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1.

If the fire alarm is sounded, all residents are requested to ________
in the courtyard.
A) combine

B) assemble

C) crowd

D) mobilize

E) unite

2.

The acoustics in the concert hall were very poor, and it would
obviously be necessary to ________ my voice.
A) exaggerate

B) extend

C) amplify

D) develop

E) increase

3.

One rainy night the old bridge ______ into the river without warning.
A) submerged

B) collapsed

C) degenerated

D) immersed

E) relapsed

4.

The people who objected to the new road were told that since work
had already started there was no point in ________.
A) contradicting

B) protesting

C) provoking

D) competing

E) refusing

5.

When they asked him about it, he said it was no ________ of theirs
and wouldn’t tell them anything.
A) connection

B) concern

C) relation

D) relevance

E) influence

6.

Nursery schools can be enormously ________ to socially handicapped
children.
A) admirable

B) beneficial

C) invaluable

D) meritorious

E) praiseworthy

7.

Corruption in the running of the city’s largest bank was ________ in
the local newspaper.
A) found

B) discovered

C) detected

D) exposed

E) commented

8.

The lad spent several years as ________ to a master-builder, so that
he might learn the trade.
A) applicant

B) apprentice

C) learner

D) student

E) pupil

9.

He said he couldn’t _____ to retire from work and live only on his pension.
A) accept

B) afford

C) compensate

D) depend

E) risk

10. After his heavy defeat in the local elections he decided to ________

from the campaign for the Presidency.
A) abandon

B) renounce

C) retract

D) withdraw

E) withhold

11. After the outbreak of a mysterious illness, investigation revealed

________ of the town’s water supply.
A) corruption

B) infiltration

C) contagion

D) pollution

E) eruption

12. She was very interested in the work of certain charities, and made a

regular ________ to them.
A) subscription

B) contribution

C) allowance

D) subsidy

E) tribute

13. The students visited the museum and spent several hours with the

________, who was very helpful.
A) commissioner

B) bursar

C) steward

D) curator

E) agent

14. As soon as the exams were over, the students all went their ________

ways.
A) homely

B) perspective

C) respective

D) relative

E) diverted

15. The council members were dissatisfied with the wording of the

recommendation, but passed it after ________ had been agreed.
A) innovations

B) amendments

C) advancements

D) preferments

E) refinements

16. He ______ his old car for a new model as soon as he had won the money.

A) interchanged

B) exchanged

C) replaced

D) converted

E) displaced

17. The brothers showed great ____ to their older sister, who had acted

as sole parent to them for many years.
A) compliance

B) devotion

C) subjection

D) estimation

E) allegiance

18. His poor standard of play fully justifies his ________ from the team

for the match next Saturday.
A) rejection

B) expulsion

C) exclusion

D) exception

E) ban

19. Even a small dog in a house can ________ a thief.

A) deter

B) arrest

C) waylay

D) counter

E) forestall

20. His carelessness ________ the whole enterprise.

A) ventured

B) risked

C) jeopardized

D) chanced

E) hazarded

21. I congratulate you on your ________ in jewelry.

A) selection

B) choice

C) flavor

D) taste

E) likes

22. He ________ his rose bushes carefully with insecticide every evening.

A) distributed

B) spread

C) trickled

D) strewed

E) sprayed

23. Playing on strong national feelings, they ________ the crowd to burn

down the Embassy.
A) animated

B) inclined

C) incited

D) instigated

E) impressed

24. Not knowing he had ________ out with his girl friend, I made the

mistake of inviting them both to the party.
A) fallen

B) quarreled

C) parted

D) put

E) separated

25. All visitors are requested to ________ with the regulations.

A) agree

B) comply

C) assent

D) consent

E) concede

26. My father had to take private pupils in order to ________ his salary

as a teacher.
A) expand

B) augment

C) inflate

D) enlarge

E) complete

27. Even though the football match was not very exciting, the ________

managed to make it sound interesting
A) commentator

B) newscaster

C) announcer

D) presenter

E) narrator

28. The rain soon worked its way ________ the roof of the old cottage.

A) over

B) in

C) by

D) through

E) round

29. The Managing Director has asked to see the sales ________ resulting

from our recent advertising campaign.
A) numbers

B) calculations

C) amounts

D) quantities

E) figures

30. TV, If properly used, can ________ a child’s imagination.

A) cause

B) incite

C) arise

D) invoke

E) stimulate

31. The country’s mineral resources have been ______ by foreign powers.

A) disused

B) deprived

C) worn out

D) extorted

E) exploited

32. He earns his living by ________ old paintings.

A) reviving

B) restoring

C) retrieving

D) recovering

E) renewing

33. Unless stricter hunting laws are introduced, seals will soon be ______.

A) defunct

B) out-dated

C) archaic

D) extinct

E) obsolete

34. Inflation is very hard on people of ________ means.

A) scarce

B) impoverished

C) limited

D) needy

E) shortened

35. A new system of quality control was ________ to overcome the

defects in the firm’s products.
A) installed

B) inaugurated

C) introduced

D) inserted

E) invested

36. Ask the publishers to send you their latest _____ of English text-books.

A) catalogue

B) prospectus

C) brochure

D) pamphlet

E) booklet

37. It is easier to adapt to new situations if one has a ________ attitude.

A) changeable

B) flexible

C) moveable

D) malleable

E) pliable

38. He was smoking; I could see the tip of his cigarette _____ in the darkness.

A) shining

B) sparkling

C) gleaming

D) glinting

E) glowing

39. Although he was under no ________, the shopkeeper replaced the

defective battery free of charge.
A) urgency

B) guarantee

C) obligation

D) insistence

E) authority

40. I haven’t the ________ idea what you mean.

A) lightest

B) dimmest

C) faintest

D) furthest

E) smallest

TEST 20

Book 2 Part D

Test 20