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TEST 1
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Choose the best option to complete the following sentences
1. The government needs to ______ businesses that have been trying to evade the tax.
A. put the screws onB. get into gear C. put one over on D. wipe off the map
2. Being a _______ entrepreneur, you will have to make a special effort for people to take
you seriously.
A. successful B. budding C. blossoming D. flowering
3. My mother decided to ________ early yesterday while I stayed up to watch Korean
movies.
A. doze off B. let up C. get off D. turn in
4. What I like about this amusement park is that there is _______ parking space right
outside it.
A. copious B. ample C. expanded D. manifold
5. Last weekend, _______ nothing to watch on TV, we played chest together.
A. there being B. there having C. having had D. being
6. The major political party is ________ the campaign for tighter gun controls in the wake of
last month’s shooting.
A. procuring B. solidifying C. spearheading D. fulfilling
7. Scientists warn that global warming will soon go beyond _______.
A. the U-turn B. the firing line
C. the red line D. the point of no return
8. The prime minister tried to ______ the country’s deep-seated problem for fear of being
criticized.
A. blot out B. stow away C. paper over D. salt away
9. I’d sooner you ______ a noise last night; I couldn’t get to sleep.
A. wouldn’t make B. didn’t make C. haven’t made D. hadn’t made
th
10. On 6 August 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, killing thousands of
citizens and almost _______ the city.
A. overthrowing B. annulling C. eradicating D. annihilating
11. After living one month in New York, I finally _____
A. get into the swing of things B. get in on the ground floor
C. get a grip on myself D. get ahead of myself
12. The students, __________ are graduating this year, are as thick as thieves.
A. of whom five B. five of whom C. whose five D. A and B are correct
13. The community should take the doctor’s advice into consideration since he’s in
________ earnest about the epidemic.
A. mortally B. fatally C. deadly D. gravely
14. His fight to ________ four black men of the rape of a seventeen year old white girl two
years ago partially inspired the group to protest.
A. exculpate B. exonerate C. bereave D. misappropriate
15. When the cost was ________ the advantages, the scheme looked perfect.
A. set against B. pit against C. counted against D. weighed up against

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16. Lionel Messi was ________ over his team’s victory against Brazil.
A. delighted B. ecstatic C. jubilant D. blissful
17. That old building hasn’t been used for nearly four decades, hence it looks so _______
A. decrepit B. battered C. glitchy D. derelict
18. When the long holiday ends, we will go ___________
A. back on our feet B. back to square one
C. back to the salt mines D. on the back burner
19. On his desk _______, which he usually sits in front of and looks at.
A. stood the picture of us B. the picture of us stands
C. standing the picture of us D. stands the picture of us
20. After getting a 7.5 score in IELTS, Ha hardly makes significant progress but she is ______
nicely.
A. propping up B. ticking over C. wading through D. forging ahead
B. WORD FORM
I. Use the correct form of the word given to fill in each blank
21. Like his famous _______, young Washington had a brave, adventurous spirit. (NAME)
22. She has a softly ___________voice that would melt anyone listening to her singing.
(FLUENT)
23. The history of the territory is ___________ illustrated in the book. (PICTURE)
24. Don’t you think she is ______? She always looks good in her photographs. (PHOTO)
25. Hardly a day goes by without Tim being __________ of eating sweets. (DESIRE)
II. Put the words given in the correct blanks. You have to use their correct forms to make a
meaningful passage
26.__________ (clean) efforts were under way in Henan province and the capital city
Zhengzhou on Thursday, after a 27.______________ (record) rain storm flooded the city’s
streets and subway, damaged dams and reservoirs, collapsed roads, cut power to at least
one hospital and was linked to a massive explosion at a factory in Dengfeng city. Authorities
said 200,000 people were 28.__________ (place) by the floods and more than three million
people were affected. Thousands of rescuers were sent in to assist northern Henan, where
dozens of counties were hit by flooding on Wednesday night and Thursday, with reports of
overflowing reservoirs, 29._________ (merge) roads, and cars and trucks being washed
away. The Henan disaster has prompted public scrutiny over the preparedness of
authorities, in particular the 30._________ (appear) inaccurate weather forecasts and the
confusing disaster alert system. Many also questioned the decision to keep the subway
operating throughout the deluge.
(Adapted from the Guardian)
D. GUIDED CLOZE
Despite the continued 41.________ of those early town perks, it wasn't until the Depression
that modern Hershey started to take shape. Perhaps the only town in the country actually
to 42_________ during the 1930s, it thrived because Hershey vowed his Utopia would
never see a breadline. lnstead he 43_________ a massive building boom that gave rise to
the most visited buildings in today's Hershey and delivered wages to more than 600
workers. He admitted that his 44____________ were partly selfish: "lf I don't provide work

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for them, I'll have to feed them. And since building materials are now at their lowest cost
levels, I'm going to build and give them jobs."
He seems to have 45__________ no expense; most of the new buildings were strikingly
46________. The first to be finished was the three-million-dollar limestone Community
Center, home to the 1,904-seat Venetian-style Hershey Community Theater, which has
played 47______ since 1933 to touring Broadway shows and to music, dance, and opera
performances. lt offers just as much to look at when the lights are on and the curtains
closed. The floors in the 48_________ named Grand Lobby are polished ltalian lava rock,
surrounded by marble walls and capped with a bas-relief ceiling showing sheaves of wheat,
beehives, swans, and scenes from Roman mythology. With the 49________ inner foyer,
Hershey thumbed his nose even harder at the ravages of the Depression: The arched ceiling
is tiled in gold, the fire curtain bears a painting of Venice, and the ceiling is 50_______with
88 tiny lightbulbs to re-create a star-lit night.
41. A. flexibility B. rigidity C. elasticity D. resilience
42. A. prosper B. decline C. get on D. flower
43. A. trusted B. funded C. accounted D. stocked
44. A. pretensions B. objections C. preoccupation D. intentions
45. A. spared B. spent C. allowed D. justified
46. A. impoverished B. unattractive C. poor D. opulent
47. A. hosting B. housing C. host D. homogeneously
48. A. aptly B. inappropriately C. seemingly D. frightfully
49. A. dizzying B. gaudy C. dazzling D. bland
50. A. holed B. studded C. supported D. magnified
(Adapted from Vocabulary Files C1)

E. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
Rewrite the following sentences using the words given
61. After years of separation from my girlfriend, I cheered up when I saw her. SIGHT
=> After years of separation from my girlfriend, my spirits ___________________________
of her.
62. He loses his temper at all things, even the slightest one. OFF
=> He ______________________________________________________________________
63. My parents are furious with me for getting a tattoo and so have grounded me. ARMS
=> My parents, who __________________________________________________________
64. I resent the way that she clearly feels herself to be superior to me. NOSE
=> I am ____________________________________________________________________
65. Although Jack never means to hurt other people, Jennie always complains about his
manner. FAULT
=> Despite the ______________________________________________________________

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