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5. It needed the collective genius of mankind to 

1. We"ll need to make some new tests to ............... ............... the wheel.
 the exact nature of the tumour.
A) discover
A) regulate B) perform
B) deter C) come across
C) determine D) encounter
D) object to E) invent
E) exterminate

6. Breaking up with her boyfriend has quite ...............

2. No one has been able to discover the place where the  her.
pirates are supposed to have ............... the king's
treasure. A) upset
B) distorted
A) informed
C) recovered
B) hidden
D) exploded
C) mentioned
E) nourish
D) contacted
E) memorized

7. He was .............. from service for his insistent

disobedience.
3. The police have started to ...............  the case, but
they don't expect any quick results. A) hastened
B) menaced
A) research
C) threatened
B) intensify
D) dismissed
C) investigate
E) ruined
D) search
E) seek

8. Dirt has begun to .............. again on the

windowsills.
4. But first, we must try and ............... the patient's
blood pressure. A) demonstrate
B) decay and rot
A) produce
C) deteriorate
B) purify
D) accumulate
C) nurse
E) decompose
D) reduce
E) confuse

9. I must have lost my joy in living. Nothing seems to 

.............. my imagination.

A) combat
B) stimulate
C) simulate
D) eliminate
E) provide

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14. We were terribly disappointed that evening as we'd

thought we would be .............. to some soft and
quiet romantic music.
10. A funny thing .............. me on my way here.
A) treated
A) distributed to B) encouraged
B) misused C) thrilled
C) happened to D) threatened
D) misunderstood E) satisfied
E) disused

15. Why don't you try and .............. your terms first of

11. Perhaps the truly unhappiest man is he who  all. We might be able to follow you better then.
.............. the courage to live and .............. the
courage to die. A) measure
B) recommend
A) obtains
C) define
B) lacks
D) describe
C) prevents
E) exchange
D) leaks
E) obeys

16. The hot and humid climate of the island ..............

 his precarious health.
12. All applicants are ............... to fill in this form before
proceeding to see Mr Headmaster. A) denied
B) fried
A) approved
C) roasted
B) attributed
D) affected
C) indicated
E) scolded
D) requested
E) regulated

17. They just .............. a few greetings and then

everyone went on his own way.
13.  I'm afraid we'll have to .............. the meeting
altogether. A) ridiculed
B) consulted
A) postpone
C) magnified
B) cancel
D) insulted
C) cease
E) exchanged
D) reduce
E) participate in

18. I think we can safely say that he has .............. his will
and courage even under these most adverse
circumstances.

A) managed
B) observed
C) displayed
D) persisted
E) defeated

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19. She .............. that we get there at least half an hour 20. He personally .............. his success to hard work.
before the concert was due to begin.
A) consults
A) arrested B) praises
B) confirmed C) attributes
C) conquered D) prays
D) considered E) contributes
E) suggested

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Answer Key:

1: C 11: B
2: B 12: D
3: C 13: B
4: D 14: A
5: E 15: C
6: A 16: D
7: D 17: E
8: D 18: C
9: B 19: E
10: C 20: C

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