TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 1

1- Being a doctor is not normally a dangerous ....... but working at 13- They were completely lost, had no torch and the Sun was
the scene of a disaster, such as a mud slide or an earthquake, can sinking ....... behind the hills.
be very risky.
A) joyfully B) rapidly C) noisily
A) epidemic B) disease C) profession D) deeply E) smoothly
D) vacation E) prescription
14- An abnormally high body ....... is described as a fever.
2- After the landslide at the primary school, everyone in the village
was ....... as they were all related to the victims either closely or A) temperament B) atmosphere C) climate
distantly. D) weight E) temperature

A) burying B) mourning C) injuring 15- Your ....... for the new stadium includes a running track. How
D) celebrating E) murdering many lanes do you want the running track to have?

3- He founded a little business which eventually became quite ....... A) objection B) election C) proposal
and, by he time he retired, he was a wealthy man. D) survey E) accommodation

A) fruitless B) time-consuming C) creative 16- As a cabin boy, every day Norman and the others ....... the deck of
D) prosperous E) logical the ship until it was spotlessly clean.

4- The Turkish drink Rakı has an aniseed ....... similar to French A) sank B) rowed C) laid D) shrank E) scrubbed
Pernod or Ricard.
17- In the fifteenth century, South American Incas ....... many gods.
A) feel B) spice C) liquid They believed these gods lived high in the Andes mountains and
D) flavour E) season they built their temples on the mountain peaks.

5- According to the producer's claim, this emergency earthquake A) envied B) worried C) polished
cage can withstand eighty tons of ..... . D) worshipped E) cheated

A) gravity B) volume C) speed 18- When I make curry, I use coriander. I take the seeds and .......
D) depth E) pressure them into a fine powder using a pestle and mortar.

6- A welder joins two metals by applying ....... heat to them so that A) grind B) bound C) saw
the metal melts and, when solidifying, joins together. D) ground E) bind

A) intense B) deep C) wide 19- For foreign students, the university provides ........ very close to
D) anxious E) vigorous the campus. They charge extra money for this, of course.

7- Jeff was experiencing the kind of ....... that only someone who A) knowledge B) intellect C) accommodation
has lost a close friend can know. D) intelligence E) recommendation

A) injury B) grief C) hope 20- As I braked to stop at the traffic lights, one of the tyres ...... with a
D) jealousy E) surprise loud noise.

8- My sister's treacle tart was so hard that, when I tried to eat it, A) rushed B) grew C) picked
I ...... my fork. D) burst E) collided

A) shaped B) folded C) bent 21- The Ford company is designing a new small car. This week's
D)creased E) wrinkled issue of Autocar shows a picture of the actual ...... on display at
the Frankfurt Motorshow. It will be available in showrooms
9- As there was a sheer drop of 1000 metres on his right, the across the country in four months' time.
mountaineer ....... to the side of the mountain with his left hand
as if his very life depended on it. A) idea B) prototype C) concept
D) customer E) promotion
A) rolled B) spilt C) pulled
D)relaxed E) clung 22- Because my grandfather is a/an ........ he worries a lot about his
bills and, as he only receives a small amount of money, he tries
10- Louise and Sophie ....... passed the security guards at the entrance to conserve electricity and water.
unnoticed and mingled with the celebrity guests at the party.
A) manufacturer B) criminal C) manager
A) saluted B) crept C) bumped D) employer E) pensioner
D) encountered E) pushed
23- Since police officers in London have cut down on the number of
11- The holiday company ....... the inconvenience the delay had stop and searches they carry out, there has been a ...... increase in
caused us, but it was not very comforting. crime. Some types of crime have as much as doubled.

A) regretted B) rehearsed C) applauded A) light B) considerate C) doubtful

D) bragged E) committed D) deep E) significant

12- The shopkeeper only gave me change for a ten pound note, 24- Because we haven't sold many vans this month, the manager has
although I'd given him a twenty pound note, but I think it was offered us an extra ...... . The person who sells the most vans this
not a deliberate but a/an ....... mistake. month will receive a colour TV.
A) innocent B) false C) violent D) cruel E) intense A) incentive B) wage C) punishment D) fare E) profession
25- My uncle owns a ........ catering unit. Wherever and whenever 37- When Peter saw how ill his mother looked, he ...... .
there is a large event, he takes it to the spot and sells hamburgers
and hot and cold drinks. A) crept B) kept C) swept D) dealt E) wept

A) tasty B) mobile C) favourite 38- After their mother died, the children decided to hold a/an .........
D) complicated E) multi-storey and sell all her possessions to the highest bidder.

26- The workers at the hospital coffee shop are not paid employees, A) party B) funeral C) exhibition D) auction E) gallery
but .......; that is, they devote their time free of charge so that
hospital visitors can buy refreshments at reasonable prices. 39- After the pilot made a bumpy landing at Stanstead Airport, a new
wheel had to be fitted to the plane. Because of the bad landing,
A) engineers B) patients C) managers many passengers suspected that it was the pilot's ...... .
D) volunteers E) relatives
A) achievement B) fault C) result
27- When Jean sold her house, she sold half of her garden separately D) cause E) calculation
as a building ....... for a new house.
40- Before the Industrial Revolution, people in villages ...... most
A) garage B) shed C) field D) farm E) plot cloth on hand looms in their own homes.

28- When I attended this school, teachers used a cane to punish A) sewed B) wove C) threw D) drew E) sawed
pupils, but now such ....... treatment of students is illegal.
test your vocabulary
A) tender B) kind C) harsh D) immense E) calm l.C 2.B 3.D 4.D 5.E 6.A 7.B 8.C 9.E 10.B
11.A 12.A 13.B 14.E 15.C 16.E 17.D 18.A 19.C 20.D
29- It's not easy to leave Vickie's farm in a hurry. First you have to 21.B 22.E 23.E 24.A 25.B 26.D 27.E 28.C 29.A 30.D
unbolt the gate, then drive through and finally ...... the gate 31.B 32.D 33.C 34.C 35.D 36.A 37.E 38.D 39.B 40.B
behind you.

A) shut B) crash C) knock

D) ring E) jump

30- My son didn't have enough money for Metallica's new compact
disc, so I ....... him ten pounds.

A) owed B) borrowed C) let

D) lent E) held

31- I didn't have enough money for Metallica's new compact disc, so
I ....... ten pounds from my mother.

A) owed B) borrowed C) let D) lent E) held

32- Because sugar ....... to the bottom of a tea cup, unless you want
the last mouthful to be sickly sweet, it is a good idea to stir your
tea well.

A) floats B) swings C) grinds

D) sinks E) melts

33- I....... off the minibus straight into a pile of snow, some of which
went inside my boots.

A) burst B) swung C) stepped D) drew E) crept

34- I often play 'snakes and ladders' with my niece, but due to the fact
that she ....... she always wins.

A) defeats B) bets C) cheats

D) competes E) participates

35- The boys tied a rope between the trees and hung an old tyre from
it. They ....... back and forth on this old tyre all afternoon until
their mother called them in for dinner.

A) spread B) fled C) bound

D) swung E) ground

36- We would like to send you some information about our products
and services if you have no ....... to us doing so.

A) objection B) fault C) suggestion

D) tendency E) competition