Choose the word, phrase or sentence that best completes each unfinished
sentence below or that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is
substituted for the underlined word or phrase.
In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best completes each
sentence. For each questions, 1–20, circle the letter A, B, C or D against the number
of the question.
1. I bear no against him, despite what he did to me.
A. resentment B. bitterness
C. grievance D. grudge
2. He swore that he would get his .on the men who had hurt him.
A. spite B. revenge
C. retaliation D. resentment
3. I’m surprised . you. You’re not normally as rude as you were
tonight.
A. by B. for
C. with D. at
4. Her divorce was a(n) .experience for her and she still hasn’t
fully recovered.
A. stunning B. staggering
C. shattering D. amazing
5. By a(n) .stroke of luck, she survived the crash.
A. amazing B. shocking
C. shattering D. surprised
6. People were .the terrible pictures of the crash victims in the
newspapers.
A. shocked with B. startled for
C. shocked by D. amazed of
7. She was .the traffic in the city, she had never seen so many
cars before.
A. amazed at B. surprised for
C. astonished with D. surprised of
8. It was a very quiet night so the sudden noise of breaking
glass .me.
A. shattered B. staggered
C. startled D. jumped
9. The Sears Tower in Chicago is a .443 meters high.
A. speechless B. surprising
C. staggering D. shattering