Question

Daniel and Diana were good friends. They had majored in economics at Bristol University in the early 1980s. Then Daniel met Rachel, who had arrived a year after them, and fell in love with her at first 1_________________ . In Rachel he found everything he was looking 2___________________ in a wife. They married the day he graduated, and after they returned from their honeymoon, David took over the management of his father’s farm in Bedfordshire. Three
children followed in quick succession, and Diana was proud when she was asked to be godmother
to Sophie, the eldest. Daniel and Rachel had been married for twelve years; they 3____________
ever quarelled. 4_____________ married couples were so happy.
5________________ Diane was regularly asked to spend the weekend with them in the
country, she only accepted one invitation out of three. She would have liked to join them more
often, but since her divorce she had no desire to take advantage of their hospitality.
Diane felt tired. She 6_________________ her work, but it had been an awful week. Two
contracts had fallen through, her son had been dropped from the school soccer team, and her
daughter had never stopped 7_____________ her that her father didn’t mind her watching
television when she ought to be doing her homework. “I will survive.” Diana smiled and thought
about Daniel’s birthday. She had forgotten to get him a present.
1. A) sight B) glimpse C) view D) look
2. A) for B) after C) at D) into
3. A) merely B) nearly C) closely D) hardly
4 A) Many B) Few C) Little D) Much
5. A) Therefore B) Nevertheless C) Although D) However
6. A) approved B) pleased C) admired D) enjoyed
7. A) saying B) speaking C) telling D) talking

Answer 1

1. A) sight
2. A) for
3. B) nearly
4 C) Little
5. B) Nevertheless
6. D) enjoyed
7. C) telling