TEST 28
1) If we can see the funny ......... we never make
the mistake of taking ourselves too seriously.
A) reason
B) side
C) exception
D) consequence
E) case
2) Unfortunately, it's not uncommon for a country or
state to be forced to resort to armed conflict to
......... its territory.
A) evaluate
B) approve
C) skim
D) judge
E) defend
3) What makes me feel dismayed is the way .......
hotels are built in natural beauty spots.
A) huge
B) confident
C) absolute
D) upright
E) persistent
4) His job at the airport....... great
responsibility.
A) involves
B) maintains
C) supports
D) derives
E) contains
5) If people feel that watching television relaxes
them and if they enjoy doing it, then perhaps it is
a(n) ....... pastime.
A) precise
B) unrehearsed
C) isolated
D) generous
E) worthwhile
6) Many women waste vast sums of money each year to
.......... clothes that have hardly been worn.
A) respond
B) delay
C) replace
D) resurface
E) assume
7) The new technology is necessary to correct the
harmful" effects of....... technology.
A) lengthy
B) previous
C) nearby
D) ultimate
E) further
8) Most of the people who come here want to know
more about their........
A) chains
B) paces
C) series
D) variety
E) ancestors
9) It is clear that the better-paid jobs of the
future will ......... . specialized knowledge and
experience.
A) revive
B) require
C) prearrange
D) rescue
E) revoke
10) Education is truly the future of the country,
but here the n news is not so good for........
people.
A) infectious
B) local
C) punctured
D) diseased
E) tender
11) This year, for the first time, girls made up the
........ of new students.
A) withdrawal
B) drift
C) courtesy
D) reign
E) majority
12) Life is getting very ....... for under-skilled,
under-educated males.
A) adaptable
B) explicit
C) unpleasant
D) feeble
E) curving
13) Computers can never have a(n) .......... of
their own.
A) origin
B) will
C) growth
D) development
E) seed
14) The comments made by men about women's abilities
seem .........
A) devoted
B) nonsense
C) agonized
D) ultimate
E) eradicated
15) The people of the Pampa continue to offer
a(n)........ threat has ceased to exist in the
towns.
A) melancholy
B) hospitality
C) sadness
D) calmness
E) calamity
16) If your compact disc proves to be ........
please return it to the address on the box.
A) prohibitive
B) biased
C) consistent
D) annual
E) faulty
17) 1 don't think we should seek to excuse
Pamela's…....... behaviour.
A) rude
B) weak
C) timid
D) blind
E) tired
18) Respect and any ......... of a person's social
class seem directly related to the weekly pay check.
A) confidence
B) indication
C) trust
D) reliance
E) reliability
19) That being able to speak well is an art and a
good speaker is an artist is a(n) ....... saying
A) gathered
B) massive
C) wasted
D) widespread
E) excluded
20) The dentist made me open my mouth wide to be
able to see my.......... tooth.
A) pointy
B) basic
C) ruthless
D) apparent
E) decayed
21) She was a very ....... little girl who would
like to make up stories.
A) theoretical
B) flimsy
C) imaginative
D) unreserved
E) sceptic
22) The Kidnapper said he would not release his
victim until the family had paid a(n)......... of 13
million.
A) assistance
B) aptitude
C) ransom
D) fragment
E) wrath
23) Suddenly, we were making plans to move into a
big, new house in one of the more ........ suburbs
of town.
A) confidential
B) fashionable
C) indifferent
D) unsure
E) informative
24) The hotel makes every ......... to ensure the
safety and comfort of guests.
A) effort
B) deed
C) courage
D) swing
E) deficit
25) I had always been keen on gardening but there
hadn't been much ......... for my talents in the
little patch of grass we had at the front of the
house.
A) scope
B) spur
C) encouragement
D) limitation
E) stimulation
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