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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
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