1. You can hear everything that's going on next door because the walls are paper ..........

long

wide

thin

tall

2. We're going to the college tonight to hear Professor Kent ......... a paper on language learning on the net.

speak

deliver

raise

talk

3. I can't see the point of trying to settle the dispute between those two institutions because you'll just be papering over the ..........

fissures

splits

divisions

cracks

4. After the first revolution the dictator no longer had much control and became just a paper ..........

lion

tiger

elephant

cat

5. The cross country run where the runners follow a track of pieces of paper is called a paper ..........

chase

race

relay

sport

6. Some countries have some very interesting designs on their paper ..........

cash

coinage

money

pay

7. Not that it has happened yet but the age of the computer was meant to introduce the idea of the paper......... office.

minus

few

least

less

8. The main work has just been completed and all we have to do now is finish the paper ..........

task

job

work

function

9. She was given a very decorative paper ......... to stop all her papers blowing away once the window was opened.

weight

heavy

block

stone

10. Her first novel was a huge success and it was only a few weeks after publication that the paper ......... came out.

side

edition

back

book

11. I hung the washing out only two hours ago but it is already bone ......... thanks to the hot sunshine.

parched

dry

clear

dried

12. They came straight out with their complaint ......... no bones about it whatsoever.

saying

trying

doing

making

13. It was a miracle that he was still alive as he hadn't eaten for weeks and when they found him he was just ......... and bone.

skin

flesh

meat

cover

14. It was quite simple really — he never did any work at all and was sacked for being bone ..........

lazy

useless

idle

inactive

15. It's impossible to say exactly why I think that's the case. All I can say is that I ......... it in my bones.

understand

feel

see

follow

16. We're expecting a visit from a French couple soon so I'll have to bone ......... on my French.

in

to

with

up

17. Ah, yes I've got a bone to ......... with you. You told me you would pay me back last week and I still haven't got the money yet.

pick

chew

taste

eat

18. Although the TV programme was funny, my aunt was a bit shocked because some of the jokes were a bit ......... the bone.

next

close

near

by

19. I won't go into the full details of the proposition, I'll just give you the ......... bones.

naked

bare

simple

stripped

20. Her children were very ungrateful for all she'd done for them as she had really worked her ......... to the bone for them.

elbows

arms

legs

fingers