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1. In the _____ paragraph some comments had
been made of it.
A) proceeding
B) preceding
C)
progressing
D) processing
2. The dog’s collar was so ____ that it
came off over his head.
A)
loose
B) slight
C) broad
D) excessive
3. We
finall
y managed to ____ the committee’s
approval of our plans.
A)
secure
B) arouse
C) exert
D) execute
4.
Thousands of people died of starvation during the
____ in that African country.
A) objection
B) poverty
C)
consumption
D) famine
5.
Four people were seriously ____ in an accident on
the motorway.
A) damaged
B) harmed
C) injured
D)
wounded
6. In the advanced course
students must take performance tests at monthly
____.
A) gaps
B) lengths
C) distances
D) intervals
7. While
admitting that this forecast was _____
exaggerated, the scientists warned
against treating it as a cry of
wolf.
A) anyhow
B) somewhere
C) somewhat
D) anyway
8. The
thief tried to open the locked door but _____.
A) in no way
B) in vain
C) at
a loss
D) without effect
9. He had a ____ look in his eyes. He
must have been shocked.
A) empty
B)
bare
C) blank
D) hollow
10. Stone does not
____, and so the tools of long ago have remained
when even the bones of the men who made
them have disappeared without trace.
A) crack
B) decay
C) destroy
D) crush
11. The
swimming pool is so ____ that it’s safe for small
children.
A) stable
B) smooth
C) superficial
D) shallow
12. Being named
the best athlete of the year
was an
important ____ in the baseball player’s
life.
A) segment
B) ingredient
C) contribution
D) episode
13. Only hotel
guests have the ____ of using the private beach.
A) occasion
B) possibility
C) privilege
D)
habit
14. Many people save money to
____ for their old age.
A) supply
B) offer
C) provide
D) yield
15.
Having decided to rent a flat, we ____ contacting
all the accommodation agencies in the city.
A)
went up
B) went
down
C) went out
D) went about
16. American
women were ____ the right to vote until 1920 after
many years of hard struggle.
A)
ignored
B)
refused
C) neglected
D) denied
17.
The medicine the doctor gave me ____ my headache.
A) reduced
B) improved
C) released
D)
relieved
18. As I had earlier made up
my mind to run for governor, I could not ____. I
must go on with the fight.
A)
vary
B)
withdraw
C) undergo
D) discard
19.
The water was so ____ that we could see the fish
inside clearly.
A) transparent
B) obvious
C)
apparent
D) visible
20. While studying he was financially
dependent
____
his wife.
A)
to
B) of
C) on
D) from
21. He ____ the
medicine quickly and then drank some orange juice.
A) sucked
B) swallowed
C) licked
D) digested
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22. Another big issue ____ the new
republic is the problem of the education of its
citizens.
A)
confining
B) confirming
C) conflicting
D) confronting
23. I was
unaware of the critical points involved, so my
choice was quite ____.
A)
arbitrary
B)
rational
C) mechanical
D) unpredictable
24. His
parents no longer worry about him. He has a good
job and can live ____ his own now.
A) at
B) by
C) on
D) with
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5. Mr.
Henderson was determined to remain _____. He
neither stood on his wife’s side nor on his
mother’s side.
A) natural
B)
neutral
C) nervous
D) native
26. Do you believe these two ____
friends used to be bitter enemies?
A) intimate
B) emotional
C)
intense
D) supreme
27. As he had worked in the army as an
electrical engineer for many years, he had every
____ for the job.
A) privilege
B)
obligation
C) qualification
D) commitment
28. She was
very ____; she cried even when her husband left
for another city on business.
A) sensitive
B)
indifferent
C) reluctant
D) emotional
29. Young
children soon ____ words they hear their elders
use.
A)
put forward
B) look forward
to
C) turn up
D)
pick up
30. Since many insects have
already become ____ to DDT, scientists have to
look for some new insecticide.
A)
active
B) resistant
C) tough
D) gradual
31.
It is a type of desert bush that can ____ extremes
of temperature.
A) adapt
B) withdraw
C)
withstand
D) shade
32. If a man is easily taken in by
emotional traps, he will not be able to make ____
judgments.
A) sensitive
B) sentimental
C) sensible
D)
sensational
33. Whenever he writes to
his parents, he ____ a cheque with his letter.
A) encloses
B) contains
C)
reserves
D) invests
34. You should save your work often as
a ____ against computer failure.
A) sanction
B) precaution
C)
shield
D) shelter
35. It took
millions of years for order to grow out of the
____ of the universe.
A) adjustment
B) change
C)
chaos
D)
profile
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6. According to the
weather ____, it’s going to be
fine
today.
A) prediction
B) indication
C) provision
D)
forecast
37. Accidents are of frequent
____ on this motorway because the traffic is
extremely heavy here.
A) arrival
B) proportion
C) scale
D) occurrence
38. Her pulse was so weak that the
doctor had difficulty ____ it.
A)
inspecting
B)
detecting
C) touching
D) contacting
39. There is need to check the ____ of
the report.
A) frequency
B) accuracy
C)
emergency
D) efficiency
40. The old man did not seem to attach
any importance ____ the question.
A) to
B) with
C) towards
D) for
41. As the plane was
getting ready to take off, we all ____ our seat
belts.
A)
tied
B) locked
C) fastened
D) closed
42.
Professor Collins was ____ of the latest
developments in physics because he had been in
hospital for several
months.
A) unconscious
B) negative
C) robbed
D)
ignorant
43. It has been revealed that
some government leaders ____ their authority and
position to get illegal profits for
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