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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

TEST 7

Test 7

Book 2 Part D