1. Shoes of this kind are ______ to slip on wet ground.
A.feasible
B.appropriate
C.apt
D.fitting
A B C D
C
2. The members of Parliament were ______ that the government had not consulted them.
A.impatient
B.tolerant
C.crude
D.indignant
A B C D
D
3. While she had the fever, she ______ for hours.
A.raved
B.sniggered
C.tittered
D.perforated
A B C D
A
4. If you spill hot liquid on your skin it will ______ you.
A.scale
B.scald
C.shun
D.shunt
A B C D
B
5. Although he has had no formal education, he is one of the ______ businessmen in his company.
A.shrewdest
B.sternest
C.nastiest
D.alertest
A B C D
A
6. Within decades, PAN-type research will transform the Internet into the Life Net, a comprehensive ______ environment for human habitation.
A.sensory
B.sensible
C.sensitive
D.sensational
A B C D
B
7. When we credit the successful people with intelligence, physical strength or great luck, we are making excuses for ourselves because we fall ______ in all three.
A.rare
B.short
C.lacking
D.scarce
A B C D
B
8. Improved consumer confidence is ______ to an economic recovery.
A.crucial
B.subordinate
C.cumulative
D.satisfactory
A B C D
A
9. For years now, the people of that faraway country have been cruelly ______ by a dictator.
A.depressed
B.immersed
C.oppressed
D.cursed
A B C D
C
10. The helicopter ______ a light plane and both pilots were killed.
A.coincided with
B.stumbled on
C.tumbled to
D.collided with
A B C D
D
11. For a particular reason, he wanted the information to be treated as ______.
A.assured
B.reserved
C.intimate
D.confidential
A B C D
D
12. Just because I'm ______ to him, my boss thinks he can order me around without showing me any respect.
A.redundant
B.trivial
C.versatile
D.subordinate
A B C D
D
13. He developed a ______ attitude after years of frustration in his career.
A.sneaking
B.disgusted
C.drastic
D.cynical
A B C D
D
14. He blew out the candle and ______ his way to the door.
A.converged
B.groped
C.strived
D.wrenched
A B C D
B
15. It is no ______ that a large number of violent crimes are committed under the influence of alcohol.
A.coincidence
B.correspondence
C.inspiration
D.intuition
A B C D
A
16. You cannot imagine how I feel ______ with my duties sometimes.
A.overthrown
B.overwhelmed
C.overflowed
D.overturned
A B C D
B
17. America has now adopted more ______ European-style inspection systems, and the incidence of food poisoning is falling.
A.discrete
B.solemn
C.rigorous
D.autonomous
A B C D
C
18. The ______ warned the sleeping troops that the enemy was creeping near.
A.pickpocket
B.picket
C.pike
D.pickup
A B C D
B
19. Buildings old and new are thickly covered with ______.
A.graffiti
B.grandeur
C.graphite
D.gradient
A B C D
A
20. If early humans hadn't moved and ______ as much as they did, they probably would have continued to evolve into different species.
A.inhabited
B.interchanged
C.intermingled
D.migrated
A B C D
C
21. The prison guards were armed and ready to shoot if ______ in any way.
A.intervened
B.incurred
C.provoked
D.poked
A B C D
C
22. The vast majority of people in any given culture will ______ to the established standards of that culture.
A.confine
B.conform
C.confront
D.confirm
A B C D
B
23. The mice ______ when the cat came.
A.rambled
B.lingered
C.sauntered
D.scampered
A B C D
D
24. The chimney is no longer ______ volumes of waste gas into atmosphere, as protective filters are being used.
A.giving away
B.giving off
C.giving in
D.giving up
A B C D
B
25. Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from ______ on earth than bacteria on Mars.
A.configuration
B.constitution
C.condemnation
D.contamination
A B C D
D
26. Outside people were cheering and awaiting the arrival of the New Year while inside Harry was lying severely ill in bed feeling thoroughly ______.
A.ignoble
B.compassionate
C.unconscious
D.wretched
A B C D
D
27. My sister is quite ______ and plans to get an M. A degree within one year.
A.aggressive
B.enthusiastic
C.considerate
D.ambitious
A B C D
D
28. The manager tried to wave aside these issues as ______ details that would be settled later.
A.versatile
B.trivial
C.preliminary
D.alternate
A B C D
B
29. Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ______ towards producing workers.
A.harnessed
B.hatched
C.motivated
D.geared
A B C D
D
30. To ______ is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition that others may also share the enjoyment.
A.conserve
B.conceive
C.convert
D.contrive
A B C D
A
31. The tenant mush be prepared to decorate the house ______ the terms of the contract.
A.in the vicinity of
B.in quest of
C.in accordance with
D.in collaboration with
A B C D
C
32. It is ______ that women should be paid less than men for doing the same kind of work.
A.abrupt
B.absurd
C.adverse
D.addictive
A B C D
B
33. Individual sports are run by over 370 independent governing bodies whose functions usually include ______ rules, holding events, selecting national teams and promoting international links.
A.drawing on
B.drawing in
C.drawing up
D.drawing down
A B C D
C
34. Often such arguments have the effect of ______ rather than clarifying the issues involved.
A.obscuring
B.prejudicing
C.tackling
D.blocking
A B C D
A
35. She ______ through the pages of a magazine, not really concentrating on them.
A.tumbled
B.tossed
C.switched
D.flipped
A B C D
D
36. Some scientists are dubious of the claim that organisms ______ with age as an inevitable outcome of living.
A.degrade
B.default
C.depress
D.deteriorate
A B C D
A
37. Tom is bankrupt now. He is desperate because all his efforts ______ failure.
A.tumbled to
B.hinged upon
C.inflicted on
D.culminated in
A B C D
D
38. When you are suffering from ______ you have red spots on your skin and you feel as ff you have a cold.
A.apathy
B.measles
C.impotence
D.schizophrenia
A B C D
B
39. Eggs were on sale, and the shoppers ______ the bargain.
A.snatched up
B.snapped up
C.smashed up
D.summoned up.
A B C D
B
40. This Bob Dylan ______ includes some rare recordings of his best songs.
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