TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 15- In I960, Captain Kittinger set four world records in one balloon

1- She was glad that she noticed the mistake in the company's annual flight. He ....... at least 31,330 metres in an open-gondola
report the day before the meeting as this gave her the time needed balloon, thus setting height records both for open gondolas and
to ....... it. for manned balloons of any type.
A) solve B) intervene C) overrun A) trained B) declined C) ascended
D) submit E) rectify D) aroused E) acquired

2- My brother is good at painting, but sometimes he ........ the shapes 16- Some salesmen are so cunning that they somehow get people to
to such an extent that you can't understand what the object is. sign sales contracts that they later ......... or find that they are
A) designs B) distorts C) alternates unable to pay what they owe.
D) tolerates E) deceives A) neglect B) imagine C) convince
D) deter E) regret
3- Though Kevin used to be in love with Samantha, he seems to have
got over her and is completely ....... to her marrying his best friend. 17- The chairman got angry and ....... the negotiations until both
A) susceptible B) motionless C) indifferent sides were ready to cooperate.
D) occupied E) intolerant A) cancelled B) tolerated C) interrogated
D) relieved E) suspended
4- Most reservoirs are not natural but are lakes created ....... by
making a dam across a river. 18- His doctor told him that if he kept smoking, drinking and
A) superficially B) ordinarily C) haphazardly working ........ he would have a heart attack.
D) artificially E) adequately A) extravagantly B) moderately C) resentfully
D) excessively E) orderly
5- "Origami" is a Japanese craft in which you ....... pieces of paper
into different shapes. 19- How do you like my new jacket? It's .......: this side is blue, but if
A) bounce B) tempt C) throw you turn it inside out, it is red.
D) reserve Ejfold A) reversible B) variable C) affordable
D) detectable E) adaptable
6- The first of several unsuccessful attempts to reach K2's summit
was made in 19O2, and finally, in 1954, an Italian expedition, led 20- We are ....... a new advertisement campaign next week to
by Ardito Desio, ....... this feat. promote our new product.
A) accomplished B) interrupted C) diminished A) searching B) enlarging C) launching
D) devastated E) acquired D) intervening E) elevating

7- The dodo, the passenger pigeon and the Carolina parakeet are just a 21- The French novelist Honore de Balzac laboured mightily on
few of the species that humans have ....... from the Earth totally. each book. Writing the manuscript was only the first step. Then,
A) eliminated B) demonstrated C) extended he would ........ the printer's proof until little was left of the
D) exasperated E) extinguished original text.
A) proceed B) revise C) console
8- In most Chinese recipes, the various ingredients are ....... into quite D) renovate E) cultivate
small pieces and then cooked for only a short time in a large frying
pan called a "wok". 22- There are only two teachers for over a hundred students, so we
A) mashed B) squeezed C) chopped will have to ........ some more teachers and form new classes
D) piled E) peeled with the excess students.
A) attain B) domesticate C) recruit
9- People who have been vegetarians all their lives are sometimes D) resign E) require
physically incapable of....... meat.
A) disrupting B) digesting C) containing
D) debating E) cultivating
23- Storms are manifestations of nature's ........ power. The energy
10- The wind sighed ....... through the trees, seeming to reflect my own expended by one thunderstorm is estimated to be greater than
mood of loneliness and unhappiness. that released by an atomic bomb.
A) meticulously B) cheerfully C) permanently A) supernatural B) superficial C) exhausting
D) practically E) mournfully D) awesome E) fragile

11- It is obvious that you have been working harder this semestre 24- In Syria, rainfall is very erratic, so the amount of grain produced
because there has been a/an ....... improvement in your work. ......... greatly depending on the precipitation
A) virtual B) preventable C) apologetic A) wanders B) roams C) multiplies
D) noticeable E) pathetic D) fortifies E) fluctuates

12- While the eyes are in motion, they cannot see an object clearly. The 25- Fire fighting is a dangerous job, but more fireman die from .......
image on the .retina must come to rest, if only for a/an ......... of a smoke than from being burned.
second. A) inhaling B) digesting C) choking
A) chapter B) chamber C) slice D) extinguishing E) resisting
D) fraction E) level
26- You should always check the depth of the water before you .......
13- He had hoped to kill his rival for the love of Lady Stanstead when into it from a considerable height because you can break your
they fought a duel, but he only succeeded in ....... him. neck if the water is too shallow.
A) wounding B) murdering C) committing A) float B) drag C) swim
D) bleeding E) revenging D) dive E) dip

14- Doctors often ....... so much medicine that patients end up feeling 27- When he arrived ....... at 9 a.m. for his interview, he was
worse from the side effects than they originally were. surprised to find th'at his interviewers had not yet turned up.
A) insist B) prescribe C) swallow A) lately B) promptly C) considerably
D) invest E) examine D) relatively E) barely
28- The ....... of native Americans at a place called Wounded Knee,
where many women and children were killed, is one of the darkest 43- A favourite tactic of terrorists is to ....... rich or famous people
episodes in American history. and try to get a ransom for them.
A) selection B) collapse C) existence A) steal B) retreat C) ambush
D) detention E) massacre D) attack E) kidnap

29- When young people are setting out in life, it is helpful if they have 44- I know I shouldn't have ......... the boss's signature on these
....... parents, in whom they can confide. documents, but he wasn't here and we were in a hurry.
A) tolerable B) indulgent C) supportive A) sealed B) forged C) stamped
D) fortified E) obstinate D) filed E) feigned

30- I admit that working on an assembly line in an automobile factory 45- I suspect that you do not understand what I am talking about
is ........ doing the same work day after day, but it is still better than because you look extremely ....... .
being jobless. A) harsh B) misleading C) perplexed
A) debatable B) predictable C) tedious D) exhilarated E) ordinary
D) apologetic E) deliberate

31- Local people in Bergama are protesting against the use of cyanide
to mine gold because it is a/an ....... to health.
A) hazard B) assessment C) hindrance 46- A real ......... emerges between liberty and equality if either is
D) treatment E) indication carried to an extreme because, when equality is forced,
personal freedoms usually give way, and inequality is
32- The prime minister has ....... the leaders of all the political parties to inevitable in a society which is granted unlimited liberties.
his office for important talks on the latest crisis. A) perseverance B) rejection C) option
A) intervened B) initiated C) declared D) conflict E) summit
D) summoned E) assured
47- Johnny must have some problem with his eyesight; he keeps
33- When Jason asked Victoria to dance, he approached her so ....... that .......... them when reading or watching TV.
she knew he was afraid of her. A) blinking B) winking C) peeling
A) diligently B) timidly C) modestly D) rolling E) snapping
D) recklessly E) reversibly
48- The police told the angry crowd that if they did not ........ tear gas
34- The client was so happy with the way we did the last job that he would be fired at them.
wants the next one done ....... . A) disperse B) interfere C) dispatch
A) relevantly B) excessively C) identically D) demonstrate E) exclude
D) constantly E) elegantly
49- My aunt was disappointed in love when she was young, and as a
35- I got a ten-year passport in 1992, so it is ....... until 2002. result, she has become such a/an ....... person that she tries to
A) logical B) genuine C) factual make everyone else's life miserable.
D) valid E) authentic A) ambitious B) passionate C) regretful
D) terrific E) spiteful
36- My hair wasn't very long, so I just asked the barber to ....... it.
A) chop B) mingle C) shave 5O- The new agreement is being ....... opposed by extremists on both
D) prune E) trim sides, who view compromise as surrender.
A) smoothly B) coherently C) steadily
37- Young men with nothing to do spend a lot of time ....... around pool D) fiercely E) roughly
halls and street corners.
A) attempting B) persevering C) hindering 51- Now that our family is growing, we want to move to somewhere
D) loitering E) winding more ....... .
A) rigorous B) cramped C) consistent
38- She tried to say that nothing had happened, but we could tell from D) spacious E) tremendous
the ....... on her cheek that her husband had beaten her recently.
A) scar B) blister C) dent 52- I'm afraid I have to fail you because you have not done your
D) bruise E) sprain assignment ........... .
A) severely B) satisfactorily C) ultimately
39- Even if you have been spoiled and have never had to listen to D) descriptively E) repulsively
anyone before, when you go into the army, you have to learn ........
A) tolerance B) obedience C) initiative 53- I knew by the way she ....... when I walked into the room that she
D) attention E) confusion was not happy to see me.
A) yawned B) giggled C) frowned
40- Mandy's parents did not want her to get married when she was D) fainted E) winked
sixteen years old because they said she was ....... a child.
A) merely B) barely C) considerably 54- Hundreds of species including the Chinese alligator, the
D) occasionally E) exceptionally mountain gorilla, the Indian rhinoceros and the California
condor are in ........ danger of extinction.
41- Since anyone under eighteen needs parental....... to get married, she A) grave B) sincere C) cruel
had to put it off until she was older. D) harsh E) faint
A) consideration B) tolerance C) consent
D) persistence E) demand 55- The editor seemed ....... interested in my manuscript and said that
he would publish it if he could get the approval of the
42- How animals ......... is a much studied issue by scientists because, accountants.
although they have no maps or compasses to guide them, many A) accurately B) internally C) genuinely
animals find their way over long distances. D) ultimately E) traditionally
A) preserve B) conduct C) drift
D) achieve E) navigate
56- The signs warned us that the next ....... of road could be dangerous
in bad weather.
A) round B) provision C) stretch
D) quantity E) scrap

57- People in the Middle East tend to be quite ....... and will often invite
strangers in for tea or a meal.
A) hostile B) revealing C) faithful
D) optional E) hospitable

58- The politician at the centre of the scandal stated that accusations of
his wrong-doing were ....... and that he was sure to be proven
innocent.
A) convincing B) baseless C) lawless
D) flexible E) exclusive

59- ....... of his treatment by a company to which he had given the best
years of his life, he vowed to take revenge for being sacked.
A) Resentful B) Content C) Industrious
D) Reliable E) Temporary

60- People tend to lose their hearing gradually with advancing age. This
loss of hearing is the natural result of problems such as failing
blood circulation, which ........ nerve tissues of oxygen.
A) volunteers B) permits C) charges
D) deprives E) confirms

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY

1. E 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. E 6. A 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. E

11. D 12. D 13. A 14. B 15. C 16. E 17. E 18. D 19. A 20. C

21. B 22. C 23. D 24. E . 25. A 26. D 27. B 28. E 29. C 30. C

31. A 32. D 33. B 34. C 35. D 36. E 37. D 38. D 39. B 40. A

41. C 42. E 43. E 44. B 45. C 46. D 47. A 48. A 49. E 50. D

51. D 52. B 53. C 54. A 55. C 56. C 57. E 58. B 59. A 60. D