LEXICO GRAMMAR 06

That old vase will_____ an attractive lamp-holder.

• A. compose

• B. form

• C. make

• D. assemble

After along and exhausting journey, they arrived home______.

• A. finally

• B. by the end

• C. at the end

• D. at last

I cannot bear the noise of my brother’s radio; it _____me from my work

• A. disturb

• B. perturbs

• C. interrupts

• D. distracts

1. The world bank had criticized Britain for not giving enough financial_____ to developing countries.

• A. allowance

• B. aid

• C. loan

• D. provision

After a short holiday, he____ himself once more to his studies.

• A. applied

• B. converted

• C. engaged

• D. exerted

By the age of twenty-five he had_____ his ambition of becoming a pianist.

• A. reached

• B. completed

• C. achieved

• D. obtained

There is_____ to be a serious energy crisis in the next century

• A. reputed

• B. known

• C. bound

• D. foreseen

It had been a trying afternoon_____ at about six o’clock in the television breaking down.

• A. leading

• B. culminating

• C. arriving

• D. finalizing

The completion of the new Town Hall has been_____ owing to strike.

• A. held off

• B. held down

• C. held up

• D. held on

I was_____ by the wording of the advertisement.

• A. mistaken

• B. misled

• C. misunderstood

• D. misguided