LEXICO-GRAMMAR

Part 1. For questions 1-20, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to each of the following
questions and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. He must have been hungry; he that burger in record time and ordered another.
A. whipped up B. tucked in C. chopped up D. bolted down
2. This conservative, evangelical megachurch, just outside San Diego, is a of activity on a
Sunday morning.
A. nest B. home C. seat D. hive
3. She had an unclear of him in her mind, although she knew he would be old.
B. sight B. picture C. vision D. figure
4. She marched into the shops, as bold as , and demanded for her money back.
C. bass B. grass C.brass D. glass
5. The high levels of air pollution is a result of local factory emissions.
D. plainly B. abruptly C. distinctly D. markedly
6. Regional parliaments allow for remote parts of the country or islands far from the capital.
A. self-government B. self-sufficiency C. self-regulation D. self-support
7. In Britain major decisions are made in the of power in Westminster.
A. aisles B. corridors C. hallways D. landings
8. The children are by this new app; they can’t stop using it.
A. revitalised B. hypnotised C. mesmerised D. capitalised
9. Her behaviour made her the life of the party; everyone loved talking to her.
A exhaustive B fragrant C exuberant D. aromatic
10. The clinic experienced an of support from the community when they were threatened with
closure.
A. outbreak B. overflowing C. outbursting D. outpouring
11. The points raised about the exercise technique are not to this presentation.
B. pertinent B. opportune C. admissible D. acceptable
12. Uncle Tom’s a who prefers his own company to anyone else’s.
C. drowned rat B. lone wolf C. lame duck D. top dog
13. We were just in the sitting area and somehow the window got broken.
D. beetling about B. haring off C. horsing around D. wolfing down
14. Her treatment by her employers finally forced her to look for a better job.
E. shabby B. messy C. grungy D. tardy
Part 2. For questions 15-20, write the correct form of each bracketed word in the numbered space
provided.
Motivations for censorship of the internet range from well-intentioned desires, to protect children from
unsuitable content to 15. unauthorized (authority) attempts to control a nation’s access to political
opinion. Many countries around the world have implemented extensive filtering systems to curb the
perceived
16. unlawful (law) of the medium. Many others are debating the 17. enactment (act) of similar
measures.
The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) is an organization dedicated to informing the public about Internet 18.
surveillance
(survey) and filtering policies around the world. Its mission is to uncover the potential pitfalls
and pre-meditated consequences of Internet censorship and thus help to better 19. enlighten (light)
public policy in this area. The ONI evaluates the breadth and depth of Internet censorship in seventy-
four countries in four areas of activity: political, social, Internet tools and conflict/security. The level of
20. tampering (tamper) in each area is given a rank ranging from “No evidence of filtering” to
pervasive filtering.