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
