Use of English
Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase marked A, B, C or D for each numbered blank.
On the night of the play, Albert was the hall early and he was already made-up long before the end of the first act. He certainly looked the part all night, he thought as he _1_ himself _2_ the mirror. He even _3_ if he should go out into the street to see what _4_ he made on people out there. Just for a _5_, of course.
Then he was seized with a sudden attack of stage fright. How could he _6_ all those people _7_ the audience? He put his head in his hands and tries to _8_ his lines. He had only a very small part, but his mind was a complete _9_.
A _10_ on the door made him _11_. He felt really alarmed. He was due to go to stage in the second act. Had he missed his entrance and _12_ the play for everybody? But it was only the producer, who noticed what a state he was in, she __13__he should go and stand near the stage where he could watch the play and follow in his script at the same time. I t was a good way of getting __14__ his nervousness, she said. She was right. It seemed to __15__. In fact, the more he watched the play, the more he became involved in it, so that he began to __16__himself part of it.
At last the moment came for him to go on stage. But suddenly the producer was by his__17__again.This time she looked worried as she placed a hand on his arm to restrain him __18_ . I’m afraid you’re going __19__. She said. They’ve jumped three pages of the script and have __20__your part out completely.
1.A. admired B. flattered C. gazed D. showed
2.A. on B. with C. at D. in
3.A. thought B. wondered C. hoped D. felt
4.A. force B. image C. impression D. reaction
5.A. fun B. game C. joke D. play
6.A. appear B. face C. meet D. see
7.A. between B. of C. with D. in
8.A. learn B. refresh C. remember D. remind
9.A. blank B. gap C. omission D. space
10.A. bump B. crash C. knock D. noise
11.A. to look up B. to look up C. looking up D. looked up
12.A. delayed B. ended C. ruined D. lengthened
13.A. ordered B. reminded C. suggested D. told
14.A. at B. over C. away D. through
15.A. do B. manage C. win D. work
16.A. push B. feel C. realize D. anticipate
17.A. shoulder B. side C. back D. place
18.A. on B. off C. out D. back
19.A. to disappoint B. to have disappointed C. to be disappointed D. have disappointed
20.A. forgotten B. lost C. missed D. omitted