High Note, unit 5A

Choose the correct option: Knowing that he was almost out of time, he made a ______ attempt to finish the essay.

• misguided

• frantic

• clumsy

• cluttered

Choose the correct option: She made a _____ effort to get there on time and, luckily, succeeded.

• misguided

• frantic

• strenuous

• cluttered

Choose the correct option: She made a ____ effort to keep herself on track, but soon gave up.

• half-hearted

• mutual

• strenuous

• cluttered

Choose the correct option: It requires a _____ effort and leadership by management as it is a long and continuous process.

• half-hearted

• mutual

• conscious

• sustained

Choose the correct option: He resigned in a _____ attempt to save his party from electoral defeat.

• last-ditch

• mutual

• conscious

• sustained

Fill in with the correct preposition: He was not the type to wander round gaping _____ everything like a tourist.

Fill in with the correct preposition:

Over-enthusiastic followers have been known to backfire ____ valid and well intentioned initiatives in education.

Fill in with the correct preposition: The war did not deflect him ____ the path he had long ago taken.

Fill in with the correct preposition: I'm sorry for keeping you wait, but please cut me some slack. I am up all night cramming ____ the coming English exam.

Fill in with the correct preposition: You won't pass unless you start applying yourself ____ your work.