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1. Directions: Choose the most appropriate word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences. 1. The children ______ at the end of the song. (D) A. congratulated B. collected C. assembled D. resembled 2. He plays a Russian spy in the comedy _______ Sleepers. (A) A. drama B. fiction C. opera D. script 3. The guides _____ the tourists together at the hotel gate. (C) A. accumulated B. slowly C. completely D. frankly 4. The little boys crying _____ his parents. (D) A. thrilled B. shattered C. broke D. embarrassed 5. The murderer was _____ and sent to jail. (B) A. charged B. convicted C. accused D. committed 6. The boy often imagined himself ______ before a clapping audience. (C) A. perform B. to perform C. performing D. performed 7. It is for this reason _____ so many readers like to bury their heads in an old fashioned detective story with a safe and predictable ending. (C) A. why B. for which C. that D. for that 8. Agatha Christies world is not quite a real world, _____ is one of the reasons why her books have not become dated. (D) A. that B. it C. in which D. which 9. Contemporary crime writers explore a world of crime that is much darker than _____ imagined by Agatha Christie. (C) A. wherever B. whichever C. anything D. nothing 10. When youre the boss you can _____ your own rules. (B) A. make out B. make up C. make for D. make 11. Why do you _________ interrupting me when I have repeatedly asked you to stop? (C) A. take on B. subject to C. persist in D. submit to 12. Collins was so seriously injured that he was unable to _____ his career. (D) A. assume B. detect C. consume D. resume 2. Directions: Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of the words in the brackets. 1. Ellens (familiarity) with pop music is astonishing. (familiar) 2. The little boys fascination with bees developed into an (obsession). (