Vocabulary Revision E) afford

Pre-Intermediate  upper-Intermediate 7. We keep the ............... copies of all our

reports in a special master file.
A. Pre-Intermediate
A) primitive B) characteristic
1. The baby is ............... . Her diaper needs
changing. C) elementary D) original
A) thirsty B) dry E) elder
C) sleepy D) wet 8. We do not have adequate information to
make a deci`sion. Adequate means ............... .
E) cold
A) healthy B) enough
2. The lawyer's ............... was unusually high.
C) easy D) wealty
A) fare B) fare
E) correct
C) account D) price
9. Everywhere they ............... for water they
E) fee
struck oil.
3. The famous pianist Abdurrahmanovich
A) dropped B) bent
is ...............with the İstanbul Metropolitan
Orchestra tonight. C) sank D) dug
A) harmonizing B) conducting E) dripped
C) becoming D) dealing 10. My memories of you are so warm
and ............... that I am sure I can never forget
E) playing
you.
4. Last year a lot of women preferred long
A) busy B) deep
skirts. But, this year short skirts are in ...............
again. C) unkind D) helpful
A) fashion B) absence E) famous
C) respect D) popular 11. ............... so much of their time together has
E) reply deepened their friendship.
5. We had to climb ............... a steep path to A) Arguing B) Proving
reach the house on the top of the hill.
C) Spending D) Wasting
A) onto B) up
E) Saving
C) into D) down
12. Now, ............... the ball to the person on
E) up to your right.
6. He is not a skilled worker. He A) Pull B) Throw
doesn't ...............much.
C) Jump D) Burst
A) win B) gain
E) Catch
C) earn D) pay

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13. He had plenty of time to sit ............... the C) Regional D) Universal
scenery.
E) International
A) or feel B) and enjoy
20. Listen! Do you hear that funny ...............
C) to prove D) to remind coming from the kitchen?
E) or walk around A) noise B) feeling
14. Philosophers try to find out the ............... of C) taste D) smell
life.
E) silence
A) sadness B) length
21. Oh, he's so big-headed. I can't ...............
C) uselessness D) meaning him.
E) middle A) stand B) shake
15. The winner of the competition is going to C) swear D) spread
receive a............... of 20 000 $.
E) throw
A) fare B) price
22. Someone pushed him from ............... and
C) cost D) prize he fell over.
E) fee A) behind B) against
16. Then it started to rain heavily and everyone C) beyond D) across
ran for............... .
E) around
A) dryness B) shadow
23. A(n) ............... does oral translation from
C) shelter D) sunshine one language to another.
E) guard A) translator B) reporter
17. A man was struck by ............... and killed as C) transporter D) secret agent
he ran for shelter.
E) interpreter
A) forecast B) lightning
24. He's such a kind, ............... man.
C) frost D) thunder
A) gentle B) horrible
E) thunderbolt
C) false D) unpleasant
18. She ............... me up and gave me a
E) annoying
friendly smile.
25. I have broken your ______, but don't worry;
A) frightened B) forgave
I'll fix it with this glue.
C) joked D) thanked
A) balcony B) wallet
E) woke
C) window D) vase
19. The British ............... Fair opens in late
E) TV screen
September.
26. He is so tight-fisted that he won't get himself
A) National B) Global
even a ............... of shoelaces!

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A) lot B) single A) lonely B) legless
C) few D) pair E) double C) armed D) athletic E) unlucky

27. What a lovely T-shirt you're ............... ! 6. I sat through all those cold and ...............
nights, just thinking of you.
A) sowing B) greeting
A) certain B) daily
C) wearing D) pleasing
C) selfish D) injured
E) sawing
E) lonely
7. Stay away from that park after dark. It's too
Intermediate
______.
1. Most Common Adjectives in English
A) large B) blind
1. Peter is a(n) ............... student. He always
C) stormy D) dangerous
gets good grades.
E) nervous
A) elementary B) standard
8. Believe me I feel truly ............... for your
C) lazy D) good-looking
great kindness. How can I ever repay you?
E) hard-working
A) cheerful B) grateful
2. He crashed his car into a tree. It was badly
C) thoughtful D) beautiful
______.
E) shameful
A) injured B) wounded
9. You can't expect every ............... man to
C) hurt D) damaged
become a computer specialist.
E) hopeless
A) economic B) rare
3. It was a(n) ............... question. I couldn't
C) effective D) average
understand a word of it.
E) interesting
A) unnecessary B) difficult
10. You don't know this? How ............... you
C) necessary D) easy
are!
E) essential
A) opposite B) ignorant
4. Thank you for the dinner last night. I enjoyed
C) ungrateful D) complicated
it very much. It was ______.
E) foreign
A) expensive B) excited
General Vocabulary
C) excellent D) extreme
1. Come to Ireland, and ............... all these
E) experienced
places where history lives on.
5. He suddenly came face to face with
A) inform B) define
two ...............men and started to run away.
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C) memorize D) mention C) puzzling D) comical
E) discover E) humour
2. I'm ............... an answer within a few days. 9. The ............... today is full of the news of the
A) expecting B) hoping incident.
C) excepting D) waiting A) publisher B) journalism
E) accepting C) press D) reporter
3. Keeping a diary is no doubt quite a useful E) literature
personal ______.
10. I'm going to take a(n) ............. abroad next
A) custom B) usage summer.
C) tradition D) habit A) sightseeing B) travel
E) institution C) vocation D) trip
4. Excuse me. I'm a(n) ............... around here. E) excursion
Can you show me the way to the nearest post
11. He was told by the doctors that he would
office, please?
need quite a long period of rest after such a
A) explorer B) foreigner serious ______.
C) stranger D) alien A) epidemic B) disease
E) tourist C) recovery D) complaint
5. How much do I ............... you? E) illness
A) buy from B) owe 12. I wouldn't say I am deeply in love with her,
but I'm very ______ of her.
C) borrow D) own to
A) keen B) friendly
E) lend from
C) fond D) likeable
6. There are many more television ...............
today than there used to be twenty years ago. E) romantic
A) passers-by B) onlookers 13. He just sits there and ............... television
most of the time.
C) spectators D) viewers
A) stares B) observes
E) sight-seers
C) glances D) gazes
7. The body structure of zebras is ............... that
of donkeys. E) watches
A) the same as B) the opposite of 14. He's travelling by himself. In other words,
he's on his______.
C) unlike D) similar to
A) single B) self
E) different from
C) alone D) own
8. Do be serious, please. This isn't a(n) ______.
E) lonely
A) joke B) funny
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15. This whole place needs a(n) ...............
cleaning. It's in a terrible state. It's in a terrible
Upper-Intermediate
mess.
1. It seems to me that they never gave a
A) fully B) thorough
thought to............... future problems when the
C) infinite D) entirely plans were being laid down five years ago.
E) valid A) unbelievable B) untrustworthy
16. ............... of money prevented us from C) probable D) unreasonable
taking a holiday abroad this year.
E) impossible
A) Inflation B) Presence
2. My ............... objection to neurotics is that
C) Lack D) Being absent they are difficult to live with.
E) Limit A) primarily B) principle
17. Sorry, it's much too expensive for me; I can't C) priority D) privileged
............... it. E) principal
A) effort B) comfort 3. Every substance has a melting point and a
boiling point. The former is the temperature at
C) support D) import
which it changes from solid to liquid. The
E) afford ______ is the temperature at which it changes.
from liquid to gas.
18. The ............... of the play included a famous
British film star. A) later B) latest

A) playwright B) scenery C) late D) last

C) cast D) stage E) latter

E) acts 4. You could ............ being a little bit more

friendly, couldn't you?
19. We'll have to hold a more detailed
examination to............... the exact nature of the A) effort B) comfort
tumour, said the doctor.
C) support D) please
A) regulate B) mean
E) afford
C) determine D) develop
5. People become quite ............ when it comes
E) reduce to discussing the differences between the
sexes.
20. The volcano is expected to ............... any
day now. A) illogical B) illiterate

A) excite B) erupt C) illegible D) illegal

C) kick D) expand E) illegitimate

E) stimulate 6. I think it was a gross ............. to condemn

her. A) impartiality B) injustice
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C) fairness D) penalty E) invasiveness E) guaranteed
7. I resent your last remarks and certainly 13. He was quite contented; he led
demand an apology. Sir, we're running a(n) ............... life.
a ............... business here!
A) miserable B) prosperously
A) remarkable B) reciprocal
C) happily D) orderly
C) reluctant D) respectable
E) improper
E) representative
14. The bridge is so immensely long that the
8. Both countries have declined to ______ the shape of the earth had to be ............... by its
treaty on the nonproliferation of nuclear designer as an essential part of the project.
weapons, partly out of concern for the other's
A) taken into account
supposed intentions.
B) given an account of
A) praise B) assess
C) given approval to
C) avoid D) endorse
D) caught up with
E) advocate
E) kept in touch with
9. Precautions of this sort are necessary, for it
is next to impossible to .............. the exact 15. Despite these overwhelmingly difficult
nature of the difficulties which will confront us. trading conditions, the company has ______
produced outstanding results.
A) forewarn B) forbid
A) therefore B) accordingly
C) forsake D) fortify
C) nevertheless D) consequently
E) foretell
E) otherwise
10. She is very ______. You just couldn't make
her walk past under a ladder. 16. It suddenly ______ to me that Mr Izbul was
the greatest dramatist ever who had never
A) credulous B) religious
written a play!
C) supernatural D) deformed
A) occurred B) dawned
E) superstitious C) predicted D) presented
E) happened
11. In the medical profession, men .............
17. Scientists admit they are still ................ by
women by two to one.
the new disease which is, superficially, not so
A) outlive B) outdo different from so many other respiratory
ailments.
C) outshine D) outnumber
A) slandered B) massacred
E) outclass C) bribed D) checked
12. Severe difficulties must be .............. before E) intrigued
cloning can be done with mammals and 18. After visiting the Archaeological Museum in
humans. the morning, the manager kindly ______ us to
lunch at a local shish-kebab restaurant.
A) concluded B) overcome
A) threatened B) approved
C) aggravated D) endangered C) thrilled D) treated
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E) rewarded 5. It'll take him a long time yet to fully ..............
from the terrible blow he has received.
19. I've listened to your argument. It's neither
A) reappear B) recover
here nor there. In other words, it's quite ______.
A) irrelevant B) resentful C) cure D) revise
C) rebellious D) scornful
E) enormous E) treat
20. "Have you anything to ______?" said the 6. There was one final command he had hoped
young customs officer, looking straight at me in to give his soldiers all through his fighting
the eye. years:".............. fire!"
A) declare B) identify
C) remember D) confirm A) Remove B) Melt
E) hide C) Drop D) Cease
E) Miss
7. We .............. many a danger and difficulty on
the way, but we managed to overcome them all
1. The discussion was mainly on the subject of in the end.
the number of workers to be ______. A) encouraged B) enforced
A) multiplied B) conspired C) endangered D) encountered
C) consented D) employed E) embarrassed
E) presented 8. .............. two spoonfuls of sugar in a large
2. The news of a new and more serious breach cup half filled with water. Then, add one
of the ceasefire received here last night has spoonful of lemon juice.
now been ______. A) Nourish B) Dissolve
A) confirmed B) installed C) Involve D) Create
C) informed D) contacted E) Maintain
E) mentioned 9. He .............. his car in a head-on collision
3. The tube is then .............. into its place and with a lorry, but came off it quite unhurt.
secured with clips. A) perfected B) prevented
A) relieved B) deceived C) crashed D) endured
C) matured D) inserted E) cracked
E) insulted 10. Don't forget to .............. my name in your
4. Would to God you would .............. yourself of letter.
your disgusting habit of chain-smoking. A) slide B) embrace
A) revenge B) oppose C) repent D) regret
C) nurse D) reduce E) mention
E) cure

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11. The roof was .............. . I had to call in a 16. That was the first time I had ever had
repairman. to .............. a puncture.
A) leaking B) rubbing A) blame B) provoke
C) dropping D) smashing C) repair D) offend
E) destroying E) overreact to
12. Don't you ever care about the .............. 17. Several countries so far have offered
masses? Don't you know that some 842 million to .............. between the two warring sides.
people – 13 of the world's population -- don't
A) mediate B) manipulate
have enough food to eat each day?
C) emigrate D) meditate
A) feeding B) reporting
E) immigrate
C) donating D) starving
18. In some cultures, when two people cut
E) planting
themselves to ............. their blood together,
13. I couldn't understand what had happened they become "blood brothers"
and when I apologised to him explaining how I
A) mingle B) refund
couldn't hear him, he just .............. me and rode
off. C) abuse D) shiver
A) argued B) swore at E) sweat
C) pledged D) maltreated 19. The nation is .............. the loss of its great
leader.
E) witnessed
A) praising B) mourning
14. One of my friends at work actually came up
to me yesterday and asked if I had lost some C) revolting against D) voting for
weight. It's so nice when someone .............. this
– especially when it happens to be a beautiful E) rehearsing
girl! 20. We'll be .............. the ninetieth anniversary
A) notices B) criticizes of the Republic in the coming year.

C) assesses D) wows A) challenging B) manufacturing

E) condemns C) compensating D) celebrating

15. She's a very nice lady, slightly older than E) correlating

myself and happily .............. with two kids.
A) engaged B) burdened
C) married D) admired
E) appreciated