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
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