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73. Martin is no good at sports; is too 

clumsy

; it is no wonder he does

not participate in any sports activities.
A) timid

B) weak

C) awkward

D) unhealthy

E) angry

74. Generally our memories 

cluster 

around certain topics.

A) flee

B) pilfer

C) loaf

D) meddle

E) bunch

75. Finding the missing paper on Frank’s 

cluttered 

desk is almost

impossible.
A) refurbished

B) well-organized

C) tarnished

D) luminous

E) littered

76. Sometimes the most unlikely people manage to 

collaborate

successfully.
A) put together

B) judge

C) stand together

D) precipitate

E) work together

77. The 

collapse 

of the stock market last year signaled the beginning of

the economic crisis.
A) rise

B) failure

C) rebirth

D) debt

E) revival

78. Taoist principles are presented in Lao Tzu, a 

collection 

of essays

from several unknown authors.
A) assortment

B) method

C) entity

D) conspiracy

E) editorial

79. The general told the soldiers to 

commence 

firing as soon as they

saw the enemy.
A) stop

B) cease

C) begin

D) evoke

E) spurn

80. Television, which made its first serious appearance in 1939, did not

become 

common 

until the early 1950s.

A) competitive

B) affordable

C) popular

D) ordinary

E) unique

81. The officer 

compelled 

the suspect to lead him to the scene of the

crime.
A) allowed

B) hired

C) beseeched

D) forced

E) helped

82. The feeling of 

competition 

in the classroom is noticeable to all

teachers, which is not surprising at all.
A) conquest

B) discovery

C) rivalry

D) cooperation

B) torture

83. I was told that the instructions were easy, but I found them extremely

complicated

.

A) distinct

B) irrelevant

C) intricate

D) extraordinary

E) ridiculous

84. I didn’t 

comprehend

 the nature of the project until I had read your

brief report.
A) follow

B) contend

C) embrace

D) placate

E) understand

85. Mathematics is a 

compulsory

 subject in Turkish high schools.

A) difficult

B) easy

C) required

D) despised

E) forcible

86. The heaviest 

concentration

 of niacin is in natural sources such as

beans, whole grain cereal products, liver and fish.
A) mass

B) recollection

C) scattering

D) decency

E) instantaneous

87. The newscaster gave a 

concise 

account of the hurricane.

A) long and detailed

B) sad and depressing

C) up-to-date

D) short and clear

E) complicated and intricate

88. Bones of the skull are capable of 

conducting

 sounds of the human

voice to the inner ear.
A) receiving

B) transmitting

C) creating

D) adjusting

E) convenes

89. Mabel feels 

confident

 about her grade on the test she has just taken.

A) depressed

B) sure

C) ecstatic

D) uncertain

E) staunch

90. That matter is so 

confidential

 that it must not be discussed outside

the office of chief inspector.
A) important

B) secret

C) intricate

D) alarming

E) boring

91. It was the English physicist Henry Cavendish who first 

confirmed

that water is a combination of hydrogen and oxygen.
A) doubted

B) proposed

C) researched

D) arranged

E) verified

92. Recent border 

confrontations

 between the two countries lend

credence to the rumors of an impending war.
A) enterprises

B) consequences

C) conferences

D) disputes

E) interims

93. The 

congestion

 on the streets when everybody heads home from

work at quitting time make mass transport very desirable in big
cities.
A) crucial

B) faux pas

C) crowding

D) recreation

E) contamination

94. The coach 

congratulated

 Stella on her outstanding display of

leadership.
A) alluded

B) scolded

C) praised

D) contacted

E) admonished

95.

Conscientious

 researchers always pay attention to details while

carrying out a research.
A) clever

B) meticulous

C) fearless

D) hasty

E) intellectual

96. The 

consensus

 among her family members was that she ought to

get married.
A) agreement

B) survey

C) statistics

D) survey

E) prohibition

97. Crying is a healthy way to bring relief from anxiety, and it even

prevents a headache or other physical 

consequence

.

A) cause

B) origin

C) source

D) outcome

E) destruction

98. The bulbs of the daffodil are poisonous if 

consumed

.

A) touched

B) smelled

C) eaten

D) conformed

E) torn

99. The Department of Security notified the town council that the water

supply was 

contaminated

 due to nuclear leakage.

A) polluted

B) tinted

C) diluted

D) diverted

E) purified

100. After several near disasters and especially the one in Chernobyl, a

controversy 

has raged over the safety of nuclear energy.

A) dispute

B) seminar

C) colloquium

D) conversation

E) collaboration

101. The speaker tried to 

convey 

her feelings concerning the urgency of a

favorable decision.
A) summon

B) usurp

C) impose

D) communicate

E) assuage

102. Teaching provides the chief means of 

conveying

 knowledge from

generation to generation.
A) reviewing

B) mastering

C) passing on

D) preserving

E) speculating

103. To perfect the book, the writer, the artist and the editor 

cooperated

.

A) kept in touch

B) worked in their offices

C) came together

D) studied methods

E) collaborated

104. There isn’t any known cure for dyslexia, but neurologists have

developed ways to help Sufferers 

cope with

 it.

A) retard

B) dispense with

C) deal with

D) eradicate

E) cure

105. Innovative approaches to manufacturing, 

coupled with

 the

tremendous size of the domestic market, led to the emergence of
the United States as an industrial giant.
A) followed by

B) combined with

C) deriving from

D) mixed with

E) by doubling

106. A number of animals in Aesop’s fables are portrayed as being

 crafty

.

A) dexterous

B) talented

C) artistic

D) cunning

E) ferocious

107. Arthur’s family have lived for years in a village near one the many

creeks

 flowing into the part of the Mississippi River.

A) streams

B) ponds

C) lakes

D) swamps

E) pools

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