TOEIC Practice 1 (Bearing, Cinemas, Clichés, Mistaken Identity)

(vocabulary focus: bearing)

Try and be a little more cheerful because if you don't bear ....... soon, you'll make everyone else miserable.

• through

• along

• up

• to

(vocabulary focus: bearing)

I fully understand your comments and bearing those in ......., I have made the appropriate decision.

• brain

• mind

• thought

• sense

(vocabulary focus: bearing)

We were in a small rowing boat and were terrified that the steamer hadn't seen us as it was bearing ....... on us.

• down

• across

• over

• under

(vocabulary focus: bearing)

As we have all worked very hard this year, I'm hoping that our efforts will bear ........

• produce

• benefits

• yields

• fruit

(vocabulary focus: bearing)

We all have our ....... to bear so I should be grateful if you would stop complaining all the time.

• problems

• situations

• crosses

• results

(vocabulary focus: bearing)

There is really nothing much you can do to stop it and I'm afraid you'll just have to ....... and bear it.

• scorn

• grin

• laugh

• smile

(vocabulary focus: bearing)

I hope you can be patient for a little longer and bear ....... me while I try and solve the problem.

• by

• on

• at

• with

(vocabulary focus: bearing)

She has been proved right in everything she did as the report quite clearly bears ........

• out

• to

• for

• onto

(vocabulary focus: bearing)

Quite honestly the two cases are so completely different that they really don't bear ........

• confirmation

• contrast

• confirmation

• comparison

(vocabulary focus: bearing)

The judge dismissed the new evidence completely because it had no bearing ....... the trial.

• to

• on

• into

• by