I was rejected for the army on the health ground.
He stood at the door to make sure that no one _______ the party. (GATE)
It’s ______ of him to lose his temper like that – he’s usually very calm. (CHARACTER)
Telephone service to that remote village can't be ______ this year.
She’s so ________ that she won’t let anything stand in the way of her ambition. (MIND)
Read the passage carefully , then fill in the blank a suitable word.
The majority of lottery winners change their lives (1) __________ little, and continue on their settled way happy ever after. A couple of years ago, a Mr. David Horabin won a million. He had been struggling to (2) _________ a success of his dry cleaning shop for the past 12 months. He accepted his cheque in a small ceremony (3) ________ the premises at 2.30, and by three o'clock he had reopened for business. The reaction of Mr. Pasquale Consalvo who won $30 million in the New York state lottery was very (4) _________. He was unhappy not to be able to fulfill his desire to go to work as (5) ___________ on the day he won. He also said that if the money made him (6) ____________ he would give it back. In fact, the chances of his life being made a misery by his new-found wealth are almost (7) _________ slim though not quite as the sixty million-to-one odds he beat to take a jackpot (8)________ had remained unclaimed through six previous draws. Gambling small amounts (9) __________ the lottery is a harmless if futile hobby. (10) __________, gambling can become an addiction, increasingly so as the activity becomes socially acceptable.
He is determined to carry on working when he is 65.
He has no ________________________________________________
Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct answer among four options (A, B, C or D)
Jack _____________ a fortune when his great uncle Jack passed on.
Use the given phrasal verbs to replace the underlined words/phrases in the sentences. Then put the verbs in the correct form in the sentences.
come into fall through turn in draw up let on go round do without make out take after turn down |