COLLOCATION

You are not supposed to park on the hard _____  except in an emergency.

                                                

• A. lane     

• B. shoulder  

•   C. leg        

•   D. area

We are on the __________ of a new era in medicine so a number of diseases will be eliminated soon.

                                                            

• A. frontier 

• B. gateway 

• C. threshold  

•      D. forefront

Tamara has set her _______ on becoming a ballet-dancer.

                                                                        

• A. feet

•       B. brain 

•   C. head  

• D. heart

Before their restoration, parts of the medieval building were in a state of ______.

• A. debris                                              

• B. dilapidation

• C. devastation          

• D.destruction

Jenny has been on a diet, but she can't resist her _______ for sweets now and then.

                                                    

• A. inclination 

• B. craving     

• C. attraction 

• D. tendency

We could feel the _____ effect of the oil spill on the fauna and flora of the island years after that.

                                          

• A. backwash

• B. backup       

•   C. backlog

• D. backdrop

Those who _______________ for a vegetarian diet must usually weigh up a variety of aspect

• PREFER

• OPT

• SELECT

• FAVOR

After my success, I decided to .............my close friends to an enormous dinner.

• ASK

• OFFER

• TREAT

• ALLOW

Grief is like an illness that must .................. its course

• FLY

• RUN

• GET

• GIVE

Blood is the most specialized fluid within ..............animals, playing an absolutely critical role

• ALIVE

• LIVELY

• LIVING

• LIVE