Test One
Part I Vocabulary and Structure
Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B,
C and D.
1. The old man left home with his __D_____-looking hat that seemed as old as its owner.
A. funny
B. new
C. modern
D. ancient
2. His ___C____ deeds were almost unbelievable! I have never heard of someone as brave.
A. fearful
B. loving
C. heroic
D. shy
3. Students ___B_____ to the hall for a lecture given by a famous professor.
A. blocked
B. flocked
C. staggered
D. drifted
4. Thousands of people, dead or seriously injured, were buried underneath the ___A___ of the city after the bombing.
A. wreckage
B. foundation
C. base
D. destruction
5. The queen’s daughter felt a little unhappy abou t the rules that a(n) ____B___ member must obey.
A. loyal
B. royal
C. ordinary
D. luxury
6. Why are you getting so angry with her? She is a ____D___ child.
A. merely
B. more
C. just
D. mere
7. I only caught a ____B____ of the wom an, so I couldn’t remember what she looked like.
A. sight
B. glimpse
C. stare
D. look
8. The branches ___A______ when the wind gently blew.
A. swayed
B. shook
C. staggered
D. trembled
9. Looking down from the top of the hill, she felt slightly ___B____ and closed her eyes.
A. confused
B. dizzy
C. firm
D. steady
10. The train was just leaving as they ____C___ to catch it.
A. flamed
B. walked
C. dashed
D. blew
11. The people in this country have _____A_____ almost a decade of economic hardship.
A. endured
B. got
C. gone
D. wailed
12. New ___C______ of communication have opened up between the two governments.
A. methods
B. resolutions
C. channels
D. agreements
13. A virus has ___B______ most of their computers.
A. reached
B. invaded
C. smashed
D. rescued
14. He lost control of his car at the first bend and ____A______ into a tree.
A. crashed
B. drove
C. smashed
D. swayed
15. She was ____B______ from her poor factory job by a movie director searching for new talent.
A. employed
B. rescued
C. healed
D. exposed
16. Could you ___D_______ the lamp in the bedroom, please?
A. get out
B. put in
C. get in
D. put out
17. I’m afraid to ____C______ my thoughts and feelings to anyone.
A. explode
B. endure
C. expose
D. cast
18. We can’t afford such ___A_______ as piano lessons any more.
A. luxuries
B. allies
C. comforts
D. decencies
19. I was obviously ____D______ in his company, b ut I couldn’t explain why.
A. easy
B. difficult
C. indifferent
D. uneasy
20. The climate has changed too much and too quickly: this is why the wild animal ___B_______ is becoming more and more difficult every year.
A. rescue
B. survival
C. surrender
D. living
21. The burglar must have heard me, and he rushed out of the window ______A_______ he came in.
A. the way
B. in the way
C. through the way
D. by the way
22. I’ll fly there of course. It’s ______B_______ to swim.
A. too much far
B. much too far
C. far too much
D. far much too
23. With my team’s software, the plane was unlikely to taxi to the runway, _______C______ take off.
A. leave alone
B. let away
C. let alone
D. let along
24. Sue, I haven’t seen y ou for a while. Where have you been ______B_______?
A. hidden
B. hiding
C. concealed
D. concealing
25. I fear heights. At the mountain top I’d _____B________ all the time.
A. get my eye shut tight
B. have my eyes shut tight
C. tight shut my eyes.
D. closed my eyes tightly
26. From now on I will __A___ my seatbelt.
A. hook up
B. hook with
C. fasten with
D. tie up
27. A policeman ___A____ a driver and says, “Sir, you were speeding.”
A. pulls over
B. pulls on
C. pulls down
D. pulls up
28. “Well,” said the driver, “my mom might be coming _____A_____.
A. the other way
B. in the other way
C. through the other way.
D. at the other way.
29. The suspect claimed ___D_______ the house, though he did step out onto a second-story balcony.
A. never to leave
B. never to had left
C. to never have left
D. never to have left
30. I was walking home from work when this woman __B____ me right ____ my feet.
A. knocked ... away
B. knocked ... off
C. hit ... away
D. struck ... of
31. The border guard asked the young man, “Just ____B________, what were you smuggling?”
