1.         The illness from which Mary is suffering has now been _________ as hepatitis.
A. diagnosed   B. determined    C. deduced   D. discovered
 
2.         Although Lucy was slimming, she found cream cakes quite ________
A. irregular       B. inevitable      C. incredible     D. irresistible
 
3.         The guide took us round the Botanical Garden and told us that roses were quite ______ flowers in Australian gardens.
A. ordinary      B. common      C. usual        D. general
 
4.         American women were _________ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of struggle.
A. ignored    B. refused   C. neglected     D. denied
 
5.         I asked the tailor to make a small _________ to my trousers because they were too long.
A. change   B. variation   C. revision   D. alteration
 
6.         Because of the strong sun Mrs. William’s new dining room curtains ________ from dark blue to grey within a year.
A. faded    B. fainted   C. paled   D. diminished
 
7.         While typing, Helen has a habit of stopping ________ to give her long and flowing hair a smooth.
A. occasionally    B. simultaneously    C. eventually   D. directly
 
8.         The author of the report is well _________ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.
A. acquainted    B. informed    C. enlightened    D. advised
 
9.         These plastic flowers look so _________ that many people think they are real.
A. beautiful    B. natural    C. artificial    D. similar
 
10.     The Open University was started in order to help those who ________ having a university education when they were young.
A. stopped         B. failed       C. missed       D. ceased