TEST 7

1. Many poets have ________ the beauties of the countryside. 21. He ________ the figures carefully before making any comment.
A) applauded B) enthused C) enamored A) estimated B) scrutinized C) watched
D) appealed E) extolled D) remarked E) visualized
2. When the student graduated, he got his ________. 22. ‘He couldn’t explain the problem well, as he had only a ________
A) paper B) degree C) license knowledge of the subject.
D) pension E) bachelor A) profound B) primary C) rudimentary
D) fundamental E) superfluous
3. She didn’t ________ doing the washing up, as she hadn’t wanted to
go out anyway. 23. His account must be true, because the evidence he gave ________
A) object B) care C) matter that of two other witnesses.
D) care for E) mind A) collaborates B) consists C) coincides
D) condones E) corroborates
4. The tremor in his voice ________ his nervousness.
A) affirmed B) pronounced C) disguised 24. We must hear the ________ of the last meeting before we proceed.
D) represented E) revealed A) minutes B) protocol C) reportage
D) agenda E) items
5. Although I tried to concentrate on the lectures, I was ________ by
the noise from the next room. 25. Many road accidents occur because motorists cannot ________ the
A) dissuaded B) averted C) repressed speed of approaching vehicles.
D) distracted E) interfered A) conclude B) count C) gauge
D) value E) number
6. I ________ what her name is; I’m sure I know her face.
A) remember B) wonder C) guess 26. The rainbow ______ as the sun came fully out from behind the clouds.
D) suspect E) suppose A) dissolved B) removed C) dispersed
D) retired E) disappeared
7. ‘I ________ that one’, said the tourist, pointing for the benefit of the
uncomprehending shopkeeper. 27. The boy, wanting to be independent, _____ his father’s offer of help.
A) want B) wish C) take A) turned away B) turned from C) turned down
D) desire E) become D) turned against E) turned up

8. I do not ________ to be clever but I am not stupid. 28. It is not profitable to provide bus services in districts where the
A) permit B) classify C) confess population is widely ________.
D) claim E) compare A) scattered B) dismissed C) separated
D) spaced E) divided
9. After the Cabinet reshuffle, the Minister wasn’t very happy at his
new ________. 29. There is a ________ of a thousand pounds offered for the capture of
A) job B) post C) work the murderer.
D) shift E) place A) reward B) prize C) price
D) grant E) credit
10. Children under the age of 16 are not ________ to enter for the
30. They always kept on good ________ with their next-door neighbors
competition.
for the children’s sake.
A) enabled B) empowered C) capable
A) friendship B) relations C) intentions
D) eligible E) permissible
D) terms E) will
11. I was so ________ in my book that I didn’t hear the doorbell ring.
31. She had clearly no ________ of doing any work, although she was
A) settled B) concentrated C) absorbed
very well paid.
D) engaged E) occupied
A) desire B) ambition C) willingness
12. Motorists _____ of speeding may be banned from driving for a year. D) intention E) meaning
A) convicted B) arrested C) charged 32. The car salesman took the customer for a drive in the new model in
D) judged E) condemned order to ________ its improved features.
13. In the medical profession, men ________ women by five to one. A) advocate B) demonstrate C) exhibit
A) increase B) outnumber C) supersede D) reveal E) expound
D) overcome E) outclass 33. The actual ________ by which coal Is extracted is well worth watching.
14. He has told us so many lies that we can no longer place any ________ A) conduct B) process C) procession
on what he says. D) pattern E) fashion
A) conviction B) reliance C) reputation 34. If we ______ the plan you suggest, we are more likely to be successful.
D) credibility E) regard A) decide B) elect C) command
15. Pools of water lay trapped among the rocks as the tide ________. D) vote E) adopt
A) removed B) refilled C) returned 35. The child was ________ for getting his shoes and socks wet.
D) receded E) retired A) corrected B) remonstrated C) suffered
16. He bought that house, ________ that he would inherit money under D) scolded E) complained
his uncle’s will. 36. Certainly man must ________ the future, and find ways of providing
A) speculating B) considering C) assuming for his needs.
D) estimating E) allowing A) look to B) look up C) look after
D) look for E) look on
17. A ________ change in policy is needed if relations are ever to
improve. 37. He took the day off work to ________ his aunt’s funeral.
A) severe B) violent C) drastic A) accompany B) regard C) assist
D) strict E) wide D) attend E) follow
18. He wrote the text book in ________ with his brother. 38. His energetic efforts met with only ________ success.
A) harmony B) collaboration C) unison A) particular B) proportionate C) partial
D) connection E) communion D) entire E) complete
19. His country cottage ________ the amenities of his London flat. 39. My rifle was not ________, so I did not hit anything.
A) missed B) overlooked C) neglected A) from the best B) for the better C) of the best
D) ignored E) lacked D) for the best E) of the better

20. The victory was ________ annually by a ten-gun salute. 40. Any student who ________ his homework is unlikely to pass his
A) memorized B) commemorated C) reminded examination.
D) recapitulated E) remembered A) reduces B) neglects C) practices
D) denies E) offends

Book 2 Part D 309 Test 7

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