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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

TEST 18

Book 2 Part D

Test 18