CABS- CENTER OF AMERICAN AND BRITISH STUDIES

Intensive3-Mid-voc.un1-5(Tatiane)
NAME: ________________________________________DATE:_________________
GRADE: _________

INTENSIVE 3 VOCABULARY MID EXAM

1) Match the columns (2 each)

a) A page-turner ( )≠ narrow
b) Hard to follow ( )= client
c) Cliff-hanger ( )= murderer
d) Trash ( )= very, very funny
e) Best- seller ( )= a work of art
f) Borrow ( )= verify
g) Lend ( )= spiritual healing
h) Run into ( )= return
i) Killer ( )= maintain
j) Hilarious ( )≠ strong
k) Masterpiece ( )= difficult to understand
l) Unforgettable ( )= very exciting
m) Contemporary ( )= poor quality
n) Check ( )= very popular
o) Come back ( )= present
p) Keep ( )= temporarily use
q) Customer ( )= give for a short time/ for a while
r) Replace ( )= substitute
s) Gift ( )= meet/ see unexpectedly
t) Pick ( )= choose
u) Faith healing ( )= puke
v) Weak ( )= annoy
x) Wide ( )= belonging to the present
y) Vomit ( )= that you can’t forget
z) Bother ( )= it’s so interesting that you want to keep
reading it.

2) Complete the sentences with a word from one of the choices: ( 4 each letter)

a) Where could I get these pictures________________________?

a) shortened b) framed c) cut

b) A book that is a best-seller is the one that is very_________________.

a) poplar b) fast read c) poor

c) What are your _______________________? I have a headache, and I have been

sneezing and coughing very much.
a) thrillers b) symptoms c) remedies
d) Mary will try ________________________ for her headache, but she’s afraid of the
needles. It is a medical treatment that involves needles being inserted at specific points
on the body. It started in China.
a) acupuncture b) healing c) western medicine

e) A book about a famous person is a ____________________________.

a) biography b) novel c) romance

3) Circle the option that has a type of treatment that uses needles to relieve pain and
restore health. (5points)
a) herbal therapy
b) conventional medicine
c) acupuncture
d) homeopathy

4) The weather event defined as: strong winds and heavy rain is a__________.(5points)
a) tornado
b) flood
c) hurricane
d) drought

5) Circle two types of medication. (5 points)

a) cold tablets, sneezing
b) vitamins, ointment
c) painkillers, coughing
d) wheezing, homeopathy

6) Circle two adjectives that are related to books . (5 points)

a) amazing, entertainment
b) believe, highly
c) hard to follow, cliff-hanger
d) recommend, puzzles

7) Circle 5 genres of books. ( 5 points)

a) funny, autobiography, thrillers, romance
b) mysteries, romance, biographies, travel book, self-help book
c) memoirs, short story, sci-fi, beloved
d) comedy, weird, silly, funny, frightening

8) A book that is so interesting that you want to keep reading it is a…..?( 5 points)
a) trash
b) popular
c) unforgettable
d) page- turner
9) Complete the sentences with a word from the box.( 2 each)

a) first e) FYI i) Etiquette m) mouth

b) Symptoms f) based j) Threw up’ n) promplty
c) Acupuncture g) offensive k) Framed o) prescription
d) mind h) Appointment l) nickname

1) Where could I get these pictures________________________?

2) My friend felt sick after he ate some Yakissoba . He __________________on my
shoes. Gross!
3) What are your _______________________? I have a headache , and I have been
sneezing a lot.
4) Mary will try ________________________ for her headache, but she’s afraid of the
needles.
It is a medical treatment that involves needles being inserted at specific points on the
body. It’s Chinese.
5) I need to go to the dentist ‘ASAP’. I’m calling the secretary to make an
______________________.
6) Can you tell me if the book is ____________________ on a true story?
7) You need a doctor’s ____________________ to buy some types of medicine.
8) What are some good ways to teach children _________________________? You
know, good manners?
9) Taking pictures of people without permission can be ______________________ in
some places.
10) Don’t talk while you have food in your _______________________. It’s not ok!
11) People use __________________ names here, don’t they? Yes, call me Maria!
12) What time is the meeting? It’s at 10:00 A.M. You should arrive _____________ for
it.
13) _____________________is the abbreviation of for your information.
14) A _________________________ is a shorter version of your name.
15) Do you ________________________ if I call you Johnn?
10) Complete the sentences with a word from the box.( 2 each)

a) Spray e) pain i) cough medicine’ m) faith

b) call f) dental j) Sick n)‘Herbal Therapy’

c) appreciated g) set up k) hand out o) grounded

d) tests h) check-up l) procedure

1) What if you had a _______________________ emergency while you were out?

Would you call your dentist?
2) The teacher gave us an extra class to review the grammar. I really _______________
that. It was great!
3) When you report by phone that you will be absent because of illness you __________
in ___________________.
4) When the students have an exam, the teacher needs to _____________ the classroom
in a different way.
He organizes the chairs in rows, in a sequence.
5) Little John didn’t follow his mother’s rules. Now he is ____________. He can’t use
the internet for one whole week.
6) Next week we’ll get the exam results. The teacher will _____________ the grade
cards to each student.
7) The boy is in the doctor’s office. He has broken his arm , he must be in a lot of
_____________________.
8) The name of the treatment in which herbs are used to treat many ailments is
called___________________________.
9) Spiritual healing is also known as _______________ healing.
10) If my nose is blocked I try some nasal________________ and if I am coughing too
much I take some _______________________.
11) Brazil is currently short on blood ____________ for the corona pandemic.
12) A ______________ is a basic medical __________________ to k