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Self-Assessment Test One (Unit 1

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Unit 2)

1. Thomas Edison was _____ for many of his great inventions.

A. notorious

B. ambitious

C. renowned

D. apologetic

2. She has a very real ______ against that hospital, since the operation which ruined her health.

A. grievance

B. annoyance

C. bias

D. irritation

3. This is really a henpecked husband: his wife ______ at him whenever she wants.

A. winks

B. raves

C. glances

D. sticks

4. She put on dark glasses because the sun was ______ in her eyes.

A. glaring

B. flaring

C. shining

D. blazing

5. We all heaved a _____ of relief when we heard that they were safe.

A. sign

B. sight

C. signal

D. sigh

6. The trapped men kept up their ______ by singing together.

A. enthusiasm

B. energy

C. morale

D. excitement

7. If you want to get into that tunnel, you first have to ____ all the rocks.

A. haul away

B. carry away

C. wear out

D. tear down

8. _______ my suitcase on to my shoulder, I turned and headed toward my hotel.

A. Hauling

B. Hurling

C. Hoisting

D. Hooking

9. When climbing the mountain he stopped to ______ his thirst at a stream from time to time.

A. extinguish

B. chill

C. destruct

D. quench

10. You won

’

t get much _______ out of a bar of chocolate.

A. support

B. sustenance

C. supply

D. maintenance

11. The car ________ past us, going 90 miles an hour.

A. zoomed

B. went

C. moved

D. turned

12. The airline’s flights, once noted for their ______ punctuality, are now constantly delayed.

A. crunchy

B. fresh

C. crisp

D. brittle

13. They run a restaurant and ________ for weddings and parties too.

A. call

B. cater

C. care

D. pay

14. Even though the origin of the custom has become quite ______, the local residents of the

area still follow the tradition on special occasions.

A. obscure

B. ambiguous

C. mysterious

D. evident

15. It is very _______ for anyone to be out of a job.

A. comforting

B. unkind

C. encouraging

D. dispiriting

16. The huge storm ____ the ship to pieces.

A. ruined

B. pounded

C. battered

D. shattered

17.

Since

Kevin

was

very

_____,

he

often

does

weight-training

exercises

for

the

purpose

of

building up his body.

A. funny

B. sporty

C. tiny

D. puny

18. You can ask him for help since he is ______ about everything in the field of economics.

A. articulate

B. particular

C. cautious

D. skeptical

19. All my attempts to unlock the door were ______, because I was using the wrong key.

A. fruitful

B. futile

C. infertile

D. sorrowful

20. This information allows businessmen to _____ their list of goods by showing which items are

being sold and how fast they are moving.

A. keep track of

B. keep up with

C. keep a tight rein on

D. keep in touch with

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21.

The

old

lady

was

again

_____

about

her

youth

to

her

daughter,

who

was

getting

very

impatient.

A. complaining

B. rambling

C. stumble

D. grumbling

22. Winter is coming and we need to ______ the food cupboard and our stocks of coal.

A. furnish

B. refresh

C. polish

D. replenish

23. The room was _____ up with old furniture.

A. jumbled

B. messed

C. cluttered

D. muddled

24. Writing a history book ______ a lot of work.

A. detains

B. details

C. retails

D. entails

25. They failed to ______ our original agreement.

A. adhere to

B. deal with

C. cope with

D. turn up

Self-Assessment Test Two (Unit 3

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Unit 4)

1. He raised his arm to ________ himself from the blow.

A. defend

B. block

C. shield

D. avoid

2. Attitudes to this question are changing, ________ slowly.

A. albeit

B. even

C. still

D. yet

3. Have you renewed your ________ to National Geographic?

A. donation

B. submission

C. subscription

D. payment

4. The whole magazine is produced and edited in the ______ of excellence. It’s no wonder that it

has so many readers.

A. pursuit

B. search

C. chase

D. demand

5. The government has imposed strict ______ on the press to avoid misleading reports.

A. imagination

B. censorship

C. examination

D. instruction

6. Innocent civilians were arrested and ________ to inhumane treatment.

A. led

B. exposed

C. supposed

D. subjected

7. He studied ________ and enthusiastically. That’s why he is a straight

-A student.

A. consciously

B. carelessly

C. scrupulously

D. conscientiously

8. I ________ the arrogant man with a sarcastic remark.

A. squashed

B. stroked

C. stuffed

D. mashed

9.

Teachers’

interest

would

give

their

students

______

and

they

could

work

twice

as

hard.

A.

courage

B. incentive

C. impulse

D. creativity

10. She gets a ________ satisfaction from making other people embarrassed.

A. pertinent

B. perceptual

C. perverse

D. persuasive

11. Criticism from his peers ______ his confidence in fulfilling his tasks.

A.

undermines

B.

underlines

C.

underestimates

D. undervalues12. The mother became ________ when she heard that her child was missing.

A. frantic

B. frail

C. fragile

D. frank

13. He has a photographic memory and can ________ the dates of all the kings of England.

A. reel back

B. reel from

C. reel in

D. reel off

14. He became increasingly ________ when he was sick.

A. questionable

B. querulous

C. quiet

D. quick-witted

15. She ________ about in her handbag for a pen.

A. fumbled

B. fluttered

C. searched

D. moved

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