Vocabulary

(1.1)

Write the number of the correct answer in the brackets.

1.

The telephone directory provides a _________ of names, addresses

and telephone numbers.
(1) record
(3) listing
(2) row
(4) log book
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2.

You must not be ________ and rush through your work quickly.
(1) impatient
(3) greedy
(2) lazy
(4) hardworking
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Could you ________ me your wheelbarrow?

(1) lend
(3) let
(2) borrow
(4) return

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4.

It is safer for _______ to use zebra-crossing when crossing the road.

(1) people
(3) pedestrains
(2) commuters
(4) passengers
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5.

My sister sent me a beautiful ________ of Tokyo.

(1) letter
(3) card
(2) postcard
(4) passport

The riddle in the book was too diffiuclt to be __________.

(1) solved
(3) resolved
(2) found
(4) search

This soup is ________. You can add some salt to it.

(1) tasteless
(3) flat
(2) salty
(4) delicious

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8.

Meilin _____________ being shouted at by her mother because it is

embarrassing.
(1) likes
(3) dislikes
(2) enjoys
(4) refuses
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)

9.

The child finds the pop-up toy very _________. He has been playing
with it all day.
(1) scary
(3) funny
(2) amusing
(4) good
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)

10.

If the chlorine in the pool hurts your eyes, use a pair of ________.
(1) glasses
(3) plugs
(2) sunglasses
(4) goggles
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)

11.

We were _______ inside the elevator when it stopped because there

was a power cut off.
(1) trapped
(3) rocked
(2) caught
(4) jammed
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)

12.

On my first day at school, I ________ several new classmates.

(1) befriended
(3) spoke
(2) sat
(4) shouted
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It is ________ how a baby can fall seven floors and still survive.
(1) amazing
(3) funny
(2) strange
(4) true
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When I added sugar into the hot tea it ________.

(1) disappeared
(3) dissolved
(2) vanished
(4) evaporated

Janet screamed ________ when she saw a snake.

(1) fearfully
(3) worriedly
(2) cryingly
(4) shakingly

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17.

He had food poisoning after eating the seafood last night. Now he is
feeling ________.
(1) happy
(3) well
(2) sleepy
(4) weak
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)
At the National Day parade, the soldiers ________ smartly in
unison.
(1) walked
(3) strolled

(2) marched

(4) ran

18.

This hotel had a _________ opening last week after several months
of upgrading and renovation.
(1) great
(3) grand
(2) famous
(4) late
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)

19.

The chef in this restaurant is famous because he cooks _____ food.

(1) nice
(3) good
(2) tasteless
(4) delicious
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)

20.

John has an eye ________ due to the haze. He is using eyedrops.

(1) disturbance
(3) irritation
(2) reddening
(4) blinking
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