Vocabulary Quiz

Vocabulary Quiz

1-2Directions: Choose the most appropriate word to complete each of the following sentences.

1. The company provides advice _________ in finding work.

A) association B) assistance C) approval D) attendance

2. There is a _________ between what you are saying and what the contract says.

A) conflict B)contribution C) control

D) complaint

3. It might be safely _________ that there are no creatures on the moon.

A) resumed B) supposed C) assumed D) fancied

4. Don’t let his friendly manner ___________ you into trusting him.

A) misinterpret B) mislead C) mistake D) misunderstand

5. Quite a few successful businessmen _________ from poor families.

A) appeared B) arose C) emerged D) retired

6. She deliberately ___________ my question and changed the subject.

A) conveyed B) manipulated C) rejected D) ignored

7. I took what he said _________, but it turned out that he really meant something else.

A) literally B) lightly C) ironically D)supportively

8. She tried to hide her grief, but she was __________ the verge of crying.

A) at B) for C) on D) to

9. He must have exaggerated the facts __________.

A) for fear B) for effect C) for example D)for sure

10. At a time when half of the world is suffering from starvation, we simply cannot ____ the population problem.

A) lead to B) take lightly C) enter into D) hold back

11. It makes us think about those high students in a new ________

A) sense B) meaning C) light D)aspect

12. It has been seven years __________ that reading experience with my mother.

A) now B) since C) after D) before

13. It was her _________ with the English language that forced her to work in a Chinese-speaking environment.

A) accomplishment B) engagement C) unfamiliarity D) admiration

14. I was ________ telling them what had happened while they were away.

A)comprehending B) dominating C) memorizing D) dreading

15. A magician's talk creates a(n) __________ of attention so that people do not see how he does his tricks.

A. interaction B. illusion C. diversion D. indifference

16. An individual bird can __________ the call of its own species.

A. identify B. sacrifice C. ease D. entitle

17. I felt I couldn't cope with the situation and was in desperate need of some __________.

A. remark B. reassurance C. assumption D. claim

18. She __________ great satisfaction from her coin collection.

A. benefits B urges C. derives D. awaits

19. _____ mistakes and weaknesses, it did a great deal of good work inside the trade union.

A. No matter what B. Although C. while D. Despite

20. __________ the journey, we must decide about that later.

A. As to B. So as to C. On D. So long as

21. He was __________ of his brother because he could afford to give so much.

A. generous B. envious C. content D. frustrated

22. She felt lonely and ________ away from her family.

A. watchful B. emotional C insecure D. wrinkled 23. I lay back on the sand and ________ at the stars above.

A. glimpsed B. observed C. watched D. gazed

24. The poison was __________ of causing death within a few minutes.

A. capable B. able C. likely D. possible

25. Their __________ to their children is plain to see.

A. strength B. devotion C. dependence D. function

26. Everyone interviewed had been ________ to unfair treatment..

A. objected B. subjected C. encountered D. clung

27. Only at that time __________.

A. did I realize that I had made a mistake B. I realized that I had made a mistake

C. realized I that I had made a mistake D. I realized that had I made a mistake

28. I'd like to buy you a meal __________ all your hospitality.

A. to return B. to demonstrate C. in return for D. to let on

29. A lot of these children have been __________ of a normal home life.

A. criticized B. deprived C. sacrificed D. participated

30. He spent years __________ to the climate in China.

A. coordinating B. Adjusting C. Balancing D. complaining

31. The commander would have to see to it that __________.

A. something is done about this situation

B. something be done about this situation

C. something was done about this situation

D. something would be done about this situation

32. An increase in the price of drugs has ________ to the rising cost of medical care..

A. channeled B. contributed C. evaluated D. ranged

33. He was criticized for pursuing the present economic and foreign __________.

A. trifles B. functions C. rituals D. policies

34. This can lead to unnecessary __________ over a child's quite normal behavior.