TEST - 3
1) There is a(n)........ about a proposal to build a
new nuclear power station.
A) a comment
B) an accommodation
C) fertility
D) diversity
E) controversy
2) Although the plant looks nice, its berries are
.......... poisonous.
A) fundamental
B) hazardous
C) harmless
D) lamentable
E) deadly
3) I feel sorry of my ....... who travel in heavy
suits.
A) apparatus
B) conscious
C) delights
D) particles
E) colleagues
4) There seems to be every ....... that she will
succeed.
A) likelihood
B) resemblance
C) assembly
D) gravity
E) origin
5) In spite of our....... the new secretary has
proved a great success.
A) conceit
B) reverse
C) loyalty
D) doubts
E) constancy
6) Long ago, when our ancestors heard the sound
of...... they were often frightened because they
could not understand why these things happened.
A) thunder
B) flow
C) fume
D) upraise
E) foundation
7) My father is currently having ....... for a
hearing problem.
A) approach
B) advancement
C) treatment
D) preference
E) option
8) Because of the ....... work on the building had
to be discontinued.
A) affair
B) issue
C) matter
D) strike
E) attack
9) Jamie hates sport because he's ......... he's
particularly bad at running.
A) overweight
B) obstinate
C) inflexible
D) stocky
E) retained
10) The presenter asked the listeners if they
thought the government should support a(n) ........
on tobacco advertising.
A) offence
B) insult
C) ban
D) conceal
E) notion
11) The car skidded off the road and fell into a
....... full of muddy water.
A) barrier
B) ditch
C) obstruction
D) block
E) portion
12) The quality that makes a picture a(n)..... is
often impossible to define or explain.
A) wealth
B) fund
C) endowment
D) masterpiece
E) capacious
13) You should put most ....... into improving your
pronunciation.
A) tension
B) effort
C) burden
D) charge
E) requirement
14) The room has been furnished in a(n)........
showing good taste.
A) custom
B) aspect
C) manner
D) route
E) course
15) If you want to make a good detective, you need
to develop your powers of......
A) recognition
B) assimilation
C) inhalation
D) observation
E) transformation
16) They offered him the job on the strength of his
letter. He wasn't even required to have a(n)
A) interview
B) conversion
C) alteration
D) revision
E) qualification
17) Mrs. Suzan has wide experience of.........
having previously been head of a large school in
Bristol.
A) command
B) regulation
C) dictation
D) administration
E) statue
18) Fifty years ago, the ...... of flying to the
moon appeared absurd or ridiculous.
A) inspiration
B) idea
C) impression
D) abstraction
E) generality
19) It is my ...... that you should take more
exercise.
A) interference
B) temper
C) humour
D) opinion
E) cheer
20) Our company finds it difficult to .......
products in that part of the world.
A) shift
B) cash
C) confirm
D) contradict
E) market
21) The people in the queue behind him began to
grumble impatiently at the .........
A) suspension
B) closure
C) recess
D) retreat
E) delay
22) He made a significant contribution to the
country's ...... for independence.
A) struggle
B) contest
C) conflict
D) friction
E) agitation
23) The ....... of the crime is in the hands of the
police.
A) detachment
B) investigation
C) apathy
D) sensibility
E) treatment
24) it's a tricky problem. I recommend you to
........ an expert.
A) consult
B) instruct
C) construct
D) demolish
E) revive
25) The young man had to face the busy E5 before he
reached the farm and .......
A) refuge
B) retreat
C) evacuation
D) exhaustion
E) safety
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