TEST YOUR VOCABULARY

1- Before he settled down with his family in his hometown,

Oxfordshire, he had worked ........; first in Nigeria and then in 12- The villagers have fought over the strip of land between the two
Saudi Arabia. villages for so long that it is hard to see how they will ever ........
the dispute.
A) overtime B) outdoors C) abroad
D) nationally E) inland A) calculate B) agree C) resolve
D) analyse E) arouse
2- It's not a good idea to make a/an ....... between your children —
they are all different individuals and they each have different 13- As soon as she heard the news about the accident, she ........ to the
characters. hospital to be at her son's side.

A) fight B) comparison C) discussion A) crawled B) skipped C) strolled

D) argument E) record D) peeped E)rushed

3- The care at many of Michigan's nursing homes for the elderly fails 14- We have been working hard all week, so, tomorrow, we are going
to meet the required level of service. In fact, at 95% of homes, the ........ . We are going to get up late and go to the park.
care provided is ........ .
A) to employ B) to relax C) to retreat
A) eroded B) damaged C) substandard D) to depress E) to battle
D) gradual E) excellent
15- Our English teacher likes to start her classes ......... so she wants the
4- It was a terrible tragedy. The ice cracked while Michael was students to come to school on time.
skating on the lake and he ....... in the icy water below.
A) punctually B) normally C) lately
A) drowned B) buried C) injured D) accurately E) actively
D) swam E) floated
16- The judge banned him from driving for twelve months ........ him for
5- The captain decided to shelter the ship from the storm for the night driving after drinking alcohol.
by sailing her into a small ........ on the East coast of the island.
A) to persuade B) to imprison C) to destroy
A) pond B) puddle C) ocean D) to punish E) to release
D) wave E)bay
17- Surfing has never really become popular in the UK as, although
6- A bomb during the Second World War reduced my mother's they get some quite powerful waves on their ........ the sea is
friend's house to ........ . Only the fireplace was still standing. usually extremely cold.

A) explosions B) rubble C) mixtures A) banks B) settlements C) orchards

D) garbage E) plans D) shores E) citizens

7- My large rug has been hanging over the balcony in the sun since 18- I applied for the job you recommended, and I am going for a second
this morning, but it's still ........ . I'll have to hang it out again ......... on Monday, which means I have a good chance of getting
tomorrow. the position.

A) patterned B) dirty C) dry A) operation B) interview C) promotion

D) wet E) thick D) resignation E) treaty

8- When the actress read all the nasty lies the journalist had written 19- In the early years of international shipping, sailors believed that the
about her, she was ........ . world was flat and they were frightened of sailing off the ........ .

A) furious B) nervous C) impressed A) corner B) border C) edge

D) envious E) excited D) boundary E) top

9- Some struggles in the world have been going on for so long and are 20- The late frost this year means that fruit farmers will probably have a
so complicated that it is hard for anyone studying the situation poor ........ .
from a distance to know what the ........ really is.
A) field B) seed C) area
A) truth B) witness C) moral D) harvest E) farm
D) topic E) innocence
21- A: I'm looking for a part-time job to help with my university
10- It was far too cold to swim in the Irish Sea while we were on expenses.
holiday, but we took off our shoes and socks, rolled up our trousers B: Have you asked at the library? I think they have a few ........ for
and ........ in the icy water. trainee librarians.

A) dived B) paddied C) floated A) titles B) volunteers C) folders

D) drowned E) swam D) properties E) vacancies

11- Submarines were first used as effective war machines by the 22- Harris Tweed is a heavy woven ........ which is made of pure
Germans in WW I. These 'U-boats' had a ........ made up of about Shetland wool. It is famous throughout Europe and popular for
four officers and 25 staff, who lived in cramp conditions. making jackets and coats.

A) group B) set C) gang A) fabric B) leather C) curtain

D) crew E) board D) flag E) cotton
 D) stand E) skip
23- He ........ the length and width of all the rooms before he calculated
exactly how much carpet he needed. 35- Her grandmother has ........ Lucy two lovely jumpers. It isn't
possible to buy such special items in shops.
A) measured B) weighed C) laid
D) guessed E) examined A) mended B) purchased C) rinsed
D) knitted E) stolen
24- The officials from the Department of Education carry out a/an ........
of each school every year. They look at the registers for all classes 36- John left the bank and now works in his own small ......... where he
and observe one or two lessons. makes wooden furniture.

A) assistant B) promotion C) essay A) workshop B) darkroom C) warehouse

D) inspection E) search D) station E) supermarket

25- The doctor didn't think Tom had broken or fractured his ribs, but an 37- On the 5th of October, 1864, high winds caused the sea to rise ten
X-ray of his chest was ........ in order for him to be sure. feet above the highest spring tides, causing terrible ........ which
killed 45.000 people near the mouth of the Ganges.
A) certain B) necessary C) cultural
D) classical E)regular A) avalanches B) floods C) clouds
D) puddles E) tremors
26- This new political party has ........ members in almost every city in
America — it is growing very rapidly. 38- When Kate and Richard moved to Japan, they took as many ........ as
they could fit into four suitcases and left the big pieces like tables,
A) rescued B) evacuated C) recruited chairs, cupboards behind because they didn't want to pay for
D) rejected E) exercised shipping.

27- Sally is not naturally very outgoing, but team work at university and A) mansions B) memories C) possessions
success in her career have made her quite a ........ young lady. D) projects E) properties

A) generous B) grateful C) cowardly 39- The Lebanese ........ features the famous Cedar trees between two
D) miserly E) confident red strips.

28- Brian wants to move out of his mother's house soon because she A) cuisine B) government C) flag
........ him all the time. She always has lots of things for him to do D) language E) tradition
but doesn't like the way he does anything.
40- Her voice is good enough to sing ........ but she prefers to make her
A) spoils B) praises C) mistakes living as a doctor and remain an amateur singer in the church choir.
D) agrees E) nags
A) dreadfully B) boastfully C) managerially
29- The bomb planted by an illegal group killed two policemen and two D) professionally E) vigorously
........ . These innocent bystanders were shopping at the time of the
explosion. TEST YOUR VOCABULARY
l.C 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.E 6.B 7.D 8.A 9.A 10.B
A) victims B) civilians C) warriors ll.D 12.C 13.E 14.B 15.A 16.D 17.D 18.B 19.C 20.D
D) terrorists E) prisoners 21.E 22.A 23.A 24.D 25.B 26.C 27.E 28.E 29.B 30.A
31.B 32.B 33.C 34.B 35.D 36.A 37.B 38.C 39.C 40.D
30- Because the Governor had received so many complaints about the
level of care in nursing homes in the state, he ordered an official
........ .

A) investigation B) ceremony C) election

D) gathering E) tournament

31- I'll take the children to an amusement park tomorrow. They have
been studying so hard lately that they ........ a break.

A) travel B) deserve C) earn

D) regret E) prepare

32- We asked the director of the hospital for his opinion, but he refused
to make any ........ on the issue.

A) progress B) comment C) argument

D) sense E) sentence

33- I have ........ two more librarians for the new school year, but I
expect that the financial controller will only allow us to employ
only one.

A) attended B) fired C) requested

D) introduced E) promoted

34- The roof of the cave was so low that, at times during the expedition,
we had to ........ on our hands and knees.

A) roll B) crawl C) leap