12 de diciembre de 2010

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If you don't take exercise you ___ the risk of getting ill.
a. stand
b. face
c. run
d. suffer
He was ___ with embezzlement and sentenced to three years in prison.
a. accused
b. convicted
c. charged
d. arrested
If you are ___ with this test, perhaps you should attempt an easier one.
a. stumbling
b. stressed
c. struggling
d. straining
Insulation was fitted to ___ further heat loss from the building.
a. guard
b. protect
c. save
d. prevent
We are all ___ the opinion that hydrocarbons in the atmosphere contribute to global warming.
a. in
b. on
c. of
d. with
e. at
___ had we sold out our stock when the markets crashed.
a. If only
b. Just
c. Seldom
d. Hardly
e. No sooner
I can't ___ thinking that we made a mistake in our calculations -- the total is too high.
a. help
b. bear
c. stand
d. be
I dread ___ what would have happened if there'd been an accident.
a. thinking
b. to think
c. to thinking
d. the thought
Can you wait thirty seconds while I ___ in to the Post Office for some stamps?
a. saunter
b. breeze
c. break
d. pop
e. go
The chess players tried very hard to ___ each other with every move in the tournament.
a. outnumber
b. outclass
c. outweigh
d. outcome
e. outwit

Keyboard Symbols and Punctuation Marks
What are these symbols?
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Look at the keys across the top of the computer keyboard.
~ This is called a _.
` This is called a _.
! This is called an _.
@ This symbol means _.
# This symbol means _.
$ This is called a _.
% This symbol means _.
^ This symbol is called a _.
& This symbol is called an _ and means _.
* This symbol is called an _.
( ) These two marks are called _.
- This is called a _.
+ This symbol is called a _.
= This symbol is called an _.
Look around the computer keyboard.
{ } These marks are called _.
[ ] These marks are called _.
: This is called a _.
; This is called a _.
" " These marks are called _.
" " In British English, these marks are called _.
' This is called an _.
, This is called a _.
. This is called a _.
. In British English, this is called a _.
... Three periods together are called an _.
? This is called a _.
/ This is called a _.
\ This is called a _.
< > These marks are called _.
(C) 1999 Nevitt Reagan

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Something that is sacred is also ___.
a. holy
b. wholly
A ___ is a narrow passage of water.
a. straight
b. strait
There is too much at ___ to be careless.
a. stake
b. steak
There is no nicer smell than freshly ___ grass.
a. moan
b. mown
There is not much to buy for one ___.
a. scent
b. sent
c. cent
The children told ___ mother a lie.
a. their
b. there
c. they're
Brian invited ___ of his friends to his birthday party.
a. known
b. none
c. nun
The pain made her ___.
a. moan
b. mown
A ___ is a female deer.
a. doe
b. dough
There is a ___ in my eye.
a. moat
b. mote
She liked clothes made from blue ___ material.
a. gene
b. jean
She likes to ride the roller coaster for the ___ thrill of it.
a. shear
b. sheer
It looks like ___ but the weather forecast was for sunshine.
a. rain
b. reign
c. rein
The golfer scored a ___ in one.
a. whole
b. hole
The ball went ___ the window.
a. threw
b. through
I am glad that it is over and ___ with.
a. done
b. dun
A female sheep is called a ___.
a. ewe
b. you
c. yew
The soldier ___ a flower on his uniform.
a. war
b. wore
A small sample is over there in the glass ___.
a. file
b. phial
The golfer gently tapped the ball into the ___.
a. hole
b. whole

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Cocaine is an ___ drug.
a. elicit
b. illicit
The breakfast ___ is on aisle four.
a. cereal
b. serial
I am very honored to ___ you.
a. meat
b. meet
c. mete
The President ___ the opening pitch.
a. threw
b. through
He made a hole in the leather with the ___.
a. all
b. awl
We have a ___ and a butler in our employ.
a. made
b. maid
Some people store liquid in a hollow ___.
a. gored
b. gourd
He came in ___ so he did not get a medal.
a. forth
b. fourth
Your seats are on the first ___ of balconies.
a. tear
b. tier
It takes a couple of hours for bread ___ to rise.
a. doe
b. dough
Tell me directly. Don't just ___ to some problem
a. elude
b. allude
He squeezed out a ___ of power at the end of the race.
a. serge
b. surge
To give someone a wide ___ means to stay out of their way.
a. berth
b. birth
The Queen ___ the Prime Minister good bye at the end of their meeting.
a. bad
b. bade
If someone offers to ___ the hatchet, it means they want to stop fighting.
a. berry
b. bury
It is hard to ___ an honest living.
a. earn
b. urn
Plug the ___ into the electrical outlet.
a. chord
b. cord
I am shopping for a ___ hat to wear to the garden party.
a. knew
b. new
Her skirt was the color of ___.
a. done
b. dun
The child grabbed the cat by the ___.
a. tail
b. tale