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
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