---Are you ready to leave?

   ---Almost, I’ll be ready to go just as soon as I    putting the clean dishes away.

A. get through  B. give up   C. carry out  D. set about

They always lay     a large supply of tinned food in winter in case they are snowed up.

A. out    B. off  C. in   D. with

For miles around me there is nothing but a desert, without a single plant of tree  .

A. in sight   B.  on the earth   C. at a distance   D. in a place

His success is     by talent as by energy.

A. not so much   B. so not much  C. much not so   D. so much not

To pay to see that movie will be foolish when you can see it on television for   .

A. everything    B. anything   C. something   D. nothing

Food and     are very important to us all.

A. clothes  B. cloth   C. clothing  D. dress

Its this TV set which you wish     ?

A. to have it repaired  B. to repair  C. to have repaired  D. will be repaired

---Mr. White didn’t come last night, did he?

  ---No. We    for him. A whole night was wasted.

A. had waited  B. have been waiting  C. were waiting  D, had been waiting

From what I learn about their hotel, the service and the weather, they    their holiday very much.

A. couldn’t have enjoyed                  B. shouldn’t have enjoyed

C. needn’t have enjoyed                   D. can’t have enjoyed

It’s quite normal to    ten percent of the cost of a building for a period of six months or so, in case faults are found in it.

A. keep up   B.  keep away   C. keep off    D. keep back