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Probably the motorist saw the – 1 – lorry too – 2 – to be able to – 3 – disaster. However, he realized that if he kept to the – 4 -, a probably – 5 – head on – 6 – would be unavoidable. The only alternative was to take the lesser risk of leaving the road. With great care therefore, he turned sharply – 7 – the road into the ditch by the – 8 -. The consequence was that, instead of being involved in a serious and probably fatal – 9 -, the – 10 – escaped with a few minor – 11 – and bruises, while the only – 12 – to his car was a bent mudguard. By – 13 – into the roadside ditch to avoid what could have been a collision with the approaching lorry, he averted a – 14 – accident at the – 15 – of a few – 16 – to himself and the slight damage to his car.

In question numbered 2 above, choose the best option from letters A – E that best completes the gap

  • A. much
  • B. early
  • C. soon
  • D. often
  • E. late
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Probably the motorist saw the – 1 – lorry too – 2 – to be able to – 3 – disaster. However, he realized that if he kept to the – 4 -, a probably – 5 – head on – 6 – would be unavoidable. The only alternative was to take the lesser risk of leaving the road. With great care therefore, he turned sharply – 7 – the road into the ditch by the – 8 -. The consequence was that, instead of being involved in a serious and probably fatal – 9 -, the – 10 – escaped with a few minor – 11 – and bruises, while the only – 12 – to his car was a bent mudguard. By – 13 – into the roadside ditch to avoid what could have been a collision with the approaching lorry, he averted a – 14 – accident at the – 15 – of a few – 16 – to himself and the slight damage to his car.

In question numbered 1 above, choose the best option from letters A – E that best completes the gap

  • A. incoming
  • B. oncoming
  • C. downcoming
  • D. offcoming
  • E. outcoming
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Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Sailors are usually dauntless in their exploits.

  • A. selfless
  • B. ruthless
  • C. excited
  • D. frightened
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Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the other.

  • A. secondment
  • B. orients
  • C. orthopaedic
  • D. photographic
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