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INSTRUCTIONS:

Each page contains a multiple-choice question. Read the question and the four
possible answers carefully.
Try to select the key word that best completes the sentence.
For additional help, there is a synonym of the missing word at the end of the sentence.

1. Most children’s books these days have colour illustrations.

[=attractive]
a.
b. hunching d. enticing
c. despising e. racking

2. My son’s incessant questions are annoying, but I won’t his

curiosity. [=constrain / suppress]
a. brand c. redeem
b. stray d. stifle

3. Homeownership rates among young Americans continue to .

[=drop/ fall/ decrease]
a. plummet c. chuck
b. wince d. rig

4. A meteorological satellite fell out of orbit and to Earth last week. [=fell]
a. emulated c. plummeted
b. fended d. flocked

5. Employees like her are an asset to our company, so we try to them. [=keep]
a. retain c. curtail
b. refrain d. hamper
6. He his accident to alcohol-induced performance impairment.
[=blamed...on]
a. strangled c. attributed
b. hampered d. eluded
7. She never told her children that she had from a boarding school when
she was young. [=run away]
a. engendered c. twitched
b. absconded d. sprawled

8. My parents’ warnings didn’t me from marrying the girl of my

dreams. (=discourage/ scare/ stop]
a. dim c. smear
b. flex d. deter

9. The noises from the kitchen kept the baby awake. [=rattling/banging
sounds]
a. raking c. clattering
b. etching d. assassinating

10. Imprisonment will be the punishment for those who won’t by the new law.
[=obey/ follow ]
a. fine c. ratify
b. abide d. pioneer

11. You will be severely penalised for not by my order. [=obeying/ following]
a. abiding c. flexing
b. smearing d. bullying

12. Don’t you understand that you’ll gain weight when you on sweets and
fast food? [=eat too much]
a. overlap c. gorge
b. augment d. falter

13. He never ceased to his controversial beliefs. [=maintain/ argue/ defend]

a. undercut c. infuse
b. trickle d. assert

14. I use a special lotion thatinsects. [=keeps away]

a. orbits c. pans
b. repels d. relays

15. The earthquake victims are eligible for housing. [=financed/ supported]
a. subsidised c. overtaken
b. zipped d. flanked
16. In my home country, it’s compulsory to children. [=inoculate/protect from
illness]
a. heed c. salvage
b. wail d. vaccinate

17. Every winter they carefullytheir apple trees to promote significant

growth of fruit buds. [=cut/ shorten]
a. lurch c. reaffirm
b. prune d. heave

18. If they attack us we won’t hesitate to . [=fight back]

a. retaliate c. dice
b. scurry d. hustle

19. We managed to leave only when the tide . [=went back]

a. tensed c. booted
b. boomed d. receded

20. I think it’s impossible to school examinations. [=stop]

a. paddle c. abolish
b. concur d. orchestrate

21. The investment banker was charged with intent to . [=deceive/ rob]
a. inscribe c. punctuate
b. defraud d. posit

22. Employees like her are an asset to our company, so we try to them. [=keep]
a. retain c. curtail
b. refrain d. hamper

23. Our political union aims to racism among members of our broader
community. [=stop/ terminate]
a. eradicate c. commence
b. clog d. relinquish

24. My parental duties my career prospects. [=1imit/ control]

a. constrain c. garnish
b. override d. mow

25. The illustration creatively a dense forest. [=showed/ illustrated]

 a. grunted c. imparted
b. depicted d. vibrated

26. Even though it hada great deal of support, the political party suffered a
resounding defeat. [=gathered/ collected]
a. flinched c. downplayed
b. endowed d. rallied

27. He realised he was and badly needed a shower. [=was sweating]

a. disseminating c. fretting
b. perspiring d. flattering

28. The deranged husband the ice pick into the woman’s chest. [=pushed]
a. espoused c. remedied
b. banded d. plunged

29. The authorities are investigating how they managed to illegal

immigrants into the country. [=i11egally import]
a. swoop c. underline
b. smuggle d. relegate

30. Unconditional acceptance was the principle his core philosophy.

[=forming the foundation for]
a. snagging c. conspiring
b. underpinning d. limping

31. Difficult assignments should not be to the new assistant because he is

not dependable. [= given/ assigned]
a. disseminated c. delegated
b. conspired d. relegated

32. She the information by phone. [=communicated/ transmitted]

a. relayed c. diluted
b. scoured d. ascended

33. The little boy felt that a dark presence was skulking behind the
trees. [=producing a sound when leaves move against each other]
a. rustling c. sighting
b. overshadowing d. quantifying
34. A tsunami is to be one of the most catastrophic natural
phenomena. [=believe/ expect/ estimate]
a. tacked c. reckoned
b. streaked d. acquitted

35. The feature-length documentary was about the way slaves were by
their masters in the 18th century. [=taken advantage of/ abused]
a. exploited c. quantified
b. denoted d. ousted

36. Her parents eventually to the engagement. [=agreed]

a. pedaled c. ensued
b. evaded d. consented

37. She is the eternal optimist, who always anything negative that happens to
her. [=minimises/ rejects]
a. engulfs c. pedals
b. weds d. relegates

38. Her uncontrolled anxiety into every aspect of her life. [=moved/intruded/
invaded]
a. encroached c. panted
b. spiralled d. grieved

39. This low-budget independent film, which came out last month, certainly
among the most entertaining of the year. [=1ists/ ranks]
a. harnesses c. pants
b. grieves d. ranks

40. The naughty boy his face against the car window to make his sister laugh.
[=pressed]
a. dissipated c. squashed
b. stiffened d. waned

41. The seasoned athlete the best performance in the regional

tournament. [=got/ gained/ achieved/ accomplished]
a. attained c. halved
b. weeded d. groped

42. Racially schools are a thing of the past in this country. [=isolated/
separated/ only for a race]
 a. clashed c. segregated
b. unsettled d. engulfed

43. The narrow trail leading to a derelict cottage. [=had rounded walkways]
a. ascertained c. juggled
b. wound d. harnessed

44. After the traffic accident, the bonnet of the car was . [=bent]
a. blurted c. burdened
b. bulged d. buckled

45. How can she herself into trusting that cold and cunning
opportunist? [=deceive/ fool]
a. holler c. delude
b. tow d. merit

46. The bank robbers the manager into giving them the combination to
the safe. [=forced]
a. deflected c. affiliated
b. coerced d. elected

47. She was by the breathtaking beauty of the Mediterranean

country. [=was fascinated]
a. sheared c. amplified
b. horrified d. captivated

48. The ground while he was operating the heavy machinery.

[=produced sounds]
a. rumbled c. rotted
b. permeated d. straddled

49. My mother underwent chemotherapy for breast cancer last year. Even
though the outcome was positive, no doctor can guarantee that it won’t .
[=occur again/ return]
a. recur c. sling
b. scribble d. row

50. The administrative law is intended to spending costs. [=limit/control]

a. acquaint c. coin
b. bash d. curb