1) L16-1. After two weeks' silence, she is beginning _____ from her gloomy mood. a) A. recovering b) b. to recover c) c. to have recovered 2) L16-2. I'd hate _____ him if I knew he didn't want to see me. a) a. to disturb b) b. to deny c) c. to apologise 3) L16-3. He came into_____of a big company when he was only fifteen. a) a. property b) b. possession c) c. owning 4) L16-4. Don't break that vase. It's my wife's prize_____. a) a. property b) b. possession c) c. owner 5) L16-5. He had been sent to prison twice for_____. a) a. robber b) b. thief c) c. stealing 6) L16-6. We were _____ to see how the tree had been struck by lightning. a) a. astonish b) b. astonishing c) c. astonished 7) L16-7. To my_____,he ate up all the food on his plate. a) a. astonishment b) b. astonishing c) c. astonished 8) L16-8. You should be_____of yourself for treating your own brother so badly. a) a. guilty b) b. ashamed c) c. astonished 9) L16-9. He refused to_____to the victim. a) a. apologise b) b. regret c) c. be sorrowful 10) L16-10. In court, he_____all the charges against him. a) a. refused b) b. rejected c) c. denied 11) L16-11 . We found we had a table_____from the classroom. a) a. losing b) b. missing c) c. absent  12) L16-12. _____ he was waiting in the neighbour's backyard, it began to rain. a) a. While b) b. During the time c) c. During 13) L16-13. The husband_____ that his neighbour had recently bought a lamb. a) a. found b) b. found out c) c. proved 14) L16-14. She looked completely different when she _____ her hair black. a) a. painted b) b. washed c) c. dyed 15) L16-15. Finding the person who had stolen my car_____to be very difficult. a) a. was b) b. proved c) c. found 16) L16-1. Mary usually tied the white lamb_____a tree. a) for b) of c) on d) out e) to 17) L16-2. On hearing the news,the husband set_____to look for the lamb. a) for b) of c) on d) out e) to 18) L16-3. He apologised to his neighbour _____ having made him suffer. a) for b) of c) on d) out e) to 19) L16-4. Ashamed_____his action, he dared not look her in the eye. a) for b) of c) on d) out e) to 20) L16-5. How can you accuse him _____ stealing your lamb when you have no evidence? a) for b) of c) on d) out e) to 21) L16-6. _____her husband's return, she told him what had happened. a) For b) Of c) On d) Out e) To

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