16. That his aunt Ada could ever have been considered pretty seemed _________ belief.

A. off                                                               B. beyond

C. out of                                                          D. without

17. The name began with a B, though he couldn’t ___________ exactly what the name was.

A. make of                                                       B. make sense

C. make up                                                       D. make out

18. He was _______________ of a veiled curiosity in the taxi driver’s eyes.

A. conscientious                                                B. conspicuous

C. conscious                                                     D. capable

19. When marriages _________, we have to put the interests of the children first.

A. break down                                                  B. break up

C. break off                                                      D. break out

20. They are hoping this next round of talks will ________ a settlement of the pay dispute.

A. bring forth                                                    B. bring about

C. bring up                                                       D. bring out

21. The car wouldn’t start, so we _____________ having to walk to the concert hall.

A. resulted in                                                    B. finished with

C. ended with                                                   D. ended up

22. The woman decided to get her lawyer to ______________ a new will for her.

A. draw                                                            B. draw on

C. draw up                                                       D. draw out

23. Something must be done to prevent some students from dropping out of schools simply _____________ lack of money.

A. because                                                        B. because of

C. as                                                                D. as of

24. No matter how experienced you are, you are         to occasionally come across problems that you’ve never anticipated.

A. about                                                           B. certainly

C. possibly                                                       D. bound

25. He died of pneumonia in prison six months after he began to ___________ his sentence.

A. serve                                                           B. act

C. make                                                           D. do

26. The members of the family were disturbed ____________ relieved by the news you brought them.

A. less than                                                       B. other than

C. rather than                                                    D. more than

27. She didn’t really want to train for the stage or to take up the profession seriously. She just wanted to show she could be            .

A. on herself                                                     B. like herself

C. act herself                                                   D. on her own

28. Fred doesn’t like white coffee, nor does he like to put cream on his strawberries, because he prefers them______________.

A. normal                                                         B. ordinary

C. plain                                                            D. simple

29. The blind musician ran the ________ of his fingers over the piano before he began to play.

A. points                                                          B. tips

C. ends                                                            D. edges

30. Our guess, that the managers would react _________ to our decision, turned out to be wrong.

A. utterly                                                          B. strongly

C. extremely                                                     D. actually