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Test 19
Book 2 Part D

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1.
If the fire alarm is sounded, all residents are requested to ________
in the courtyard.
A) combine
B) assemble
C) crowd
D) mobilize
E) unite
2.
The acoustics in the concert hall were very poor, and it would
obviously be necessary to ________ my voice.
A) exaggerate
B) extend
C) amplify
D) develop
E) increase
3.
One rainy night the old bridge ______ into the river without warning.
A) submerged
B) collapsed
C) degenerated
D) immersed
E) relapsed
4.
The people who objected to the new road were told that since work
had already started there was no point in ________.
A) contradicting
B) protesting
C) provoking
D) competing
E) refusing
5.
When they asked him about it, he said it was no ________ of theirs
and wouldn’t tell them anything.
A) connection
B) concern
C) relation
D) relevance
E) influence
6.
Nursery schools can be enormously ________ to socially handicapped
children.
A) admirable
B) beneficial
C) invaluable
D) meritorious
E) praiseworthy
7.
Corruption in the running of the city’s largest bank was ________ in
the local newspaper.
A) found
B) discovered
C) detected
D) exposed
E) commented
8.
The lad spent several years as ________ to a master-builder, so that
he might learn the trade.
A) applicant
B) apprentice
C) learner
D) student
E) pupil
9.
He said he couldn’t _____ to retire from work and live only on his pension.
A) accept
B) afford
C) compensate
D) depend
E) risk
10. After his heavy defeat in the local elections he decided to ________
from the campaign for the Presidency.
A) abandon
B) renounce
C) retract
D) withdraw
E) withhold
11. After the outbreak of a mysterious illness, investigation revealed
________ of the town’s water supply.
A) corruption
B) infiltration
C) contagion
D) pollution
E) eruption
12. She was very interested in the work of certain charities, and made a
regular ________ to them.
A) subscription
B) contribution
C) allowance
D) subsidy
E) tribute
13. The students visited the museum and spent several hours with the
________, who was very helpful.
A) commissioner
B) bursar
C) steward
D) curator
E) agent
14. As soon as the exams were over, the students all went their ________
ways.
A) homely
B) perspective
C) respective
D) relative
E) diverted
15. The council members were dissatisfied with the wording of the
recommendation, but passed it after ________ had been agreed.
A) innovations
B) amendments
C) advancements
D) preferments
E) refinements
16. He ______ his old car for a new model as soon as he had won the money.
A) interchanged
B) exchanged
C) replaced
D) converted
E) displaced
17. The brothers showed great ____ to their older sister, who had acted
as sole parent to them for many years.
A) compliance
B) devotion
C) subjection
D) estimation
E) allegiance
18. His poor standard of play fully justifies his ________ from the team
for the match next Saturday.
A) rejection
B) expulsion
C) exclusion
D) exception
E) ban
19. Even a small dog in a house can ________ a thief.
A) deter
B) arrest
C) waylay
D) counter
E) forestall
20. His carelessness ________ the whole enterprise.
A) ventured
B) risked
C) jeopardized
D) chanced
E) hazarded
21. I congratulate you on your ________ in jewelry.
A) selection
B) choice
C) flavor
D) taste
E) likes
22. He ________ his rose bushes carefully with insecticide every evening.
A) distributed
B) spread
C) trickled
D) strewed
E) sprayed
23. Playing on strong national feelings, they ________ the crowd to burn
down the Embassy.
A) animated
B) inclined
C) incited
D) instigated
E) impressed
24. Not knowing he had ________ out with his girl friend, I made the
mistake of inviting them both to the party.
A) fallen
B) quarreled
C) parted
D) put
E) separated
25. All visitors are requested to ________ with the regulations.
A) agree
B) comply
C) assent
D) consent
E) concede
26. My father had to take private pupils in order to ________ his salary
as a teacher.
A) expand
B) augment
C) inflate
D) enlarge
E) complete
27. Even though the football match was not very exciting, the ________
managed to make it sound interesting
A) commentator
B) newscaster
C) announcer
D) presenter
E) narrator
28. The rain soon worked its way ________ the roof of the old cottage.
A) over
B) in
C) by
D) through
E) round
29. The Managing Director has asked to see the sales ________ resulting
from our recent advertising campaign.
A) numbers
B) calculations
C) amounts
D) quantities
E) figures
30. TV, If properly used, can ________ a child’s imagination.
A) cause
B) incite
C) arise
D) invoke
E) stimulate
31. The country’s mineral resources have been ______ by foreign powers.
A) disused
B) deprived
C) worn out
D) extorted
E) exploited
32. He earns his living by ________ old paintings.
A) reviving
B) restoring
C) retrieving
D) recovering
E) renewing
33. Unless stricter hunting laws are introduced, seals will soon be ______.
A) defunct
B) out-dated
C) archaic
D) extinct
E) obsolete
34. Inflation is very hard on people of ________ means.
A) scarce
B) impoverished
C) limited
D) needy
E) shortened
35. A new system of quality control was ________ to overcome the
defects in the firm’s products.
A) installed
B) inaugurated
C) introduced
D) inserted
E) invested
36. Ask the publishers to send you their latest _____ of English text-books.
A) catalogue
B) prospectus
C) brochure
D) pamphlet
E) booklet
37. It is easier to adapt to new situations if one has a ________ attitude.
A) changeable
B) flexible
C) moveable
D) malleable
E) pliable
38. He was smoking; I could see the tip of his cigarette _____ in the darkness.
A) shining
B) sparkling
C) gleaming
D) glinting
E) glowing
39. Although he was under no ________, the shopkeeper replaced the
defective battery free of charge.
A) urgency
B) guarantee
C) obligation
D) insistence
E) authority
40. I haven’t the ________ idea what you mean.
A) lightest
B) dimmest
C) faintest
D) furthest
E) smallest
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