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Q2. You will kill yourself if you ______ stop smoking.

1. aren’t
2. didn’t
3. don’t
4. weren’t

Q3. Every summer many people, girls and women as well as boys and men, try to swim from England to France or from France to England. The distance at the nearest points is only about twenty miles, but because of the strong currents the distance that must be swum is usually twice as far. The first man to succeed in swimming across the Channel was Captain Webb, an Englishman. This was in August 1875. He landed in France 21 hours 45 minutes after entering the water at Dover. Since then there have been many successful swims and the time has been shortened. One French swimmer crossed in 11 hours and 5 minutes. ---------- 10. Swimming the Channel is not as easy as it might seem _____.

1. as the distance between the two counties is far too much.
2. and it always takes more or less 20 hours.
3. and only two people have managed to do it so far.
4. so few people even try to swim it.
5. for there are very strong currents.

Q4. If she ______ him, she would marry him.

1. loved
2. would love
3. loves
4. had loved

Q5. Find the synonym of the following word. ***** Important

1. complex
2. secondary
3. detailed
4. significant

Q6. It cost me ______ than I thought it would.

1. fewer
2. much
3. more
4. a lot

Q7. Hello! I ______ to phone you all week. Where ______?

1. am trying / were you
2. have tried / did you go
3. tried / were you
4. have been trying / have you been

Q8. Don't lose your … It's not worth it.

1. tether
2. rag
3. mind
4. neck

Q9. You haven't been studying much recently and you'd better ……… if you want to pass the Cambridge CPE exam.

1. thread your way through
2. meet your Waterloo
3. pull your socks up
4. change your spots

Q10. Could you hand ______ a minute? I’ll be right back.

1. on
2. in
3. up
4. on to