Language Proficiency Challenge

The local government is introducing tougher _____ to preserve historical sites. A. steps B. actions C. measures D. plan

• projects

• C. measures

• strategies

• guidelines

Don’t _____ practising. You’re making good progress. A. go on B. deal with C. give up D. turn down

• D. turn away

• A. go ahead

• B. stop trying

• C. give up

She had to prepare a lot for the meeting, _____? A. had she B. didn’t she C. hadn’t she D. did she

• B. didn’t she

• wasn't she

• didn't she

• isn't she

She has just won the first prize in the singing contest. She is _____ about that. A. out of this world B. once in a blue moon C. the sky’s the limit D. over the moon

• feeling blue

• on cloud nine

• D. over the moon

• in seventh heaven

The more time he spends with his children, _____ he is. A. the happier B. the happiest C. happy D. happier

• the most happier

• the more happy

• happier

• the happy

Sometimes it is better to tell a _____ lie than to hurt someone’s feelings. A. blue B. pink C. yellow D. white

• purple

• green

• red

• D. white

The tourist _____ in Singapore are quite close to each other, so travelling between them is convenient. A. attract B. attractively C. attractions D. attractive

• attractive

• attractions

• attractively

• attract

By the time John arrived, a _____ had already started. A. meeting B. meet C. meets D. met

• meetingly

• metting

• meetings

• A. meeting

She was so tired that she could hardly _____ her eyes open. A. keep B. hold C. make D. let

• shut

• drop

• keep

• close

If you want to succeed, you must _____ your goals clearly. A. set B. put C. lay D. place

• ignore

• forget

• abandon

• set