Jack and Joan decided to get married. As the big day was coming, they grew upset because each of them had a problem they had never before    26    with each other.

Jack decided to   27    his father for advice. “Father,” he said. “I am    28   concerned about the success of my    29   . I love Joan very much,    30   you see, I have very    31   feet, and I’m afraid that Joan will be put off by them.”

“No problem,” said Dad. “All you have to do is to    32   your feet as often as possible, and always wear socks, even to    33   .”  Well, to him this seemed to be a solution.

Joan decided to take her    34   up with her mom. “Mom” she said. “When I    35   in the morning my breath is truly terrible.” “Honey,” her mother comforted her. “Everyone has bad    36   in the morning.” “No, you don’t understand. My morning breath is so bad that I’m afraid Jack will not want to sleep in the same room with me.”

Her mother said simply, “Try this. In the morning,    37   straight out of bed, and head for the bathroom and brush your teeth. The key is, not to   38   a word until you’ve brushed your teeth.”

The loving couple were finally married. Not    39   the advice each had received, he with his socks and she with her morning   40   , they got on quite well. But six months   41   , the husband woke with a start to   42   that one of his socks had   43   . So he madly searched the bed. This woke his bride and without    44  , she immediately asked, “What  on earth are you doing?”

“Oh, no!” he cried. “You’ve swallowed my    45   !”

26. A. worked              B. enjoyed                   C. shared                    D. took

27. A. ask                    B. want                        C. expect                     D. think

28. A. widely                B. highly                      C. hardly                     D. deeply

29. A. happiness         B. marriage                 C. life                           D. family

30. A. and                   B. but                          C. or                            D. then

31. A. strange             B. big                          C. strong                     D. smelly

32. A. clean                 B. hide                        C. wash                      D. cover

33. A. bed                   B. room                      C. home                      D. house

34. A. thought             B. question                  C. decision                  D. problem

35. A. go to sleep        B. wake up                  C. go to bed                D. rise up

36. A. rest                   B. smell                       C. breath                     D. air

37. A. get                    B. go                           C. take                        D. make

38. A. speak                B. talk                          C. tell                           D. say

39. A. forgetting          B. remembering          C. knowing                  D. having

40. A. happiness         B. silence                    C. joy                           D. pleasure

41. A. late                   B. latest                       C. later                        D. latter

42. A. see                    B. find                         C. discover                  D. invent

43. A. come up           B. come out                 C. come in                   D. come off

44. A. moving              B. waking                    C. thinking                   D. sleeping

45. A. breakfast           B. feet                         C. food                        D. sock

 She likes to chat ______Grandma _______ every detail of her life over the phone.

A. about; with      B. with; about        C. about; about       D. with; with

 With the help of the German experts, the factory produced ________ cars in 1993 as the year before.

  A. as twice many   B. as many as twice   C. as twice as many   D. twice as many

 The crowd _____ when they saw the team arrive.

  A. cheered up    B. cleared up       C. cleaned up         D. chased up

 He didn’t make ____ clear when and where the meeting would be held.

  A. this          B.that             C. these              D. it

 I advise you to give up smoking, for smoking is ______ to health.

  A. harm         B. harmless         C. harmfully          D. harmful

 ______ money is spent decorating the house last year.

A. A huge amount of                  B. A large number of  

C. A great many                      D. Quantities of

 – Could I use your computer for a few moments, please?

  – _______. I’m not using it myself.

A. Come on          B. Go ahead.      C. It depends        D. That’s great.

 Their water supply has been _____ because of the earthquake.

A. cut out            B. cut off         C. cut down         D. cut away

 He _____ to me for his not being able to take part in my birthday party.

A. explained          B. told           C. apologized        D. begged