TEST YOUR VOCABULARY

1- The committee has ...... the front three rows of seats for the parents of 13- Many old people don't want to live in a home for the elderly
children who are appearing in the play. because they don't get much ...... there as they are always in a
room with other people.
A) restored B) accommodated C) seated
D) reserved E) praised A) privacy B) sympathy C) society
D) excitement E) service
2- Shaun often leaves volumes of the encyclopedias out on the table
instead of ......... them to their usual shelves. 14- The new teacher seems to be very ......... in class. He makes the
students sit in straight rows and won't tolerate any noise.
A) returning B) clearing C) compiling
D) hanging E) examining A) common B) soft C) preferable
D) strict E) helpful
3- "Please stop tapping your foot," said Tom to Jeannine in class. "It is
very ......'.. and I just can't concentrate." 15- He spent his entire .......... that month on a new stereo, and spent
the rest of the month with the money he borrowed from his
A) sore B) helpful C) distracting mother.
D) sensitive E) promising
A) earnings B) balance C) victories
4- In this restaurant, the waiters used to collect money from customers D) loss E) valuables
until the manager ......... a cashier.
16- I wrote to the firm complaining about the standard of service and
A) lent B) invented C) baked they replied with a really ........ letter, implying that I was just a
D) sacked E) employed silly, complaining old woman, so I was absolutely furious.

5- In the strong winds and rolling waves, the crew were ...... to keep the A) delightful B) insulting C) considerate
boat afloat. D) pessimistic E) convincing

A) pulling B) sniffing C) sinking 17- I gave the carpet fitter the ...... of the conference room for a new
D) punching E) struggling carpet and asked for a quotation.

6- Because of the threat of terrorist attacks in the shopping centre, a A) seating B) stages C) entrance
security guard ......... everyone's bags as they enter the building. D) volume E) measurements

A) fills B) inspects C) controls 18- In order to clear a pond of the weed donkey's tail, it is necessary
D) produces E) tears to pull out all the ....... as well as the stems; otherwise, it will
soon grow back again.
7- All visitors to the company first report at the ....... where they sign the
visitor's book and are given a visitor's pass. A) lowers B) roots C) plants
D) water E) leaves
A) cashier B) delivery C) reception
D) accounts E) profit 19- For sending bills, I usually use cheap brown ......... but for
sending cards and letters, I prefer to use white or blue ones.
8- He didn't want to go to the farewell party, but as the member of staff
who was leaving was a ...... from the same department, he felt A) stamps B) presentations C) envelopes
obliged. D) briefcases E) documents

A) pensioner B) rioter C) convict 20- The hospital has advertised for a qualified nurse. The closing date
D) relative E) colleague for ...... is November 5th.

9- As her business became more successful, Maryanne decided to ....... it A) resignations B) reservations C) invitations
and opened branches in many different parts of the city. D) applications E) operations

A) contract B) reduce C) explode 21- Due to the flooded ground, the cricket match has been ...... until
D) expand E) invest November 7th.

10- I went to a fortune teller ten years ago, but none of the predictions she A) scheduled B) referced C) qualified
made were ........ — nothing she predicted has happened. D) postponed E) cancelled

A) accurate B) exact C) constant 22- In order to make this dessert, you need to ...... the egg whites
D) lasting E) pessimistic until they form a stiff white mixture.

11- As a salesman, he has to buy petrol, meals for customers and parking A) rotate B) roll C) trim
permits, but he claims these ...... back at the end of the month. D) scramble E) whisk

A) expenses B) prices C) recipes 23- 'One-for-One' is a charity which gives all the money it .........
D) wages E) prescriptions from fund holding events to help disabled children.

12- You shouldn't eat so much chocolate. It will ...... your teeth. A) spends B) raises C) investigates
D) completes E) contributes
A) fill B) crack C) ruin
D) polish E) brush
24- The seller wanted five million liras for the scarf I liked, but I ...... hard 36- There is something wrong with our ...... . Instead of going out, the
with him and, in the end, I paid four million liras for it. smoke from the fireplace is coming back into the room.

A) profited B) conflicted C) debated A) ladder B) flames C) roof

D) bargained E) agreed D) pipe E) chimney

25- My father had had a moustache for years, but yesterday, he ....... it off. 37- The potatoes had literally dissolved into the water because she
I think he looks much younger now without it. had ...... them too long.

A) combed B) brushed C) split A) peeled B) sunk C) boiled

D) trimmed E) shaved D) chopped E) soaked

26- I overheard you arranging to meet James on Saturday afternoon. I ...... 38- I had expected a pay rise after I had worked for the company
that means you are not coming to basketball practice. twelve months, so when I didn't get one, I was ...... .

A) promise B) question C) assume A) excited B) frightened C) disappointed

D) wonder E) detect D) destroyed E) amused

27- The truck hit a car and sent it spinning over to the other side of the 39- Cyanide, a deadly poison, escaped from a reservoir at the gold
road, where it ...... with a vehicle coming in the opposite direction. mine when it overflowed and caused the worse ...... of the River
Tisza in living memory.
A) drowned B) crumbled C) collided
D) floated E) squashed A) evolution B) contamination C) evaporation
D) solution E) clarification
28- She always pays her rent to her ...... on time every month.
40- The company didn't send the order on time because the packing
A) housekeeper B) landlord C) headmaster machine had broken down and they had to pack the items with a
D) tenant E) doorman tool operated .......... .

29- ...... me to give you the shop keys before I leave; otherwise, you won't A) annually B) steadily C) constantly
be able to lock the shop. D) permanently E) manually

A) Promise B) Announce C) Forget TEST YOUR VOCABULARY

D) Remember E) Remind
30- She can't swim very well and certainly shouldn't have been in the deep
end of the swimming pool. Fortunately, a lifeguard spotted her as
soon as she started to panic, and he ........ in and saved her.
l.D 2.A 3.C 4.E 5.E 6.B 7.C 8.E 9.D 10.A
11.A 12.C 13.A 14.D 15.A 16.B 17.E 18.B 19.C 20.D
21.D 22.E 23.B 24.D 25.E 26.C 27.C 28.B 29.E 30.A
31.B 32.C 33.A 34.B 35.D 36.E 37.C 38.C 39.B 40.E

A) dived B) drowned C) appeared

D) raised E) sank

31- As soon as they realised that the dam was going to burst, they flew in
helicopters to help ........ the area, and within hours, they had moved
all the local people to safety.

A) locate B) evacuate C) transfer

D) conquer E) flatten

32- We have fitted a safety gate at the top of the ...... in order to prevent
the baby from falling down.

A) hill B) path C) staircase

D) ladder E) rope

33- I had been worried because of the reports of an aeroplane crashing in

bad weather and was relieved when we ...... safely at Atatürk Airport.

A) landed B) crossed C) parked

D) grounded E) crashed

34- Mary works twice as hard as her colleagues and yet she is on a lower
salary — she doesn't seem to ........ this, but I'd be really hurt and
angry if I were her.

A) tolerate B) mind C) bear

D) offend E) abuse

35- I was against buying a new carpet for the lounge, but my husband
brought a catalogue home with some lovely designs in it and ........
me.

A) assumed B) approved C) distracted

D) persuaded E) regretted