VOCABULARY TEST FOR READING 1 (Andrea Palladio- Italian Architect)

1. There's no ___________ for that sort of behaviour.

A. advantage B. mixture C. principle D. excuse
2. Despite the twin ______of wealth and beauty, she did not have a happy life.
A. excuses B. advantages C. reputations D. mobilities
3. Good fashion designers often rely on a ______ of the old and the new.
A. mixture B. entrance C. principle D. mobility
4. The estate agent had pictures of the house from the outside but none of its ________
A. entrance B. interior C. exterior D. exit
5. The school is based on the fundamental _______ that each child should develop its full potential
A. advantage B. excuse C. principle D. reputation
6. Many large _______ in the UK have decided to work with energy companies to harness the
power of the wind.
A. landowners B. scholars C. principals D. entrepreneurs
7. Dr Miles was a distinguished ______ of Russian history.
A. landowner B. scholar C. principal D. entrepreneur
8. Leonardo's "Last Supper" is widely regarded as a/an _______
A. landmark B. inferior C. masterpiece D. superior
9. Some employment systems require more flexibility and ______ than others.
A. mobility B. reputation C. principle D. advantage
10. He was one of the __________of the 80s who made their money in property.
A. scholars B. entrepreneurs C. landowners D. principals
11. He earned a/an_______as an entertaining speaker.
A. reputation B. apprenticeship C. advantage D. excuse
12. He was a/ an ____old man and wouldn't hurt a fly.
A. influential B. benevolent C. prosperous D. harmonious
13. In a/an______ country like this, no one should go hungry.
A. prosperous B. influential C. elegant D. dramatic
14. He’s very ____ about his success
A. elegant B. humble C. alternative D. renowned
15. They always entertain their guests in ______ style.
A. faint B. humble C. grand D. satisfying
16. Rebecca always _____in languages at school.
A. alienates B. nurtures C. leavens D. excels
17. All these changes to the newspaper have ______its traditional readers.
A. alienated B. imparted C. co-opted D. apprenticed
18. Whether they liked it or not, local people were _____ into the victory parade.
A. nurtured B. leavened C. co-opted D. imparted
19. The newspaper _______a series of articles on the worst excesses of the fashion industry.
A. commissioned B. apprenticed C. imparted D. nurtured
20. _______a great deal of extra time will be needed for the security checks.
A. Alternately B. Plainly C. Unfortunately D. Suddenly
 VOCABULARY TEST FOR READING 2 (The Cacao: a Sweet History)

1. Stories about pirates often include a search for buried ______.

A. offering B. substance C. treasure D. coverings
2. The agency regulates and controls the sale of all _________ exceeding 16% alcohol.
A. specialties B. recipes C. substances D. beverages
3. I have a/an ________ in my mind of how I want the garden to be.
A. image B. recipe C. substance D. demand
4. The most reliable auction web sites guarantee the authenticity and condition of their ______.
A. offerings B. coverings C. substances D. treasures
5. Good teachers are always in great ______.
A. recipe B. demand C. spice D. image
6. A scandal or two adds a little ________ to office life.
A. offering B. paste C. liquor D. spice
7. He visited China in his _________ capacity as America's trade representative.
A. official B. valuable C. costly D. flavourful
8. Oysters are a local _________ of the area.
A. coverings B. recipes C. specialties D. substances
9. The festival is to ________ everything from music, theatre, and ballet to literature, cinema, and
the visual arts.
A. encompass B. remain C. seize D. defeat
10. The package had been badly _______ in the post.
A. seized B. crushed C. defeated D. harvested
11. The Japanese _______ personal relationships in doing business.
A. prize B. sort C. remain D. threaten
12. For centuries, Native Americans _______with European settlers.
A. seized B. traded C. presented D. crushed
13. The letter ______ the family with a problem that would be difficult to solve.
A. defeated B. harvested C. remained D. presented
14. The proposal to change the rules was narrowly ______ by 201 votes to 196.
A. seized B. traded C. defeated D. threatened
15. He _____ the chance/opportunity of a free flight with both hands.
A. defeated B. seized C. remained D. harvested
16. Recent years have witnessed a growth in ______ fundamentalism.
A. religious B. costly C. valuable D. wealthy
17. Parents gave the school _______ support in its case for getting its facilities improved.
A. wealthy B. valuable C. costly D. shady
18. Building this bridge has already been too _______ in terms of lives.
A. costly B. wealthy C. religious D. flavorful
19. For our country to remain competitive, we need a _____-skilled workforce.
A. finely B. highly C. valuably D. costly
20. Make sure the spices are _____ ground.
A. highly B. costly C. finely D. surely

VOCABULARY TEST FOR READING 3 (Bondi Beach)

1. A large Roman ____________ has been discovered just outside the French town.
A. settlement B. reserve C. alternative D. democracy
2. She keeps a little money in ___________. (= for use if and when needed).
A. rescue B. reserve C. shortage D. trend
3. The government has promised to uphold the principles of _________
A. reserve B. settlement C. democracy D. rescue
4. I'm afraid I have no_______ but to ask you to leave (= that is what I have to do)
A. alternative B. entrance C. principle D. trend
5. Goods on the Retail Price Index have to be updated to accurately represent consumer _____
A. advantage B. mixture C. principle D. trends
6. I didn't know anybody at the party, but the hostess came to my ________ (= helped me out of
a difficult situation) by introducing me to a few people.
A.mobility B. rescue C. excuse D. reputation
7. The government admitted that there was a petrol _____ but warned people against panic buying.
A. shortage B. scent C. mixture D. advantage
8. The dogs were onto the lost boy’s _______ .
A. sake B. scent C. rescue D. reserve
9. They were very unhappily married but kept up appearances for the _____ of their children.
A. trend B. principle C. reputation D. sake
10. Some of the tunnels in the cliff are natural, some were________ (= cut into
the rock) by soldiers for defensive purposes.
A. carved out B. roamed C. purchased D. embraced
11. After the bars close, gangs of youths ___________ the city
A. roam B. embrace C. intervene D. drown
12. Except under clearly defined circumstances, it is illegal in Britain for a company to
___________ its own shares.
A. embrace B. purchase C. document D. reinforce
13. This was an opportunity that he would ______
A. feature B. instill C. embrace D. sweep
14. The Central Bank _____ in the currency markets today to try to stabilize the exchange rate.
A. depicted D. documented C. intervened D. instilled
15. I'd have ______ if he hadn't happened along and pulled me out of the river.
A. featured B. embraced C. depicted D. drowned
16. The final technical report into the accident ______ the findings of initial investigations.
A. reinforces B. roams C. embraces D. intervenes
17. She _________ the crumbs off the table with her hand
A. embraced B. drowned C. purchased D. swept
18. The habit of punctuality was _________ into me early in life.
A. instilled B. drowned C. intervened D. excelled
19. Her novel _______ the life of country people.
A. commissions B. depicts C. purchases D. leavens
20. So who are the _____________ people of this land?
A. freak B. humble C. harmonious D. indigenous
21. She died in a ______ automobile accident.
A. faint B. freak C. satisfying D. grand
22. The cities are full of _______ looking for work. They come from different areas.
A. scholars B. migrants C. landowners D. entrepreneurs
23. The __________ future of the company looks very promising.
A. commercial B. elegant C. humble C. renowned
24. They lived in a house ________ to the railway.
A. adjacent B. renowned C. grand D. faint
25. Each person's genetic code is _____ except in the case of identical twins.
A. distinctive B. alternative C. unique D. adjacent

VOCABULARY TEST FOR READING 4 (Voygage off going- Beyond the blue line 2)
1. The president has sent a message of _________ to the relatives of the dead soldiers.
A. settlement B. sympathy C. democracy D. reputation
2. Scott died while he was on an ________ to the Antarctic in 1912.
A. advantage B. entrance C. expedition D. excuse
3. The _______ of her knowledge is amazing.
A. reputation B. breadth C. sake D. settlement
4. Over a ___of just three years, the new government has transformed the
country's economic prospects.
A. shortage B. span C. settlement D. fragment
5. The road was covered with ________ of glass from the shattered window.
A. spices B. beverages C. fragments D. shortages
6. These remote islands are _______ only by birds.
A. inhabited B. seized C. intervened D. instilled
7. Students _____________ the vast majority of our customers.
A. carve out B. account for C. trace back D. crush into
8. He was jailed for _______secrets to the Russians.
A. presenting B. harvesting C. defeating D. revealing
9. Ice age bones are being _______ in the caves.
A. remained B. inhabited C. excavated D. encompassed
10. She______ the piece of elastic to its fullest extent.
A. stretched B. seized C. revealed D. depicted
11. The English _______ New England in 1620.
A. intervened B. nurtured C. co-opted D. colonized
12. The source of the infection has not yet been __________.
A. traced B. traded C. apprenticed D. seized
13. The school’s activities have been ____________to include climbing and mountaineering.
A. leavened B. drowned C. expanded D. stretched
14. These are the four major theories that__________ criminal law.
A. undergird B. purchase C. intervene D. expand
15. I used to hate being ______ about my red hair when I was at school.
A. roamed B. teased C. instilled D. embraced
16. She was startled by a sudden movement in the_______________ hallway.
A. commercial B. adjacent C. unique D. shadowy
17. Through the window came the last few_______ rays of evening sunshine.
A. oblique B. peculiar C. unique D. intriguing
18. There was an___________ smell of incense in the air. I could recognize it.
A. elegant B. unmistakable C. adjacent D. intriguing
19. A lot of memories are _______ in this photograph album.
A. enshrined B. intervened C. depicted D. leavened
20. He's starting to ________________ whether he did the right thing in accepting this job.
A. roam B. instill C. wonder D. embrace