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Book 2 Part D
Test 6

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1.
Many poets have ________ the beauties of the countryside.
A) applauded
B) enthused
C) enamored
D) appealed
E) extolled
2.
When the student graduated, he got his ________.
A) paper
B) degree
C) license
D) pension
E) bachelor
3.
She didn’t ________ doing the washing up, as she hadn’t wanted to
go out anyway.
A) object
B) care
C) matter
D) care for
E) mind
4.
The tremor in his voice ________ his nervousness.
A) affirmed
B) pronounced
C) disguised
D) represented
E) revealed
5.
Although I tried to concentrate on the lectures, I was ________ by
the noise from the next room.
A) dissuaded
B) averted
C) repressed
D) distracted
E) interfered
6.
I ________ what her name is; I’m sure I know her face.
A) remember
B) wonder
C) guess
D) suspect
E) suppose
7.
‘I ________ that one’, said the tourist, pointing for the benefit of the
uncomprehending shopkeeper.
A) want
B) wish
C) take
D) desire
E) become
8.
I do not ________ to be clever but I am not stupid.
A) permit
B) classify
C) confess
D) claim
E) compare
9.
After the Cabinet reshuffle, the Minister wasn’t very happy at his
new ________.
A) job
B) post
C) work
D) shift
E) place
10. Children under the age of 16 are not ________ to enter for the
competition.
A) enabled
B) empowered
C) capable
D) eligible
E) permissible
11. I was so ________ in my book that I didn’t hear the doorbell ring.
A) settled
B) concentrated
C) absorbed
D) engaged
E) occupied
12. Motorists _____ of speeding may be banned from driving for a year.
A) convicted
B) arrested
C) charged
D) judged
E) condemned
13. In the medical profession, men ________ women by five to one.
A) increase
B) outnumber
C) supersede
D) overcome
E) outclass
14. He has told us so many lies that we can no longer place any ________
on what he says.
A) conviction
B) reliance
C) reputation
D) credibility
E) regard
15. Pools of water lay trapped among the rocks as the tide ________.
A) removed
B) refilled
C) returned
D) receded
E) retired
16. He bought that house, ________ that he would inherit money under
his uncle’s will.
A) speculating
B) considering
C) assuming
D) estimating
E) allowing
17. A ________ change in policy is needed if relations are ever to
improve.
A) severe
B) violent
C) drastic
D) strict
E) wide
18. He wrote the text book in ________ with his brother.
A) harmony
B) collaboration
C) unison
D) connection
E) communion
19. His country cottage ________ the amenities of his London flat.
A) missed
B) overlooked
C) neglected
D) ignored
E) lacked
20. The victory was ________ annually by a ten-gun salute.
A) memorized
B) commemorated
C) reminded
D) recapitulated
E) remembered
21. He ________ the figures carefully before making any comment.
A) estimated
B) scrutinized
C) watched
D) remarked
E) visualized
22. ‘He couldn’t explain the problem well, as he had only a ________
knowledge of the subject.
A) profound
B) primary
C) rudimentary
D) fundamental
E) superfluous
23. His account must be true, because the evidence he gave ________
that of two other witnesses.
A) collaborates
B) consists
C) coincides
D) condones
E) corroborates
24. We must hear the ________ of the last meeting before we proceed.
A) minutes
B) protocol
C) reportage
D) agenda
E) items
25. Many road accidents occur because motorists cannot ________ the
speed of approaching vehicles.
A) conclude
B) count
C) gauge
D) value
E) number
26. The rainbow ______ as the sun came fully out from behind the clouds.
A) dissolved
B) removed
C) dispersed
D) retired
E) disappeared
27. The boy, wanting to be independent, _____ his father’s offer of help.
A) turned away
B) turned from
C) turned down
D) turned against
E) turned up
28. It is not profitable to provide bus services in districts where the
population is widely ________.
A) scattered
B) dismissed
C) separated
D) spaced
E) divided
29. There is a ________ of a thousand pounds offered for the capture of
the murderer.
A) reward
B) prize
C) price
D) grant
E) credit
30. They always kept on good ________ with their next-door neighbors
for the children’s sake.
A) friendship
B) relations
C) intentions
D) terms
E) will
31. She had clearly no ________ of doing any work, although she was
very well paid.
A) desire
B) ambition
C) willingness
D) intention
E) meaning
32. The car salesman took the customer for a drive in the new model in
order to ________ its improved features.
A) advocate
B) demonstrate
C) exhibit
D) reveal
E) expound
33. The actual ________ by which coal Is extracted is well worth watching.
A) conduct
B) process
C) procession
D) pattern
E) fashion
34. If we ______ the plan you suggest, we are more likely to be successful.
A) decide
B) elect
C) command
D) vote
E) adopt
35. The child was ________ for getting his shoes and socks wet.
A) corrected
B) remonstrated
C) suffered
D) scolded
E) complained
36. Certainly man must ________ the future, and find ways of providing
for his needs.
A) look to
B) look up
C) look after
D) look for
E) look on
37. He took the day off work to ________ his aunt’s funeral.
A) accompany
B) regard
C) assist
D) attend
E) follow
38. His energetic efforts met with only ________ success.
A) particular
B) proportionate
C) partial
D) entire
E) complete
39. My rifle was not ________, so I did not hit anything.
A) from the best
B) for the better
C) of the best
D) for the best
E) of the better
40. Any student who ________ his homework is unlikely to pass his
examination.
A) reduces
B) neglects
C) practices
D) denies
E) offends
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