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Test 17
Book 2 Part D

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1.
This village is only ________ by river.
A) attainable
B) available
C) accessible
D) obtainable
E) achievable
2.
The man’s face was ________ from his infected tooth.
A) bulging
B) swollen
C) dilated
D) expanded
E) distended
3.
As my exam is next week, I’ll take advantage of the day off to
________ on some reading.
A) catch up
B) clear up
C) hurry up
D) makeup
E) pick up
4.
Many local authorities realize the need to make ________ for elderly
people in their housing programs.
A) assistance
B) conditions
C) admittance
D) provision
E) rooms
5.
The curator of the Museum was most ________ and let me actually
examine the ancient manuscript.
A) favorable
B) gratifying
C) obliging
D) pleasing
E) promising
6.
For parents, one of the problems ________ by rising prices is the
continual demand for more pocket money.
A) given
B) posed
C) pressing
D) provided
E) forced
7.
After speaking for two hours, the lecturer found he could scarcely
talk, as he had become ________.
A) hoarse
B) dumb
C) inarticulate
D) speechless
E) tongue-tied
8.
There is pressure on the British government to ________ the-number
of immigrants permitted to settle in the U.K.
A) confine
B) depress
C) decrease
D) restrain
E) limit
9.
In recent years there has been a ______ increase in the cost of living.
A) powerful
B) ponderous
C) wide
D) significant
E) violent
10. The drunken couple did nothing to keep the flat clean and tidy and
lived in the utmost ________.
A) pollution
B) decay
C) corruption
D) contamination
E) squalor
11. She was extremely lucky when her great-uncle died, she
________ a fortune.
A) came by
B) came about
C) came into
D) came through
E) came over
12. The accused man was able to prove his innocence at the trial and
was ________.
A) forgiven
B) pardoned
C) excused
D) acquitted
E) absolved
13. A good boss always ________ responsibility to his assistants.
A) relegates
B) delegates
C) removes
D) consigns
E) refers
14. Although nobody ________ his presence, Mr. Smith knew he had
been recognized.
A) acknowledged
B) admitted
C) assented
D) attributed
E) requited
15. He tries to _____ himself with everyone by paying them compliments.
A) gratify
B) please
C) ingratiate
D) commend
E) placate
16. He was ________ from the competition because he had not compiled
with the rules.
A) banished
B) forbidden
C) outlawed
D) disqualified
E) precluded
17. He thanked me _______, too much I thought for the little I had
done.
A) significantly
B) profusely
C) prolifically
D) luxuriantly
E) sumptuously
18. The police managed to ________ down the owner of the car.
A) trace
B) track
C) catch
D) search
E) pursue
19. The party’s reduced vote was ______ of lack of support for its policies.
A) indicative
B) confirming
C) positive
D) revealing
E) evident
20. Although most of the rooms are small, the hall is ________.
A) extending
B) extended
C) spacious
D) expansive
E) abundant
21. Your latest project has little ________ of success.
A) prediction
B) outlook
C) preview
D) prospect
E) forecast
22. My enquiries did not ________ any information of value.
A) extort
B) elicit
C) arouse
D) affect
E) induce
23. The professor’s wife was in the kitchen preparing a salad and
________ cold meal into neat, thin pieces.
A) sawing
B) slitting
C) slicing
D) sandwiching
E) slashing
24. The advantage of the new bridge will be the way it ________ the
towns on the opposite banks of the river.
A) attaches
B) connects
C) communicates
D) spans
E) merges
25. Charles was not sure which profession to enter, but finally ________
for the Law.
A) chose
B) opted
C) selected
D) accepted
E) preferred
26. The police _____ their attention to the events that led up to the
accident.
A) confirmed
B) contained
C) conserved
D) confined
E) completed
27. The large crowds lingering in the streets were quickly ________ by
heavy rain.
A) removed
B) dislocated
C) deposed
D) detached
E) dispersed
28. We covered a wide ________ of topics in the interview.
A) fashion
B) extent
C) collection
D) number
E) range
29. Looked at from your ________, the position is intolerable.
A) attitude
B) state
C) standpoint
D) level
E) opinion
30. Although your offer for the house is £200 below the asking ________,
they’ll probably accept for the sake of a quick sale.
A) cost
B) value
C) price
D) limit
E) amount
31. The garden had been badly neglected and was completely ________
with weeds.
A) overgrown
B) suffocated
C) enclosed
D) coated
E) overlaid
32. By the end of the day the flood water which had covered most of
the town had ________.
A) receded
B) reversed
C) replaced
D) retired
E) returned
33. The police arrested the wrong man mainly because they ________
the names they had been given by the witness.
A) confused
B) perplexed
C) puzzled
D) bewildered
E) merged
34. Being already a graduate from another university, he was ________
from the entrance examination.
A) exempted
B) excluded
C) prohibited
D) precluded
E) deferred
35. Digging the garden is a very ________ task.
A) industrious
B) manual
C) laborious
D) exerting
E) conscientious
36. Hopes of finding the missing climbers are now beginning to
________.
A) reduce
B) fade
C) dim
D) faint
E) shrink
37. The Minister accused the farmers of ________ the potato shortage
in order to force prices up.
A) depleting
B) expecting
C) exploiting
D) misapplying
E) misappropriating
38. The stories about his wealth are quite ________; he is not particularly
well off.
A) unprovoked
B) incredulous
C) unfounded
D) irrational
E) undeserving
39. I don’t really know how to ________ the problem.
A) tackle
B) cope
C) set in
D) raw
E) efface
40. He had deceived a great many people but she _______ him at once.
A) saw into
B) saw round
C) saw through
D) looked through
E) looked into
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