Lex 23 (8)

36. When will you realise that it was your self-righteous and ___________ attitude that prevented you from learning better ideas from other people?

• A. fallow
• B. ghoulish
• C. bigoted
• D. conniving

37. If there happened to be both rich and poor people, as there happen to be both black and white ones, then the advantages of the ___________ might well spread in time to the hard-up.

• A. well-heeled
• B. big-hearted
• C. open-handed
• D. tight-fisted

38. I had no idea they were planning to organize a party for my birthday, they must have kept it _____.

• A. in deep water
• B. in a lip lock
• C. among the flowers
• D. under the rose

39. The small-scale demonstration later escalated into a _____ battle with the police, involving more than 800 protesters and causing serious traffic congestion across the city.

• A. pitched
• B. racked
• C. heaped
• D. scrap

40. A new generation of performers, ___________ those who by now had become a household name, honed their skills before following the same path onto television.

• A. no less talented than
• B. along with talented as
• C. together with talented as
• D. having been more talented than

41. With a record of 22000 flying hours, Callaghan proved to be an _____ and shrewd pilot for these storms.

• A. inimitable
• B. imperturbable
• C. impermeable
• D. unshakeable

42. My daughter is a very confident girl and likes to express herself in public, unlike her brother, who is a _____.

• A. bowl of cherry
• B. top banana
• C. ripe plum
• D. shrinking violet

43. As a public figure, whose life and behavior are the focus of intense public interest, I have gradually become _____ to criticism and scrutiny.

• A. impermeable
• B. impertinent
• C. impervious
• D. imperious

44. The doctor insisted that his patient _____________.

• A. did not work too hard for three months
• B. to take some vacation for three months
• C. take it easy inside of three months
• D. takes it easy inside of three months

45. My father is getting old and forgetful. _____, he is experienced and helpful.

• A. Be that as it may
• B. Regardless
• C. Lest
• D. Consequently