Question. Did you hear the story about the woman who said she could tell the .......?
(a) coming
(b) future
(c) going
(d) next
Answer. B
Question. I hope you haven't because I'm about to ....... it to you now.
(a) restore
(b) repeat
(c) relate
(d) regain
Answer. C
Question. Her name was Mary Smith and she had a ....... for telling people what was going to happen.
(a) title
(b) reputation
(c) description
(d) idea
Answer. B
Question. Somebody once used her advice and made a ....... out of buying shares in a small company that did well.
(a) heap
(b) gold
(c) fortune
(d) amount
Answer. C
Question. The strange thing was that she never actually used her ....... to benefit herself.
(a) giving
(b) gift
(c) gave
(d) given
Answer. B
Question. People started to be ....... of her and thought that perhaps she had a secret source of information.
(a) suspect
(b) suspecting
(c) suspicion
(d) suspicious
Answer. D
Question. Some others wanted to try and ....... her out and prove that she didn't have this special ability.
(a) make
(b) take
(c) catch
(d) do
Answer. C
Question. The plan was to pretend to ....... her house late one night and see if she was really any good at knowing it was going to happen.
(a) steal
(b) burgle
(c) rob
(d) enter
Answer. B
Question. Mike Andrews, whose idea it was, intended to give everything back but he just wanted to ....... her ability.
(a) discover
(b) try
(c) test
(d) examine
Answer. C
Question. As Mr Andrews was about to leave he found a note pinned to his door. It was from Mary Smith advising him to be careful because she has just bought a ....... young guard dog.
(a) severe
(b) ferocious
(c) harsh
(d) spiteful
Answer. B