11. I wish you _______ the trouble to me before so I could help you. A. would explain B. explained C. had explained D. hadn’t explained 12. We are des

11. I wish you _______ the trouble to me before so I could help you.
A. would explain
B. explained
C. had explained
D. hadn’t explained
12. We are desperately _______ of really experienced staff.
A. lacking
B. short
C. needy
D. light
13. It was his own fault, but I couldn’t help _______ sorry for him.
A. feeling
B. to feel
C. having felt
D. to have felt
14. All applications for the job must _______ in by Friday.
A. send
B. have sent
C. be sent
D. have been sent
15. The woman _______ daughter was kidnapped lives next to me.
A. who
B. who’s
C. whom
D. whose
16. I try to be friendly but it’s hard to _______ some of my colleagues.
A. come up with
B. get by
C. get on with
D. speak out
17. Don’t blame me for what I did. _______ differently in my place?
A. Would you acted
B. Would you have acted
C. Would you act
D. Wouldn’t you act
18. Delinquency often results _______ something that happened in the youth’s childhood.
A. in
B. to
C. of
D. from
19. _______ regards the future, I think we’ll just have to wait and see.
A. With
B. As
C. In
D. What
20. If you like, we _______ volleyball with the children while the men _______ up the barbecue.
A. could play – are setting
B. could have played – have set
C. will play – were setting
D. can play – had been setting
21. I personally don’t believe you can _______ of his support.
A. count
B. depend
C. rely
D. be sure
22. When we went to the Black Sea in October, we found the water _______ to swim in.
A. too cold
B. colder
C. the coldest
D. such cold
23. There is every _______ of things going horribly wrong.
A. change
B. possibility
C. probability
D. opening
24. Can you tell me ________?
A. how much does this sweater cost
B. how this sweater costs
C. what does this sweater cost
D. how much this sweater costs
25. He opened the account with a(n) _______ to running up a healthy overdraft.
A. aim
B. purpose
C. view
D. plan
26. Her performance in the last scene was quite _______.
A. remarkable
B. noticeable
C. notable
D. describable
27. At last, I_______ on him to help us out of our dilemma.
A. persuaded
B. prevailed
C. labored
D. convinced
28. You’re having an operation next week, _______?
A. isn’t it
B. don’t you have
C. don’t you
D. aren’t you
29. You should be _______ ashamed of yourself for what you’ve done.
A. thoroughly
B. hopelessly
C. entirely
D. earnestly
30. I’m not at all put out by their decision. _______, I welcome it.
A. All the same
B. In contrast
C. On the contrary
D. On the other hand
31. Wouldn’t you agree that there is _______ excuse for what he did?
A. some
B. the
C. any
D. much
32. _______ Paul tonight, tell him I want to see him.
A. Should you see
B. Had you seen
C. If you saw
D. If you had seen
33. According to Greek legend, Helen of Sparta was _______ woman who ever lived.
A. very beautiful
B. so beautiful
C. the most beautiful
D. more beautiful
34. I am _______ the opinion that nothing we say will change anything at all.
A. in
B. after
C. with
D. of
35. August 23rd is the last date _______ you may transfer to another country.
A. which
B. on which
C. that
D. what