing up, as she hadn't wanted to go out anyway.





11. After winning so much money, we went on a spending ________.





12. The book should be well within the ________ of anyone who studied French for three years.





13. Medieval travellers' tales of fantastic creatures were often fascinating but not always ________.





14. A great deal of the speaker's argument was ________ and irrelevant to the problem.





15. In spite of the ________ they had suffered, the wrecked sailors did not seem to have been seriously affected by their ordeal.





16. Paul has never learnt to read music; he only plays by ________.





17. That man is not to be trusted; he has a very ________ reputation.





18. I could never watch a doctor performing an operation; I am far too ________.





19. As we could only get two seats for the opera, the six of us decided to draw ________ to decide who should go.





20. The new Ambassador drove to the Palace to present his ________ to the Queen.




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