PREPOSITIONS TEST 14

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Prepositions tested in this exercise:

for to at in with from against into after towards along on

Fill in the suitable prepositions. (Question numbers are in RED).

Your Name:

1. They are cheering the fact that they have survived (1) another year.

2. Since the late 1960's or early 1970's, politicians have been getting tough (2) crime.

3. The environment of prison was totally alien (3)   anything he had ever been exposed to in the past.

4. The design of the courtroom puts the defendent (4) a disadvantage when he goes to trial.

5. This set up seems to make the person (5) trial distant, and not even a real part of the proceedings.

6. If a juror states that he opposes the death penalty, he will be excused (6) serving on the jury.

7. A large number of people who are anti-abortion are most adamantly (7) the death penalty.

8. There is a strong contingent of pro-death jurors sitting (8) the jury pool .

9. This process tends to heavily slant the jury pool (9) those jurors who are supportive of the death penalty.

10. The jurors glared at them (10) open hostility during the entire trial.

11. Bamboo is the fastest growing plant (11) this planet.

12. It lowers light intensity and protects (12)   ultraviolet rays.

13. Bamboo provided the first re-greening in Hiroshima (13) the atomic blast in 1945.

14. The anti-erosion properties of bamboo create an effective watershed, stitching the soil together (14) fragile river banks.

15. His dialogue is precise and tailored (15) the neurotic contours of individual characters.

16. Lawrence was a masterful and lyrical writer, whose story takes us bodily (16) the world of its characters.

17. Those short stories celebrate the vitality that is fundamental (17) Lawrence's vision of life.

18. " Women in Love " examines the ill effects of industrialization (18) the human psyche.

19. His interest (19) and fascination (20) the writings of Freud is everywhere made manifest in this story.

20. I highly recommend this masterpiece to all readers wishing to gain insight (21) human psychology.

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