TEST YOUR PREPOSITIONS 14- As he drove .......

the main street of his home town, he could not

1- From the 17th century ......... the present, songs have reflected an help but notice how much things had changed ....... the day he
awareness of the special relationship .......... music and literature. had left 2O years before.
A) for/in B) until/on C) at/for A) through/on B) within/for C) to/during
D) to/between E) around/with D) along/since E) from/in

2- She lay ........ the sofa, ........ tears because of her grief. 15- Though elephants are well-adapted ....... life in the African wild,
A) with/to B) along/with C) on/in they are unable to defend themselves ....... the weapons of
D) in/from E) at/for modern hunters.
A) from/through B) about/for C) with/from
3- We need to set our alarm clock ....... five o'clock ....... the morning D) to/against E) into/with
if we don't want to miss our plane.
A) for/in B) at/to C) since/from 16- There is evidence that the Sumerians used wooden chariots; but,
D) to/at E) when/for ........ four solid wooden wheels, these were probably too slow to
ride ........ battle.
4- Social letters, regardless of the level of formality, differ ........ A) from/while B) about/for C) for/during
personal correspondence in that they are usually shorter because D) on/against E) with/into
they are intended .......... specific purposes.
A) with/about B) on/to C) in/from 17- In order to get the most....... a trip abroad, travellers should
D) from/for E) by/at approach a new country and culture ....... an open mind.
A) into/for B) out of/with C) upon/of
5- Hale-Bopp comet is an unusually bright comet discovered D) through/to E) around/from
independently ....... two amateur astronomers — Alan Hale of New
Mexico and Thomas Bopp of Arizona — ......... the southwestern 18- The car left the road, fell....... the cliff, and burst ........... flames
United States in 1995. when it hit the bottom.
A) for/around B) by/in C) from/at A) out/onto B) into/up C) from/out
D) along/on E) with/for D) off/into E) out of/with

6- The comet, officially designated ........ C/1995O1, appears 1,000 19- ....... behalf of everyone present, I would like to thank our
times brighter than Halley's comet appeared ........ the same distance speaker .......... a most enjoyable and informative speech.
from the Earth. A) On/for B) By/about C) From/ since
A) out/for B) up/on C) in/with D) With/by E) In/with
D) with/from E) as/at
2O- Madame Therese Defarge is a character ......... 'A Tale of Two
7- Astronomers estimate that Hale-Bopp formed ........ the year 2213 Cities', ......... Charles Dickens, who knits incessantly as she
BC, and it is not expected to return to the inner solar system ........ counts the heads that fall at the guillotine in the French
the year 4300. Revolution.
A) around/until B) on/before C) in/since A) among/for B) between/from C) in/by
D) for/about E) by/while D) with/with E) of/of

8- The comet made its closest approach ....... the Earth ........... March 21- Humans have always been scared ........ large, flesh-eating
22, 1997 when it passed only 196 million kilometres away. reptiles, and ............. good reason.
A) into/at B) up/by C) to/on A) at/for B) to/of C) with/from
D) with/for E) about/in D) on/about E) of/with
22- Many birds become gregarious during their migrations, and
9- Our flight was held ....... for two hours because of snow ....... the even those that are fiercely individualistic ....... other times, such
runway. as birds of prey and those that hunt insects, often travel ........ a
A) out/around B) about/for C) in/at group of birds having similar habits.
D) along/outside E) up/on A) to/from B) at/with C) with/to
D) for/in E) on /among
1O- ....... the latter part of the 20th century, larger companies were 23- ....... their discontent with foreign policy, the minor coalition
taking ....... smaller ones, leading to a concentration of economic partner decided to bring ....... the government.
power in fewer and fewer hands. A) Owing to/for B) In spite of/into C) Since/out
A) While/up B) Into/out C) Within/in D) Due to/down E) For/in
D) Throughout/over E) Since/down
24- When several guests ....... unexpectedly, we had to improvise
11- A lot of young people today train ....... computer programmers so quickly with what we had in the fridge.
that they can work ....... big companies. A) turned up B) ran out C) bumped into
A) from/with B) with/to C) as/for D) showed off E} broke in
D) to/along E) for/into
25- An understanding of the causes and consequences of
environmental deterioration may .......... a change in the goals
12- In spite of great economic and medical advances ....... the 20th that people pursue and the means they use to achieve these
century, childbirth is still a major cause ....... death for women in goals.
poor countries. A) get away B) look after C) bring about
A) since/to B) during/of C) in/by D) check in E) take over
D) with/from E) for/for
26- You know this interview is very important, so ....... that stupid t-
13- People who have lived ....... a time of deprivation, like World War shirt and .......... a proper shirt and a tie!
II, tend to be more careful....... their money than people who have A) put off/get on B) take away/put up C) take off/put on
only known prosperity. D) get off/take on E) put away/throw up
A) through/with B) during/on C) for/about
D) at/for E) in/from 27- After the age of six, a child becomes more independent ...........
his parent and even becomes impatient....... them.
A) to/from B) about/to C) from /for
 D) of/with E) between/over 41- The police charged him ....... robbery after he was caught ........
the act of trying to rob a cash machine.
28- The firemen have been searching the ashes ........... clues ....... to A) of/through B) for/with C) to/from
why the fire occurred. D)on/upon E) with/in
A) with/by B) about/In C) over/for
D) by/from E) for/as 43- Simon has spent a lot of money ........ his house this year and
made a lot of changes, so he's very pleased ......... it now.
29- A jumbo jet has gone missing ....... the Pacific Ocean, and the A) in/for B) about/in C) for/about
authorities now fear ....... the lives of the passengers and crew. D) on/with E) to/from
A) in/to B) at/from C) within/with
D) under/by E) over/for 44- Following years of enmity with Syria, it now seems that the
Israelis are willing to give ....... some land ....... return for peace.
30- The soft spot on the top of a baby's head is where the four pieces of A) off/on B) over/for C) in/with
bone that make ....... the top of the skull have not yet grown ....... . D) out/through E) up/in
A) of/between B) up/together C) out/among
D) for/along E) with/in to 45- It might be interesting to leave the motorway and pass .......
Birmingham .......... the way to Manchester.
31- Manufacturers try to increase the demand ....... their products ....... A) through/on B) into/with C) in/for
advertising. D) out of/into E) over/from
A) for/through B) of/from C) with/for
D) by/with E) to/about 46- The enemy was all....... us, and the captain decided that ...........
the circumstances, there was no choice but to surrender.
32- As we wandered ....... the ruins of Palmyra, we were amazed that A) around/under B) through/with C) against/in
such a large city could have prospered ....... the middle of the D) over/from E) along/for
desert.
A) from/into B) along/about C) upon/through 47- After a year of teaching ....... an inner-city school, Mary found it
D) among/in E) on/between so difficult to keep her students ....... control that she decided to
quit.
33- We'll have to ....... the meeting ....... until next week because so A) for/at B) by/around C) in/to
many members of staff are ill. D) with/through E) at/under
A) carry/out B)call/off C)take/over
D) put/out E) put/off 48- I've been hoping to make contact ....... someone who can put
me ........ some good investment opportunities.
34- I was completely taken in by the dishonest used car salesman who A) to/into B) with/onto C) for/across
sold me vehicle that was totally ........ D) of/about E) from/on
A) held up B) thought over C) worn out
D) dropped off E) picked up 49- Since there is nothing good ........... television tonight, why don't
we go ....... and see a film?
35- I have found a publisher for my book, and they have promised A) at/over B) for/with C) on/out
to......... it ......... just before the Christmas rush. D) by/down E) with/on
A) turn/down B) put/off C) make/up
D) count/on E) bring/out 50- It was on a voyage ............. the world that Charles Darwin came
....... his theory of evolution.
36- The technicians ....... the nuclear power plant noticed the leak in the A) through/over B) over/down with C) to/out of
reactor just ....... time to avert a major disaster. D) along/about E) around/up with
A) from/at B) at/in C) of/as
D) about/for E) for/on 51- In 1877, Thomas Edison gathered a small group ....... him and
recited a children's rhyme ....... a strange-looking machine.
37- Most modern elevators are pulled ........ above by steel cables, A) towards/of B) around/into C) along/for
though hydraulic elevators are still........ use in some low-rise D) into/with E) within/around
buildings and for some heavy-duty freight elevators.
A) for/at B) at/with C) with/for 52- Since the new owners ........ the company, profits have risen and
D) from/in E) upon/on wages have been increased.
A) passed away B) took over C) flooded in
38- While talking on the veranda of his house ........... his neighbour, he D) put away E) turned down
had a stroke and died ........ a few hours.
A) to/within B) with/for C) from/at 53- In Texas, people who are convicted ....... murder are usually
D) for/since E) about/out sentenced ....... death.
A) of/to B) for/at C) with/of
39- A baby ....... birth is usually disappointing-looking ............ a parent D) to/under E) from/out of
who has not seen a new-born baby before.
A) from/for B) at/to C) in/by 54- Today the sentence is ....... by lethal injection.
D) on/with E) of/at A) taken out B) put out C) brought out
D) carried out E) sorted out
40- The advertisement promised that I would be able to speak a foreign
language ....... three months provided that I studied hard ....... the 55- Even ........ the introduction of birth control policies in such
course. populous societies as China, India, Latin America and Africa,
A) during/between B)towards/from C) within/throughout the world population could well exceed 10 billion ........ the year
D) since/until E) until/along 2020.
A) about/on B) from/into C) with/by
41- John had spent many hours training ......... preparation ......... the D) for/through E) upon/over
marathon and so managed to do quite well in it.
A) with/in B) in/for C) to/during 56- A "fare-dodger" is a person who tries to sneak ....... a train or a
D) of/from E) on/about bus ....... paying.
A) about/by B) onto/without C) for/from
 D) in/against E) from /unlike

57- His passion ......... science served him well in his literary career. His
novels, poems, essays and critical works all display a keen
interest......... the workings of the natural world.
A) for/in B) in/to C) with/for
D) to/with E) about/on

58- I came ....... with flu at the beginning of the semestre, and by the
time I started coming to classes, the rest of the students were so far
ahead that I didn't know how I would catch ....... them.
A) into/down on B) down/up with C) in/on to
D) out/out of E) up/around to

59- Tim is looking ....... to seeing his sister again ....... all these years.
A) over /from B) up/since C) out/for
D) forward/after E) at/during

60- When the English novelist Thomas Hardy died, his ashes were
placed in Westminster Abbey, but his heart, ........ his request, was
buried in Stinsford, ....... his birthplace.
A) in/away B) within/down C) under/over
D) with/out E) at/near

TEST YOUR PREPOSITIONS

1. D 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. E 7. A 8. C 9. E 10. D

11. C 12. B 13. A 14. D 15. D 16. E 17. B 18. D 19. A 20. C

21. E 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. C 27. D 28. E 29. E 30. B

31. A 32. D 33. E 34. C 35. E 36. B 37. D 38. A 39. B 40. C

41. B 42. E 43. D 44. E 45. A 46. A 47. E 48. B 49. C 50. E

51. B 52. B 53. A 54. D 55. C 56. B 57. A 58. B 59. D 60. E