End -of -year test

When Karen became the manager, she began to________ people as if they were inferior.

We were very much surprised when Maria told us that her_______ on her father's side originally came from China.

It's reported that many refugees leave their country to avoid________.

When I saw your present, I realised I'd love_______a similar one for my last birthday.

I feel cold and feverish so to be honest I'd rather_______in bed for a day or two than go to work.

When we were buying the house, we were surprised that the previous owner didn't want any of the electrical ________like the washing machine, the tumble-drier or the freezer.

Look at Mark and Julia. They're chatting to each other______they were good friends. In actual fact, they met just now.

Bullies usually_______ younger and weaker ones as it is easier to criticise or treat them unfairly.

Gavin felt truly_______ when his girlfriend Sonia decided to split up with him and moved out immediately. He cried for weeks and nobody was able to console him.

Incredibly slow service_______ a lot of people eating in that restaurant, but the food is worth waiting for.

I can't stand my flatmate. She_____her clothes all over the floor.

Never______such an interesting biography. I knew it would be made into a brilliant film.

The authorities have asked everyone in the town not to leave their houses      _____to find and catch the animal on the run.

Delia Young, _______from my school, received a special award for her outstanding achievements.

I regret_______here earlier - it's such a gorgeous place.

How long did your brother take_______with his in-laws?

I met Rob in May. ________the new layout of our office together.

My twins are quite easy to look after. However, _______being dressed in the same way.

______young kids than teenagers?

I'm quite sure that 10 minutes_______time to finish this report.

As soon as my brother ______by the university in a town 200 km away from home, he had to decide whether to request university accommodation or share a flat with friends. 

My broter talked to other people who had studied away from home and they all recommended _______a flat because of the greater freedom he would have. After moving, he embarked on a new life in which he suddenly became fully responsible for himself.

The _______is that at first I didn't believe he would manage on his own for very long. I thought he would be coming home every weekend with loads of washing and the flat would end up really filthy. 

How surprised I was when I went to visit my brother and realised that gaining _______from our parents was doing him good. It made him a mature person able to cope with everyday chores perfectly well.

In several airports in Europe, passengers will be administered lie detector tests powered _____ in addition to their normal security steps, according to a press release about the new initiative.

A new EU-backed project called iBorderCtrl _________ at border checkpoints in Hungary, Latvia and Greece - three countries that border non-EU nations - for a trial this month.

The program works as follows: _______will answer questions from a computer-animated border guard through a webcam about their basic information during the lie-detection process.

The program works as follows: travellers from outside the EU will answer questions from a computer-animated border guard through a webcam _______during the lie-detection process.

"It will ask the person to confirm their name, age and date of birth, and it will ask them things like ______ and who is funding the trip," Keeley Crockett, one of the experts involved in the project, told CNN about the screening process.

A press release about the program states the virtual border guard will analyse the traveller's micro-expressions to gauge whether they may be lying, with human border guards overseeing the entire process and stepping in if a security risk is detected. Some experts have doubts about the experiment, arguing that _______of their physical cues while continuing to lie during the process.