TEST FOR UNIT 8

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Question 1: You also have to go down an extensive training program, including taking courses at a nautical
college.
A. extensive B. go down C. taking courses D. nautical
Question 2. The board of directors will hold off to make a decision until next Wednesday.
A. until B. directors C. hold off D. to make
Question 3. The banner of the church waves above the camp of those who aim on positive prosperity and
republican equality.
A. those B. aim on C. waves D. prosperity
Question 4. The 1990s brought increased economic pressure to bear on all business activity.
A. economic pressure B. bear on C. activity D. increased
Question 5. Besides farming and fishing, the inhabitant carry on a coasting trade with various Mediterranean
ports.
A. the inhabitant B. Besides C. ports D. coasting
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Question 6. People are ____________ all the different labels on food these days.
A. engaged to B. devoted to C. confused about D. crowded with
Question 7. Students in the Henrico program will _________ with students in other countries.
A. correspond B. cover C. provide D. charge
Question 8. I would like to make a _________ about part of this article.
A. bargain B. promise C. comment D. mess
Question 9. Many students and staff at Liberation also _________ the school _________a second home.
A. believe/in B. condemn/as C. criticize/as D. describe/as
Question 10. You need to _________from everyone to make sure the team is moving forward together.
A. hearken B. hear C. come D. retire
Question 11. Her goal is to entertain and ________ visitors ________ how teamwork creates quality.
A. inform/through B. inform/against C. inform/ about D. inform/on
Question 12. In 1918, Zhang Shizhao helped persuade Yang Changji ____________ to Beijing to teach.
A. to move B. moved C. movement D. move
Question 13. Amazon is likely _________ a heavily adapted version of Google's Android platform
A. used B. to use C. using D. use

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Question 14. Mexicans need to _________ control of their own country and make it a better place.
A. took B. done C. taking D. take
Question 15. Another staff member was able to describe the man who passed the bills and give a description
_________ his car.
A. of B. about C. in D. with
Question 16. Gates said he thought his report would make a _________ to the G20 discussions.
A. difference B. differentiation C. differ D. different
Question 17. The future of public transport is not in_________.
A. question B. addition C. silence D. advance
Question 18. Thanks to the global seasonless diet, people today take their fruit for _________
A. grant B. granted C. granting D. grandly
Question 19. Politics also seemed to_________ an influence on people's perceptions about the science of global
warming.
A. create B. get C. have D. give
Question 20. These medicines can often be purchased over the _________ without a prescription.
A. top B. hill C. moon D. internet
Question 21. A pyramid of cupcakes has become popular in _________ of a traditional wedding cake.
A. front B. instead C. place D. terms
Question 22. I suppose it can be argued a person, any person, is entitled to hold a_________ and express it.
A. meeting B. party C. conference D. view
Question 23. Toe-tapping entertainment will take _________ at the festival's large outdoor stage.
A. responsibility B. risks C. place D. heart
Question 24. The main points of the town are now _________ the control of NATO and Afghan troops
A. under B. over C. out D. in
Question 25. It might also be wise to _________ out for hard objects while eating beef burgers.
A. mete B. go C. reach D. watch
Question 26. The _________ from the top of the tower was spectacular.
A. difference B. view C. aspect D. perspective
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Question 27. You cannot _________ the impact that advancing technology and globalization
A. achieve B. make C. deny D. hold
Question 28. At that point, localities would have had the option to refuse _________ impose the tax.
A. by B. to C. for D. with
Question 29. He said he would let the organization decide whether to _________ the invitation.
A. accept B. acceptance C. accepted D. acceptingly
Question 30. Which TV _________ asks contestants to pick a former pop star out of an identity parade?
A. showcase B. quiz show C. floor show D. chat show
Question 31. Stoel designed a new computer _________ to study wood densities from CT scans.
A. channel B. programme C. science D. program
Question 32. We interrupt this programme to bring you an important news _________.
A. newspaper B. article C. bulletin D. broadsheet
33. They would have to _________to comply with state tax laws for the next eight years.
A. agreement B. agree C. agreeable D. agreeably
Question 34. Most political_________ forecast that Putin would be elected president.
A. projectors B. actors C. sailors D. commentators
Question 35. The couple planned to _________ the issue at a school board meeting Monday night.
A. bring up B. bring down C. bring off D. bring about
Question 36. The news _________the same day the Government pledged to supply military equipment to rebel
forces in Syria.
A. came on B. came over C. came in D. came up
Question 37. You can hold it in one hand and _________the pages with your thumb.
A. go through B. flick through C. break through D. get through
Question 38. The West is not in a mood to ________ more aids and food to the starving people.
A. go out B. shout out C. come out D. hand out
Question 39: Visitors get a card with a code so they can _________and buy their photos online.
A. keep up B. stand up C. look up D. build up
Question 40: Did you _________a story?
A. make up B. make up for C. make for D. make off
Question 41: In 2006, they_________ 13 candidates in the local elections and won 12 seats.
A. go forward B. push forward C. press forward D. put forward
Question 42. So job seekers are trying to stand _________to catch the eye of a potential employer.
A. for B. out C. over D. by
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Question 43: I'm working on a big book right now, which I hope will come out next spring.
A. be retrieved B. be published C. be recovered D. be pushed
Question 44. He called out to them to watch out for the unexploded mine.
A. keep calm B. mind out C. take off D. take up
Question 45: The council invites young people to attend workshops or fill in a questionnaire.
A. write down B. draw in C. break into D. break down
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Question 46: Hendry is _________ that Japanese banks are selling such protection too cheaply.
A. convince B. convinced C. convincingly D. unconvincingly
Question 47: Ed is a substantive _________and the vision is more important than the slogan.
A. politics B. political C. politically D. politician
Question 48: The film's screenplay is _________ by James Vanderbilt from Graysmith's 1976 book.
A. writer B. write C. wrote D. written
ANTONYM
Question 49: She failed to see through his deception.
A. understand B. misunderstand C. comprehend D. create
Question 50: He put forward some proposals to reform the education system.
A. suggested B. recommended C. rejected D. offered
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