Test 7.1

I was promised a good job from January this year, but it’s April now and I’m afraid that they are just ____________ me along.

• cheating
• swindling
• stringing
• bringing

Although we now believe this to be impossible, early scientists tried to produce ______ motion machines, that is, machines which would never stop.

• perpetual
• everlasting
• undying
• forever

The tournament isn’t over yet, not by a long ___________.

• talk
• chalk
• walk
• hawk

Mr. Discontent wanted to complain to the waiter but was afraid of making a(n) ______.

• act
• drama
• play
• scene

Is an inexperienced civil servant __________ to the task of running the company?

• capable
• skilled
• eligible
• suited

After the concert, everyone had to ________ home through the snow.

• trace
• tread
• trudge
• trickle

The students paid _________ attention to the distinguished professor.

• respectable
• respected
• respectful
• respective

Jerry has been burning the midnight ________ over the last few days; his final exam is soon.

• lamp
• light
• candle
• oil

Books taken from the short ________ section are due to be returned the next day.

• borrowing
• credit
• loan
• return

You are bound to find information on the stock market crash of 1987 in the newspaper ________.

• files
• archives
• records
• collections