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Find the synonym of the following words written in capitals.

1.

It was the voice of a born ORATOR.
A) addressee

B) speaker

C) talker

D) order

E) chatter box

2.

Boxing was his PROFESSION, people came and paid money to
see the fight.
A) subject

B) wish

C) trade

D) life

E) interest

3.

There was something CRUEL in his voice.
A) strange

B) severe

C) funny

D) fresh

E) worry

4.

One of the novels by Jack London was “Martin Eden”, in which
the writer DESCRIBED his life.
A) printed

B) depicted

C) pointed out

D) noticed

E) touched upon

5.

The whole excursion took APPROXIMATELY ten hours
A) exactly

B) about

C)  precisely

D) apparently

E) respectively

6.

All the local residents spent that AWFUL night in a school.
A) awkward

B) average

C) terrible

D) insignificant

E) authentic

7.

The man was staring at him, and the boy began to TREMBLE.
A) find

B) move

C) shiver

D) share

E) escape

8.

The restaurant was SUPERB, and the prices were very low, we
enjoyed our holidays.
A) superficial

B) excellent

C) superior

D) supersonic

E) expensive

9.

Airline business is INCREASING nowadays.
A) enlarging

B) consuming

C)  ratifying

D) consenting

E) investing

10. At last things began to IMPROVE.

A) injure

B) get better                C) become worse

D) collect

E) change

11. Everybody PROTESTED to be examined again.

A) were for

B) were against

C) were after

D) were before

E) were like

12. Small children sometimes FEAR the dark.

A) are afraid of

B) are terrible

C) are angry

D) are in love

E) are fond

13. She thought that he was BRAVE.

A) coward

B) courageous

C)  strong

D) quiet

E) powerful

14. The great Russian poet Pushkin was a REMARKABLE man.

A) careless

B) clever

C) hard

D) kind

E)  extraordinary

15. The time will come, no doubt, when a man will BE ALLOWED to

be very angry only on special days.
A) be passed

B) be settled

C) be permitted

D) be taken

E) be given

16. I want you to accept the invitation of your English DOCTOR

friend.
A) boy

B) physician

C) physicist

D) girl

E) doctrine

17. You’ve made 2 BAD MISTAKES in your test.

A) wrong things

B) blunders

C)  an error

D) misprints

E) slips of the tongue

18. When I met my friend she WAS VERY ANXIOUS about something.

A) took care of

B) was troubled

C) got angry

D) looked for

E) was glad

19. She was AWFULLY sorry for her.

A) respectfully

B) politely

C) terribly

D) cordially

E) correctly

20. Don’t paint IN A HURRY.

A) exactly

B) irritably

C) hastily

D) specially

E) really

21. An old man was their CONSTANT buyer.

A) popular

B) capable

C) clever

D) permanent

E) attentive

22. GRADUALLY that illness had broken me down.

A) steps

B) inch by inch

C) now and then

D) little by little

E) time after time

23. The achievements of science and technology of recent years have

influenced the CAREERS of many people.
A) marketing

B) trading

C) professions

D) hands

E)  works

24. Somebody TAPPED ON the door at night.

A) knocked at

B) closed                      C) looked through

D) came up

E) took care of

25. When the police arrived the thieves TOOK TO FLIGHT leaving all

the stolen things behind.
A) ran away

B) take away

C) did away

D) got up

E) climbed on

26. Please, you are so nervous, do try to CONTAIN your anger.

A) hold back

B) consume

C)  contact

D)  consult

E) come back

27. It’s high time for the child TO GO TO BYE-BYES.

A) to say good bye

B) to play with toys

C) to go to sleep

D) to part with his parents

E) to see his friends off

28. I wonder how many similar days I should BE FORCED to spend

there.
A) be heard

B) be sent

C) be made

D) be continued

E) be rich

29. Shakespeare is sometimes called the BARD-of-the middle age.

A) poet

B) writer

C) poem

D) banner

E) song

30. After Columbus’s first voyage in 1492, the news of his DISCOVERY

spread across Europe.
A) death

B) treason

C) exploration

D) recovery

E) victory

31. The Endeavour ANCHORED in a wide bay to take water and food.

A) sailed

B) started

C) was seen

D) was on fire

E) attached

32. Columbus was CONVINCED that the earth was round.

A) reluctant

B) happy

C)  hesitant

D) assured

E) told

33. The Greeks and other ancient Mediterranean people thought that

the earth was FLAT.
A) unlimited

B) oval

C) plane

D) bumpy

E) round

34. Arbuthnot’s work is HARDLY ever real today, but, J.Bull, whom

he created, is very much alive.
A) barely

B) always

C)  constantly

D) happily

E) cheerfully

TEST MASTER

SYNONYMS

Synonyms

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