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Test 1
( )1. It’s time to go ______ the ship.
(A) aboard (B) abroad (C) board (D) broad
( )2. The man speaks with an English ______.
(A) accept (B) accent (C) access (D) accessory
( )3. He is good at math, and he wants to become an ________.
(A) account (B) accountant (C) accounting (D) accuracy
( )4. I have to admit that I have an _______ to coffee.
(A) addiction (B) addition (C) addict (D) additional
( )5. The ________ fee to the show is 10 dollars.
(A) admiration (B) admirable (C) admire (D) admission
( )6. I can’t _______ such an expensive watch.
(A) affect (B) afraid (C) after (D) afford
( )7. How much would it cost to send it by ______?
(A) airport (B) airline (C) airmail (D) air-conditioner
( )8. He’s ________ to peanuts, so please don’t give him any.
(A) allergy (B) allergic (C) alert (D) allow
( )9. I don’t like being ________ at home at night.
(A) alone (B) along (C) almost (D) alongside
( )10. Don’t you think his performance was really ______?
(A) amazing (B) amazed (C) amaze (D) amazement
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Test 2
( )1. I thought his story was kind of _______.
(A) amuse (B) amusing (C) amused (D) amusement
( )2. I felt really _______ by the noise coming from upstairs.
(A) annoy (B) annoying (C) annoyed (D) annoyance
( )3. Are you ______ about the exam tomorrow?
(A) anxiety (B) anxious (C) antique (D) anonymous
( )4. Her type of looks doesn’t really ______ to me.
(A) appeal (B) appear (C) appearance(D) applaud
( )5. My ideal first date is at an ________.
(A) approval (B) architect (C) approach (D) aquarium
( )6. He’s very _______. He thinks he’s the best in everything.
(A) arrow (B) arrange (C) arrogant (D) arrival
( )7. Everyone gets tired once in a while. That’s nothing to be ______ about.
(A) ash (B) ashamed (C) shame (D) sham
( )8. It was the ______’s first time in outer space.
(A) astronomy (B) athletic (C) attach (D) astronaut
( )9. I bought the small statue at an _______.
(A) auction (B) audience (C) audio (D) attempt
( )10. I was too shy to ask my favorite singer for an ________.
(A) automatic (B) author (C) autograph (D) automobile
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Test 3
( )1. It’s already midnight. I’m not sure if he’s still ______.
(A) await (B) awake (C) awaken (D) awoken
( )2. I don’t like taking the elevator with a stranger. The silence is so ______.
(A) award (B) awkward (C) awesome (D) awhile
( )3. Can you help me carry my heavy _____ to my room?
(A) bandage (B) badge (C) baggage (D) bacteria
( )4. He spent all his money gambling and is now ______.
(A) bank (B) bang (C) bandage (D) bankrupt
( )5. Does this alarm clock come with _______?
(A) battles (B) barrels (C) barriers (D) batteries
( )6. She baked two ______ of cookies, one for her students and one for her kids.
(A) baths (B) bathes (C) batches (D) bats
( )7. Why are you still up? It’s way past your ______.
(A) bedtime (B) bedroom (C) bed (D) bee
( )8. Please don’t forget your ______ when getting off the bus.
(A) belongs (B) believings (C) beliefs (D) belongings
( )9. ______! Their dog is very large and fierce.
(A) Beyond (B) Betray (C) Beware (D) Because
( )10. Our seats are so far away from the stage that we have to use _____ to see
better.
(A) bins (B) biologies (C) billions (D) binoculars
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Test 4
( )1. His knee has started ______. He needs a band-aid.
(A) blazing (B) blending (C) blinking (D) bleeding
( )2. I always ______ when I feel embarrassed.
(A) blunt (B) blur (C) blush (D) blue
( )3. I bought these books from the _______ over there.
(A) bookstore (B) bookcase (C) booklet (D) bookshelf
( )4. She wears her long hair in two _______.
(A) bras (B) brains (C) braids (D) branches
( )5. I want to sweep the floor, but I don’t have a _____.
(A) brook (B) broom (C) brother (D) bloom
( )6. Humans cannot ______ underwater.
(A) breath (B) breathe (C) breast (D) breeze
( )7. Look at the ______ in the white dress. She’s so lovely!
(A) bride (B) bridge (C) brick (D) bribe
( )8. I’m afraid that it is over my _____. I cannot buy it.
(A) bud (B) budget (C) buckle (D) bullet
( )9. A ______ broke into our house last night.
(A) burger (B) burglar (C) bush (D) butter
( )10. When it’s summer, my family usually goes ______.
(A) camping (B) campaign (C) camp (D) campus
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Test 5
( )1. The old lady has to walk with a ______.
(A) can (B) cane (C) cannon (D) can’t
( )2. Superman wears a ______.
(A) cane (B) campus (C) cape (D) capable
( )3. We gave mom some ______ on Mother’s Day.
(A) carnivals (B) cares (C) careers (D) carnations
( )4. Haven’t you bought enough? Let’s go check out at the _______.
(A) cash (B) cashier (C) cast (D) castle
( )5. You can’t find your ______? Have you tried calling it?
(A) cello (B) cellar (C) cell (D) cell-phone
( )6. We had some ________ to celebrate John’s birthday.
(A) challenge (B) chairman (C) chamber (D) champagne
( )7. The lady next door is very _______.
(A) charm (B) charming (C) charity (D) charging
( )8. You need to ______ your food before you swallow it.
(A) chew (B) cheat (C) chest (D) chess
( )9. I can hear birds ______ outside.
(A) chipping (B) chirping (C) chopping (D) clapping
( )10. I didn’t see this movie at the ______. I saw it on TV at home.
(A) circle (B) cinema (C) civilian (D) cigar
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Test 6
( )1. I’m not sure what you mean. Can you ______ it for me?
(A) clarify (B) clear (C) clarity (D) classify
( )2. The _______ is very small. Only ten students can fit in it.
(A) classmate (B) classy (C) classic (D) classroom
( )3. The sisters look almost the same, so their friends jokingly call them ______.
(A) clocks (B) closes (C) clones (D) closets
( )4. I’m so sorry for breaking your dish. I’m such a _____ person.
(A) climbing (B) clumsy (C) clown (D) cloudy
( )5. He was so tired that he ______ in bed as soon as he got home.
(A) collapse (B) collapses (C) collapsed (D) collapsing
( )6. He’s a born _______. He makes everyone laugh wherever he goes.
(A) comedy (B) comet (C) comedian (D) combined
( )7. ______ to his brothers, he is quite tall.
(A) Compare (B) Compared (C) Comparison (D) Compete
( )8. I’ve never been to a live ______ before.
(A) concept (B) concert (C) concern (D) conceal
( )9. They’ve been discussing this for days without reaching a _______.
(A) conclude (B) conduct (C) condition (D) conclusion
( )10. I’m not able to _____ to the Internet here.
(A) connecting (B) contact (C) connect (D) contacts
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Test 7
( )1. If you feel sick, you should _____ a doctor, not me.
(A) consultant (B) consume (C) consult (D) consumer
( )2. Keep the fruit in a small ______ so that it won’t go bad.
(A) contain (B) container (C) continent (D) continuous
( )3. Who are the two men smoking in the ______?
(A) corridor (B) correspond (C) correct (D) correspondent
( )4. You shouldn’t ______ in other people’s faces.
(A) couch (B) council (C) count (D) cough
( )5. The baby _______ under the table where we couldn’t reach him.
(A) crammed (B) crawled (C) cramped (D) cracked
( )6. The door always _____ when we open it.
(A) creates (B) creeps (C) crashes (D) creaks
( )7. The apples are freshly picked and still very _____.
(A) cripple (B) crisp (C) crisis (D) critical
( )8. The king is wearing a ______ on his head.
(A) clown (B) crown (C) crow (D) crowd
( )9. He enjoys Indian ______ very much.
(A) cultural (B) cultivate (C) cub (D) cuisine
( )10. I envy her for having lovely _____ in her hair.
(A) curry (B) curls (C) curly (D) curl
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Test 8
( )1. I don’t ____ go into the haunted house by myself.
(A) damn (B) dark (C) damp (D) dare
( )2. If we don’t meet the ______, the boss will be very mad.
(A) dead (B) deadly (C) deadline (D) deaf
( )3. Thank you for inviting me, but I’m afraid I’ll have to ______.
(A) declare (B) decline (C) decrease (D) declaration
( )4. How do you ______ something like love?
(A) definite (B) defense (C) define (D) definition
( )5. “I want my money back,” Sarah ______.
(A) demand (B) demanding (C) demanded (D) demonstrate
( )6. She felt very ______ because no one would listen to her.
(A) depress (B) depressed (C) depression (D) depresses
( )7. Can you give me more ______ about what needs to be done?
(A) detailed (B) details (C) detects (D) detected
( )8. I’m an expert at changing _______.
(A) diapers (B) diabetes (C) diagnosis (D) dictionaries
( )9. The password needs to be a four-______ number.
(A) digit (B) digital (C) dignity (D) diligent
( )10. There is _____ all over the boy’s face.
(A) dirty (B) dirt (C) dart (D) drip
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Test 9
( )1. I was so _______ that we didn’t get to meet up.
(A) disappoint (B) disappointed
(C) disappointing (D) disappointment
( )2. Can we get a ______ if we buy ten at once?
(A) discomfort (B) discard (C) discovery (D) discount
( )3. I really ______ it when people play their music too loudly.
(A) dislike (B) disk (C) dismiss (D) disorder
( )4. Please don’t ______ her when she’s sleeping.
(A) distract (B) district (C) distrust (D) disturb
( )5. I ______ some of my salary to a charity.
(A) dominate (B) donate (C) donation (D) domination
( )6. Why are you standing in the ______? Come on in!
(A) doorstep (B) door (C) doorway (D) doom
( )7. That’s really _______ news. She’ll be very sad when she hears it.
(A) dread (B) dreadful (C) dream (D) dreamy
( )8. Please do not drive when you’re _______.
(A) drunk (B) drum (C) dry (D) drowned
( )9. Why is this lamp so _____? Haven’t you cleaned it this morning?
(A) dusty (B) dust (C) dusk (D) duty
( )10. This is my favorite pair of _______.
(A) earnings (B) earrings (C) earring (D) earphone
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Test 10
( )1. The _______ spent all day sitting in front of his computer.
(A) edible (B) edit (C) edition (D) editor
( )2. There is no _______ in this apartment now, so the lights won’t turn on.
(A) electrical (B) electricity (C) electric (D) electronic
( )3. Does your hotel have an _______?
(A) element (B) elegant (C) electronics (D) elevator
( )4. Please send an ambulance quickly! It’s an _______.
(A) emerge (B) emergency (C) emotion (D) emotional
( )5. I don’t find long-distance traveling very _______.
(A) enjoy (B) enjoyable (C) enjoyment (D) enjoying
( )6. He always looks bored and has no _______ for anything.
(A) entertain (B) entertainer (C) enthusiasm (D) enthusiastic
( )7. Can you help me _____ the words from the blackboard?
(A) erect (B) errand (C) eraser (D) erase
( )8. We need somewhere safe to ______ to from the earthquake.
(A) evacuate (B) evaluate (C) evaluation (D) evolve
( )9. You can’t say that I stole your money if you have no ______.
(A) evidence (B) evident (C) evil (D) evolution
( )10. The food at this restaurant is ________.
(A) exception (B) exceptional (C) excel (D) except
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Test 11
( )1. The children were jumping up and down _______.
(A) excited (B) excitedly (C) excitement (D) exciting
( )2. The students are doing ______ in the chemistry classroom.
(A) experts (B) experiences (C) experiments (D) experimentals
( )3. I can’t wait to ______ our new home.
(A) explode (B) explain (C) exploit (D) explore
( )4. The dodo is a kind of bird that is already ______.
(A) extent (B) extreme (C) extinct (D) extremely
( )5. My jeans ______ after just one wash.
(A) faced (B) faded (C) fainted (D) faked
( )6. He looks _______, but I can’t remember his name.
(A) fame (B) family (C) familiar (D) familiarity
( )7. Please _____ your seatbelt. We’re taking off soon.
(A) fast (B) fasten (C) fate (D) fasting
( )8. The customers provide their _______ on our website.
(A) feedback (B) feeble (C) feed (D) fee
( )9. My dog is usually friendly, but becomes ______ when he sees strangers.
(A) field (B) first (C) fierce (D) fire
( )10. The family crowded around the ________ to warm themselves up.
(A) fireman (B) firecracker (C) firework (D) fireplace
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Test 12
( )1. He begged his father to take him _______.
(A) fish (B) fist (C) fishing (D) fisherman
( )2. Please turn your camera _____ off before taking pictures here.
(A) flame (B) flake (C) flash (D) flashlight
( )3. It was raining so hard that our basement was _______.
(A) flood (B) flooding (C) floor (D) flock
( )4. Don’t ______ your trash down the toilet, please.
(A) flash (B) flush (C) flutter (D) flunk
( )5. According to the weather ______, it won’t rain today.
(A) forehead (B) forecast (C) foresee (D) forever
( )6. I made a wish after tossing a coin into the _______.
(A) founder (B) foundation (C) fountain (D) found
( )7. The picture wasn’t anything special, but its _____ was pretty.
(A) frail (B) frank (C) freak (D) frame
( )8. It’s so cold that the pool was completely ______.
(A) frozen (B) freeze (C) frost (D) froze
( )9. Is the apartment _______? I don’t want to have to buy my own bed.
(A) furnish (B) furnished (C) furniture (D) furthermore
( )10. It’s the biggest planet in the entire ______.
(A) galaxy (B) gallery (C) gallon (D) gallop
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Test 13
( )1. You can tell that the smile on her face isn’t ______. She’s faking it.
(A) generous (B) general (C) genuine (D) gender
( )2. The girls ______ when they saw the handsome singer.
(A) gifted (B) giggled (C) generated (D) gigantic
( )3. He’s usually very _______ and rarely ever laughs.
(A) gloom (B) glorious (C) glory (D) gloomy
( )4. My sister is a very _____ lady. Even strangers want to take pictures of her.
(A) gold (B) glow (C) globe (D) gorgeous
( )5. He’s going to ______ in June. This is his last year in school.
(A) graduate (B) gradual (C) gradually (D) graduation
( )6. I’m really _______ for all the help you’ve given me.
(A) grateful (B) gratitude (C) gravity (D) grave
( )7. The kids _______ when they heard that they weren’t allow to go out.
(A) greeted (B) groaned (C) grilled (D) greened
( )8. I feel so ______ for not lending the child a hand.
(A) guilt (B) guide (C) guidance (D) guilty
( )9. Someone ______ into the bank’s website and stole everyone’s passwords.
(A) hacker (B) hacked (C) hack (D) hacking
( )10. I don’t like her new ______. It doesn’t suit her.
(A) hairy (B) hamburger (C) hand (D) hairstyle
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Test 14
( )1. He is a very _______ man. He rarely stops for a rest.
(A) harden (B) hard (C) hardly (D) hard-working
( )2. Let’s not be so ______. We should think it over before we make a decision.
(A) harmony (B) hassle (C) hasty (D) harvest
( )3. The wound will need some time to _____.
(A) heal (B) hill (C) health (D) healthy
( )4. You should wear a ______ when riding a motorbike.
(A) hell (B) helmet (C) heel (D) hermit
( )5. I always _______ the important points in my textbook.
(A) high (B) high-rise (C) highlight (D) highway
( )6. After singing at the karaoke all night, his voice has become _____.
(A) hoarse (B) horse (C) hose (D) hiss
( )7. ______, I don’t think this dress looks good on you.
(A) Honest (B) Honesty (C) Honestly (D) Honey
( )8. Why are all the cars behind us _____ their horns?
(A) honing (B) homing (C) honking (D) honoring
( )9. We couldn’t afford to stay in a hotel, so we stayed in a ______.
(A) hostage (B) host (C) hostel (D) hostess
( )10. He is lazy and never does any ________.
(A) housing (B) household (C) housework (D) housekeeper
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Test 15
( )1. He felt very _______ when his friends laughed at him in front of his girlfriend.
(A) humid (B) humidity (C) humiliate (D) humiliated
( )2. _____! Don’t wake up the baby.
(A) Hut (B) Hush (C) Hunch (D) Hurricane
( )3. The two sisters look ________. Not even their parents can tell them apart.
(A) identity (B) identify (C) identical (D) identification
( )4. The girl in the poster on the wall is my _____.
(A) idle (B) idol (C) idiom (D) idiot
( )5. The boy likes to ______ everything his brother does.
(A) imitate (B) imitation (C) immediate (D) immediately
( )6. Don’t be so ______. We’ve only been waiting for ten minutes.
(A) impact (B) immune (C) impatient (D) impersonal
( )7. He didn’t like going outside and preferred to stay _______.
(A) indulge (B) indoors (C) indicate (D) indication
( )8. He ______ the house from his grandfather.
(A) informed (B) inferred (C) inherited (D) infected
( )9. The girl couldn’t play soccer because she got _______.
(A) injure (B) injury (C) injured (D) injection
( )10. Have you got anti-virus software ________ on your computer?
(A) injected (B) inspected (C) insulted (D) installed
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Test 16
( )1. Before buying the book, you can read the ________ to see what it’s about.
(A) introduce (B) introduction (C) intrude (D) intruder
( )2. The computer is an amazing ________.
(A) invent (B) invention (C) inventor (D) invasion
( )3. She was _______ by the noises her little sister kept making.
(A) irritate (B) irritation (C) irritated (D) irritating
( )4. He was put into _______ for robbing a bank.
(A) jail (B) jade (C) jam (D) janitor
( )5. My aunt likes to wear a lot of _______.
(A) jelly (B) jewel (C) jewelry (D) jealousy
( )6. You need to rest. We have a long _______ ahead of us.
(A) jolly (B) journal (C) journalist (D) journey
( )7. Thank you so much for all the _______ you have shown me.
(A) kindle (B) kind (C) kindly (D) kindness
( )8. This scarf is for you. I ______ it myself.
(A) knitted (B) knighted (C) knelt (D) knifed
( )9. The scientist spends a lot of time inside his _____.
(A) lab (B) label (C) lag (D) lad
( )10. I have to meet my _______ tonight to pay him rent.
(A) landlord (B) landlady (C) landmark (D) landslide
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Test 17
( )1. I don’t know where he’s gone. I haven’t seen him at all ______.
(A) late (B) latter (C) later (D) lately
( )2. Is there anyone in the _______ right now? I really have to use it.
(A) lava (B) law (C) lavatory (D) lawful
( )3. His shoes are real ______ and quite expensive.
(A) league (B) leather (C) learner (D) leader
( )4. The talks he gives are always so ______. The last one lasted four hours.
(A) length (B) lengthy (C) lengthen (D) lens
( )5. If you can’t find the book you want, you can talk to the ______.
(A) library (B) liberal (C) liberate (D) librarian
( )6. He’s walking with a _____ because he hurt his left foot.
(A) limb (B) lamb (C) lamp (D) limp
( )7. I’ll meet you in the hotel ______. It’s on the first floor.
(A) lobby (B) lobster (C) local (D) loaf
( )8. He said he wasn’t interested in a ______ relationship.
(A) longing (B) lonely (C) long-term (D) loneliness
( )9. What _____ is this? It smells so good!
(A) logo (B) loop (C) loudspeaker (D) lotion
( )10. I like the melody of the song, but I don’t get the ______.
(A) lyrics (B) lullabies (C) lychees (D) lungs
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Test 18
( )1. The _______ of the class voted to go to the beach for the class trip.
(A) main (B) mainly (C) majestic (D) majority
( )2. If you don’t know how to operate the machine, you can read the _____.
(A) manual (B) manufacture (C) manufacturer (D) manner
( )3. He thought his work was a _______, but the critics didn’t like it.
(A) master (B) massive (C) masterpiece (D) material
( )4. I don’t like _______ on my food.
(A) mayor (B) meadow (C) mature (D) mayonnaise
( )5. He got a _____ for winning the first prize in the race.
(A) medicine (B) medal (C) meadow (D) medical
( )6. The poem is too long for me to ______ it in one hour.
(A) memory (B) memorize (C) memorable (D) memorial
( )7. Your room is too ______. Clean it up before the guests arrive.
(A) messy (B) mercy (C) merry (D) mess
( )8. She felt ______ after she failed the test.
(A) miracle (B) mischief (C) miserable (D) mislead
( )9. This drink is a ______ of mango and orange juice.
(A) mixture (B) mistake (C) mistress (D) mist
( )10. The man with the shaved head over there is a _______.
(A) modest (B) modesty (C) monk (D) monkey
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Test 19
( )1. I’m feeling kind of down. I’m not in the _____ to do anything.
(A) mood (B) moon (C) moonlight (D) monthly
( )2. The teacher looks for different ways to _______ her students to learn.
(A) motor (B) motivate (C) motivation (D) motion
( )3. My shoes are all ______ because of the rain.
(A) mug (B) mud (C) muddy (D) mule
( )4. The police thinks that the ________ escaped from the window.
(A) murder (B) murderer (C) murmur (D) muddier
( )5. She’s _______ enough to believe everything her friends tell her.
(A) naïve (B) native (C) naked (D) named
( )6. I’m so tired. Please look after the baby while I take a _____.
(A) nanny (B) narrator (C) napkin (D) nap
( )7. Their house is the largest in the ________.
(A) neighbor (B) neighborhood (C) nephew (D) neither
( )8. I had a _______ about being chased by a killer.
(A) night (B) nightmare (C) nighttime (D) nightlight
( )9. Stop talking _______ and start coming up with something useful.
(A) none (B) nose (C) nonsense (D) noisy
( )10. You can always come to me if you have ______ to go.
(A) nowhere (B) nowadays (C) nobody (D) nothing
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Test 20
( )1. My dog is very ______. She does everything she is told.
(A) obey (B) object (C) obedient (D) objection
( )2. I thought it was very ______ that she was my sister.
(A) obvious (B) obviously (C) observe (D) observation
( )3. His love for her was _______. She doesn’t like him back.
(A) oneself (B) one (C) once (D) one-sided
( )4. I’m not sure how to use this can ______.
(A) open (B) opener (C) opening (D) opera
( )5. This is a story about an _____ who lost his parents when he was a baby.
(A) orphan (B) orphanage (C) origin (D) original
( )6. What kind of ______ should I wear to the party?
(A) outlet (B) outfit (C) outline (D) output
( )7. I’m so sorry I’m late! I _______.
(A) overhead (B) overnight (C) overtook (D) overslept
( )8. When I was a little girl, I wanted to live in a _____.
(A) palace (B) pal (C) pancake (D) packet
( )9. It’s hard not to ______ when there’s an earthquake.
(A) panel (B) papa (C) panic (D) papaya
( )10. I’m looking for the nearest _______ lot.
(A) park (B) parking (C) part (D) parting
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Test 21
( )1. I wonder where this ______ leads to.
(A) passage (B) passenger (C) passion (D) passive
( )2. She has no _______ for people who talk very slowly.
(A) patient (B) patience (C) patriotic (D) pattern
( )3. He almost hit a ________ when drunk driving.
(A) pedal (B) peak (C) pedestrian (D) penalty
( )4. Only ten ______ of the people interviewed like oranges more than apples.
(A) percent (B) percentage (C) per (D) perfect
( )5. I thought his _______ last night was absolutely wonderful.
(A) perform (B) performance (C) performer (D) perfume
( )6. It would be better for a ______ to have large hands.
(A) physics (B) piano (C) pianist (D) pickle
( )7. I took some _____ and went to bed.
(A) pills (B) pilots (C) piles (D) pilgrims
( )8. The little girl ______ her parents to buy her the doll.
(A) pleased (B) pleasure (C) pleaded (D) pleasant
( )9. No wonder the radio won’t turn on. You didn’t _____ it in.
(A) plot (B) plum (C) plumber (D) plug
( )10. The ______ was still very young. You can’t ride him yet.
(A) pond (B) pool (C) pony (D) poor
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Test 22
( )1. This is a ______ of the Queen of England.
(A) portable (B) portion (C) portrait (D) portray
( )2. How can you ______ believe a huge lie like that?
(A) possible (B) possibility (C) possibly (D) possess
( )3.We’ll have to ______ the meeting if no one can make it.
(A) post (B) postpone (C) poster (D) postage
( )4. Many people in this area live in ______.
(A) pottery (B) powdery (C) potential (D) poverty
( )5. No one can ______ the future.
(A) predict (B) precise (C) prediction (D) precious
( )6. We can’t ______ earthquakes from happening.
(A) prevent (B) prevention (C) previous (D) pretend
( )7. He’s a _______ photographer. His works have appeared on many magazines.
(A) profession (B) professional (C) professor (D) production
( )8. This matter needs your ______ attention.
(A) prompt (B) promote (C) promotion (D) promising
( )9. The mother hen is very ______ of her chickens.
(A) protect (B) protection (C) protective (D) protest
( )10. You can’t go around _______ people in their faces.
(A) pumping (B) pulling (C) punishing (D) punching
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Test 23
( )1. You shouldn’t cut in the _______. Go back to the end of the line, please.
(A) quest (B) question (C) queue (D) quote
( )2. You might want to put on a ______ before you go out. It’s pouring outside.
(A) rain (B) rainbow (C) raincoat (D) rainfall
( )3. I’m surprised at her angry _______ to the news. I thought she would be happy.
(A) react (B) reaction (C) reactive (D) reach
( )4. After the war, people had to _______ their homes.
(A) rebuild (B) receive (C) recite (D) record
( )5. I can see my own _________ in the mirror.
(A) reflect (B) reflection (C) reflective (D) reflected
( )6. Are you here to ________ for classes?
(A) register (B) registration (C) region (D) regret
( )7. It’s very hot outside, so the man is _______ to leave his air-conditioned room.
(A) religious (B) reliable (C) relieved (D) reluctant
( )8. Who will _______ the poor kitten stuck on the tree?
(A) research (B) rescue (C) request (D) require
( )9. The two sisters ______ each other. They look almost the same.
(A) reserve (B) resign (C) resist (D) resemble
( )10. I already sent him a message, but he hadn’t ________ yet.
(A) responded (B) responsed (C) respected (D) responsibility
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Test 24
( )1. I’m hoping to ______ when I’m sixty-five.
(A) retain (B) retire (C) retreat (D) reunite
( )2. The novelist was not satisfied with his work, so he decided to _______ it.
(A) reward (B) revision (C) rewrite (D) revenge
( )3. The girl screamed when she saw the ______ climb into her house.
(A) robber (B) robbery (C) rob (D) robe
( )4. Our usual way to school is blocked. We have to take a different ______.
(A) round (B) route (C) routine (D) rot
( )5. You shouldn’t leave your ______ inside your classroom desk.
(A) rub (B) rule (C) rumour (D) rubbish
( )6. I love everything about my job except the low _______.
(A) safely (B) salad (C) safety (D) salary
( )7. Don’t suddenly jump out and ______ me like that!
(A) scarce (B) scare (C) scarcely (D) scary
( )8. I’ll check my ________ and tell you when I’ll be free.
(A) schedule (B) scheme (C) scene (D) scenery
( )9. The cat panicked and _______ him on the arm.
(A) scouted (B) screamed (C) scratched (D) scolded
( )10. Even though this bag is ______, it looks like it were brand-new.
(A) second (B) secondary (C) seconds (D) second-hand
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Test 25
( )1. My grandma, a _____ citizen, gets a discount when riding the bus.
(A) sense (B) senior (C) sensible (D) sensitive
( )2. She is planning to write a _____ of books about her strange dreams.
(A) serious (B) series (C) sentence (D) service
( )3. My grandmother helped me _____ my pants back together.
(A) sew (B) so (C) sow (D) sex
( )4. Don’t you just hate it when _______ gets into your eyes?
(A) shame (B) shameful (C) shampoo (D) shape
( )5. The sun is ______ . Let’s go out to play.
(A) shine (B) shining (C) shiny (D) shined
( )6. If we take a ______, we’ll get there faster.
(A) short (B) shortage (C) shortcut (D) shortcoming
( )7. I’m not here on business. I’m here to do some ________.
(A) sighing (B) sighting (C) sight (D) sightseeing
( )8. She sat there and ______ her coffee slowly.
(A) skipped (B) sipped (C) sitted (D) skitted
( )9. The girl was busily _______ the scenery on her notebook.
(A) skiing (B) skating (C) skipping (D) sketching
( )10. I like this jacket, but the ______ are a little too long for me.
(A) sleeps (B) sleep (C) sleeve (D) sleeves
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Test 26
( )1. Traffic is usually very ______ at this time of the day.
(A) smooth (B) sneaky (C) snail (D) smoking
( )2. Have you upgraded your anti-virus ______ yet?
(A) soft (B) softball (C) software (D) sofa
( )3. Don’t worry. We’ll find a way to solve this problem ______.
(A) someone (B) something (C) sometimes (D) somehow
( )4. This little doll is a _______ my friend bought for me when traveling.
(A) south (B) soup (C) source (D) souvenir
( )5. I love curry rice, but I don’t like it to be too ______.
(A) spice (B) spicy (C) spider (D) spoil
( )6. The rock fell into the water with a huge ______.
(A) spit (B) spirit (C) splash (D) split
( )7. We went to watch a baseball game at the _______.
(A) stable (B) staff (C) stadium (D) stab
( )8. Don’t ______ at others. It’s not polite.
(A) star (B) stare (C) start (D) starve
( )9. My hands are all _____ after eating the cake.
(A) sticky (B) stick (C) steep (D) steer
( )10. Our _____ to winning the game is to never stop attacking.
(A) strange (B) stranger (C) straight (D) strategy
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Test 27
( )1. After the marathon, he had no ______ to play basketball.
(A) strength (B) strengths (C) strengthen (D) stress
( )2. He’s usually quite ______, so I’m surprised that you could convince him.
(A) struggle (B) soft (C) strong (D) stubborn
( )3. If you keep skipping class, your grades will ______.
(A) suffer (B) suffering (C) sufficient (D) suggestion
( )4. I always wake up late, so I rarely see the _______.
(A) sunlight (B) sunny (C) sunrise (D) sunset
( )5. I’m glad to spend my birthday ______ by the people I love the most.
(A) surrender (B) surround (C) surrounded (D) surroundings
( )6. There’s a _______-looking man in black following us.
(A) suspense (B) suspension (C) suspicion (D) suspicious
( )7. Do you mind _______ seats with me?
(A) swinging (B) switching (C) swimming (D) swelling
( )8. He ______ me on the shoulder when I was reading a ghost story and I
nearly screamed.
(A) tamed (B) texted (C) tapped (D) taped
( )9. Don’t _____ your little sister; you’ll make her cry.
(A) tease (B) tear (C) teach (D) team
( )10. He’s only a _______ replacement for Jane when she’s having her baby.
(A) temper (B) temple (C) temperature (D) temporary
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Test 28
( )1. Everyone was _______ when we heard about those murders.
(A) terrible (B) terrify (C) terrific (D) terrified
( )2. Send me a _____ as soon as you get home, okay?
(A) text (B) textbook (C) test (D) theft
( )3. What are you ______? You look very troubled.
(A) think (B) thing (C) thinking (D) thin
( )4. Don’t worry about that team. They’re not good enough to be a ______.
(A) threat (B) threaten (C) thread (D) thirst
( )5. You’d better come home soon. I heard there will be a _______ later.
(A) thunder (B) thumb (C) thus (D) thunderstorm
( )6. Hold on _____! I don’t want you to fall off the bike.
(A) tight (B) tighten (C) tidy (D) timid
( )7. I have to stand on _____ to reach the top shelf.
(A) tip (B) tiptoe (C) tiny (D) tin
( )8. I get a feeling that he doesn’t like us; he just ______ us.
(A) tolerance (B) tolerable (C) tolerates (D) tolerant
( )9. I’m sure you’ll get better with ______.
(A) train (B) trail (C) training (D) trailing
( )10. Can you _______ this German text for me?
(A) transform (B) transit (C) transplant (D) translate
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Test 29
( )1. I’m so sorry that I was _____ to make it to your party.
(A) unaware (B) unable (C) unconscious (D) unbelievable
( )2. The mermaid lives in a kingdom ________.
(A) undertake (B) underweight (C) underwater (D) understanding
( )3. The people who work in the resort are really _______.
(A) unhappily (B) unfriendly (C) unexpectedly (D) unfortunately
( )4. It’s so _____ for him to be late. Let’s call him again.
(A) unlike (B) unusual (C) unknown (D) unless
( )5. George, can you come to the phone quickly? The caller says it’s _____.
(A) urgent (B) urge (C) usage (D) urban
( )6. Oh, dear, you’ve broken your grandma’s favorite _____.
(A) vary (B) vase (C) vast (D) vapor
( )7. I don’t like to watch _____ movies because they make me feel so tired.
(A) violate (B) violation (C) violent (D) violet
( )8. _______ are good for your health, but you shouldn’t take too many.
(A) viruses (B) violins (C) vitamins (D) volcanoes
( )9. Don’t ______ too far, or you can get lost.
(A) wonder (B) wonderful (C) ward (D) wander
( )10. Don’t say I didn’t _____ you. It won’t work, trust me.
(A) warm (B) war (C)warning (D) warn
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Test 30
( )1. Your phone fell into the toilet. I hope it’s _______.
(A) water (B) waterfall (C) watchman (D) waterproof
( )2. The man is very ______, but he can’t bear to part with any of his money.
(A) weaken (B) wealth (C) wealthy (D) weapon
( )3. The band is not _______ yet, but they already have some loyal followers.
(A) welfare (B) well (C) welcome (D) well-known
( )4. Peter always ______ a happy tune when he works.
(A) whispers (B) whistles (C) whips (D) wheels
( )5. The ______ witch died in boiling hot water.
(A) wildly (B) width (C) wicked (D) widespread
( )6. He ______ at his friend to signal that it was time for him to go onstage.
(A) winged (B) wished (C) wicked (D) winked
( )7. Please don’t send me so many text messages when I’m _______.
(A) working (B) worker (C) workbook (D) workshop
( )8. Could you please _____ this box for me?
(A) wrap (B) wrapping (C) wrinkle (D) worth
( )9. Don’t ______ at me. I can hear you fine enough.
(A) yellow (B) yawn (C) yell (D) yolk
( )10. You’re in a danger ______. You must leave the area right away.
(A) zebra (B) zero (C) zipper (D) zone
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