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VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

For questions 1-15, choose the best options (A, B, C, or D) that best complete each of the
following sentences.
1. Unaware of the impending dangers, he continued to tread the ______ path.
A. pansy B. poppy C. peony D. primrose
2. The team pulled out their ______ and turned the tide of the battle completely, achieving a
landslide victory.
A. trump card B. hidden blade C. best trick D. ace card
3. Don’t mind John. He’s a(n) ______ who always tries to fan the flames by presenting
controversial ideas.
A. bad seed B. lame duck C. armchair critic D. devil’s advocate
4. Having miraculously survived the accident, Tristan is going through a period of ______.
A. condolence B. convalescence C. coalescence D. concordance
5. With the current economic climate, huge corporations will soon swallow up budding ______.
A. ventures B. grass roots C. minnows D. conglomerates
6. Winston’s eyes never left her lissome figure as Julia disappeared behind a ______ of willows.
A. thicket B. drove C. shrub D. patch
7. Having a Catholic upbringing, she has an ______ faith in God and his righteous teachings.
A. obeying B. unstinting C. abiding D. unyielding
8. ______ malevolent spirits wander the human realm is rooted in ancient folklore.
A. What is believed to be B. The belief that
C. It is believed that D. To believe
9. The artist Romare Bcarden was ______ whose yellows, deep blues, and fuchsias contrasted
strongly with photographic gray in his bright collages.
A. with a gift for colour C. a gift with colourful
B. a gifted colourist D. gifted with colourings
10. The baker ______ the poor chap to deliver goodies to his clients every morning.
A. had B. got C. made D. kept
11. It is of great importance that the mayor ______ in case of bomb threats.
A. evacuates B. evacuated C. evacuate D. evacuating
12. Now that the argument has ______, don’t you dare try to stir things up again.
A. simmered down B. whiled away C. blown over D. died out
13. The dissidents eventually ______ the supreme leader and cease all military actions.
A. stooped to B. buckled under C. cowered before D. knuckled under to
 14. All of a sudden, the criminal ______ on the policeman in an attempt to escape.
A. turned B. swung C. hit D. struck
15. They seemed compatible but Sarah’s clinginess actually ______ him off.
A. wore B. switched C. shooed D. hacked

key
Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Answer D A D B C A C B B B C C D A D