TEST YOUR VOCABULARY

1- Before he settled down with his family in his hometown, 12- The villagers have fought over the strip of land between the two
Oxfordshire, he had worked ........; first in Nigeria and then in villages for so long that it is hard to see how they will ever ........
Saudi Arabia. the dispute.

A) overtime B) outdoors C) abroad A) calculate B) agree C) resolve

D) nationally E) inland D) analyse E) arouse

2- It's not a good idea to make a/an ....... between your children — 13- As soon as she heard the news about the accident, she ........ to the
they are all different individuals and they each have different hospital to be at her son's side.
characters.
A) crawled B) skipped C) strolled
A) fight B) comparison C) discussion D) peeped E)rushed
D) argument E) record
14- We have been working hard all week, so, tomorrow, we are going
3- The care at many of Michigan's nursing homes for the elderly fails ........ . We are going to get up late and go to the park.
to meet the required level of service. In fact, at 95% of homes, the
care provided is ........ . A) to employ B) to relax C) to retreat
D) to depress E) to battle
A) eroded B) damaged C) substandard
D) gradual E) excellent 15- Our English teacher likes to start her classes ......... so she wants the
students to come to school on time.
4- It was a terrible tragedy. The ice cracked while Michael was
skating on the lake and he ....... in the icy water below. A) punctually B) normally C) lately
D) accurately E) actively
A) drowned B) buried C) injured
D) swam E) floated 16- The judge banned him from driving for twelve months ........ him for
driving after drinking alcohol.
5- The captain decided to shelter the ship from the storm for the night
by sailing her into a small ........ on the East coast of the island. A) to persuade B) to imprison C) to destroy
D) to punish E) to release
A) pond B) puddle C) ocean
D) wave E)bay 17- Surfing has never really become popular in the UK as, although
they get some quite powerful waves on their ........ the sea is
6- A bomb during the Second World War reduced my mother's usually extremely cold.
friend's house to ........ . Only the fireplace was still standing.
A) banks B) settlements C) orchards
A) explosions B) rubble C) mixtures D) shores E) citizens
D) garbage E) plans
18- I applied for the job you recommended, and I am going for a second
7- My large rug has been hanging over the balcony in the sun since ......... on Monday, which means I have a good chance of getting
this morning, but it's still ........ . I'll have to hang it out again the position.
tomorrow.
A) operation B) interview C) promotion
A) patterned B) dirty C) dry D) resignation E) treaty
D) wet E) thick
19- In the early years of international shipping, sailors believed that the
8- When the actress read all the nasty lies the journalist had written world was flat and they were frightened of sailing off the ........ .
about her, she was ........ .
A) corner B) border C) edge
A) furious B) nervous C) impressed D) boundary E) top
D) envious E) excited
20- The late frost this year means that fruit farmers will probably have a
9- Some struggles in the world have been going on for so long and are poor ........ .
so complicated that it is hard for anyone studying the situation
from a distance to know what the ........ really is. A) field B) seed C) area
D) harvest E) farm
A) truth B) witness C) moral
D) topic E) innocence 21- A: I'm looking for a part-time job to help with my university
expenses.
10- It was far too cold to swim in the Irish Sea while we were on B: Have you asked at the library? I think they have a few ........ for
holiday, but we took off our shoes and socks, rolled up our trousers trainee librarians.
and ........ in the icy water.
A) titles B) volunteers C) folders
A) dived B) paddied C) floated D) properties E) vacancies
D) drowned E) swam
22- Harris Tweed is a heavy woven ........ which is made of pure
11- Submarines were first used as effective war machines by the Shetland wool. It is famous throughout Europe and popular for
Germans in WW I. These 'U-boats' had a ........ made up of about making jackets and coats.
four officers and 25 staff, who lived in cramp conditions.
A) fabric B) leather C) curtain
A) group B) set C) gang D) flag E) cotton
D) crew E) board
23- He ........ the length and width of all the rooms before he calculated 35- Her grandmother has ........ Lucy two lovely jumpers. It isn't
exactly how much carpet he needed. possible to buy such special items in shops.

A) measured B) weighed C) laid A) mended B) purchased C) rinsed

D) guessed E) examined D) knitted E) stolen

24- The officials from the Department of Education carry out a/an ........ 36- John left the bank and now works in his own small ......... where he
of each school every year. They look at the registers for all classes makes wooden furniture.
and observe one or two lessons.
A) workshop B) darkroom C) warehouse
A) assistant B) promotion C) essay D) station E) supermarket
D) inspection E) search
37- On the 5th of October, 1864, high winds caused the sea to rise ten
25- The doctor didn't think Tom had broken or fractured his ribs, but an feet above the highest spring tides, causing terrible ........ which
X-ray of his chest was ........ in order for him to be sure. killed 45.000 people near the mouth of the Ganges.

A) certain B) necessary C) cultural A) avalanches B) floods C) clouds

D) classical E)regular D) puddles E) tremors

26- This new political party has ........ members in almost every city in 38- When Kate and Richard moved to Japan, they took as many ........ as
America — it is growing very rapidly. they could fit into four suitcases and left the big pieces like tables,
chairs, cupboards behind because they didn't want to pay for
A) rescued B) evacuated C) recruited shipping.
D) rejected E) exercised
A) mansions B) memories C) possessions
27- Sally is not naturally very outgoing, but team work at university and D) projects E) properties
success in her career have made her quite a ........ young lady.
39- The Lebanese ........ features the famous Cedar trees between two
A) generous B) grateful C) cowardly red strips.
D) miserly E) confident
A) cuisine B) government C) flag
28- Brian wants to move out of his mother's house soon because she D) language E) tradition
........ him all the time. She always has lots of things for him to do
but doesn't like the way he does anything. 40- Her voice is good enough to sing ........ but she prefers to make her
living as a doctor and remain an amateur singer in the church
A) spoils B) praises C) mistakes 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.

A) victims B) civilians C) warriors

D) terrorists E) prisoners

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

D) stand E) skip