1. As it was very late when he came home he was as quiet as a ......... in order not to wake anybody up.

cat

mouse

dog

rat

2. As she was on a very dangerous mission for the government she had to keep ......... about what she did for a living.

dad

aunt

uncle

mum

3. There were lots of rumours about what the son had done but as it was a very wealthy family the father tried very hard to ......... everything up.

quiet

hush

stop

silence

4. If you want me to say nothing about it, I promise that if anybody asks then my lips are ..........

stuck

closed

shut

sealed

5. As far as I'm concerned to be away from traffic, phones and radios on holiday is perfect bliss because to me silence is ..........

golden

silver

copper

steel

6. The so-called ......... majority are the vast number of people who don't actually go out on the street and protest.

quiet

noiseless

silent

still

7. The hall was full of people anxious to hear what the speaker was going to say and in the few seconds before he started it was so quiet you could hear a ......... drop.

pin

needle

nail

screw

8. The rescuers tried desperately to listen out for people trapped in the wreckage but sadly the cries of those trapped were ..........

unhearing

auditory

audited

inaudible

9. The villagers complained about the noise from the daily bell ringing practice from the church and asked if it could somehow be ..........

suppressed

stifled

muffled

wrapped

10. In view of the embarrassment that might be caused if the story came out, she promised not to ......... a word about it.

send

breathe

mouth

open

11. It's no good worrying about that now because the damage is done and it's no good crying over spilled ..........

sauce

water

beer

milk

12. It really is a crying ......... that after all that money has been spent, the project is now being abandoned.

shock

shame

disgust

pity

13. As a child she would burst into tears at every problem and so she soon got known as a regular ......... at school.

crychild

cryinfant

crybaby

crygirl

14. It really was a large and spacious garden but it cried out ......... something colourful to be planted.

for

to

by

on

15. We had great hopes of being able to invite the distinguished writer to our meeting but he cried ......... at the last moment.

on

through

with

off

16. For crying out ......... how many times do I have to tell you how to work that machine?

strong

loud

full

hard

17. I'm all in favour of ambition but I think when he says he'll be a millionaire by the time he's 25, he's simply crying for the ..........

stars

sun

earth

moon

18. The trouble is that he's cried ......... so often that now he's in real trouble, nobody believes him.

wolf

tiger

cat

dog

19. George is now 70 and he reckons that working conditions for the average office clerk today are a ......... cry from when he first started work.

distant

long

far

further

20. There was a noisy crowd of about a dozen people in ......... cry chasing after the child who'd stolen an apple from the fruit market.

strong

full

loud

big