Trình độ C - Bài 12 1. The little girl wouldn't go into the sea ________ her father went too. (A) except (B) but (C) also (D) unless 2. The ________ part of the week is always busy for me. (A) front (B) start (C) early (D) near 3. She ________ to take her neighbour to court if he didn't stop making so much noise. (A) promised (B) threatened D C B (C) offered (D) suggested 4. You mustn't be angry with her. It wasn't her ________ that she was late. (A) blame (B) error (C) mistake (D) fault 5. He sat there with his arms ________ doing nothing, waiting for us. (A) folded (B) flapped (C) turned (D) twisted 6. Our neighbours ________ their hedge cut once a year. (A) make D D C (B) do (C) have (D) fix 7. I could tell he was pleased ________ the expression on his face. (A) at (B) for (C) in (D) by 8. Tom always calls himself Tom Williams, but his ________ surname is Winterbottom. (A) natural (B) present (C) current (D) real 9. If you keep trying you might ________ to do it. D D D (A) succeed (B) discover (C) understand (D) manage 10. Joan's third child was born in the ambulance ________ to the hospital. (A) in the way (B) by the way (C) on the way (D) a long way 11. The meeting, ladies and gentlemen, is now ________. (A) at an end (B) at the end (C) on end (D) to the end C A 12. They promised to write ________ we never heard from them again. (A) but (B) except (C) although (D) because 13. I ________ to him for my bad behaviour. (A) apologised (B) coped (C) excused (D) forgave 14. Ever ________ he was in junior school Nicholas has wanted to become a doctor. (A) after (B) always (C) next A A D (D) since 15. It was on the top shelf, out of ________. (A) achievement (B) arrival (C) attempt (D) reach 16. Computers are supposed to ________ time, but I'm not so sure they do! (A) spare (B) save (C) spend (D) waste 17. I didn't mean to do it; it was ________ accident. (A) by (B) in D B A (C) for (D) on 18. Her acceptance speech was ________, eliciting thunderous applause at several points. (A) tedious (B) well-received (C) cowardly (D) uninteresting 19. a wild goose chase = ________. (A) a very pleasant experience (B) a wild night on the town (C) a dangerous race in the streets between cars trying to (D) a search for something that cannot be found 20. You could have avoided risking ________, General Brown. (A) the life of your soldiers B D B (B) the lives of your soldiers (C) your soldiers' life (D) the life of your soldiers' . junior school Nicholas has wanted to become a doctor. (A) after (B) always (C) next A A D (D) since 15. It was on the top shelf, out of ________. (A) achievement (B). mean to do it; it was ________ accident. (A) by (B) in D B A (C) for (D) on 18. Her acceptance speech was ________, eliciting thunderous applause at several