Prepositions and Phrasal verbs

Scientists are studying the birth and growth of thunderstorms to discover what causes the difference between showers that enable crops to _____ and violent storms that cause floods and erosions.

• flourish

• wither

• grow

• parch

2. Low levels of hormones can cause a laundry list of

health problems______ fatigue, weight gain, and joint

pain

• ) excluding

• clarifying

• confirming

• including

In training it is suggested that an instructor not lay a burden on an individual beyond his_____ .

• bearable

• limit

• value

Since the Song group is going to make a(n) _____ recording in the stadium tomorrow, almost everyone is thought to be there.

• alive

• life

• conscious

• live

• awake

Alice Tyson has Xeroderma Pigmentosum which means exposure _____ sunlight increases her risk _____ getting cancer or going blind.

• for /at

• by/for

• in / through

• on / in

• to/of

It is claimed that there is a (n)______ for every problem in democracy.

• solute

• remedy

• correct

• obstacle

.The police put the _____ for the accident_____ the driver of the car

• responsibility / for

• blame / on

• accuse / of

• charge / with

• ticket / for

Many things around us have begun to change so quickly that we can’t _____ them easily.

• keep up with

• go through with

• take up with

.Marry is always seeing her doctor, for she doesn’t care_____ her health at all.

• in

• about

• of

With the 1969 film The Learning Tree, Gordon Parks proved what a truly _____ artist he was: he not only directed the film and composed its musical score, but also adapted its screenplay from his own novel.

• complacent

• protean

• lauded

• clairvoyant