15

1) . No one imagined that the obviously ............ politician man was really a mafia leader.
A) respectable
B) honour
C) respectful
D) respectable
E) respective

2) . Since buying in bulk ............. one to make substantial savings, Mr. Brown is for buying too much; his house
is packed with all kinds of articles.
A) facilitates
B) enables
C) means
D) ensures
E) empowers

3) . With the only bridge which collapsed, the mountain village is now only ..... by air.
A) available
B) attainable
C) accessible
D) obtainable
E) achievable

4) . It was really ........ of her to go on talking when she knew that I was trying to study on my report.
A) helpless
B) ungrateful
C) gracious
D) inconsiderate
E) greedy

5) . What a pity! There is an exam tomorrow, and I can't find my notebook. I seem to have ............. it..
A) mislaid
B) mishandled
C) mistaken
D) misled
E) misdirected

6) . According to present regulations, as you are not yet 18, you should get your parents........ if you want to
travel abroad.
A) allowance
B) consent
C) let
D) permit
E) contract
7) . The police are offering a $ 4500 ............ to anybody who can give them useful information about the
kidnappers.
A) price
B) cost
C) prize
D) reward
E) trophy

8) . I am ...... that I will get the job. I have done fairly well in the interview.
A) safe
B) confident
C) doubtless
D) trustworthy
E) persistent

9) . The............. with our boss is that he always makes promises he is bound to break.
A) trouble
B) upset
C) puzzle
D) complex
E) complain

10) . The rich can never understand how hard the rising......... of living can be on families of low income.
A) price
B) amount
C) expense
D) cost
E) increase
11) . She is making herself sick with.......... over husband's success as a politician.
A) annoyance
B) troubles
C) disgust
D) worry
E) consideration

12) . We should try to ............ our son of the hazards of trying to do a thousand and one thing all at the same
time.
A) remain
B) remember
C) warn
D) realize
E) threaten

13) . He is so good-hearted a man that I am sure it would be impossible to find his ............ anywhere in this
world.
A) similar
B) same
C) equal
D) reflection
E) likeness

14) . Please inform us of your project at your earliest ..............

A) convenience
B) opportunity
C) expedience
D) liberty
E) possibility

15) . If you have a ......... to make about services here, I am sure that the manager will be voluntary to listen to
what you have to say.
A) trouble
B) dislike
C) discontent
D) fault
E) complaint

16) . An energetic and patient teacher will be a great............any private school.

A) profit
B) asset
C) influence
D) surcharge
E) prosperity

17) . The last speaker said that it was a dangerous popular .............. that taking two vitamin tablets every day
was all needed to keep up good health.
A) misconception
B) deception
C) misjudgement
D) fiction
E) understatement

18) . Alexander is so ........... to marry his girlfriend his family will not able to prevent him from doing so despite
their great objection to the marriage.
A) willing
B) strong
C) reluctant
D) wishful
E) determined

19) . His only ............ in life has always been to found an association to protect wild life.
A) want
B) study
C) ambition
D) direction
E) imagination

20) . If you go on .... when I speak, I won't be able to finish what I have to say.
A) interrupting
B) interfering
C) preventing
D) stopping
E) bordering

21) . Owing to an administrative ........ some rooms had been double-booked.

A) mix-up
B) puzzle
C) riddle
D) mystery
E) glory

22) . Why don't you once be man enough and ........... facts instead of finding excuses for your mistakes?
A) watch
B) eye
C) front
D) face
E) look

23) . The leader of the opposition party has promised that as soon as his party comes to ........... the salaries of
all civil servants will be raised to a satisfactory standard
A) position
B) force
C) power
D) govern
E) strength

24) . All the doctors of this hospital, when going on a holiday, should leave a telephone number so that we can
call them in the of an ............. case.
A) hasty
B) urgent
C) valuable
D) confident
E) early

25) . Her unexpected disappearance is..... .We don't have the slightest idea what has happened to her.
A) illegible
B) ambiguous
C) inarticulate
D) unintelligible
E) inexplicable

TEST 16

1) The policeman was very............. when he saw a light in the apartment because he knew the owners were
away on a vacation.
A) suspicious
B) surprising
C) delighted
D) disturbing
E) distracting

2) Unless the students' demands are ......... soon, we won't have any students for the coming year.
A) seen
B) given
C) paid
D) met
E) permitted

3) One important measure to prevent traffic accidents may be forbidding motorists............ of speeding for a
year.
A) scolded
B) convicted
C) charged
D) judged
E) condemned

4) In the teaching profession, women ............ men by four to one in many countries.
A) overcome
B) increase
C) supersede
D) outclass
E) outnumber

5) Our mountain house ............ the amenities of a city dwelling, however , it is much nicer to live in.
A) overlooked
B) missed
C) neglected
D) lacked
E) ignored

6) I think I have ....... nothing can change my decision.

A) cleared
B) cleared up
C) made it clear
D) cleared out
E) clarified
7) It was a very ....... evening. Nothing really occurred.
A) tiring
B) dull
C) bored
D) tired
E) disinterested

8) Colour- blind people often find it hard to............ between red and green.
A) compare
B) separate
C) distinguish
D) see
E) relate

9) There has been a great deal of............ about the consequences of a probable war between the two states.
A) prediction
B) speculation
C) contemplation
D) hesitation
E) sensation

10) . He is not a good person to talk to about the project, as he has only a............ knowledge of the topic.
A) primary
B) profound
C) rudimentary
D) fundamental
E) superfluous

11) . Many English poets have written poems ............the beauties of the countryside.
A) enthusing
B) applauding
C) enamouring
D) extolling
E) appealing

12) . I bear no ......... against him, despite all that he did to me.
A) grudge
B) jealousy
C) envy
D) revenge
E) resentment

13) . He had an oath that he would get his .......... on the men who had hurt him.
A) spite
B) anger
C) revenge
D) grudge
E) grievance

14) . The inquiries of the scientists did not............. any information of value.
A) elicit
B) extort
C) arouse
D) affect
E) induce

15) . Thanks to the ... work of Environment Protection Agency, the seashores have been the cleanest in the
recent test years.
A) acceptable
B) outstanding
C) unfortunate
D) unfruitful
E) sluggish
16) . The manager has .............. that he submit his proposal before the following meeting.
A) said
B) declined
C) appreciated
D) requested
E) hinted

17) . Hotel rooms must be......... by the afternoon, but luggage may be left with the porter.
A) departed
B) vacated
C) abandoned
D) displaced
E) charged

18) The policeman was very............. when he saw a light in the apartment because he knew the owners were
away on a vacation.
A) suspicious
B) surprising
C) delighted
D) disturbing
E) distracting

19) Unless the students' demands are ......... soon, we won't have any students for the coming year.
A) seen
B) given
C) paid
D) met
E) permitted

20) One important measure to prevent traffic accidents may be forbidding motorists............ of speeding for a
year.
A) scolded
B) convicted
C) charged
D) judged
E) condemned

21) In the teaching profession, women ............ men by four to one in many countries.
A) overcome
B) increase
C) supersede
D) outclass
E) outnumber

22) Our mountain house ............ the amenities of a city dwelling, however , it is much nicer to live in.
A) overlooked
B) missed
C) neglected
D) lacked
E) ignored

23) I think I have ....... nothing can change my decision.

A) cleared
B) cleared up
C) made it clear
D) cleared out
E) clarified

24) It was a very ....... evening. Nothing really occurred.

A) tiring
B) dull
C) bored
D) tired
E) disinterested

25) Colour- blind people often find it hard to............ between red and green.
A) compare
B) separate
C) distinguish
D) see
E) relate

TEST 17

1) . I wish you wouldn't keep........ my time speaking so much.

A) wasting
B) losing
C) spending
D) engaging
E) occupying

2) . When she got back from holiday in Marmaris, her skin was beautifully…………
A) sunburnt
B) browned
C) blackened
D) cooked
E) suntanned

3) . We all have a good ........ when we visit our village.

A) stay
B) time
C) enjoyment
D) amusement
E) fun

4) . There was no ..... of anyone having entered my house.

A) look
B) signal
C) sign
D) notice
E) sight

5) . Those of you who wants to ask a question should...... their hands.

A) lift
B) rise
C) arise
D) uplift
E) raise

6) . When he retired, he ....... his business to his youngest son.

A) made out
B) made away
C) made over
D) made up
E) made for

7) . I don't think that you are well enough to ..... any more work right now.
A) take up
B) go for
C) put on
D) take on
E) do for

8) . An eclipse of the sun or moon is a impressing natural........ to watch.

A) happening
B) thing
C) environment
D) accident
E) phenomenon

9) . Most people find it cruel to put animals behind..........

A) rails
B) bars
C) wires
D) sticks
E) walls

10) . Jack decided to leave the city as he decided that he wasn't ............ the hectic lifestyle.
A) suitable for
B) convenient
C) suited to
D) suiting
E) suited for

11) . The sight of baklava always makes our mouths ......

A) water
B) wet
C) moisten
D) lick
E) leak

12) . The Darwinian theory that man is ...... from the apes is open to discussion.
A) originated
B) revolved
C) returned
D) descended
E) elevated

13) . Most actors and actresses wear dark glasses to avoid being ..............
A) recognized
B) remembered
C) reminded
D) recalled
E) recollected

14) . The last part of the joke was so........ that no one laughed.
A) potential
B) foreseen
C) predictable
D) inevitable
E) anticipated

15) . Don't expect Jack to play football for another year because he is ...... with a broken leg.
A) laid down
B) laid off
C) laid up
D) laid in
E) laid away

16) . They are ........ all those pretty little houses now to make room for a new bus terminal.
A) putting down
B) taking down
C) pulling down
D) pulling down
E) running down

17) . I would like to have those photographs ....................

A) expanded
B) enlarged
C) extended
D) stretched
E) inflated

18) . Your poking your nose into everyone's .......... is driving everybody mad.
A) job
B) work
C) profession
D) condition
E) business

19) . He was so careless and made so many mistakes that it was ....... that he would lose his job in the end.
A) potential
B) expectation
C) inevitable
D) impossible
E) unpredictable

20) . If you pass your driving test, you will be given a permanent driving ......
A) certificate
B) license
C) permit
D) warrant
E) report
21) . Thieves should think twice before going near that building because it is .......... by fierce dogs.
A) defended
B) resisted
C) guarded
D) obstructed
E) hindered

22) . The little girl woke up screaming as she had had a..................
A) daydream
B) fantasy
C) vision
D) sight
E) nightmare

23) . The magistrate ..... the parents for not exercising proper control on their son.
A) blamed
B) sentenced
C) judged
D) accused
E) exposed

24) . Should you have an early appointment tomorrow, don't forget to ........ the alarm clock.
A) fix
B) set
C) time
D) turn
E) push

25) . She is so forgetful that he is always ...... her glasses.

A) mistaking
B) mishandling
C) misusing
D) misshaping
E) misplacing

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY – TEST 18

1) . Although we were very hungry, we couldn't eat the meat since it had ......
A) gone out
B) gone off
C) gone in
D) gone away
E) gone over

2) . The man who was taken to hospital had been..... for four hours.
A) insensitive
B) indifferent
C) unknowing
D) unfeeling
E) unconscious

3) . A notice has been hung to ..... motorists that the bridge ahead is weak and is therefore unsafe to cross.
A) threaten
B) warn
C) say
D) satisfy
E) suggest

4) . That John...... very badly at Helen's party shocked all of us.

A) conducted
B) operated
C) showed
D) behaved
E) looked

5) . She ...... her engagement the week before the wedding as she realized she didn't like her fiancé.
A) broke off
B) broke down
C) broke away
D) broke to
E) broke up

6) . I simply cannot go on any more; I..........

A) give up
B) give off
C) give away
D) give into
E) give over
7) . Did you notice the ...... on Sue's face when you told her Martha had been just appointed manager?
A) appearance
B) expression
C) exposition
D) description
E) illustration

8) . When the little girl looked in the sea, she saw her face .... in the water.
A) transmitted
B) revealed
C) reflected
D) exposed
E) transferred

9) Problems like inflation and population growth are the main affairs that underdeveloped countries have
to.........
A) deal with
B) come across
C) put up with
D) take after
E) involved in

10) . If you ...... the plan I have just suggested, it is more probable for you to be successful,
A) adopt
B) elect
C) select
D) vote
E) decide

11) . It is not profitable to provide bus services in areas where the population is widely.......
A) dismissed
B) divided
C) spaced
D) placed
E) scattered

12) . On account of his great hatred of dishonesty, he is ...... on his children when they tell lies.
A) strong
B) hard
C) strict
D) tight
E) heavy

13) . The bank will....... you the money if you are ready to pay eight per cent interest.
A) borrow
B) lend
C) make
D) put
E) possess

14) . A three-year old baby was the only one to ........ the crash; all the other passengers were killed.
A) survive
B) live
C) cure
D) relieve
E) recover

15) . I don't think you are foolish enough to ........ such a good offer.
A) turn for
B) turn round
C) turn off
D) turn down
E) turn up

16) . The management........ of her course of action and told her to go ahead as she pleased.
A) accepted
B) approved
C) passed
D) consented
E) agreed

17) My boss.. to fire me if I failed to finish the project on time.

A) said
B) told
C) warned
D) pretended
E) threatened

18) . He will...... his shyness when he gets older.

A) get over
B) get in
C) get off
D) get to
E) get up

19) . The fast service in the restaurant.......... the poor meal to certain extent.
A) made up
B) made out
C) made over
D) made for
E) made up for

20) . I will do as I think best; it doesn't ....... whether you accept or not.
A) mind
B) care
C) matter
D) decide
E) hold
21) . We are very sorry you are sick, and we send you our best wishes for a speedy ....
A) cure
B) relief
C) health
D) survival
E) recovery

22) . Since it has not rained for several months, there is a....... of water in Ankara.
A) drop
B) shortage
C) loss
D) waste
E) expenditure

23) . It was in China that papermaking started, and from there it....... to North Africa and Europe.
A) was born
B) carried
C) flowed
D) sprang
E) spread

24). It seemed as if all of a...................... the dogs had smelt treat in the air.
A) sudden
B) moment
C) shot
D) time
E) minute

25) Her shopping bag broke.............its contents all over the street.
A) dispensing
B) dispersing
C) scattering
D) overflowing
E) distributing

TEST 19

1) Her husband's face was a picture of ............ when she told him that she had bought the dearest fur coat in
the shop.
A) dismay
B) mistake
C) dismiss
D) undertaking
E) discard

2) The growing of that type of plant in Asia.....to at least 1850.

A) bring about
B) dates back
C) pull back
D) count on
E) pull down

3) On the one hand John wanted to get married and ......... but on the other he didn't want to risk his career.
A) come out
B) pass over
C) settle down
D) set about
E) cross out

4) Marketing ........ both physical activities such as transporting storing and selling products, and a series of
decisions related to any part of the process of moving products from the producer to the user.
A) points out
B) asks for
C) consists of
D) prides in
E) keeps off

5) Even though my brother hasn't been eating any starchy food, he still........ weight.
A) keeps up
B) carries out
C) puts up
D) looks for
E) puts on

6) James ........ his father, but he takes after his mother in other ways.
A) looks like
B) puts up with
C) runs into
D) keeps up with
E) copes with
7) A few months later, Albert ........ the old man again in another part of the city.
A) got over .
B) put out
C) left out
D) came across
E) dropped out

8) When I opened the oyster that I found in the sea, I was ........ the attractiveness of the pearl inside it.
A) spread over
B) removed from
C) taken aback
D) put aside
E) surprised at

9) The man on the avenue is not........ arming the police.

A) beneficial
B) profitable
C) in favour of
D) deprived of
E) involved in

10) Bodies ........ a lot of energy to keep heat and this gets rid of all the vitamins in the body.
A) diffuse in
B) turn into
C) use up
D) throw out
E) put off

11) The man ........ the handbrake, looked in the rear-view mirror and put the car into first gear.
A) took off
B) put on
C) got off
D) pulled out
E) left off

12) She is a very...........girl, she never discusses her problems with anyone.
A) subdued
B) restrained
C) reserved
D) frigid
E) resigned

13) The climbers, after two days of toil and sweat, ............. their greatest ambition by reaching the apex of the
mountain.
A) sustained
B) obtained
C) maintained
D) retained
E) realized

14) The Chairman is going to give a formal............. at the Annual General Meeting.
A) address
B) discussion
C) debate
D) revision
E) dialogue

15) It was very............ in the bungalow with the comfortable armchairs by the fire.
A) snub
B) easy
C) snug
D) downy
E) refreshing

16) The country's mineral resources have been ............. by foreign powers with the consequence that the
country ended poorer than before.
A) deprived
B) disused
C) worn out
D) extorted
E) exploited

17) Many Asians who come to the United States do not know a word of English when they first turn up, and they
have to start learning the language from .......
A) nothing
B) scratch
C) introduction
D) ignorance
E) blank

18) She enjoys classical music and is particularly........... on Mozart.

A) hearty
B) overwhelmed
C) eager
D) keen
E) enthusiastic

19) National emergencies require that the interests of the people............. those of the individual citizen.
A) overwhelm
B) overcome
C) overpower
D) override
E) overthrow

20) The petrol tank in my automobile takes 100 litters of petrol to ........
A) fill up
B) block off
C) stop up
D) plug up
E) back up

21) The poor woman's stomach was crying out for food and her throat........ sandpaper.
A) derived from
B) held out
C) deprived of
D) hanged up
E) felt like

22) It doesn't change the fact that it is intolerable for athletes to be seriously injured or even lose their
lives ........ competition.
A) for the sake of
B) in favour of
C) capable of
D) interested in
E) involved in

23) Two German and two English forwards were ........ an ugly incident just before half-time.
A) come on
B) involved in
C) grown out of
D) seen about
E) dwelled upon

24) In this small town, nobody can keep a secret for months, because it........ eventually.
A) comes out
B) passes over
C) goes down
D) sets about
E) crosses out

25) Jack had ........ doing what had previously been thought impossible.
A) brought in
B) kept at
C) succeeded in
D) criticized for
E) thought over

TEST 20

1) He knows so much about the stars that I am sure it wouldn't be possible to find his ............ .
A) similar
B) same
C) reflection
D) equal
E) likeness

2) They hope to hear from you at your earliest............. .

A) convenience
B) opportunity
C) expedience
D) possibility
E) liberty

3) A good boss ............. responsibility to his assistants all the time

A) delegates
B) relegates
C) removes
D) consigns
E) refers

4) Although nobody ............. his presence, Mrs. Roberts knew he had been recognized.
A) admitted
B) acknowledged
C) assented
D) attributed
E) requited

5) An energetic director can be a great............ to his firm.

A) profit
B) asset
C) influence
D) surcharge
E) prosperity

6) They ............ on a cure for tuberculosis while they were doing research on something else.
A) foundered
B) trod
C) fumbled
D) tripped
E) stumbled

7) I wanted to change his mind so I tried to ............. him to my way of thinking.

A) deduce
B) transform
C) convert
D) process
E) alter

8) The guilty man didn't want to be recognized so he............. himself.

A) covered
B) camouflaged
C) concealed
D) dressed
E) disguised

9) Since he had lost his job, his aunt's legacy came as a useful................
A) profit
B) benefit
C) windfall
D) welfare
E) advantage

10) He said that it was a hazardous popular.............. that a nuclear bomb could be assembled only by experts.
A) misconception
B) deception
C) misjudgement
D) fiction
E) understatement

11) The price-cut offered by the manufacturer makes the machines much more
A) superfluous
B) flexible
C) logical
D) affordable
E) expensive

12) Some unforeseen maintenance expenses will necessitate an additional............... of funds to the
miscellaneous account..
A) occasion
B) subscription
C) construction
D) attention
E) allocation
13) The threat of a general strike was............. only by quick Government action.
A) deviated
B) averted
C) directed
D) subverted
E) diverted

14) The minute his party came into ............. he raised the salaries of Members of
Parliament.
A) force
B) position
C) power
D) right
E) strength

15) His reckless behaviour put whole operation in .............

A) doubt
B) risk
C) alarm
D) condemnation
E) jeopardy

16) Your latest project has little ............. of accomplishment.

A) outlook
B) prediction
C) preview
D) prospect
E) forecast

17) . "Which car is winning the race?"

"They are moving so .................... that I can scarcely see them."
A) too fast
B) rapid
C) quick
D) much fast
E) fast

18) . "Parachute jumping is fairly enjoyable."

"But it must be .................. to jump for the first time."
A) frightening
B) fearing
C) frightened
D) frighten
E) fearsome

19) Please modify the system in order that it.............. to our original design.
A) defects
B) withholds
C) alters
D) conforms
E) applies

20) Motorists............ of speeding may be forbidden from driving for a year.

A) arrested
B) convicted
C) charged
D) condemned
E) judged

21) He has told us so many lies that we can no more place any............on what he says.
A) reliance
B) conviction
C) reputation
D) regard
E) credibility

22) There has been a great deal of ............ about the results of the approaching elections.
A) prediction
B) contemplation
C) speculation
D) hesitation
E) sensation

23) He couldn't explain the problem well, since he had only a ............ knowledge of the subject.
A) primary
B) profound
C) superfluous
D) rudimentary
E) fundamental

24) Most poets have............the beauties of the countryside.

A) enthused
B) applauded
C) enamoured
D) extolled
E) appealed

25) The tremor in his voice............ his anxiety.

A) revealed
B) affirmed
C) disguised
D) pronounced
E) represented

TEST 21

1) Nursery school may be enormously.............. to socially handicapped children.

A) beneficial
B) admirable
C) invaluable
D) meritorious
E) praiseworthy

2) In order to comply with the customer's specifications, we had to make some .............. in the design.
A) adjustments
B) formulas
C) statistics
D) defects
E) mistakes

3) I appreciated Larry's honest............ of his mistake.

A) denial
B) situation
C) compensation
D) accordance
E) admission

4) She............the temptation to purchase a coat she could not afford.

A) obstructed
B) challenged
C) contradicted
D) resisted
E) struggled

5) It had been an abominable afternoon............. at about six o'clock in her father's abrupt collapse into
unconsciousness.
A) finalizing
B) leading
C) culminating
D) arriving
E) rising

6) The Prime Minister often wandered from his text to ............ on a point that had obviously caught his
audience's interest.
A) interrupt
B) elaborate
C) stress
D) distract
E) explain

7) The Jury made a unanimous............ of Not Guilty.

A) opinion
B) decision
C) assessment
D) verdict
E) judgment

8) The large crowd lingering in the streets were rapidly ............. by heavy rain.
A) dislocated
B) removed
C) deposed
D) detached
E) dispersed

9) We covered a wide ............. of subjects in the interview.

A) extent
B) fashion
C) collection
D) number
E) range

10) Corruption in the managing of the city's largest bank was........... in the local newspaper.
A) discovered
B) found
C) detected
D) exposed
E) commented

11) After the outbreak of a mysterious disease, investigation revealed........... of the town's water supply.
A) infiltration
B) pollution
C) contagion
D) corruption
E) eruption

12) The unpleasant taste............ in her mouth for hours.

A) insisted
B) waited
C) lingered
D) rested
E) prolonged
13) He's a good man but he's......... to drink too much at parties.
A) apt
B) adequate
C) common
D) probable
E) suitable

14) I want to see all of you here tomorrow morning at half past eight o'clock without ..........
A) fault
B) fail
C) late
D) miss
E) neglect

15) Many university courses are not really.............. to the necessities of students or their future employers.
A) relative
B) associated
C) geared
D) sufficient
E) qualified

16) There were many accidents on both sides, but more on the
enemy side than on .......... .
A) our
B) ours
C) them
D) their
E) we

17) The candidate who is able to solve the problem is .......... we shall accept for this particular vacancy.
A) him
B) one
C) that
D) the one
E) the same

18) .......... before the annual general meeting of the shareholders Bob realized that a take-over was imminent.
A) Closely
B) Lately
C) Soon
D) Shortly
E) Recently

19) If drastic measures aren't taken by powerful international

bodies, it is feared that the world will soon .......... its energy
resources.
A) run out of
B) keep in line with
C) look through
D) be drawn forward
E) fall out with

20) Car starts to .............. in value as soon as it is bought.

A) depress
B) depreciate
C) deprecate
D) deepen
E) descent
21) A few people enjoyed the exhibition, but the majority were
clearly .......... .
A) restricted
B) admirable
C) impartial
D) disappointed
E) relieved

22) Admittedly, the engineers' report was relatively unimaginative, but it was on the whole .......... .
A) accurate
B) irrelevant
C) wealthy
D) perceptive
E) vacancy

23) Although the partners seem to be in full agreement on matters of management, there is actually a ..........
difference of opinion among them.
A) smoothly
B) superficial
C) repented
D) vast
E) relentless

24) A good article ought to be .......... , that is, ideas must follow one another logically and smoothly.
A) uncooperative
B) coherent
C) imperative
D) simultaneous
E) comprehensive

25) Mark's warm and humorous personality .......... everyone at the conference.
A) enhanced
B) afraid
C) disguised
D) captivated
E) disgusted

TEST 22

1) His poetic output may not be large but, nevertheless, Ted Hughes is generally regarded as one of the ..........
poets of our time.
A) distinguished
B) excessive
C) prolific
D) confirmation
E) futile

2) I thoroughly enjoyed the lecture; it wasn't.......... but it wasn't

too scholarly, either.
A) oversimplified
B) underestimated
C) overemphatic
D) extensive
E) overdue

3) The Kodak Company now faces stiff.......... both from abroad and from rival firms at home.
A) innovation
B) competition
C) investment
D) commercial
E) enterprise

4) If he gets this .......... it will help him to recover his self -confidence.
A) accuracy
B) exposure
C) promotion
D) productivity
E) procedure

5) Through the winter, the bank rates were reasonably steady, but now they have started to .......... again.
A) activity
B) exchange
C) improve
D) incline
E) intensify

6) I believe that leaders must make an effort to stay open-minded and try to .......... another person's point of
view. -
A) dispute
B) recover
C) grief
D) insist
E) appreciate
7) The journalists asked the Manager so many questions
that finally he felt it necessary to .......... the statement.
A) propose
B) narrow
C) clarify
D) preface
E) exempt .
8) By all means, give all the medical details, but do .......... from giving any names.
A) relent
B) excuse
C) nasty
D) refrain
E) prudent

9) The testimony of the last witness .......... the accused of all

suspicion.
A) account
B) removes
C) clears
D) surmounts
E) attain

10) Owing to various advances in modern medicine, certain diseases that were seemingly incurable now ..........
treatment.
A) happy with
B) yield to
C) interfere with
D) stem from
E) look forward to

11) She will have to hire more workers soon; she can't put it off...... .
A) consequently
B) emphatically
C) fast
D) indefinitely
E) shortly

12) The surgeon was .......... embarrassed to learn that a piece of bandage had been left inside the abdomen.
A) nervously
B) badly
C) extremely
D) sensitively
E) widely

13) Many scientists and economists believe that food production isn't going to.......... population growth.
A) look forward to
B) put up with
C) go ahead
D) keep up with
E) be in need of

14) The ..........of the mechanical equipments brought about a major change in the company's efficiency.
A) foundation
B) admission
C) involvement
D) delivery
E) installation

15) The earth's crust is .......... seven enormous plates of rock.

A) made up of
B) established by
C) insisted on
D) put off
E) settled down

16) .......... of plants and trees in hot humid conditions leads to the formation of coal.
A) Irrigation
B) Decomposition
C) Activity
D) Constitution
E) Allocation

17) The .......... of the negotiation was an agreement to limit the manufacture of nuclear arms.
A) ending
B) yearn
C) item
D) outcome
E) vacant

18) It is.......... to think that from the nucleus of atom can come remarkable amount of energy.
A) resourceful
B) destructive.
C) incredible
D) relentless
E) carefully

19) It was always ..........whether the rocket would succeed.

A) popular
B) assumed
C) convenient
D) doubtful
E) resentful

20) A door handle might.......... if it weren't screwed on properly.

A) bring up
B) switch on
C) turn out
D) take away
E) come off
21) The new secretary is going to be ...........
A) demolished
B) dismissed
C) taken off
D) combined
E) revised

22) The manager was .......... of the problem all the time.
A) aware
B) recommended
C) disruptive
D) irrelevant
E) conclusive

23) Since the documents have all been signed, it would be .......... to carry on the agreement.
A) credible
B) natural
C) unethical
D) efficient
E) pointless

24) They don't know how their friend .......... the constant demands of his girlfriend.
A) changes over
B) puts up with
C) turns on
D) go for
E) show off

25) When births .......... deaths, the population increases; when the opposite is true, then it falls.
A) confess
B) decrease
C) suppress
D) heal
E) outnumber

TEST 23

1) It was not until the death certificates were assembled and analyzed that the .......... of the death toll emerged.

A) extent
B) reach
C) achievement
D) cleanup
E) artificial

2) Medicines should be kept in a place that is .........to children.

A) insolent
B) impracticable
C) inaccessible
D) unavailable
E) insurmountable

3) .......... Spanish governments have tried to solve the problem of inflation.

A) Exaggerated
B) Circular
C) Justice
D) Revolving
E) Successive

4) The law .......... the prevention of the harmful effects of tobacco and tobacco products was passed on July 14,
1992.
A) through
B) within
C) on
D) as
E) in

5) The students and staff of the university donated 312 units of we blood during the ..........
A) loyal
B) influence
C) inclination
D) drive
E) parody

6) The Manager is of the opinion that the motion must be impassed ..........
A) in connection
B) in truth
C) at all costs
D) by heart
E) by and large

7) A transfusion of human blood can only be given to a patient if it is .......... with his own blood type.
A) reflective
B) anxious
C) representative
D) resistant
E) compatible .

8) At the meeting, even though he spoke well, he was not able to ...... the other members.
A) complete
B) persuade
C) reinterpret
D) agree
E) dispute

9) It was thought that the EC had .... on a programme of economic change that the member states could not
sustain.
A) surpassed
B) relieved
C) embarked
D) specified
E) retired

10) One major goal of the new constitution is to prevent the ....... of power by any majority.
A) misuse
B) compromise
C) completion
D) issue
E) existence

11) When they called Bronson to head office I am quite sure it was not their.... to prop up him to branch
manager.
A) avidity
B) impression
C) prediction
D) disposition
E) intention

12) To be a leader it is not enough to be hardworking and knowledgeable; one have to also be able to inspire ....

A) denial
B) restraint
C) discretion
D) confidence
E) reservation

13) People who are always in the public eye must learn to remain ..... in the face of criticism.
A) composed
B) resultant
C) appreciated
D) outrageous
E) restored

14) As the conditions of expeditions are probably to be severe, you had better take necessary.......
A) trials
B) precautions
C) efforts
D) objections
E) attempts

15) He has behaved ..... on many occasions, so this example of impoliteness is hardly surprising.
A) shyly
B) endearingly
C) sensitively
D) readily
E) inconsiderately

16) A few people enjoyed the show, but the majority were clearly.....
A) restrained
B) admirable
C) impartial
D) disappointed
E) relieved

17) . Admittedly, the engineer's report was relatively uninspired, but it was on the whole .........
A) accurate
B) irrelevant
C) vacant
D) deceptive
E) wealthy

18) . The Kodak Company now faces stiff ............... both from abroad and from opponent firms at home.
A) renovation
B) competition
C) investment
D) commerce
E) recession

19) . Although the partners seem to be in unison on matters of management, there is actually a ...... difference
of opinion among them.
A) smooth
B) superficial
C) versatile
D) vast
E) relentless

20) . The journalists asked the Mayor so many questions that finally he felt it necessary to ................... the
statement.
A) propose
B) refrain
C) clarify
D) undermine
E) exempt

21) . Geological activity in Asia has produced a landscape that is at once.................. and forbidding.
A) wasteful
B) cautious
C) discreet
D) susceptible
E) rugged

22) . Owing to various advances in modern science certain diseases that were seemingly incurable
now .............treatment.
A) consist of
B) yield to
C) interfere with
D) stem from
E) futile

23) . His poetic output may not be large but, nevertheless, Emily Dickenson is generally regarded as one of
he.................. poets of our time.
A) distinguished
B) excessive
C) prolific
D) extensive
E) futile

24) . Morris's warm and humorous personality..... everyone at the conference.

A) enhanced
B) frightened
C) confirmed
D) captivated
E) disgusted

25) . I thoroughly enjoyed the speech; it wasn't ...... but it wasn't too scholarly, either.
A) oversimplified
B) underestimated
C) overemphatic
D) underrated
E) overdue

TEST 24

1) . Through the summer, the bank rates were reasonably steady, but they have started to ..... again.
A) fluctuate
B) exchange
C) improve
D) incline
E) intensity

2) . I believe that leaders must effort to stay open-minded and try to ..... another person's point of view.
A) deplore
B) recover
C) forecast
D) insist
E) appreciate

3) . We must give all the medical details, but do ..... from giving any names.
A) relent
B) excuse
C) deny
D) refrain
E) respect

4) . The evidence of the last witness ..... the accused of all suspicion.
A) induces
B) removes
C) clears
D) surmounts
E) exposes

5) He has deliberately and __ done everything in his power to prevent the scheme from being successful.
A) distinctively
B) extremely
C) unknowingly
D) wastefully
E) consistently

6) Imitation may be the sincerest way of flattery, but those imitated __ feel flattered.
A) rather
B) fairly
C) seldom
D) thoroughly
E) impulsively

7) I think we might as well bring the discussion to an end as we seem to have __ the subject.
A) suffered
B) exhausted
C) repeated
D) delineated
E) undermined

8) Whether we like it or not, we have to admit the __ of this argument.

A) consultation
B) intensity
C) disturbance
D) validity
E) consideration

9) Science reporters, like all journalists, __ to provide the public with timely, informative and useful news and
analysis.
A) dissolve
B) discuss
C) defy
D) emulate
E) strive

10) In view of the rapid growth of the world population, the task of feeding everyone is a__ one.
A) formidable
B) conscientious
C) sensitive
D) reliable
E) reprehensible

11) The students who are to __ the field study should report to the head of the department as soon as possible.
A) make out
B) pull out
C) look up for
D) take part in
E) bring up

12) He was always greatly admired in the media, because all his life he __ the principle of the free press.
A) found out
B) held onto
C) took over
D) put off
E) made up

13) The _____ concerning total disarmament have broken down without leading to any fruitful results
whatsoever.
A) intentions
B) complaints
C) negotiations
D) commitments
E) involvement

14) He's nearly 80 years old but still works for a couple of firms in an __ capacity.
A) inessential
B) irrelevant
C) elective
D) advisory
E) injudicious

15) It is only too obvious that the majority of children in the developing countries are not receiving __
nourishment.
A) adequate
B) consistent
C) successive
D) collective
E) respectable

16) The judge warned the prosecutor that he must __ from ridiculing the accused.
A) prevent
B) refrain
C) derive
D) conclude
E) withdraw

17) The insurance company immediately send a team of specialists to __ the damage caused by the floods.
A) undermine
B) assess
C) undertake
D) anticipate
E) safeguard

18) The surgeon was _____ embarrassed to learn that a piece of bandage had been left inside the abdomen.
A) outstandingly
B) nervously
C) sensitively
D) loosely
E) extremely
19) The chief of the Intelligence Service told me ___ that there would soon be several important changes made
in the organization.
A) confidentially
B) crucially
C) skilfully
D) considerably
E) laterally

20) The special committee has been called to discuss in detail the __ in higher education.
A) retention
B) innovations
C) references
D) apologies
E) reliance

21) The executive committee was of the opinion that the motion must be passed __.
A) in truth
B) by heart
C) at all costs
D) in connection
E) at all

22) The old age of the equipment is an exact ___ to the factory.
A) cost
B) liability
C) aid
D) capacity
E) eulogy

23) Having lived in a ___ most of her life, she despaired of ever living the high-quality life.
A) ghetto
B) public house
C) visitor's quarters
D) high - rise apartment
E) palace

24) The President considered the vote on his tax bill to be ___.
A) far off
B) insignificant
C) crucial
D) educational
E) experience

25) The _____ from their porch encompassed a huge part of the Rocky Mountains.
A) TV screen
B) cooking utensil
C) patch of land
D) panorama
E) sadness

TEST 25

1) The candidate felt that his ___ credentials were adequate to win him the job.
A) costly
B) product
C) cloth
D) independence
E) academic

2) Peace in the region was as ___ as the wind.

A) elusive
B) sad
C) homesick
D) denying
E) inscribing

3) My senator did a complete ___ when he voted for superior taxes.

A) plastic surgery
B) reversal
C) march
D) construction
E) attention

4) The snow was so deep that Alan had to use a ___ to get through.
A) thrust
B) mechanism
C) dollop
D) shovel
E) tap

5) Can you see any ___ in having a large family?

A) to benefit
B) benefit
C) beneficial
D) beneficially
E) benefited

6) What sort of ___ did you make about the United States before you came here?
A) assume
B) assumption
C) compel
D) strength
E) aim

7) The researchers ___ their knowledge before writing the report.

A) systematic
B) systematically
C) systematized
D) system
E) systemic

8) You can't ___ a child to speak before he is ready.

A) compel
B) compelled
C) compulsion
D) compulsive
E) compulsively

9) If you ___ the suitcases to the top of the carriage with lots of rope, they won't fall off.
A) effect
B) determine
C) strength
D) aim
E) secure

10) Henry is one of the most ____ speakers I know.

A) effectively
B) effective
C) statistically
D) aimlessly
E) compulsive

11) He needs lots of ___ to start his own business.

A) determination
B) determining
C) determined
D) determinedly
E) to determine

12) How can you find the ___ to work and go to school at the same time?
A) strong
B) wide
C) strongly
D) strength
E) aim

13) ___! You have won your competition.

A) Curses
B) Condolences
C) Commiserations
D) Congratulations
E) Congregations
14) . He is so angry that he begins shouting at the ___ of his voice.
A) top
B) loudest
C) highest
D) end
E) fastest

15) I persist in ___ at a French University for a summer course.

A) inscribing
B) enlisting
C) subscribing
D) enrolling
E) finishing

16) . The oldest wedding customs still observed today is the wearing of the bridal ___.
A) mask
B) veil
C) disguise
D) hat
E) hood

17) . He ___ his brains trying to find an answer to the problem.

A) tortured
B) blew out
C) scratched
D) forced
E) racked

18) . Would you check the roof? I think some of the ____ are loose.
A) bricks
B) layers
C) tiles
D) foundations
E) stones

19) . He always goes on business ___ to Chicago.

A) trips
B) visits
C) journeys
D) travels
E) voyages

20) . He shook his ___ at me and threatened to punch me.

A) hand
B) wrist
C) head
D) fist
E) thumb

21) As a result of the continuing economic collapse, a huge ___ in the budget seems inevitable.
A) redundancy
B) improvement
C) profit
D) distinction
E) deficit

22) The current economic figures ___ that the country is slowly coming out of the crisis.,
A) commit
B) imply
C) incur
D) evolve
E) invoke

23) When the rate of exchange began to increase again, he felt ___ to call a meeting of the financial staff.
A) obliged
B) blamed
C) consumed
D) omitted
E) rewarded

24) As far as we are concerned, the evidence put before the court was not ___ enough to find the man guilty.
A) subsequent
B) conclusive
C) adamant
D) earnest
E) consecutive

25) He devised an ___ scheme whereby the rate of unemployment in the country could be decreased sharply.
A) irrelevant
B) unstable
C) ingenious
D) untamed
E) illegible

TEST 26

1) Her study of the situation covers a great deal of relevant material but does not tackle the real issues ___
enough.
A) disturbingly
B) outrageously
C) vaguely
D) adequately
E) currently

2) Now the rate of economic growth is very satisfactory, but ___ when foreign competition makes itself felt, this
will not be the case.
A) enthusiastically
B) eventually
C) considerably
D) effectively
E) preferably

3) Serbian ___ in Bosnia has been strongly condemned by the civilized world, but slight serious action has been
taken against it.
A) conduct
B) settlement
C) investment
D) treaty
E) compliment

4) In view of the severe economic recession his appointment to this office was regarded as extremely ___.
A) refutable
B) persuasive
C) compulsory
D) appropriate
E) considerable

5) In a child, curiosity usually suggests intelligence and is welcomed, but an ___ adult is best avoided.
A) indefinite
B) indulgent
C) indecisive
D) impartial
E) inquisitive

6) I am not _____ that his proposal really will lead to an improvement in the situation.
A) impressed
B) deterred
C) convinced
D) refrained
E) inquisitive

7) It is a society that is ___ to waging war on all kinds of environmental pollution.

A) regarded
B) preferred
C) referred
D) committed
E) upheld

8) Many of the pictures sent from outer space are currently on ___ in the public library.
A) duty
B) display
C) account
D) exchange
E) reinforcement

9) The ..... was not a happy one at the time, but looking back on it, I suppose I'm thankful it occurred.
A) improvement
B) regression
C) encounter
D) intention
E) compromise

10) Locke, Hobbes and Rousseau were concerned in their writings with the question of a appropriate ........
between the public good and the right of individuals to exercise free will.
A) balance
B) demonstration
C) responsibility
D) interest
E) solidarity

11) Problems of race, ethnicity, and religion have been a ......... source of conflict in American education.
A) previous
B) perennial
C) vulnerable
D) naughty
E) casual
12) The United States has long been proud of itself on being a melting pot of culturally ....... peoples.
A) diverse
B) redundant
C) incoherent
D) entire
E) substantial

13) The United States has long been proud of itself on being a melting pot of culturally ....... peoples.
A) diverse
B) redundant
C) incoherent
D) entire
E) substantial

14) The modern world economy differs ....... from what the traditional economic theorists of the 1930s
envisaged.
A) primarily
B) likely
C) conversely
D) profoundly
E) intimately

15) In current years ......complex and persistent problems in economic and social fields have led people to
wonder why once comfortable answers no longer seem sufficient to today's questions.
A) generously
B) inadvertently
C) increasingly
D) ingeniously
E) leisurely

16) Since the 1950s modern dance in Europe and America has ........ an energetic process of creativity.
A) cast
B) explored
C) constituted
D) relaxed
E) followed

17) The assassination by terrorists of Signer Aldo Moro, five times Prime Minister of Italy, in May 1978 was .........
by everybody as an act of barbarism.
A) much-admired
B) appealed
C) reiterated
D) condemned
E) restrained

18) . Many of the critics clearly regarded quite a lot of the paintings on ..... as of poor quality.
A) discovery
B) display
C) occasion
D) approval
E) account

19) . The information issued by the National Health Council draws attention to the hazards of ..... to rays.
A) resistance
B) involvement
C) confinement
D) exposure
E) implication

20) . He is cunning; he seems to know by instinct where someone is ..... and strikes there.
A) conceited
B) sufficient
C) vulnerable
D) informative
E) critical

21) . It was decided at the board meeting that more funds should be allocated to getting the company's
products ..... more widely.
A) publicized
B) priced
C) curtailed
D) expanded
E) confirmed

22) . There's nothing very brilliant about the document, but he has ...... collected all the data needed.
A) infectiously
B) recklessly
C) considerably
D) restrictively
E) conscientiously

23) . What really surprised everybody was that he saved the company bankruptcy fairly .....
A) extremely
B) relatively
C) dependently
D) single-handedly
E) responsively

24) . Before I sent this commentary to the editor, I'd be grateful if you could ..... it for me.
A) watch out
B) lookup
C) break through .
D) take over
E) go through

25) . I had my doubts about her when I took her on, but now I'm pleased to say that she has ..... to be a talented
manager.
A) taken up
B) run over
C) turned out
D) made out
E) carried on

TEST 27

1) On the fifth day after the shipwreck they gave up all hope of finding any .......
A) deserters
B) conclusions
C) survivors
D) suppliers
E) discrepancies

2) Since the company has been found negligent by the court, his claim for .......for the accident has been
accepted.
A) compensation
B) reduction
C) employment
D) relevance
E) co-operation

3) As he has adamantly withstood all kinds of political pressure on this issue for so long, it is improbable that he
would ……… at this stage.
A) reinforce
B) relent
C) pursue
D) compete
E) dispose
4) The British entry into the European Community has ....... a new line of policy.
A) negotiated
B) limited
C) resented
D) constituted
E) redefined

5) The argument he has put forward is barely ........ with the information we have so far received on the case.
A) reflective
B) representative
C) arbitrary
D) resistant
E) compatible

6) I disapprove of the methods he is using, but his ........ aim, as regards the project, is admirable.
A) conclusive
B) ultimate
C) controversial
D) convenient
E) deplorable

7) I have looked through the report, but must confess, only .......
A) carefully
B) thoroughly
C) superficially
D) seriously
E) experimentally

8) The share spared by the budget committee can be used ..... to finance work on child health.
A) plainly
B) excessively
C) extremely
D) remarkably
E) solely

9) It has become a fashion among pop music stars to use some of their money to ....... needy children.
A) make out
B) comply with
C) abide by
D) provide for
E) put up with

10) . The commission has ....... the matter, but they have found no irregularities.
A) looked into
B) taken off
C) played down
D) stood for
E) made up

11) . In an effort to ........ the rate of inflation, most of the banks have raised their interest rates.
A) run out of
B) watch out
C) standby
D) put out
E) keep up with

12) . As my assistant will be away for a couple of days would you be kind enough to ....... my correspondence?
A) playback
B) bring off
C) take care of
D) return to
E) turn off

13) Amongst the problems facing bridge engineers, the most serious ones are those of .....and repair.
A) improvement
B) reassessment
C) determination
D) distinction
E) maintenance

14) The two major political parties in Britain are presently ........ to extreme and radically different approaches to
the solution of Britain's economic problems.
A) referred
B) obsessed
C) committed
D) implied
E) meant

15) It is now apparent that while US leaders are still willing for the nation to exert itself abroad and give large
amounts of foreign assistance, the American public is ......... to go along with these policies.
A) spontaneous
B) precarious
C) competitive
D) reluctant
E) deliberate

16) It is ... astonishing that the art of ancient American remains the mysterious and the least accessible.
A) urgently
B) vaguely
C) indifferently
D) elaborately
E) hardly

17) Bartok was influenced as much by the musical innovations of Debussy and Stravinsky as by East
Europeans ...... Hungarian, folk music.
A) exceedingly
B) notably
C) appropriately
D) vehemently
E) sufficiently

18) Owing to industrialization and colonization, the nineteenth century ....... the greatest expansion of wealth
the world had ever known.
A) brought about
B) put off
C) held up
D) gave in
E) set off

19) The two archaeologists have tried hard to read the inscription in old Latin, but I do not suppose they
have ...... what it really means.
A) got away with
B) written off
C) taken after
D) made out
E) brought up

20) The children in our day are healthier and better ....... than those of the past and far fewer of them die in
infancy.
A) disposed of
B) fed up
C) rounded up
D) looked into
E) cared

21) My senator did a complete ___ when he voted for higher taxes.
A) plastic surgery
B) reversal
C) march
D) construction
E) attention

22) Psychologists have succeeded in undermining parents'........ in their own authority.

A) invasion
B) occupation
C) confidence
D) brand
E) quest

23) Boys and girls are given the ....... to get to know each other, to learn to live together from their earliest
years.
A) attempt
B) dimension
C) contentment
D) opportunity
E) attainment

24) The young ....... the old because they feel deprived of the good things life has to offer.
A) devote
B) resent
C) assign
D) attain
E) attach

25) The space race done nothing to ........ the suffering of the earth's starving millions?
A) inquire
B) involve
C) spread
D) affect
E) relieve

TEST 28

1) If we can see the funny ......... we never make the mistake of taking ourselves too seriously.
A) reason
B) side
C) exception
D) consequence
E) case

2) Unfortunately, it's not uncommon for a country or state to be forced to resort to armed conflict to ......... its
territory.
A) evaluate
B) approve
C) skim
D) judge
E) defend

3) What makes me feel dismayed is the way ....... hotels are built in natural beauty spots.
A) huge
B) confident
C) absolute
D) upright
E) persistent

4) His job at the airport....... great responsibility.

A) involves
B) maintains
C) supports
D) derives
E) contains

5) If people feel that watching television relaxes them and if they enjoy doing it, then perhaps it is a(n) .......
pastime.
A) precise
B) unrehearsed
C) isolated
D) generous
E) worthwhile

6) Many women waste vast sums of money each year to .......... clothes that have hardly been worn.
A) respond
B) delay
C) replace
D) resurface
E) assume

7) The new technology is necessary to correct the harmful" effects of....... technology.
A) lengthy
B) previous
C) nearby
D) ultimate
E) further

8) Most of the people who come here want to know more about their........
A) chains
B) paces
C) series
D) variety
E) ancestors

9) It is clear that the better-paid jobs of the future will ......... . specialized knowledge and experience.
A) revive
B) require
C) prearrange
D) rescue
E) revoke

10) Education is truly the future of the country, but here the n news is not so good for........ people.
A) infectious
B) local
C) punctured
D) diseased
E) tender

11) This year, for the first time, girls made up the ........ of new students.
A) withdrawal
B) drift
C) courtesy
D) reign
E) majority

12) Life is getting very ....... for under-skilled, under-educated males.

A) adaptable
B) explicit
C) unpleasant
D) feeble
E) curving

13) Computers can never have a(n) .......... of their own.

A) origin
B) will
C) growth
D) development
E) seed

14) The comments made by men about women's abilities seem .........
A) devoted
B) nonsense
C) agonized
D) ultimate
E) eradicated

15) The people of the Pampa continue to offer a(n)........ threat has ceased to exist in the towns.
A) melancholy
B) hospitality
C) sadness
D) calmness
E) calamity

16) If your compact disc proves to be ........ please return it to the address on the box.
A) prohibitive
B) biased
C) consistent
D) annual
E) faulty

17) 1 don't think we should seek to excuse Pamela's…....... behaviour.

A) rude
B) weak
C) timid
D) blind
E) tired

18) Respect and any ......... of a person's social class seem directly related to the weekly pay check.
A) confidence
B) indication
C) trust
D) reliance
E) reliability

19) That being able to speak well is an art and a good speaker is an artist is a(n) ....... saying
A) gathered
B) massive
C) wasted
D) widespread
E) excluded
20) The dentist made me open my mouth wide to be able to see my.......... tooth.
A) pointy
B) basic
C) ruthless
D) apparent
E) decayed

21) She was a very ....... little girl who would like to make up stories.
A) theoretical
B) flimsy
C) imaginative
D) unreserved
E) sceptic

22) The Kidnapper said he would not release his victim until the family had paid a(n)......... of 13 million.
A) assistance
B) aptitude
C) ransom
D) fragment
E) wrath

23) Suddenly, we were making plans to move into a big, new house in one of the more ........ suburbs of town.
A) confidential
B) fashionable
C) indifferent
D) unsure
E) informative

24) The hotel makes every ......... to ensure the safety and comfort of guests.
A) effort
B) deed
C) courage
D) swing
E) deficit

25) I had always been keen on gardening but there hadn't been much ......... for my talents in the little patch of
grass we had at the front of the house.
A) scope
B) spur
C) encouragement
D) limitation
E) stimulation

TEST 29

1) The poor criminal was astonished at the speed and .......... of the West Yorkshire Police.
A) efficiency
B) manufacture
C) urgency
D) technology
E) tension

2) Baird continued experimenting and spent his last years exploring the ....... of colour television.
A) expediency
B) exposition
C) detailing
D) efficiency
E) possibility

3) Many of the rescuers were burned by the ........ heat.

A) immense
B) eternal
C) abiding
D) clamorous
E) intense

4) It is true that the fact of working makes children feel like .........
A) traces
B) survivors
C) adults
D) implements
E) devices

5) For hours he had been underwater, learning to hold his ..........

A) image
B) prospect
C) imagination
D) harness
E) breath

6) Fox hunting and bull fighting are unnecessarily ........ and should be banned.
A) speedy
B) cruel
C) merciless
D) pitiful
E) groundless

7) No other invention has surpassed the ....... of the telephone.

A) innovation
B) discussions
C) mutation
D) usefulness
E) uniformity

8) After discovering the theft, the only .......... open to us was calling the police.
A) distortion
B) hindrance
C) destruction
D) care
E) option

9) The past....... of man have all been carefully labelled by anthropologists.

A) ages
B) reverses
C) trials
D) reviews
E) revisions

10) It is shocking to think that skilled and unskilled men are often nothing more than a(n) ....... of cheap labour
for the military.
A) branch
B) evaporation
C) basin
D) overpower
E) source

11) So the young couple waited until they found good jobs with good ......... and they were able to get married.
A) skills
B) theories
C) investigation
D) prospects
E) concern

12) People take part in violent sports because of the high ......... they bring.
A) rewards
B) edges
C) stages
D) bases
E) ends

13) Spectators are willing to pay ........ sums of money to see violence.
A) hidden
B) prominent
C) flocks
D) risky
E) vast

14) The decor is simple but....... with a few modem paintings on the walls, and flowers and candles on every
table.
A) restrained
B) upbringing
C) gloomy
D) perspective
E) tasteful

15) You will not be made…….... unless you have a poor work record.
A) damaged
B) redundant
C) spoiled
D) influenced
E) harmed

16) Because these resources are ....... for life, ecologists study their importance and how to use them carefully.
A) rude
B) thorough
C) elementary
D) superficial
E) vital

17) I'd punish a group of students who were caught ruining school.......... by firstly making them repair the
damage.
A) gratitude
B) elimination
C) property
D) derivation
E) affirmation

18) Inventors are constantly working to satisfy the ......... of our consumer society.
A) creators
B) donors
C) receivers
D) demands
E) hostages

19) There are often reported sightings of ghosts, or strange figures, especially in old buildings, or in places of
archaeological or historical .........
A) interest
B) ceremony
C) formality
D) convention
E) narration

20) . an working in a(n) ........ job and looking forward to a pension at the end of it has no right to expect very
high rewards.
A) bold
B) steady
C) sensory
D) expansive
E) drifting

21) Edinburgh is most famous for its ......International Festival of Music and Drama.
A) annual
B) archaic
C) manual
D) unique
E) initial

22) Our unforgettable school years will remain a great...........

A) scarcity
B) abundance
C) remembrance
D) fright
E) division

23) Coal and oil are important....... materials for the manufacture of plastic.
A) holy
B) steep
C) intact
D) arrogant
E) raw

24) The publication of his diaries caused ....... to the other politicians.
A) reaction
B) feedback
C) moderation
D) embarrassment
E) interchange
25) In the past the ....... of the country was in the hands of the king.
A) determination
B) apprehension
C) inspiration
D) government
E) opponent
 KPDS Kelime Testleri Cevap Anahtarı
KELİME TESTLERİ CEVAP ANAHTARI

TEST 1 TEST 2 TEST 3 TEST 4 TEST 5 TEST 6 TEST 7 TEST 8

1 D 1 A 1 B 1 E 1 B 1 B 1 C 1 A
2 E 2 B 2 E 2 B 2 C 2 D 2 C 2 C
3 A 3 B 3 E 3 D 3 D 3 E 3 D 3 E
4 C 4 C 4 A 4 A 4 D 4 E 4 A 4 D
5 C 5 E 5 D 5 D 5 B 5 A 5 E 5 A
6 B 6 A 6 A 6 E 6 C 6 C 6 A 6 D
7 A 7 A 7 C 7 C 7 A 7 D 7 B 7 C
8 B 8 D 8 D 8 B 8 B 8 C 8 A 8 D
9 C 9 D 9 A 9 C 9 D 9 D 9 C 9 B
10 B 10 E 10 C 10 D 10 A 10 D 10 C 10 A
11 C 11 D 11 B 11 C 11 C 11 C 11 D 11 B
12 B 12 B 12 D 12 A 12 A 12 E 12 B 12 E
13 E 13 E 13 B 13 A 13 A 13 C 13 A 13 D
14 C 14 C 14 C 14 A 14 C 14 C 14 B 14 B
15 D 15 D 15 D 15 E 15 E 15 A 15 B 15 A
16 C 16 A 16 E 16 A 16 B 16 A 16 E 16 C
17 B 17 D 17 D 17 A 17 D 17 E 17 B 17 B
18 D 18 B 18 B 18 D 18 E 18 D 18 E 18 A
19 A 19 C 19 D 19 D 19 A 19 B 19 C 19 C
20 C 20 E 20 E 20 B 20 D 20 C 20 A 20 E
21 D 21 C 21 E 21 B 21 B 21 C 21 D 21 A
22 A 22 A 22 A 22 D 22 B 22 C 22 E 22 D
23 E 23 D 23 E 23 C 23 A 23 A 23 D 23 B
24 C 24 A 24 A 24 D 24 C 24 D 24 C 24 C
25 D 25 A 25 E 25 E 25 B 25 E 25 B 25 E

KELİME TESTLERİ CEVAP ANAHTARI

TEST 9 TEST 10 TEST 11 TEST 12 TEST 13 TEST 14 TEST 15 TEST 16

1 A 1 A 1 D 1 D 1 A 1 D 1 A 1 A
2 D 2 D 2 B 2 B 2 D 2 B 2 B 2 D
3 B 3 E 3 B 3 A 3 C 3 E 3 C 3 B
4 A 4 C 4 A 4 C 4 C 4 C 4 D 4 E
5 C 5 B 5 A 5 A 5 A 5 B 5 A 5 D
6 A 6 C 6 B 6 A 6 D 6 A 6 B 6 C
7 B 7 D 7 C 7 E 7 A 7 D 7 D 7 B
8 C 8 C 8 A 8 C 8 E 8 E 8 B 8 C
9 D 9 A 9 D 9 E 9 B 9 A 9 A 9 B
10 C 10 A 10 E 10 D 10 E 10 D 10 D 10 C
11 D 11 A 11 E 11 B 11 C 11 A 11 D 11 D
12 B 12 E 12 A 12 B 12 B 12 C 12 C 12 A
13 C 13 A 13 C 13 A 13 A 13 B 13 C 13 B
14 E 14 A 14 D 14 D 14 C 14 C 14 A 14 A
15 B 15 D 15 C 15 C 15 D 15 A 15 E 15 B
16 A 16 D 16 D 16 B 16 B 16 B 16 B 16 D
17 C 17 B 17 D 17 C 17 A 17 D 17 A 17 B