TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 15- I am so glad that the ..........

on my foot, which was caused by the

1- Before leaving on our camping holiday, we had bought some operation on my toe, has gone down, as I can now wear my
candles which were supposed ......... mosquitoes, but I'm sure they normal shoes.
attracted them. A) dent B) swelling C) puncture
A) to wrestle B) to struggle C)to deter D) hollow E) filling
D) to ban E) to forbid
16- There is no longer a cafe at the hool. We now have to get our tea
2- I don't normally enjoy adventure films, but the plot was believable or coffee from a ......... machine, which I find very impersonal.
and the special effects were quite ......... . A) sewing B) vending C) blending
A) realistic B) exaggerated C) inadequate D) serving E) counting
D) frustrating E) enthusiastic
17- The police have formed a complete .......... across the road so that
3- Harlek Hotel has a number of ......... to help you enjoy your stay the thieves cannot possibly escape.
there. It has a Turkish bath, a swimming pool and a television A) dam B) plaque C) filter
lounge. D) blockade E) entrance
A) classes B) attachments C) appendixes
D) facilities E) additives 18- As we are not happy with our ......... we will be buying our
components from someone else.
4- The only thing they don't like about living in a rural community is A) delivery B) premises C) supplier
that there is little ........ . The nearest cinema is in York, which is D) staff E) property
over twenty miles away.
A) departure B) character C) happiness 19- Although their apartment escaped serious damage as a result of
D) environment E) entertainment the earthquake, the exterior staircase had........ .
A) collapsed B) surrendered C) bumped
5- Mentioning the troubles in a room full of people from both sides of D) fainted E) dropped
this conflict wasn't very ......... .
A) tactless B) diplomatic C) thoughtless 20- I find sitting in congested traffic very ........ so I usually take the
D) generous E) significant train into the city centre.
A) stimulating B) frustrating C) defeating
6- She had been teaching almost twenty years, but she always got D) illuminating E) motivating
.......... before teaching a new class.
A) injured B) furious C) nervous 21- The course is full at the moment, but I can put your name down
D) kind E) greedy on the waiting list and call you if we have a ......... .
A) cancellation B) justification C) denying
7- The people in the flat above us had a water leak this morning and D) retreat E) surrender
the water soaked through their floor and came through our ......... .
A) ceiling B) roof C) chimney 22- The farmer keeps a variety of ......... such as cattle, pigs and
D) stage E) platform sheep.
A) pets B) vegetation C) crops
8- To succeed in anything, you should have both the required skills D) livestock E) forestry
and the ......... to reach your goals.
A) consideration B) determination C) confusion 23- Wrens are very small birds that usually make their nests in the
D) calculation E) honour branches of .......... which border fields.
A) fences B) floors C) cliffs
9- According to the last ........ held two years ago, the population of our D) hedges E) boundaries
town is 78.OOO.
A) sensation B) census C) amount
D) conflict E) negotiation

10- A lot of young ladies are asking their hairdressers to cut their hair in 24- After the Second World War, many things, such as food and
the same ......... as Madonna's. clothes, continued to be ......... until there were sufficient
A) mould B) pattern C) model supplies for everyone.
D) style E) design A) multiplied B) split C) rationed
D) assembled E) measured
11- My brother isn't often in a bad ......... but when he is, he doesn't
speak to anyone. 25- We have two televisions, one large wide-screen set and one ........
A) tone B) posture C) frown one, which we take with us on holiday.
D) tune E) temper A) audible B) visible C) measurable
D) transmittable E) portable
12- Give your daughter two spoonfuls of this syrup every day, and it
will help ......... her cough quickly. 26- When the engagement was called off, Steve regretted having the
A) swell B) vaccinate C) cure name 'Karen' ......... on his arm.
D) inject E) drop A) engraved B) injected C) painted
D) embroidered E) tattoed
13- At first, he was disappointed to be only a ........ and not the winner of
the race, but he was proud of winning a medal anyway. 27- I .......... my mother to the airport and to the departure lounge as
A) grown-up B) reserve C) substitute she was a little anxious about flying.
D) failure runner-up E) runner-up A) socialised B) paraded C) accompanied
D) exhibited E) marched
14- "This seems to be a very strange ........" thought Fred as he rubbed
the orange ointment onto the wart on his hand. "I hope it works 28- There will be three ....... to the examination: A, B and C. A will
and gets rid of it!" consist of twenty multiple choice questions, B will be made up
A) remedy B) assistance C) threat of twenty short-answer questions and C will require a short
D) examination E) operation composition.
A) sections B) dividers C) helpings
 D) chapters E) editions

29- The company has always been run by the government, but they have
decided to ...... it and sell it to investors.
A) equalise B) privatise C) surround
D) surrender E) benefit

30- The government building is tightly ......... by special security police

and army officers.
A) defeated B) renovated C) rescued
D) protected E) warned

31- It's not easy to explain to someone how to play chess as the rules are
quite ........ .
A) comprehensible B) complicated C) inventive
D) easy-going E) temperate

32- Health problems in the area are worsened by poor sanitation and a
......... of doctors.
A) leak B) remainder C) shortage
D) defect E) poverty

33- When I first tasted Turkish coffee, I thought it tasted quite ...... but I
soon grew to like it.
A) bitter B) rare C) dense
D) delicious E) delightful

34- The nurse attended to the soldier who had an open ....... on his right
leg Blood was streaming from it.
A) bandage B)scar C) bruise
D) wound E) mark

35- He has received a lot of ....... since he won three gold medals at the
Olympics.
A) sympathy B) jealousy C) publicity
D) sincerity E) generosity
36- In Parliament next week, the politicians will ....... the sensitive issue
of pub opening times. No doubt they won't decide anything, as they
never do in these kinds of talks.
A) sedate B) forbid C) debate
D) foresee E) create

37- As the train pulled away, Mehmet's whole family waved at him
from the ......... .
A) track B) platform C) pedestal
D) stage E) column

38- We need to buy something to stop the draught from the front door.
Sometimes in windy weather, you can feel quite a stream of air
coming in through the ...... between the bottom of the door and the
floor.
A) hole B) dent C) trench
D) interval E) gap

39- Winning the lottery ....... changed Julia's life. Previously, she had
lived in a small flat and walked to work, but now she lives in a
large house and drives a sports car.
A) professionally B) superficially C) considerately
D) dramatically E) vaguely

40- Unfortunately, she can't eat ....... foods, such as cheese, milk and
cream, because she is allergic to them.
A) frozen B) junk C) dairy
D) rotten E) sour

TEST Y0UR V0CABULARY

l.C 2.A 3.D 4.E 5.B 6.C 7.A 8.B 9.B 10.D
ll.E 12.C 13.E 14.A 15.B 16.B 17.D 18.C 19.A 20.B
21.A 22.D 23.D 24.C 25.E 26.E 27.C 28.A 29.B 30.D
31.B 32.C 33.A 34.D 35.C 36.C 37.B 38.E 39.D 40.C