1) L49-1. Many young Americans who joined the First World War became__________after the War. a) a. dismissed b) b. disappointing c) c. disillusioned 2) 2. If she were alive today, she would be__________by the way the servants behaved. a) a. horrified b) b. enlightened c) c. afraid 3) 3. This writer has a__________longing for the simple rural life of the good did days. a) a. long b) b. lovely c) c. sentimental 4) 4. She feels sentimentally__________ to this house because this is the place where her husband used to live. a) a. connected b) b. linking c) c. attached 5) 5. The cabinet is full of__________silverware and expensive crockery. a) a. brightly b) b. polished c) c. exhibited 6) 6. To our amusement, the poor maid even bumped__________ the furniture. a) a. on b) b. to c) c. into 7) 7. Holding luxurious parties and entertaining the guests __________, he spent all the money he inherited from his uncle in a very short time. a) a. good-willed b) b. cheerfully c) c. lavishly 8) 8. __________the final catastrophe, the guests had realized that Bessie was drunk. a) a. Long before b) b. Before long c) c. With 9) 9. The girl's__________and efficiency made my aunt think she had found the ideal servant she had been searching for. a) a. industrialisation b) b. industrial c) c. industriousness  10) 10. She won my aunt's confidence and was __________ in charge of the domestic staff. a) a. put b) b. had c) c. given 11) 11. As a result of the __________ of the English weather, the farmer lost all his crops. a) a. fickleness b) b. variation c) c. changeable 12) 12. After dismissing the girl, my aunt had a __________ trying to find another person to take her place. a) a. trouble b) b. hard time c) c. difficulty 13) 13. Even though the house was far too big for her needs, she__________in living there for sentimental reasons. a) a. insisted b) b. persisted c) c. resisted 14) 14. After a week of__________ rain, the local river finally burst its banks. a) a. industrious b) b. permanent c) c. unrelenting 15) L49-15. Nobody knows how the bottles __________ their way from the cellar to the wardrobe. a) a. came b) b. found c) c. had

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