专四英语词汇测试练习

Test 1

Section A

1. We left the city for a ___ home.

A. local

B. native

C. rural

D. natural

2. He heard soft ___ coming up the stairs.

A. footprints

B. paces

C. walking

D. footsteps

3. He __ a short tour in the South.

A. went for

B. went with

C. went around

D. went about

4. Russian is a difficult language to _____.

A. catch

B. hold

C. master

D. grab

5. The tiger is pacing _____ in his cage.

A. here and there

B. back and forward

C. again and again

D. back and forth

6. Andrew stood with his head ____ , silent.

A. dropped

B. fallen

C. lowered

D. bent

7. ____, I agree with your estimate of the situation.

A. In the way

B. On the way

C. In a way

D. In any way

8. I've never seen so much and disorder anywhere.

A. mass

B. mess

C. mixed

D. messy

9. Please me a cup of tea from the kitchen.

A. take

B. look for

C. carry

D. fetch

10. She still has a set of teeth at the age of 70.

A. correct

B. delicate

C. perfect

D. bright

11. When the thermometer is below zero water will ____.

A. boil

B. freeze

C. steam

D. cool

12. Germany ____ Poland in 1939, and that started the Second World War.

A. introduced

B. invaded

C. invested

D. invited

13. He is so proud of his promotion that he ____ all his former friends.

A. looks into

B. looks at

C. looks about

D. looks down upon

14. The weather's so the only thing to do is to stay in.

A. awful

B. favorable

C. agreeable

D. charming

15. It won't make much ____whether you go today or tomorrow.

A. relation

B. difference

C. interrelation

D. interpretation

16. He was deeply ____ over his son's financial difficulties.

A. troubled

B. anxious

C. concerned

D. careful

17. The newspaper has a very good of the political situation.

A. analyse

B. analysis

C. comment

D. report

18. Officially he is in charge, but ____ his secretary does all the work.

A. in fact

B. in particular

C. in case

D. in some sense

19. They will give you, , four or five dollars for the watch.

A. at most

B. at all

C. at any cost

D. at the best

20. The of the 50 states forms the United States of America.

A. mixture

B. connection

C. joining

D. combination

21. Both captains thought that it was larger than their own ships, about one hundred metres in __.

A. depth

B. long

C. length

D. high

22. Eric is such____ that at the first sign of danger he runs away.

A. a traitor

B. a coward

C. a fool

D. an idiot

23. The management has authorized wage increases for all ____.

A. employers

B. citizens

C. employees

D. residents

24. A meat diet may be said to the temper, as a meal including meat produces in most people a feeling of satisfaction.

A. invest

B. irritate

C. introduce

D. improve

25. Peter invented a device for ____the light automatically.

A. turning down

B. putting through

C. turning off

D. switching back

26. A single act or incident is not enough to__ judgment. One swallow does not make a summer.

A. form

B. exercise

C. pass

D. exert

27. Her parents were very because she was out so late that night.

A. responsible

B. sorry

C. worried

D. overcome

28. After her illness, the old woman was advised to ____ gardening as a hobby.

A. engage

B. take up

C. occupy

D. change into

29. The Missouri River ____ eastward into the Mississippi.

A. flows

B. meets

C. unites

D. contributes

30. The motion picture business in Hollywood gave the area a of glamour.

A. manner

B. form

C. style

D. touch

Section B

1. Don't count your chickens before they're bred.

A. laid out

B. hatched

C. raised

D. grown up

2. People differ very much in their ideas.

A. disagree

B. distinguish

C. dislike

D. vary

3. I shall ask all of you to recite the passage one by one.

A. in return

B. by turn

C. in turn

D. in your turn

4. We have met with some unexpected difficulties.

A. encountered

B. charged.

C. solved

D. overcome

5. The soldier tried not to show his fear when he saw the enemy.

A. anger

B. frighten

C. sorrow

D. fright

6. These new apartments have intensified the parking problem.

A. flats

B. roads

C. directions

D. playgrounds

7. He lost everything that was dear to him.

A. close

B. expensive

C. precious

D. essential

8. She gave up her job to look after her invalid mother.

A. quitted

B. lost

C. paused

D. retired

9. He was a highly skilled flier now.

A. efficient

B. sufficient

C. confident

D. proficient

10. The boat had a remarkable passenger, Johnny Appleseed, and a strange cargo, apple seeds.

A. a surprising

B. an odd

C. a rare

D. an uneven

Test 2

Section A

1. He is in his conduct.

A. strong

B. obstinate

C. severe

D. stem

2. As he continued, pity __her.

A. overthrew

B. overset

C. overtook

D. overwhelmed

3. A little puff of air me.

A. revived

B. renewed

C. restored

D. reinforced

4. He his hat and ran.

A. grabbed

B. insured

C. imposed

D. lodged

5. She always ____ when she is embarrassed.

A. claps

B. clashes

C. blushes

D. hushes

6. We ____ away the time by talking and playing cards.

A. passed

B. took

C. whiled

D. afforded

7. Heyward found it difficult to from smoking.

A. deterred

B. obstructed

C. refrained

D. prevented

8. The women in the back yard are like a flock of magpies.

A. saying

B. murmuring

C. muttering

D. chattering

9. The theory he put forward is quite of foundation.

A. invalid

B. void

C. vacant

D. empty

10. He was in a completely happy and private life of his own.

A. described

B. absorbed

C. obliged

D. used

11. The store had no more black shoes , so John chose brown ones instead.

A. in shape

B. in store

C. in step

D. in stock

12. Before the war of 1914, over a million persons a year emigrated ____ from Europe.

A. foreign

B. overseas

C. away

D. alien

13. Cut off by the storm, they were forced to food for several days.

A. go in for

B. go under

C. go without

D. go out

14. In 1868, Thomas Edison received his first for an automatic vote recorder for the

House of Representatives.

A. patent

B. job

C. post

D. patience

15. Dr. Alexander said that the could handle the increased fluid.

A. fur

B. kidneys

C. loan

D. portraits

16. Many migrant birds have up on the pine tree's branches.

A. gazed

B. jumped

C. perched

D. located

17. Walking exercises give you a chance to and enjoy the world.

A. furnish

B. look

C. lose

D. observe

18. Freedom means that there isn't anything ___you ___ from striving to make your finest dreams come true.

A. leaving…out

B. putting …aside

C. holding…back

D. picking …out

19. The National Wildflower Research Center is in a long, low building.

A. housed

B. generated

C. insured

D. opposed

20. The historian makes up a hypothesis. Then she or he information, or data.

A. gathers

B. gestures

C. mends

D. recommends

21. A land on the bank, startled. hissed the air from its lungs and withdrew to its shell.

A. animal

B. snake

C. turtle

D. bird

22. I’ve got so fat that I'll have to ____ the waistband ___ several inches.

A. make out

B. take out

C. turn out

D. let out

23. The teachers ___ themselves with planning out the work of the coming semester.

A. employed

B. involved

C. occupied

D. engaged

24. His refusal to walk through the metal detector before boarding the plane ___ the guard's suspicion.

A. asserted

B. aroused

C. pinched

D. predicted

25. If we feel like questioning today, we can pose a few questions.

A. embarrassing

B. disgusting

C. awful

D. awkward

26. The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more __.

A. off hand

B. at stake

C. at sight

D. at worst

27. Downley Road is lit by fluorescent lamps, standing on ___sides of the road every 2000 feet.

A. comparative

B. intermediate

C. complicated

D. alternate

28. We do not go to the movies unless at least one famous critic has found the cinematography

____.

A. superior

B. well

C. superb

D. better

29. If a restaurant fails to ___ the rules, the law makers must decide what type of legal action must be taken.

A. abide by

B. lean against

C. pick up

D. mix up

30. In cahokia. Zuinois, archaeologists found the ___ of a city.

A. hint

B. remains

C. ruins

D. shops

Section B

1. The intense competition between the different members of a plant community is at first

difficult to credit.

A. accept

B. imagine

C. think

D. believe

2. We've a lot of more good souls coming here today, and tomorrow, and the day after.

A. merchants

B. traders

C. customers

D. persons

3. Her mental barrier subdued, Ingrid now has only to fight the time barrier.

A. conflicted

B. competed

C. conquered

D. compelled

4. Turbulent motions also disperse plant seeds, viruses, and other organisms throughout the

troposphere.

A. scatter

B. sprout

C. sow

D. strew

5. Juanita blinked as darkness gave way to a bright light directed into her eyes.

A. twinkled

B. glittered

C. flashed

D. winked

6. I hung back outside for a while, plucking up courage to go in.

A. paused

B. hesitated

C. thought

D. stayed

7. I'm sorry, but I am so tired that I am really not up to going to the theater with you tonight.

A. occupied with

B. as far as'

C. required from

D. capable of

8. The language functions as a means of international communication for a range of purposes.

A. ends

B. processes

C. results

D. proposals

9. It is said that man is "the middle link between angels and animals."

A. wasps

B. swans

C. reptiles

D. brutes

10. This dependence of social studies upon sense perception is certainly a healthy

reminder of the fundamental homogeneity of the original data of science.

A. harmful

B. helpful

C. wholesome

D. clean

Test 3

Section A

1. He had a narrow escape when his boat was turned over by a ___ gust of wind.

A. close

B. breathtaking

C. sudden

D. obscure

2. In a court trial, there must be a jury composed of 12 men and women, who are given

instructions and advice by a ____.

A. referee

B. arbiter

C. umpire

D. judge

3. Needing money urgently, he arranged a mortgage on his house, to be ___ in ten years.

A. paid back

B. paid out

C. turned back

D. turned out

4. I had little hope of winning the next game as my ___ was an Olympic gold medalist.

A. contestant

B. antagonist

C. opponent

D. rival

5. Many of the shopkeepers are poor. There isn't much ___ in this town.

A. prosperity

B. advantage

C. failure

D. indigence

6. A labour officer was sent to negotiate a new ___ with the union.

A. bargain

B. act

C. contract

D. limitation

7. The little girl had her money for lunch in a ___she carried in her pocket.

A. purse

B. wallet

C. packet

D. handkerchief

8. Cooperation depends upon the existence of some kind of sign system, ___ which can take a variety of forms, for instance, you can whistle for a dog.

A. signals

B. shrills

C. cries

D. shouts

9. He was bankrupt, so he committed ____.

A. killing

B. death

C. murdering

D. suicide

10. There is nothing mysterious about disappearances in this ___ section of the Ocean.

A. particular

B. attentive

C. abstract

D. specific

11. No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements, for they exert a ___ influence on us.

A. dark

B. subtle

C. light

D. vague

12. The boys are playing with a basketball. The first ___ to the next, and so on down the line.

A. gives it on

B. hands it on

C. pushes it

D. puts it on

13 It is quite strange that he should be utterly ___ to public criticism.

A. surprised

B. concerned

C. indifferent

D. uninterested

14. He awaited the verdict of the ___ with dread as so little seemed to have been achieved in proving his innocence.

A. dispute

B. negotiation

C. issue

D. case

15. The ___ which must be followed at all stages of a Parliamentary election has changed little over a long period.

A. process

B. procedure

C. proceeds

D. progress

16. Studies of motorway accidents have ___ startling evidence that 98 percent of drivers ignore

all warnings of imminent danger, particularly fog.

A. revealed

B. exhibited

C. exposed

D. uncovered

17. The boy had to go downtown on ____ for his mother every week.

A. duties

B. assignments

C. missions

D. errands

18. We know that the shape of the moon is ___ ; however, its surface is quite rough..

A. spherical

B. circle

C. solid

D. solitary

19. By __ his presence on the meeting, the director prevented free expression of opinion.

A. showing

B. attending C making D. imposing

20. A university education usually follows an educational scheme that ___ a degree in a particular field of study.

A. ends to

B. reaches to

C. gives to

D. leads to

21. We will __ the good news among the students by passing out a notice as the students leave school.

A. entertain

B. deliver

C. circulate

D. announce

22. They were interested in everything that fell within the___ of their enquiry.

A. degree

B. scope

C. length

D. place

23. As soon as the question of prestige ___, the most savage combative instincts are aroused.

A. rises

B. raises

C. arises

D. roused

24. He intends to replace the secretary he has dismissed by a less glamorous but rather more __ one.

A. efficient

B. effective

C. extravagant

D. industrial

25. The __of tests in the United States institutions can be a new and frightening experience for many foreign students.

A. frequency

B. presence

C. efficiency

D. confidence

26. The of a country is inflated when the value of money decreases because the supply of

money is artificially expanded.

A. money

B. merchandise

C. coin

D. currency

27. Teresa will ___ at the meeting, and anyone who wants to ask a question or make a remark will have to have her consent.

A. preside

B. elect

C. represent

D. assign

28. The ray of light given out by the torch ____ the darkness.

A. fierced

B. pierced

C. lighted

D. extinguished

29. The ___ sound of surreptitious movements in the kitchen suggested that the children were secretly helping themselves to the chocolate cake.

A. vague

B. faint

C. slender

D. dim

30. Long sentences and difficult sentence patterns in this novel have been ___, but it still keeps much of the charm and flavour of the original.

A. simplified

B. applied

C. adopted

D. polished

Section B

1. I got a pen and drew a picture of that stranger.

A. depiction

B. sketch

C. pattern

D. line

2. Cassie has got the strange idea of playing the harp for a couple of years.

A. remarkable

B. reasonable

C. queer

D. ordinary

3. Lulu May said she would walk upon my violets if I breathed on her roses again.

A. tread

B. sit

C. stroll

D. stretch

4. No matter how tired you are, it would be valuable to watch the match.

A. promising

B. expansive C: worthwhile D. exciting

5. "A penny saved is a penny earned" is a famous saying.

A. version

B. proof

C. phrase

D. proverb

6. In order to buy a colored TV, he saved one-sixth of his salary each month.

A. set about

B. set back

C. set aside

D. set off

7. The Egyptians saved and stored their grain so that during years of shortage they could trade grain for other goods.

A. commodities

B. expenditure

C. possession

D. transaction

8. The host greeted them heartily and offered them a drink.

A. cordially

B. cautiously

C. coldly

D. gently

9. It's pretty hard to keep from wondering what's happening on the other side of the fence.

A. stone

B. river

C. mountain stream

D. barrier of wood or wire

10. The autobiography skips the author's childhood and just tells of his early manhood.

A. cuts down

B. cuts short

C. leaves out

D. leaves off

Test 4

Section A

1. Even when magnified, the two organisms are difficult to apart.

A. share

B. leave

C. tell

D. divide

2. I would say that I am very to you for having taken so much trouble.

A. thoughtful

B. grateful

C. doubtful

D. respectful

3. The ___ arts include painting and dancing, as opposed to music.

A. modern

B. audio

C. visual

D. liberal

4. The prisoner the judge to let him go home to see his sick wife.

A. implied

B. explored

C. implored

D. employed

5. Coins are struck at the ____.

A. Mint

B. Mine

C. Meat

D. Metal

6. Sweat comes through the in the skin and radiates heat.

A. poles

B. pulses

C. pores

D. punches

7. By definition, a month is from one new moon to the next.

A. major

B. minor

C. lunar

D. fresh

8. In her remarks on child care, she ___ the importance of nutrition.

A. touched with

B. touched on

C. touched down

D. touched off

9. His trial for smuggling cocaine was a on his family good name.

A. label

B. stain

C. sign

D. stamp

10. The mother ____ the child's long hair round her fingers to make it curl.

A. combed

B. shampooed

C. ironed

D. twisted

11. In his first formal address to the College Paul his general intentions.

A. outlined

B. output

C. outlet

D. outbroke

12. Please don't what I say! My taste in films is not very reliable.

A. go through

B. go back on

C. go over

D. go by

13. John hasn't been working hard and I dare to say that he will not ____ his examinations.

A. get over

B. get across

C. get down to

D. get through

14. The window was open, but the rain ___ the air as effectively as a curtain.

A. shut down

B. shut up

C. shut out

D. shut away

15. I'm not quite sure of it, for I ____ him saying that he was closing down his shop.

A. caught

B. disliked

C. advised

D. overheard

16. He was a most ____ man, who attended Mass in the local church every other week.

A. optimistic

B. pious

C. jealous

D. muscular

17. Since the couple could not ___ their differences, they decided to get a divorce.

A. correspond

B. apologize

C. frustrate

D. reconcile

18. He thought he could prevent himself from being influenced by the opinion that ___ him.

A. surrendered

B. sustained

C. surrounded

D. subdued

19. When she thought no one was looking she opened the cupboard and took a few sweets __.

A. on the whole

B. on the sly

C. on second thought

D. on the side

20. The students felt a __ of achievement in their writing ability at the end of the semester.

A. sense

B. mind

C. thought

D. sentiment

21. Conditions everywhere have been seriously worsened, owing to the postwar __ in prices.

A. lift

B. promotion

C. raise

D. rise

22. Cowboys ___ their ropes round and round above their heads before throwing them.

A. whirl

B. wind

C. rotate

D. reel

23. The policeman had to ____ with the criminal in order to get the handcuffs on him.

A. consult

B. wrestle

C. argue

D. compete

24. Soon after we gathered in all the wheat crop, we began to ___ it by using a machine.

A. thrash

B. shield

C. shed

D. thresh

25. There is a __ resemblance between Jane and Mary, who are just in the same class.

A. inspiring

B. striking

C. exciting

D. overwhelming

26. The king over a great variety of peoples and lands for as long as forty years.

A. reigned

B. governed

C. controlled

D. mastered

27. Every year at sunrise on a May morning the choir gather on the top of the tower to sing a __.

A. tune

B. rhythm

C. prayer

D. hymn

28. The check-out girl always puts the bread on top of the other groceries so that it does not get __ .

A. depressed

B. condensed

C. squeezed

D. squashed

29. A ___ of experts gave its opinion on ways to solve the traffic problem.

A. panel

B. parcel

C. patrol

D. penal

30. The bank of the river was covered in ____.

A. mood

B. moss

C. mock

D. moisture

Section B

1. The attorney compiled relevant information about the case.

A. mayor

B. lawyer

C. judge

D. jury

2. Suddenly the monarch appeared at the scene wearing a crown on his head.

A. throne

B. tyrant

C. sheriff

D. sovereign

3. Statistics suggest that there are more boys than girl sat school.

A. Numbers

B. Account

C. Schoolmaster

D. Calculations

4. We are satisfied that no disease manifested itself during that long voyage.

A. showed

B. preserved

C. relaxed

D. verified

5. In executing this policy, a steady stream of foreign officials visited China.

A. carrying off

B. carrying out

C. carrying on with

D. carrying over

6. Strange enough, the kid could not distinguish a hawk from an owl.

A. a parrot

B. a pigeon

C. a squirrel

D. an eagle

7. After all, his work was the important thing; besides it all else was trivial.

A. meaningless

B. weak

C. insignificant

D. unexpected

8. The author's latest book is totally without merit, which disappointed almost everyone.

A. mistakes

B. worthiness

C. proverbs

D. plots

9. Were he a miser, he would not have contributed a great sum of money.

A. tight-fisted

B. loose-tongued

C. light-headed

D. fat-witted

10. The children have just heaved a brick through my window while I am reading nearby.

A. passed

B. manipulated

C. laid

D. thrown

Test 5

Section A

1. The dog pricked up its ears at the ____ of its master's keys.

A. jungle

B. bell

C. jingle

D. ring

2. The swimmer __ from the rolling water and climbed on the raft.

A. floated

B. emerged

C. swayed

D. whirled

3. He is very wealthy and lives in fear of his children being___.

A. hijacked

B. plundered

C. robbed

D. kidnapped

4. The campfire ___ in the sudden wind, and sparks flew out from it.

A. warmed up

B. kindled up

C. flared up

D. ignited up

5. The injured complained that the pain grew worse as the muscles____.

A. contacted

B. contracted

C. contested

D. contrasted

6. You must ___ of losing your books, for we have no more books spared to offer you.

A. aware

B. swear

C. ware

D. beware

7. I can hardly think of another compound which ___ as quickly as salt in water.

A. absorbs

B. isolates

C. resolves

D. dissolves

8. The entrance to a mine is called a ___, which is a hole leading down into a mine.

A. lane

B. canal

C. tunnel

D. shaft

9. My brother is going from New York to California ____ the Panama Canal.

A. along

B. via

C. through

D. across

10. After sunset, hungry wolves would ___ the forest in search of food and water.

A. inhabit

B. moan

C. migrate

D. roam

11. After the big job was finished the builder ___ the number of men working for him.

A. cut out

B. cut across

C. cut off

D. cut back

12. Obviously, the atomic bomb has changed the whole ___ of victory and defeat in war.

A. concept

B. concert

C. concern

D. conception

13. Seeing her boy's back was bleeding, the mother hurried to fetch a roll of ___ .

A. luggage

B. baggage

C. bandage

D. hostage

14. The whale, such as sperms and humpbacks, ___ water from his blow hole while breathing.

A. submerges

B. sucks

C. expels

D. identifies

15. The ___ weight of the box of chocolates is more than the weight of the chocolate alone.

A. gross

B. heavy

C. glossary

D. general

16. Money was to be provided for the playground through the ___ decision of the town councilors.

A. harmonious

B. agreeable

C. uniform

D. unanimous

17. Soldiers serving overseas arranged to ___ part of their pay to their wives and families.

A. dispose

B. deposit

C. loan

D. remit

18. This is a saline land, so the farmers want to ___ it to make crops grow better on it this year.

A. mend

B. drain

C. perish

D. remit

19. Miss Pamela is not well enough, and there is only one ___ of medicine left in this bottle.

A. doze

B. dozen

C. dosage

D. dose

20. A loud noise ___ my attention from cooking and everything was burnt.

A. diverted

B. focused

C. divided

D. linked

21. To receive more people, the hostess has ___ her large house into four separate flats.

A. converted

B. confined

C. concentrated

D. constructed

22. Mary felt a little bit of headache so she went to lie on the ___ in her living room.

A. couch

B. ceiling

C. cement

D. studio

23. We passed the house without calling, for we assumed that at that hour all the family

would be at _ __.

A. worship

B. funeral

C. sensation

D. sermon

24. The day-to-day management of the firm has been ___ to someone appointed from outside the company.

A. turned up

B. turned out

C. turned over

D. turned down

25. A ___ of heart specialists is meeting in New York to discuss the latest developments in that field.

A. board

B. corporation

C. congress

D. constitution

26. People here often salesclerks to make sure they get attractive items when they come to the store.

A. bribe

B. shame

C. prick

D. prescribe

27. I would not employ anyone just to ___ the grass out of the rose garden-----I really want someone to dig it.

A. mow

B. pluck

C. weed

D. wipe

28. The rubber production from wild trees in South America ___ because the plantation system was more economical.

A. hampered

B. flourished

C. declined

D. succeeded

29. Sweat came down from his forehead, so he took out a silk handkerchief and wiped his huge, bushy again and again.

A. cheeks

B. jaws

C. brows

D. chin

30. In the seventeenth century, an Italian priest designed a flying machine of a basket attached to four thin metal balls.

A. proposed

B. composed

C. disposed

D. comprised

Section B

1. I beg you once again; never desert me in my misfortunes!

A. forsake

B. pluck

C. offend

D. condemn

2. What is worse, he cloaked his evil purpose under friendly words.

A. concealed

B. revealed

C. substituted

D. proclaimed

3. Speaking without any exaggeration, the general is a real butcher.

A. hero

B. agent

C. killer

D. pilot

4. Yesterday I happened to see a documentary about Yorkshire coal miners.

A. museum

B. product

C. strike

D. film

5. The brass was carved into the shape of a lion six months later.

A. cast

B. melted

C. bent

D. cut

6. It is so gloomy in the eave that you will need to take a torchlight with you.

A. dim

B. cool

C. curious

D. frightful

7. To the best of my memory, it has been a fortnight since I last saw her.

A. a few nights

B. two months

C. four weeks

D. fourteen days

8. Usually, crude oil from wells is refined by heating it in a closed still.

A. lubricant

B. turbine

C. raw

D. petroleum

9. The farmer had already got in his barley before the rainy season set in.

A. timber

B. cereal

C. hay

D. melon

10. He saw plainly that Jane was on the verge of a terrible crisis in her marriage.

A. satisfaction

B. danger

C. excitement

D. impulse

Test 6

Section A

1. Jobholders work fewer hours and thus have more ____.

A. time

B. leisure

C. freedom

D. habit

2. Henry planned to visit ____ country besides England.

A. some other

B. every other

C. several others

D. other

3. The police have made two ____ in connection with the murder.

A. arrests

B. arrivals

C. captures

D. chapters

4. Before using your new pressure cooker, read the following ____ carefully.

A. notices

B. orders

C. advertisements

D. instructions

5. The ____ value of his invention was its usefulness to doctors.

A. chief

B. high

C. cheap

D. expensive

6. It is important to ____ industries in areas where a supply of labor is available.

A. research

B. proceed

C. patent

D. locate

7. His knowledge of Italy was ____ because he is an American.

A. various

B. vast

C. limited

D. lessened

8. It's very expensive to ____ the fashion.

A. go along with

B. get on with

C. keep up with

D. carry on with

9. When a pendulum swings, it moves backwards and forwards, and then repeats these ____.

A. activities

B. movements

C. actions

D. behaviour

10. If I have a good sleep I'll be ____ to work out the problem.

A. possible

B. able

C. capable

D. reasonable

11. I don't ____ cigars unless I've eaten a good dinner before-hand.

A. take in

B. deal with

C. care for

D. count on

12. In the __ of the employer's refusal to see our representatives, we shall consider strike action.

A. sight

B. light

C. form

D. fact

13. He ____ 525 East 89th street two years ago.

A. lived at

B. ran over

C. worked at

D. passed at

14. With Caesat dead she could _____ such hopes no longer.

A. chance

B. charge

C. cherish

D. cheat

15. I must leave it to your own judgement to decide whether you should take the ___ subjects.

A. optional

B. selected

C. choice

D. objective

16. The bees' inner clocks can tell just where the sun is, and they are able to change their course ____.

A. obviously

B. accordingly

C. absurdly

D. gracefully

17. If you get into difficulties, don't hesitate to ____ advice.

A. ask about

B. ask after

C. ask for

D. ask in

18. Tom said that with his knowledge and experience, any decision he had made was ____ to be a sound one.

A. equal

B. reluctant

C. conceited

D. bound

19. The football match was ____ on account of rain.

A. called up

B. called on

C. called off

D. called for

20. The gold medal was _____ to Miss Wang for her excellent performance.

A. awarded

B. rewarded

C. assigned

D. ordered

21. Your duties will ____ putting the children to bed.

A. conclude

B. exclude

C. include

D. involve

22. All of them are ____ at Lana's achievement.

A. amazed

B. interested

C. fond

D. proud

23. In USA Peter had to earn a ____ as a motorcar salesman.

A. life

B. lot of money

C. living

D. diet

24. Students should develop a good ____ about tests.

A. attitude

B. activity

C. hobby

D. grade

25. As the general came the soldiers quickly ____.

A. took up

B. emerged up

C. lined up

D. played up

26. An elliptical expression has words ____.

A. missing

B. disappearing

C. losing

D. vanishing

27. Last week he went to the ____ register to withdraw money.

A. cash

B. cheque

C. price

D. value

28. The publishing company intends to ____ a new series of educational books.

A. bring out

B. bring to

C. bring up

D. bring on

29. After the baby's mother died her aunt took the duty to ____ her.

A. bring

B. nurse

C. take care

D. look

30. In ____ times the most important examinations were spoken, not written.

A. primitive

B. ancient

C. ancestral

D. parental

Section B

1. Bright was so clever that he captured most of the prizes at school.

A. obtained

B. relieved

C. arrested

D. caught

2. Most teenagers think their actions are mature.

A. grown-up

B. intelligent

C. serious

D. childlike

3. When the film-star appeared on the street he was mobbed by the teenagers.

A. introduced

B. admired

C. surrounded

D. invited

4. She's very miserable because her husband has been out of work for months.

A. helpless

B. indignant

C. unhappy

D. ashamed

5. The speaker dropped a hint of a possible modification of the proposals.

A. reason

B. method

C. suggestion

D. possibility

6. The best way to go was obvious to everybody except him.

A. noticeable

B. witty

C. manifest

D. visible

7. Like most men of his age and modest background, Sam regarded work as the normal human life.

A. experience

B. character

C. attitude

D. manner

8. They will assemble at the school gate at eight tomorrow morning.

A. gather

B. concentrate

C. get together

D. focus

9. Peter always walked with an air of importance.

A. manner

B. atmosphere

C. vacuum

D. appearance

10. The only access to that building is along the track.

A. exit

B. way

C. gate

D. door

Test 7

Section A

1. I'm ____ in this argument: I don't care who wins.

A. natural B central C. neutral D middle

2. They _____ him that he and his Party had the full support of the D. penshaw Branch.

A. suggested B assured C. showed D. ensured

3. Owing to a previous _____, I shan't be able to come.

A. attainment B engagement C. investment D endorsement

4. Is there a French word that is the exact _____of the English word “home”?

A. substitute B neutrality C. equality D equivalent

5. He was _____on the grass and had evidently ______ there all night.

A. laying .. lain B lying laid C. lying .. lied D lying… lain

6. Tell the children to _____ the fire.

A. put off B put out C. put aside D. put down

7 She passed me in the street, but took no ______ of me.

A. attention B watch C. sight D. notice

8. My new teacher is both _____and encouraging towards me.

A. gentle

B. hoarse

C. indifference

D. temperate

9. My wife's health will not _____this cold damp climate.

A. stand up for

B. face up to

C. stand up to

D. be faced with

10. Mike was not upset ______ by the storm.

A. at least B at the least C. in the least D. at most

11. A good student must ______ what he reads with what he sees around him.

A. combine

B. contact

C. relate

D. connect

12. Crime is certainly on the _____in many big cities.

A. raise

B. increase

C. growth

D. ascent

13. You have _____my name from your list.

A. emitted

B. admitted

C. omitted

D. remitted

14. This newspaper doesn't pay enough attention to _____affairs.

A. exterior

B. external

C. interior

D. elastic

15. The newcomer _____himself in the large leather chair.

A. sat

B. kept

C. installed

D. sank

16. Every citizen in a democratic country may _____the protection of the law.

A. claim

B. provide

C. insist

D. supply

17. My face turned white and my body wasted away owing to __of proper food and exercise.

A. lack

B. little

C. need

D. short

18. The coach says that players must be in bed by midnight, and that rule is _____tonight.

A. in evidence

B. in earnest

C. in place

D. in effect

19. There was ______ often minutes between the two parts of the concert.

A. a period

B. a space

C. a rest

D. an interval

20. Only experts can ______ the old coins that are dug up in our town.

A. determine

B. date

C. decide

D. declare

21. The next ten years were very hard, and I earned _____of ￡ 100 a year.

A. my living

B. an average

C. a wage

D. my salary

22. The harvest was _____and the vines were full of juicy grapes.

A. grander

B. enormous

C. magnificent

D. gigantic

23. It's a very satisfactory hat, ______ that it doesn't fit me.

A. except

B. besides

C. except for

D. apart from

24. His knowledge of French was _____for the job, although he was not fluent in the language.

A. adequate

B. efficient

C. satisfied

D. good enough

25. The rocket _____when it reentered the earth's atmosphere.

A. burned down

B. was blew up

C. burned up

D. exhausted

26. People are getting _____with his constant complaints.

A. pleased

B. tired

C. fed up

D. content

27. He _____money to every trademan in the town.

A. owned

B. borrowed

C. rented

D. owed

28. People _____her because she was wearing such a strange hat.

A. laughed

B. made a joke on

C. teased

D. played a joke of

29. Two men _____him with weapons and forced him to give up his money.

A. treated

B. frightened

C. menaced

D. terrified

30. The hotel _____only speaks a little English.

A. assistant

B. resident

C. participant

D. attendant

Section B

1. I don't understand his opposition to the plan.

A. reaction

B. rejection

C. objection

D. contradiction

2. I'd like to travel to distant lands.

A. wonderful

B. foreign

C. strange

D. remote

3. It must be admitted that he disliked her from the first.

A. recognized

B. acknowledged

C. confessed

D. understood

4. The shopkeeper hadn't sufficient space to display his goods.

A. show off

B. show up

C. place

D. store

5. Circumstances will force us finally to accept this policy.

A. adapt

B. adopt

C. abandon

D. receive

6. Danny pretended he didn't hear his mother calling.

A. made sure

B. disguised

C. made believe

D. appeared

7. She suffered a great loss in the death of her husband.

A. sustained

B. stood up

C. survived

D. endured to

8. It was hard to keep the store going during the depression, but Max didn't give up and at last met with success.

A. held back

B. held up

C. held over

D. held on

9. The police are looking into the records of all those involved in the crime.

A. finding out

B. inquiring

C. investigating

D. dealing with

10. This series consists of short practical surveys of points of grammar and structure that present problems to all students of English as a foreign language.

A. makes up

B. consists in

C. prepares

D. is composed of

Test 8

Section A

1. Don't ____ to water the plants.

A. deny

B. miss

C. neglect

D. ignore

2. Only in this way can you ____ your headache.

A. do away with

B. get rid of

C. free of

D. get over

3. Our library has bought a number of new __ books.

A. difference

B. conference

C. inference

D. reference

4. A gentleman has no right to ____ a woman under any circumstances.

A. injure

B. wound

C. hurt

D. destroy

5. The ____ of study can not always be measured in money.

A. profits

B. gains

C. rewards

D. prises

6. His accent at once ____ him to be a foreigner.

A. betrayed

B. exposed

C. appeared

D. turned out

7. He said the visitors had ____ their win although the margin was narrow.

A. deserved

B. rewarded

C. succeeded

D. destined

8. The three men were given work according to their ____ abilities.

A. respectable

B. respectful

C. respected

D. respective

9. A good director is ____ for a successful film.

A. influential

B. indispensable

C. independent

D. inevitable

10. Their friendship ____ in a chance meeting.

A. resulted

B. started

C. stemmed

D. originated

11. The doctor ____ a medicine for the child's stomach pains.

A. described

B. subscribed

C. prescribed

D. inscribed

12. The matter has been ____ very thoroughly, and we find there are no grounds for the allegations.

A. proposed

B. predicted

C. gone into

D. distressed

13. We had no ____ their getting high wages.

A. rejection in

B. opposition for

C. objection to

D. opinion to

14. The young army officer was ____ captain.

A. lifted

B. hoisted

C. raised

D. promoted

15. The people in the town ____ their defences.

A. increased

B. strengthened

C. heightened

D. reinforced

16. They had to examine the dead fish before they had ___ answer as to what killed them.

A. an active

B. a negative

C. a positive

D. a passive

17. He was ____ enough to understand my questions from the gestures I made.

A. intelligent

B. efficient

C. proficient

D. diligent

18. The soldiers were ___ from leaving camp after dark.

A. not allowed

B. prohibited

C. banned

D. forbidden

19. Tolerance ____ respecting the opinions of others.

A. consists in

B. consists of

C. insists on

D. depends on

20. His ____ has been accepted for publication.

A. inscription

B. manuscript

C. description

D. narration

21. _____ judge is one who gives a prisoner a light sentence because he takes pity on him.

A. A merciful

B. A serious

C. An impartial

D. A severe

22. They persecute those who do not ____ to their ideas.

A. surrender

B. confirm

C. submit

D. conform

23. They have declared a (an) ____ against the meeting.

A. resistance

B. opposition

C. rejection

D. boycott

24. The water at the bathing beach was _____ by refuse from the factory.

A. poisoned

B. polluted

C. possessed

D. polished

25. He sat there ____ on his misfortunes.

A. mediating

B. medicating

C. meditating

D. considering

26. Years of practice had made Steve ____ in playing the piano.

A. efficient

B. fluent

C. talent

D. proficient

27. The Pilgrims came to America after being ____ for their religious beliefs.

A. persecuted

B. persuaded

C. denounced

D. condemned

28. A man's body dies, but his soul may be ____.

A. immortal

B. eternal

C. immoral

D. forever

29. A ____ person is one who is full of enthusiasm.

A. jealous

B. vigorous

C. zealous

D. serious

30. Does it ____ to let little children play with matches?

A. make clear

B. make sure

C. make out

D. make sense Section B

1. There has been serious disagreement between the two political parties.

A. quarrel

B. conclusion

C. fighting

D. friction

2. The looters robbed everything they could lay hands on.

A. scratched

B. got away with

C. got hold of

D. snatched

3. He was given a present in acknowledgement of his work for the business.

A. honour

B. realization

C. encouragement

D. recognition

4. Our supplies are running low now.

A. over

B. down

C. short

D. out

5. Youth should always have respect for old age.

A. regard

B. affection

C. admiration

D. care

6. These two ideas must be kept separate one from the other.

A. distinct

B. different

C. distinguish

D. divided

7. They are so diligent in their study that they neglect their sleep.

A. overlook

B. overcome

C. lose

D. throw

8. Considering the nature of his offence, the penalty is exceedingly light.

A. torture

B. fine

C. punishment

D. judgement

9. Without a passport, leaving the country is impossible.

A. no problem

B. without question

C. in question

D. out of the question

10. There are all kinds of things that I have to take care of.

A. see about

B. see through

C. see into

D. see over

Test 9

Section A

1. We must ___ technical innovations and raise productivity.

A. speed for

B. step up

C. step in

D. increase