TEST YOURSELF 1
1- We visited a carpet shop where we were able to watch a woman ……… a new carpet using different coloured wool.
A) construct B) knit C) darn
D) weave E) vacuum
2- When it is as hot as it is today, I feel………… I have no energy
and no desire to do anything.
A) offensive B) softened C) listless
D) reckless E) vigorous
3- The fashion consultant told Lynn that wearing horizontal stripes would make her look shorter and wider, so she should wear …………. stripes which would make her look taller and slimmer.
A) angular B) broad C) circular
D) plaid E) vertical
4- There’s an enormous market in our neighbourhood which sells everything ………….. you can buy anything you can think of there.
A) inevitable B) coherent C) impossible
D) imaginable E) descriptive
5- Bans didn’t say ‘Happy birthday’ to Joanne when he came to her party. However, this was entirely …………. as she had forgotten to tell him that it was her birthday, so it wasn’t his fault.
A) applicable B) neglectful C) genuine
D) excusable E) emotional
6- In England, it is …….. to ride a motorbike without wearing a helmet. This is a sensible law because it helps to prevent head injuries.
A) imprecise B) illegal C) flexible
D) disloyal E) anxious
7- The others in the group were running out of………… for Graham because he was always arriving late.
A) tolerance B) stability C) construction
D) accuracy E) vigour
8- Jane’s problem is self-confidence. Her sister Susan is beautiful and intelligent and Jane has always felt………… to her, even though she’s a bright and attractive person herself.
A) bearable B) shameless C) inferior
D) ambitious E) reliable
9- At most schools, pupils are generally well-behaved and quiet, but at this school, the kids are out of control because discipline is not very ………… here.
A) elastic B) collective C) permissive
D) strict E) hasty
10- Her parents wanted a big, expensive wedding, but that wasn’t important to Daphne — she just wanted to marry Jim — the ceremony itself didn’t…………. to her at all.
A) matter B) worry C) concern
D) prohibit E) distract
11- I’ll never forget my last holiday, but it was ………… for all the wrong reasons we missed our plane, our hotel was dreadful and my husband got food poisoning.
A) compulsive B) irresistible C) reasonable
D) destructiv E) memorable
12- On Tim’s first day at school, his mother tried to put her arms round him to hug him, but he pulled away from her — he was only five, but he was already embarrassed by his mother’s show of ……….
A) boundary B) affection C) likeness
D) pleasure E)
13- I don’t know exactly bow far Birmingham is from London, but it is ………… 15O miles.
A) precisely B) luckily C) roughly
D) justly E) specially
14- My parents and I have a very different………… on many aspects of life — for example, my views on politics and religion are completely unlike theirs.
A) obedience B) contradiction C) outlook
D) confusion E) behaviour
15- The traffic warden decided that the accident had been caused by Kathy’s …………. — she hadn’t signalled that she was turning right, which she should have done.
A) negligence B) disability C) caution
D) measure E) irritation
16- Georgia’s ………… of independence from the Soviet Union led to many other countries doing the same.
A) depletion B) corrup tion C) distraction
D) declaration E) regulation
17- Music technology changes so quickly these days. Hardly anyone buys cassettes since the introduction of CDs and I suppose tapes will be completely …………… in a couple of years and we won’t be able to play them at all any more.
A) innovative B) spiritual C) diverted
D) existent E) obsolete
18- The zip on my new coat is very difficult to ……….. It takes me ages to get it done up.
A) fasten B) encircle C) assist
D) grade E) hasten
19- When Brian invited Bill and Rob to sail around the world with him, they responded …………… . In fact, they were very excited about the idea.
A) intentionally B) reluctantly C) tactfully
D) relatively E) enthusiastically
20- In Greek mythology, most of the gods were supposed to be …………… — they lived forever.
A) lively B) immortal C) immoral
D) lifeless E) disloyal
21- While only a few people in India live a life of luxury, many others are caught in a life of ………… .
A) poverty B) comparison C) burial
D) redundancy E) employment
22- When climbing mountains, you always need to be …………. of the fact that the weather can change suddenly — failure to remember this can put you in a very dangerous situation.
A) ignorant B) hasty C) reckless
D) mindful E) regardless
23- Apparently we all have little bugs crawling around on the surface of our skin, but they’re so small that they can’t be seen without being …………. hundreds of times.
A) weakened B) dissolved C) magnified
D) reduced E) satisfied
24- It’s amazing how certain birds use their wings to hover — the movement of their wings is almost invisible, and they manage to stay almost ……… in the air.
A) deafening B) occasional C) creative
D) indifferent E) motionless
25- The reason that John failed his exams was that his writing was so ………… that the teacher could not understand what he had written.
A) unfailing B) extensive C) compelling
D) illegible E)miserable
26- My old school friend, Jim, has been very successful in his career as a mathematician and has won all kinds of awards. It’s quite amazing really, because at school he was a mediocre student — no one had any idea that he was ………. intelligent.
A) exceptionally B) persistently C) productively
D) indifferently E) miraculously
27- Carla Santos is only 12, but she has a bodyguard. Last year some men managed to ………….. her, and held her in captivity for several days, until her wealthy father paid the ransom of $1,000,000 for her release.
A) kidnap B) assassinate C) commit
D) bribe E) smuggle
28- Native English speakers sometimes …………… the word ‘elicit’, thinking it means the same as ‘illicit’.
A) abuse B) misuse C) alter
D) interfere E) reform
29- After the two men were arrested, the police questioned them separately, and things began to look very suspicious because their stories were …………… each had a different explanation of what had happened that evening, although they had apparently been together.
A) inconsiderate B) discontented C) discontinued
D) inconsistent E) misjudged
30- Victor normally drinks ………….. — no more than anyone else — so we were very surprised when he got so drunk at his daughter’s wedding.
A) persistently B) consistently C) moderately
D) irresistibly E) comparatively
31- For many years, Harry worked as an office clerk to finance his career as a musician, but the ……………. from his work in the band has now grown so large that he has been able to give up his office job.
A) debt B) loan C) credit
D) expenditure E) income
32- None of my pictures came out because I accidentally ……… the film to light when I was trying to fix my camera.
A) revealed B) indicated C) tempted
D) exposed E) rolled
33- After the asphalt was put on the road, a steamroller was used to ……… it and make a smooth surface.
A) flatten B) threaten C) discharge
D) qualify E) roughen
34- The mother dog fought……… to protect her pups and would have even fought to the death, had the intruder not left.
A) basically B) elegantly C) cautiously
D) indifferently E) fiercely
35- After the prisoner escaped that night, the guards used spotlights to …………… the area around the prison and make it easier to find him.
A) conceal B) demonstrate C) magnify
D) blaze E) illuminate
36- Though he didn’t actually say anything false, he left so many details out of his story that it was essentially untrue. In fact, because of these ………. he was convicted of perjury, that is, of lying under oath.
A) inventions B) falsehoods C) omissions
D) calculations E) signatures
37- Nicola and Patrick give their daughter everything she wants — they never say no to her. Personally, I think this kind of ………….. will harm the child — she is already quite spoilt.
A) interference B) indulgence C) destruction
D) menace E) punishment
38- Kirn has really long hair, but she always ties it up when she’s doing the housework as she finds it a/an ……………. — it slows her down and gets in the way of the job.
A) assistance B) concentration C) feature
D) disability E) hindrance
39- The car moved forward …………. as Jenny struggled to learn how to use the gears. It was obvious that it would be some time before she could drive smoothly.
A) roughly B) gracefully C) jerkily
D) steadily E) deliberately
40- Mrs Jenkins and Mr Toms run the local social club. The former is responsible for organising the activities and the latter assists her and ……….. the members about the activities.
A) stabilizes B) validates C) encloses
D) hastens E) notifies
41- There was a ………… on the lotion saying, ‘For external use only — do not eat,’ so we were very concerned when we saw the baby had swallowed some of it.
A) sign B) notice C) symbol
D) mark E) design
42- Colleen has a small family and only has a few cousins, aunts and so on. Her husband, on the other hand, comes from a large family and has ……………. relatives.
A) numerous B) countable C) comparable
D) enormous E) immense
43- Charles doesn’t have a lot of money at the moment, but he is the ………….. to his grandmother’s huge fortune, so when she dies, he 11 be quite wealthy.
A) profiteer B) descendant C) solicitor
D) heir E) adolescent
44- The other day, I heard a horrible story about a youth who leapt from the ferry when it was still several feet away from land, and because he ………….. the distance, fell into the sea, between the ferry and the port.
A) measured B) unveiled C) mistook
D) misjudged E) disembarked
45- I think my daughter draws extremely well for her age, but I always enjoy it when friends comment on her artwork, because I feel they are more …………….. than I am — I love her so much that I’m biased towards her!
A) optimistic B) objective C) exclusive
D) genuine E) dramatic
46- It’s not…………… for staff to attend the annual dinner with the boss, but it’s probably a good idea to go if you want to further your career with the company.
A) applicable B) permissible C) insistent
D) voluntary E) obligatory
47- Donald has no …………… to visit his in-laws today, but he’d better go even though he doesn’t feel like it, because he promised his wife that he would.
A) destination B) indication C) inclination
D) objection E) participation
48- Whenever I hear an old song by the Rolling Stones, it never fails to ………….. memories of my days at university — I remember it all as if it had happened yesterday.
A) r ecollect B) invent C) select
D) describe E) evoke
49- When Johnny was knocked off his motorbike, the huge crowd of onlookers that soon …………. made it difficult for the ambulance crew to reach the scene.
A) sympathised B) expanded C) revealed
D) gathered E) encamped
50- A lazy life without the need to work may seem highly …………….. but don’t you think you’d find it terribly boring after some time?
A) tolerant B) stimulating C) desirable
D) efficient E) instructive
51- The site was closed so that the archeologists could ……… a new area that was still underground.
A) evacuate B) elevate C) excavate
D) estimate E) activate
52- In order to get through this challenge successfully, I think we should use our talents ………… To act individually would spoil our chances right from the start.
A) adequately B) collectively C) changeably
D) fearlessly E) relatively
53- Kyle came to borrow my ……………. because his roof was leaking and he needed to climb up there and have a look at it.
A) e scalator B) ladder C) altitude
D) elevator E) staircase
54- I find the crossword puzzles in this magazine …………… challenging — they make me think.
A) mentally B) physically C) verbally
D) orally E) bodily
55- Three people were injured today when a flat in London blew up. It is believed that the ………… was caused by leaking gas.
A) estimation B) fortune C) payment
D) explosion E) burial
56- I did absolutely nothing on my day off and nothing unusual happened — it was a completely ……….. day!
A) distracting B) uneventful C) sensitive
D) non-existent E) inaccurate
57- One of the dangers of natural gas is that it is almost…………… which means you can’t smell it so you’re not aware of its presence.
A) odourless B) invisible C) disobedient
D) insufficient E) tasteless
58- Betty made a new will because she decided she didn’t want her son to …………… anything from her when she died. She left all her money to her cat instead.
A) relieve B) deceive C) inherit
D) deliver E) interfere
59- Don’t …………. the door when you close it — shut it gently.
A) slam B) throw C) touch
D) jump E) bounce
60- Rose hates the portrait Vince painted of her. She thinks it’s ugly and that it doesn’t look like her at all. However, everyone else seems to think it’s a good
A) echo B) likelihood C) copy
D) print E) likeness
TEST YOURSELF 1
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