I. Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence or replace the underlined word.
1. A person who has drunk too much alcohol would .
A. stagger B. swagger C. tramp D. prowl
2. It takes roughly 4,000 pounds of petals to make a single pound of rose oil.
A. as much as B. amazingly C. more or less D. relatively
3. Six novels a year, you say? He’s certainly a writer.
A. fruitful B. fertile C. virile D. prolific
4. The party’s election proved to be successful.
A. campaign B. movement C. struggle D. fight
5. No one appreciated his work during his lifetime, but it is clear that he is a great artist.
A. in the aftermath B. by the time
C. in retrospect D. in this eventuality
6. His emotional problems from the attitudes he encountered as a child, I think.
A. stem B. flourish C. root D. sprout
7. Nations that live in concord are nations that live together in peace.
A. War B. harmony C. conformity D. happiness
8. receipt of your instructions, I immediately sent a telex message to Algeria.
A. On B. In C With D. By
9. My passport last month, so I will have to get a new one
A. elapsed B. expired C. ended D. terminated
10. I am never free on Tuesday evening as I have a arrangement to go to the cinema with a friend.
A. long-standing B. long-lived C. long-range D. long-lasting