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Test your English vocabulary skills (78)

Fill in an appropriate English word in the space in the following sentence.

A nurse ___ her arm and led her to a chair.

2. The horses were led to ___.

She was led away from the courtroom in ___.

The manager led the ___ through the office.

5. A fire truck was leading the ___.

He has led the party for more than twenty years.

7. Some people say she is too old to the ___ the country.

8. Beckham led his team to ___.

9. The investigation will be led by ___ Scarfe.

They are leading a campaign to warn teenagers about the dangers of ___ abuse.

11. The ___ was led by the King's brother.

Nelson preferred to lead the ___ himself from the front.

He is a man who was ___ to lead.

14. There were several important ___ that led to the start of the First World War. Several important events led to the outbreak of the First World War.

15. A degree in English could lead to a ___ in journalism.

Her trusting ___ often led her into trouble.

What ___ him to kill his wife?

His ___ could lead to him losing his job.

19. He had led everyone to believe that his ___ was very wealthy.

20. The hotel was terrible, and not at all what we had been led to ___.

21. Our research led us to the conclusion that the ___ system is unfair.

His brother led him into a ___ of crime.

23. He’s not a bad boy. He's not a bad boy, he's just easy to get broken.

Huawei is a world leader in 5G technology.

25. The Swedes have led the ___ in data protection.

At half-___, Brazil led 1-0. Brazil led 1-0 at halftime.

With 15 ___ to go, Shumacher led the race.

The ___ showed Clinton leading Bush 55 percent to 34 percent.

Nadal was leading by two ___.

30. The path led ___ to a small lake.

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31. There's something wrong with his ___ artery leading from the heart.

32. The door leading into the ___ is closed.

33. The riverside path leads visitors to a small ___.

34. If the operation succeeds, Carly will be able to lead a ___ life.

35. He has led a ___ life.

She now leads the life of a ___.

Joe had been leading a ___ life, seeing an ex-model while his wife believed he was on business.

They lead a ___ existence.

39. I tried to lead the conversation back to the ___ of money.

40. So far police investigations seem to have led ___. Until now, the police investigation seems to be fruitless.

41. The best managers lead by ___.

42. Politicians think they can easily lead people by the ___.

43. That leads me to the final point. Where are we going to ___ the money? Where are we going to get this money?

We all have our own ___ to lead.

45. COVID-19 leads me a merry old ___.

46. The effective control of the pandemic makes the exported-___ economic recovery possible.

47. Entering the hall, the first thing that you can see is the ___ columns that lead the eye upward.

I'd like to lead ___ by thanking Rick for coming.

49. The French team led off with two quick ___ in the first five minutes.

Hal led the evening off with some ___ songs. Hal sang a few folk songs to kick off the party.

He points down a street leading off from the square.

I have rented a large room, with doors leading ___ it in all directions.

He thought she loved him, but in fact she was just leading him ___.

54. Alan Turning's work led ___ the development of modern computers.

55. The Washington Post leads ___ the latest news from Israel.

Adam led with his left and ___ his opponent on the jaw.

I saw her several times during the weeks that led ___ to her death.

58. Absence of work is one of the events leading up to his ___.

She had already guessed what he was leading up ___.

60. She was leading a horse, which seemed to have a ___ leg.

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61. Richard led Jo ___ the kitchen.

She was in the lead from ___ to finish.

The Canadians ___ into the lead after only 30 seconds.

The goal ___ Holland into the lead.

65. The Bears took the lead for the first time this ___.

The Chicago Bulls had a ___ lead.

67 The Socialists now have a ___ lead over their opponents.

68. Other countries are likely to ___ the U.S.'s lead.

69. The Government should give ___ a lead in tackling racism.

70. The black population in the 1960s looked ___ Ali for a lead.

71. The U.S. took the lead in declaring war on ___.

72. The police have checked out dozens of ___, but have yet to find the killer.

He will play the lead ___ in Hamlet.

Powers was ___ in the lead role.

75. They were having trouble casting the ___ lead.

76. He was the ___ singer of Nirvana.

All dogs must be ___ on a lead.

They filled him ___ of lead.

He was the leader of the local black community.

80. G20 is the largest ever ___ of world leaders. The G20 is an unprecedented gathering of world leaders.

His self-confident demeanor shows that he is a leader by nature.

This company is a world leader in defense and space___.

83. These products are firmly ___ as the market leaders.

84. The incident strengthened the ___ of the Conservative party.

85. Our ___ of winning an election will be better under his leadership.

The UNITED STATES is now trying to take a ___ leadership role in the world.

87. The Conservative leadership ___ is getting fierce.

88. The next leadership election is ___ in November.

89. She has great ___ in her own leadership qualities.

90. A company needs talents with ___ and leadership.

91. The party leadership is in ___ on this issue.

92. Leadership in science is important to our ___.

93. The army played a leading role in organizing the ___ coup.

This is the leading ___ of medical technology.

95. The two women were leading ___ of the women's union.

96. Don't ask ___ questions.

I take her to the movies.

Matt's taking me ___ his car sent me there.

Ali guided us through the streets to his house on the ___ of the town.

A waitress ___ us to our table.

We were shown to our seats near the ___ of the theatre.

102. The sign back there ___ this way.

He was ___ from the court by the police.

104 The President's car will be escorted by a military ___.

His housekeeper introduced us into the living room.

106. The police ___ thousands of people to safety in the cathedral.

He told us how to get to a café a few blocks away.

Can you tell me how to get to the station?

bibliography:

Longman Contemporary Advanced English Dictionary[M]. Beijing:Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, PEARSON. 2014

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