TEST 1

TEST 2 B.) Siberian tiger : Russia

C.) hawk : falcon
• 1.) buck : doe :: _______ : _______ D.) kangaroo: marsupial
A.) bitch : pup
B.) tiger : cub • 9.) orthodoxy : heresy :: _______ : _______
C.) ram : ewe A.) principle : formula
D.) goose : geese B.) belief : practice
C.) science : theory
• 2.) ethics : morality :: _______ : _______ D.) verdict : dissent
A.) logic : fallacies
B.) biology : animals • 10.) dusk : evening :: _______ : _______
C.) apologetics : heresy A.) north : south
D.) epistemology : knowledge B.) light : darkness
C.) dawn : morning
• 3.) frailty: weakness:: _____ : ______ D.) lunar : solar
A.) animosity: hostility
B.) viscosity : temperament • 11.) root : tree :: _______ : _______
C.) bravery: grandiosity A.) room : toilet
D.) colony: ants B.) Mars : Solar System
C.) botany : plants
• 4.) pachyderm : rhinoceros :: _______ :
_______ • D.) artery : vein
A.) deer : doe
• 12.) bravado : courage :: _______ : _______
B.) ungulate : yak
C.) elephant : herd A.) patience : virtue
B.) pride : humble
D.) dog : Siberian husky
C.) sagacity : wisdom
• 5.) green : teal :: _______ : _______ D.) self abasement : humility
A.) orange : blue
B.) violet : red • 13.) werewolf : fur :: _______ : _______
A.) zombie : brain
C.) brown : purple
D.) blue : indigo B.) vampire : fangs
C.) leprechaun : pot of gold
• 6.) fresh water : lake :: _______ : _______ D.) witch : broomstick
A.) industrial water : sewage
• 14.) Thor : hammer :: _______ : _______
B.) salt water : ocean
C.) artificial body : lagoon A.) Superman : kryptonite
B.) Spiderman : spider
D.) pond : public park
C.) Batman : Parents
• 7.) oenology : wine :: _______ : _______ D.) Wonder Woman : lasso
A.) cartography : maps
B.) volcanology : tsunami • 15.) United States : Washington DC ::
_______ : ______
C.) cuisine : chef
D.) law : Supreme Court A.) Australia : Sydney
B.) Philippines : ASEAN
• 8.) platypus : monotreme :: _______ : C.) European Union : Maastricht
_______ D.) Peru : Lima
A.) African elephant : ivory
• 16.) meeting : minutes :: _______ : _______
A.) arbitration : consensus
B.) debaters : adjudication
C.) research : notes
D.) speech : extemporaneous
 • 17.) bull-fighting : matador :: _______ : _______
A.) regatta : yacht
B.) Formula 1 car racing : F1 driver
C.) triathlon : cross-country running
D.) water polo : swimming

• 18.) small intestine : digestive :: _______ : _______

A.) brain : nervous
B.) pancreas : respiratory
C.) skin : skeletal
D.) eyes : circulatory

• 19.) parchment : ink :: _______ : _______

A.) recipe : pasta
B.) marble : sculptor
C.) canvass : paint
D.) dance : movement

• 190.) teach : learn :: _______ : _______

A.) eat : chew
B.) sleep : snore
C.) run : drink
D.) speak : listen

TEST III

Find the synonymous word

 “Strange Bedfellows!” lamented the title of a recent letter to Museum News, in which a certain
Harriet Sherman excoriated the National Gallery of Art in Washington for its handling of tickets to
the much-ballyhooed “Van Gogh’s van Goghs” exhibit. A huge proportion of the 200,000 free
tickets were snatched up by homeless opportunists in the dead of winter, who then scalped those
tickets at $85 apiece to less hardy connoisseurs.
 Yet, Sherman’s bedfellows are far from strange. Art, despite its religious and magical origins, very
soon became a commercial venture. From bourgeois patrons funding art they barely understood in
order to share their protégée's prestige, to museum curators stage-managing the cult of artists in
order to enhance the market value of museum holdings, entrepreneurs have found validation and
profit in big-name art. Speculators, thieves, and promoters long ago created and fed a market
where cultural icons could be traded like commodities.
 This trend toward commodification of high-brow art took an ominous, if predictable, turn in the
1980s during the Japanese “bubble economy.” At a time when Japanese share prices more than
doubled, individual tycoons and industrial giants alike invested record amounts in some of the
West’s greatest masterpieces. Ryoei Saito, for example, purchased van Gogh’s Portrait of Dr.
Gachet for a record-breaking $82.5 million. The work, then on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of
Modern Art, suddenly vanished from the public domain. Later learning that he owed the Japanese
government $24 million in taxes, Saito remarked that he would have the paining cremated with
him to spare his heirs the inheritance tax. This statement, which he later dismissed as a joke,
alarmed and infuriated many. A representative of the Van Gogh museum, conceding that he had
no legal redress, made an ethical appeal to Mr. Saito, asserting, “a work of art remains the
possession of the world at large.”
 Ethical appeals notwithstanding, great art will increasingly devolve into big business. Firstly, great
art can only be certified by its market value. Moreover, the “world at large” hasn’t the means of
acquisition. Only one museum currently has the funding to contend for the best pieces–the J. Paul
Getty Museum, founded by the billionaire oilman. The art may disappear into private hands, but its
transfer will disseminate once static fortunes into the hands of various investors, collectors, and
occasionally the artist.
Fixed - ________
Capitalistic - ________
Foreshadowing evil - ________
Sensationalized - ________
To make angry - ________
Remedy - ________
A trainee - ________
Degenerate - ________
To attack - ________
To resell at increased prices - ________

TEST IV Choose the correct word and meaning of the idiom

SHEEP MONKEY BULL ELEPHANT
DOG LION CATS FLIES
BAT LARK FLAMINGO BIRDS
WHALE POLAR BEAR COCKROACH PARROT

Q1 There are times when you must decide and take the ____ by the horns.

(a) make the right decision

(c) make a bold decision
(b) make the wrong decision
(d) make a final decision
Q2 He leads a ____'s life really because his freedom is always curtailed.

(a) never knows what to do

(c) never goes out
(b) sometimes does something wrong
(d) never does what he wants

Q3 No-one ever mentions him because he's regarded as the black ____ of the family.

(a) the one with a sense of humour

(c) the one who is always late
(b) the one with a bad reputation
(d) the one who never washes
Q4 I shouldn't go outside without a raincoat because it's raining ____ and dogs.

(a) it's just started to rain

(c) it's raining very heavily
(b) it's going to rain
(d) it's raining a little

Q5 You shouldn't sign there I think he's about to make a ____ out of you.

(a) to make a fool of you

(c) to make you feel stupid
(b) to make you lose money
(d) to make you lose interest

Q6 It's a lovely house and very big but nobody uses it so it's a bit of a white ____.

(a) something very beautiful and useful

(c) something very cheap and useless
(b) something very big and useful
(d) something very expensive and useless

Q7 When the business folded, he took the ____ 's share of the assets.

(a) the easiest part (b) the smallest part (c) the biggest part (d) the only part

Q8 Without my glasses I can't see where I'm going in fact I'm as blind as a ____.

(a) very short sighted (b) very long sighted (c) very far sighted (d) very clear sighted

Q9 I get very irritated sometimes because they're always up with the ____ and I like to lie in.

(a) up very easily (b) up very early (c) up very often (d) up very noisily

Q10 I would advise you to do that as well and in that way you'll kill two ____ with one stone.

(a) get things done twice

(c) get two things done at the same time
(b) get something done two times
(d) get two things done twice

1. Jack has egg ______ because he couldn't remember how to spell "Batman"!

on his teeth
on his face
on his shirt
on his fingers

2. As the maestro lifted his baton the theater was so still you could hear _____.

his heartbeat
a pin drop
bird’s flapping wings
the sound of music

3. I don't agree with you, but your idea certainly gives me food _____.

for fun
for consider
for thought
for thinking

4. I think I understand the nuts and _____ of the operation.

raisins
fruits
nails
bolts

5. I'm afraid hip hop isn't my cup of _____.

tea
java
coffee
wine
6. Just a moment... I've got the answer on the ____ of my tongue.

top
side
tip
back

7. The ex-criminal will try to turn over a ______ after his release.

kingdom
new leaf
scrambled egg
table

8. Nobody believes her _____ tears.

baby
heaven
crocodile
alligator

9. Oh, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that. I guess I really put my _____ in my mouth.

foot
hand
elbow
ass

10. I'll be back in the twinkling of ____.

an eye
a lighting bolt
a smile
the star

11. My friend is as ________ these days. He never gets time to relax.

busy as an ant
busy as a bee
busy as Suzy
busy as sheep

12. You need to _____ for this problem. It requires a lot of concentration.

place your thinking cap

wear some good clothes
put on your thinking cap
put on your helmet

13. Franklin went from ______ in his life. He started with nothing and ended up a very rich person.

rags to riches
riches to rags
bad to better
good to best

14. My boss __________ at work because it was my first week.

played me the ropes
tied me the ropes
showed me the ropes
told me the ropes

15. I'm sure the situation will improve. It will _______.

work out for the better

work out for the best
work into the best
work out of the best

TEST V

Greek/Latin Roots Test

UNICORN DEMAGOGUE CHRONIC MISOGYNIST

PHONETIC ASTROLOGER INNOCUOUS AMBIDEXTROUS

ACROPHOBIA PHILANTHROPIST VERACIOUS HARLOT

BENEVOLENCE CIRCUMSPECT MALEVOLENT LOQUACIOUS

1. She has been suffering from a _______ lung disease for several months now.

2. Being _______ , John can write using his both hands.

3. The joke was _______ and should not offend anyone.

4. A _______ dictionary can give the meaning and pronunciation of words.

5. Anna is a _______ , and she is loved by her people.

6. The politician is just a _______ who preys upon people’s fear.

7. My sister’s dream is to become an _______ so she could predict the lives of others.

8. Despite her _______ , Jennifer managed to ride the dreaded Ferris wheel.

9. The film director was an alleged _______ for having only men in his new movie.

10. A _______ is a mythical animal depicted with one horn.

11. People need to be _______ whenever buying products online.

12. The _______ of the policeman was rewarded by the mayor of the town.

13. Most readers have accepted the book as a _______ account of Anne Frank’s life.

14. The _______ host of the radio talk show was asked to keep his questions short.

15. She is an infamous _______ in her town and has slept with several men.