PRACTICE TEST 14

1.Jack was disappointed not to be promoted as he was given to ______ that the job would be his.
A. know B. understand C. realize D. say
2.I retired three years ago and didn't know what to do with myself. Getting this dog has given me a
new ______of life.
A. burst B. loan C. lease D. extension
3. I found the last scene extremely ______ and particularly well - directed.

A. pathetic B. sympathetic C. pitiful D. moving

4.I'm about to start my long-planned swimming regime. But I've got really terrible cellulite, which
makes me feel rather ______
A. self-assured B. self - centred

C. self-conscious D. self-evident

5. What can we do to persuade drivers that alcohol can turn a car into a ______weapon?
A. lethal B. fatal C. mortal D. venal

6.Large UK-owned companies are ______ their European rivals when it comes to creating wealth, a
study has concluded.
A. outstripping B.. catching up

C. overruning D. exceeding
7.Donald Trump’s pledge to rip up existing trade deals with Mexico would ______
substantial damage on the US economy and kill the region’s competitiveness on the world stage,
according to the Mexican economist who led the country’s trade talks with the US.
A. induce B. inflict C. impose D. wreak
8.Another, perhaps inspired by the nursery rhyme, is that a(n) ______ for sweet things during
pregnancy makes you more likely to be having a girl, while a boy will make you crave savoury, salty
foods, meat and cheese in particular.

A. inspiration B. affinity C. predilection D. propensity

9. The inconsiderate driver was ______ for parking his vehicle in the wrong place.

A. inflicted B. harassed C. condemned D. confined

10. The proposal would ______ a storm of protest around the country

A. spark B. sparkle C. ignite D. trigger

11. She refused to answer questions that ______ her private affairs
A. infringed on B. imprinted in C. impinged on D. indulged in
12. The book is such a ______ that I can not put it down

A. page-turner B. best-seller C. duvet-cover D. mind-reader

13.The European Parliament has called for a humanitarian conference to be ______ to discuss how to
tackle the growing crisis.
A. gathered B. collected C. assembled D. convened

14.The rates of extreme poverty have halved in recent decades. But 1.2 billion people still live
______
A. on the house B. on the tenterhooks

C. on the breadine D. on the cards

15.From football to fashion, from TV to stage, we name the ______ stars whose careers are likely to
rocket in the future.
A. out and about B. up and coming

C. down and out D. in and out

16. Obama expressed regret as a US drone strike has______ killed innocent hostages.

A. incongruously B. vehemently C. inadvertently D. graciously

17.You never know whether to take Vic seriously or whether his remarks are tongue in______ .
A. cheek B. mouth C. tooth D. face

18. Applications for the course are coming in thick and ______.

A. thin B. quick C. fast D. skin

19.Mike ______ the tone of the formal dinner by appearing in a pair of ripped jeans and an old T-
shirt.

A. set B. lowered C. degraded D. put

20. The exercise routine works in ______ with the diet.

A. tandem B. league C. hand D. cooperation

21. The audience were in ______ as they watched the latest Aykebourne comedy.

A. stitches B. pleats C. tears D. shreds

22. Do not mention work to Ray, as it is a sore ______ with him at the moment.

A. finger B. point C. place D. thumb

23. It is hard to get back into the ______ of things after a long holiday.

A. pace B. way C. swing D. rhythm

24.The trouble with socializing with colleagues is that they usually end up talking______

A. sense B. shop C. back D. safe

25. Take your mobile phone with you just to be on the ______ side.
A. sunny B. secure C. straight D. safe
issue in west
26. Dealing with the failed waste incinerator project is a ______ Norfolk

A. burning B. heating C.boiling D. firing

27. With the amount of traffic nowadays, even a trip across town is ______ with dangers.

A. beset B. surrounded C. assaulted D. devoid

28. He was forced to ______ control of the company.

A. discard B. relinquish C. quit D. surrender

29. Getting up at 8 o’clock was early by her ______

A. reasons B. standards C. limits D. levels

30. He kept telling us about his operation, in the most ______ detail.

A. elaborate B. knotty C. graphic D. burning

31. I knew my mother would ________ a face the minute she saw my new hair cut.

A. drag B. lift C. pull D. race

32. When she started borrowing my clothes without asking, I had to put my ______ down.

A. stamp B. show C. fish D. foot

33.If you are going to town, keep your eyes ________ for that book I was telling you about.
A. peeled B. clean C. wide D. fresh

34
. He was a tall, intimidating persson, with a firm tone of voice and a very short ______ .

A. fuse B. line C. patience D. temperament

35. Peter was ______ of revealing the company’s future plans to the reporter.

A. circumspect B. wary C. prudent D. cautious

36. I'd just met his parents for the first time so I was on my best ______ .

A. manners B. conduct C. behaviour D. demeanour

37
. As his whole family were doctors, it was in his ______ to take up that profession

A. blood B. spirit C. soul D. heart

38.Though we'd all been close on the school trip, we parted ______ with one another once we were
back home.
A. views B. friendship C. company D. opinions
39. It pays to be above ______ in your dealings with the Inland Revenue.

A. board B. timber C. plank D. panel

40. Excuse me if I'm speaking out of ______, but what you are proposing is quite wrong.

A. mind B. line C. turn D. order

WORD FORM
1.One ________ lapse in concentration could prove fatal. (moment)
2.It was in Glasgow, however, that many ________ events were taking place. (moment)

3.Guy was greedy, ________, obsessed with power and self-gratification. (moral)

4.Capital punishment was regarded as inhuman and ________ (moral)

5.Since their interest in the past was primarily ________, precise knowledge of actual events and
when they happened was not required. (moral)
6.A couple of victories would improve the team's ________enormously. (moral)

7.You become ________ when things are not going your way and you can't really see a way out of it.
(moral)
8.To the audience's ________, the band suddenly stopped playing. (mystical)

9.Electric-powered cars are still something of a(n) ________ (novel)

10.Comparisons are simpler to make when ________ data is presented in diagrammatic form and
conclusions are easier to draw from it. (number)
11. ________ pictures have been deemed to contribute to a hostile environment (object)
12.Personal disinterest in a programme content will help your ________ in assessing its potential for
your public relations purposes. (object)

13.To say that the ________(observe) of this custom or law is sacrilegious or illicit must be regarded
as ________ (error).
14.Recent developments in biology have made it possible to acquire more and more precise
information concerning our genetic ________ . Scientists can even today identify a number of genetic
disorders that may cause illness and disease. (make)
15.Since 1990 the price of sugar has tended to fluctuate more wildly than any of the other four
commodity groups, and has almost ________ been the most expensive relative to 2002-2004 prices.
(vary)
16.A dozen international poverty and development organizations published a report last week on the
impact of building new coal power plants in countries where a large percentage of the population
lacks access to electricity. The report’s conclusions are strikingly ________: on the whole, building
coal power plants does little to help the poor, and often it can actually make them poorer. (intuition)
17.The scandal surely ________ the end of his political career. (sign)

18.He gained ________ for being difficult to work with as an actor. (notorious)

19.Tre Transformer is quite intriguing. It is ________ one of the best movies of the year. (doubt)
20.Her hip has been ________ for quite a while, and she'll probably need surgery on it. (trouble)
21.Her latest novel is a(n) ________ thriller, set some time in the late 21st century. (future)
22.The new policy only serves to ________ the inadequacy of help for the homeless. (accent)
23. Successful candidates will be required to ________ an induction programme. (take)
24.Radio 4 also announced a new ________ of Primo Levi’s short story collection The Periodic
Table, starring Henry Goodman and introduced by Janet Suzman, to be broadcast in 12 episodes of
varying lengths this spring. (drama)
25. In the UK, the ratio of people of working age to people over 65 could fall from 3.7 to 1 in 1999 to
2.1 to 1 in 2040. This suggests a very big increase in the ________ ratio and is consequently a cause
for concern because with current spending pension commitments, it will place a higher burden on the
shrinking working population. (depend)
CLOZE TEST
Part 5. Just as a language may develop varieties in the (1)________ of dialects and
argots, languages as a whole may change (Latin, for example, evolved into the different Romance
languages). Sometimes rapid language change occurs as a result of
(2)________ between people who each speak a different language. In such circumstances
a pidgin may arise. Pidgins are grammatically based on one language but are also influenced,
especially in vocabulary, by (3)________; they have relatively small sound
systems, reduced vocabularies, and simplified and altered grammars, and they rely heavily on context
in order to be (4)________. Pidgins are often the result of contact by
traders with island and coastal peoples. A pidgin has no native speakers; when speakers of a pidgin
have children who learn the pidgin as their first language, that language is then (5)________ a creole.
Once the creole has enough native speakers to form a speech
community, the creole may (6)________ into a fuller language. Many creole speakers
think of their languages as dialects of some colonial languages. Linguists nearly always disagree with
this view - from our (7)________, creoles have independent grammars and all the equipment of full,
proper languages.
Part 6. The issues for emerging economies are a little more straightforward. The desire to build on
undeveloped land is not (1)________ out of desperation or necessity, but is a
result of the relentless (2)________ of progress. Cheap labour and a relatively highly-
skilled workforce make these countries highly competitive and there is a flood of inward investment,
particularly from multinationals (3)________ to take advantage of the low
wages before the cost and standard of living begin to rise. It is (4)________ such as these
that are making many Asian economies extremely attractive when viewed as investment opportunities
at the moment. Similarly, in Africa, the relative (5)________ of precious
metals and natural resources tends to attract a lot of exploration companies and a whole sub-industry
develops around and is completely dependent on this foreign-direct investment. It is understandable
that countries that are the focus of this sort of attention can lose (6)________ of the environmental
implications of large-scale industrial
development, and this can have devastating consequences for the natural world. And it is a vicious
(7)________ because the more industrially active a nation becomes, the greater the demand for and
harvesting of natural resources. For some, the environmental issues, though they can (8)________ be
ignored, are viewed as a peripheral concern. Indeed,

having an environmental conscience or taking environmental matters into consideration when it

comes to decisions on whether or not to build rubber-tree plantations or grow biofuel crops would be
quite prohibitive in. For those (9)________ in such schemes it is a
pretty black-and-white issue. And, for vast tracts of land in Latin America, for example, it is clear that
the welfare of the rainforests (10)________ little to local government when vast sums of money can
be made from cultivating the land.