LEXICO- GRAMMAR

Part 1: Choose the best option to complete each of the following questions.
1. After several hours on the road they became ______ to the fact that they would never reach
the hotel by nightfall.
A. dejected B. resigned C. depressed D. disillusioned
2. One of the organization’s aims is to ______ information about the disease so that more people
know about its symptoms.
A. disentangle B. deride C. dwindle D. disseminate
3. Dealing with ______ refusal from an employee is easier than dealing with false compliance.
A. an offset B. a remedial C. an agile D. an outright
4. Did you see Jonathan this morning? He looked like ______. It must have been quite a party
last night.
A. a wet blanket B. a dead duck C. a death warmed up D. a bear with a sore
head
5. In the ______ of security, personnel must wear their identity badges at all time.
A. requirement B. demands C. assistance D. interests
6. I must ______ my Spanish before I go to Seville.
A. make up for B. break out of C. brush up on D. cut out for
7. She has scrawled me a note in her familiar ______ handwriting.
A. scratchy B. scruffy C. rusty D. sloppy
8. Education should be a universal right and not a ______
A. deliverance B. enlightenment C. privilege D. liberty
9. I know you're upset about breaking up with Tony but there are plenty more ______
A. horses in the stable B. cows in the field
C. tigers in the zoo D. fish in the sea
10. On Sunday, Vivian studied for seven hours ______
A. on end B. at once C. in full D. at length
11. Stephen really lost his ______ when his dental appointment was cancelled again.
A. head B. voice C. calm D. rag
12. We were working overtime to cope with a sudden ______ in demand.
A. boost B. impetus C. surge D. thrust
13. It was decide that the cost of the project would be ______ so it was abandoned.
A. repressive B. prohibitive C. restrictive D. exclusive
14. She was determined to become wealthy and to that ______ she started her own company.
A. view B. aim C. end D. object
15. He made a number of ______ remarks about my cooking, which upset us.
A. slashing B. stabbing C. chopping D. cutting
16. She is afraid she is rather ______ about the existence of the ghost.
A. skeptical B. partial C. adaptable D. incapable
17. I am sorry to have bothered you, I was under the ______ that you wanted me to call you.
A. mistake B. miscalculation C. misconception D. misapprehension
18. Many children who get into trouble in their early teens go on to become ______ offenders.
A. persistent B. insistent C. inverted D. innate
19. ______, Americans eat a light breakfast. They usually don’t eat a lot of food in the morning.
A. By and large B. Fair and square C. Ins and outs D. Odds and ends
20. If that boy doesn’t stop stealing, he will ______ in jail.
 A. end up B. bring about C. get round D. go by

Part 3: Complete the following sentences with suitable prepositions or particles.

1. Paul won't do anything without asking his wife first. She's really got him_________ her
thumb. (under)
2. The thing I don't like about my present job is that we often have to work up to 10
hours__________ a stretch. (at)
3. The party was already __________ full swing by the time they got there. (in)
4. He didn't have time to prepare a speech, so he had to give one ______ the cuff. (off)
5. Throughout the flight, he was very much _______edge and didn't start to relax until the plane
had landed. (off) on
6. I'd love to come to the concert with you but I can't, I'm afraid. I'm______ to my ears in
work this week. (up)
7. Playing squash once a week was his way of letting _________steam. (of)
8. "I think Arsenal are the best football club in Britain." "Come ______ it! What about
Liverpool, then?" (on) off
9. The club welcomes all new members regardless ________age. (of)
10. He finished his speech_________ tremendous applause.

Part 4: Fill in each blank with the correct form of the words.
Historically, Mars was thought to be the most likely planet to habour life. There is a
range of such (1.belief) ______ in popular culture as expressed in literature, radio and films.
Public fascination with Martians began in the late 19 century when astronomer Giovanni
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reported (2.observations) ______ of large channels on Mars in 1887. In 1897, Well’s War of the
World was the first major work to explore the (3.conception) ______ of the “extraterrestrial
invader” and exerted a substantial influence on the public psyche. A few years later, even
(4.knowledgeable) ______ astronomers such as Lowell seriously advocated the
(5.impossibility) _______of life forms as described in his book Mars as the Adobe life.
Consequently, Mars began to take a special place in popular culture around the turn of the 20 th

century, continuing until today. However, this does not (6.little) ______ the unique role of Mars
in the history of science. Specifically, the (7.document) ______ of the movement of Mars by
Kepler led to the formation of his three laws of (8.planet) ______ motion which shattered
notions of astronomy and laid the foundations for the (9.dicover) ______ of Newton. Like no
other planets, Mars has left (10.replace) ______ marks on human imagination and thought.
II. Read the following text which contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes
and write the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
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1 Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are produced any time an electric current
2 runs through a wire or an appliance. Wherever you find electricity, you will
3 find EMFs. In today electrical environment, EMFs are everywhere. Atlantic
4 Gas & Electric has detected them near power generations, around radio and
5 transmission stations, under power lines, and near electrical outlets, lights,
6 office equipment and computer terminals.
7 The idea that electromagnetic fields could be dangerous to your health is
8 entirely new. Soviet scientists began reporting on them as early as 1972
9 when they noticed that switchyard workers who were regularly exposed high
1 levels of electromagnetic fields near the Omsk Power Station experienced
0 strange health effects. There were increasing levels of heart disease, nervous
1 disorders, and blood pressure changes, as long as recurring headaches,
1 fatigue, stress and chronic depression.
1 Today, power companies cannot avoid the EMF issue. Medical evidence has
2 taken it to the fore. Concerned citizens have effectively organized
1 themselves to attract the attention of the medium, their public officials and,
3 in one instance, the management of the Oakville Power Authority. Their
1 goal is to identify the EMF problem clearly, target their objectives carefully,
4 then make their demands known as the Public Utilities Commission. If
1 enough reports reach the Commission, it will become clear that these are not
5 isolated instances. Citizens must demand that utility companies prove there
1 is a strong need to put through more power lines in residential
6 neighborhoods.
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Part 2. There are ten mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. Write your
answers in the space provided below. (10 points)
line A study into family health conducting in California comes up with some interesting
1 conclusions, though these might not be accepted to everybody. The main conclusion is
line that for a family to remain healthy, the relationship between husband and wife plays a
2 major role. The perhaps surprising aspect of this research, however, is that statistically
the healthy family is optimistic, church-going, and leading by a traditional male. And
line perhaps not so surprisingly, what promotes the health of the husband does not
3 necessarily promote the health of the wife, and vice versa. For example, when it comes
line to express emotions, it is generally assumed that giving an outlet to feelings is healthy.
4 But according to the study, there may be beneficial for one party but not for the other. If
line the wife talks more than the husband does in these situations and gives him feelings of
5 guilty, then he is likely to become depressed, whereby if the wife lets the husband
dominate the arguments, then she in turn will be the one whose mental state will suffer.
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line making the wife feel anxious and depressed. As a person’s mental state is closely linked
7 to their physically well-being, it is clear that the dynamics of family relationships help
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