CHAPTER 1: LEXCICO – IDIOMS – PHRASAL VERB

PRACTICE TEST 1
1. She ___ agreed to go with him to the football match although she had no interest in the game at all.
A. apologetically B. grudgingly C. shamefacedly D. discreetly
2. On the way to Cambridge yesterday, the road was blocked by a fallen tree, so we had to make a
________.
A. deviation B. digression C. detour D. departure
3. Tom’s normally very efficient but he’s been making a lot of mistakes ______.
A. of late B. for now C. in a while D. shortly
4. I know it’s difficult but you’ll just have to ________ and bear it.
A. laugh B. smile C. grin D. chuckle
5. I didn’t want to make a decision ________, so I said I’d like to think about it.
A. in one go B. there and then C. at a stroke D. on and off
6. We are not in a ________ hurry so let’s have another coffee.
A. dashing B. racing C. rushing D. tearing
7. She’s a bit down in the________ at the moment – her husband has just lost his job.
A. world B. dumps C. heart D. bottom
8. “How did you know that he was lying?” – “It was just a ________ feeling.”
A. faint B. gut C. slight D. vain
9. The new company had been________with one problem after another and looked as if it were about
to go under.
A. glorified B. tainted C. fraught D. bewildered
10. Mike decided that election to the local council would provide a ________ to a career in national
politics.
A. milestone B. springboard C. highway D. turning point
11. As a poet, I think she ________ comparison with the greatest this century. .
A. stands B. makes C. leads D. matches
12. We all have to follow the rules, and none of us is ________ the law.
A. beyond B. over C. above D. onto
13. When disaster ______, organisations such as Oxfam quickly provide help.
A. comes B. approaches C. arrives D. strikes
14. The number of people traveling by air has been growing _______.
A. by leaps and bounds B. from time to time C. slow but sure D. by hook and crook
15. Drug-taking is a crime which society simply cannot _________.
A. approve B. acknowledge C. consent D. condone
16. I was scared ____________ when I looked down from the top of the cliff.
A. tight B. stiff C. hard D. solid
17. The whereabouts of the exiled president remains a _________guarded secret.
A. highly B. closely C. deeply D. entirely
18. We should all_________when advertisers attempt to use unfair practices.
A. make a stand B. make a comeback C. make amends D. make a deal
19. The company cannot accept________for injuries resulting from improper use of rental
equipment
A. validity B. liability C. compensation D. privilege
20. Jack never cheats or tricks anybody when he plays. He always goes by the_________
A. book B. instructions C. principles D. method
21. Recent defeats have _________his confidence in himself as a player
A. undermined B. disable C. impeded D. hampered
22. People turned out in_________to watch the parade on the Independence Day.
A. volume B. mass C. force D. bulk
23. Not being able to find my phone number is a pretty_________excuse for not contacting me.
A. fragile B. frail C. faint D. feeble
24. We were under no _________ about how difficult it would be to achieve our aims.
A. fantasies B. daydreams C. illusions D. deceptions
25. The pollution problems in the town have been ___________ by mass tourism in the summer
months.
A. exacerbated B. developed C. augmented D. contributed
26. I'm in a bit of a _________ as to what to wear to the wedding.
A. loss B. quandary C. problem D. bewilderment
27. The problem _________because neither side was prepared to compromise.
A. amassed B. escalated C. proliferated D. enhanced
28. The Red Cross is ___________ an international aid organization.
A. intriguingly B. intrusively C. intrinsically D. intrepidly
29. I couldn't stop myself from _________ with boredom during the lecture.
A. sighing B. gasping C. panting D. blowing
30. My brother found it impossible to _________his anger and started shouting.
A. restrict B. inhibit C. reserve D. contain
 CHAPTER 2: WORDFORM

PRACTICE TEST 1

1. Democracy died after a period of ________(cease) wars, imperial expansion abroad, and the rise
of demagoguery at home.

2. The consequences of ________ (compel) gambling are comparable to those of any other addictive
disease and are not simply those of financial loss.

3. The prison service has the twin goals of punishment and ________ (habit).

4. The first ________ (conceive) is that legal study at university is exclusively for students who intend
becoming solicitors or advocates.

5. Too late, she remembered the ________ (settle) effect such comments would have on Johnny.

6. Some economists are now predicting the danger of ________ (run) inflation.

7. The ________ (narrate) in this book plays second fiddle to the excellent photographs.

8. They were now faced with seemingly________(mount) technical problems.

9. When you come down on him too hard, you may only intensify his own ________ (critic)

10. Your speech should not have been ________ (lace) with these facts beside the point.

11. Their views lie outside the ________ (stream) of current medical opinion.

12. The teachers are fair and avoid ________ (favour) and scapegoating.

13. She has become ________(mesh) in a tangle of drugs and petty crime.

14. Do not set your goals too high or else you will always be failing and there is nothing more
________ (moral)

15. The demise of the industry has caused ________(tell) misery to thousands of hard-working
tradesmen.

16. Attracting the banks are the ________ (surge) economy and reforms that have opened up
industries to foreign capital.

17. The ordinary reader is impressed by the tone and manner of publication, and the words chosen to
________ (head) a story.

18. At all events, it was this group of the ________ (possess) that gave the first successful impetus to
the Revolution.

19. ________(prey) pricing by large supermarkets was threatening the livelihood of smaller
businesses.

20. He is a ________(voice) critic of the president's stance on abortion.

21. She made several ________ (par) remarks about the manager she dislikes.

22. As women we tend to be ________ (face) and make light of what we have achieved.

23. GEW lamp dimming promise uptime at least 1500 hours, raised productivity and reduces
________ (time)

24. Would you mind if I took one of the pictures as a________(keep)?

25. Mania usually alternates with depression, to form a ________ (pole) disorder.

26. This was too wide a ________ (hole) for the tax planners: no wonder inheritance tax is called a
voluntary tax.

27. The teacher said that he found it difficult to cope with a class of ________ (affect) teenagers.

28. He is ________ (fail) polite and tries desperately to understand other people's views.

29. The court ________ (turn) that decision on the grounds that the Prosecution had withheld crucial
evidence.

30. Some of these statements are misleading and some downright ________ (amend)