PRACTICE for advanced english vocabulary

Vocabulary PRACTICE

Beneath each of the following incomplete sentences you will see four words or phrases, marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

Part 1

1) Finding the cause of a disease will provide a ______ for research on a cure for it. A. prospect B. incentive C. spur D. inducement 2) He _____ his childhood memories for the material of most of his stories, A. draws for B. draws on C. draws over D. draws from 3) A library takes pride in its rare-book ______. A. acquisitions B. accomplishments C. attainments D. acquirements 4) A subcommittee has been appointed to ______ a new constitution for the club. A. work off B. work away C. work in with D. work out

5) Anyone who offended against the King used to be ______ to a distant lonely island.

A. sequestered B. rusticated C. relegated D. banishing 6) The individual's freedom and right to privacy is being ______ in that country. A. finalized B. evaded C. spilled D. eroded 7) Children with only one parent are not necessarily ______. A. underprivileged B. excited C. females D). cultural 8) In his book he adopts an entirely new ______ to the vexed question of Wang Anshi's status as a social reformer. A. reform B. procedure C. technique D. approach

9) Older people are complaining that the old values are ______ in this free society. A. withering up B. withering away C. drooping D. wilting 10) It was fine ______ and then it started to rain. A. first B. firstly C. to begin with D. to commence with

Part 2

1) They called the police to ______ the demonstrators from the lobby. A. eject B. oust C exit D dismiss 2) His aloof manner ______ under her hospitality. A. helped B. completed C. thawed D liquefied 3) He muttered _____ to himself against his mother-in-law. A. praise B. imprecations C. citation D. malediction 4) The speaker was ___ by the jeers of the crowd A. gratified B. understood C. pleased. D. discomposed

5) The ______ between Arabs and Israelis threatened to break into open war at any time.

A. politeness B. enmity C. animus D. quietness 6) There is a danger that the disease may _____ in later life. A. revisit B. repeat C. recur D. re-enter

7) A woman may be ___ to leam that her dearest friend has been spreading malicious

gossip about her. A. frightened B. impressed C. flattered D. astounded 8) Be as ______ as you like — I won't mind your rudeness if you tell me the truth. A. notorious B. blunt C. bright D). hostile 9) If you ______ something, you throw it violently and with a lot of force. A. throw B. hurl C. toss D. force

10) The head window of the car is made of safety glass that won't _____ if it's broken. A. shatter B.shudder C.crush D. crumple

Part 3

1) AIDS is caused by a ______ which destroys the body's natural protection from infection. A. microbe B. germ C. virus D. bacterium

2) Fingerprints on the gun were ______ evidence that the suspect was guilty. A. conclusive B. abundant C .insufficient D. considerable 3) The volunleers gave ______ la the wounded. A. soccer B. subsidy C. succor D. substance 4) The advertising agency will ______ a campaign to introduce a new computer. A. carry on B. open C. launch D. institute

5) The minister attempted to ______ the wounded and dying during the battle. A. sympathize B. solace C. consult D. condole 6) The ______ of a chairman turned the meeting into a near riot. A. absence B. shortage C. hostility D. dearth

7} The mechanic jacked up the car and then _____ to change the tire. A. advanced B. went C. proceeded D. moved 8) Talking to him was like playing upon a(n) ______ violin. A. refined B. exotic C. graceful D. exquisite 9} It is _____ to expect an adult reaction from a child. A. irrational B. effective C. prospective D. farcical 10) Every U.S. President must take ______ to uphold the constitution. A. a guarantee B. a bail C. an oath D. an appeal

Part 4

1) Growing children ______ in summer camps. A. prosper B. flower C. thrive D, flourish 2) He learned to ______ disappointments ______. A. take ... in hand B. take ... in stride C. take ... in vain D. take ... in his hands

3} It is a generous and receptive intelligence that was ______ from attaining its full scope by bad training, poor schools and lack of opportunity. A. foiled B. thwarted C. balked D. inhibited 4) Jim had to ______ all his skill ______ to defeat his tennis opponent.

A. call ... into play B. call ... to mind C. call ... to attention D. call ... into action

5) He was ______ from the rank of lieutenant to captain. A. lifted B. lifted up C. hoisted D. elevated 6) The factory is ______ for increased production with new machines.

A. gearing along B. gearing down C. gearing up D. gearing to 7) It was a secluded comer where he could work with complete ______ A. rest B. success C. confidence D. relaxation 8) The emotional strain of attending to his dying mother ______ all his strength. A. sapped B. weakened C. enfeebled D. broke

9) It was only ___.__ pleasures as opposed to sources of no-ending satisfaction. A. transitional B. transparent C. transitory D. transcendent 10) They ____ a decisive victory in the hard-fought battle. A. accomplished B. reached C. attained D. earned

Part 5

1) The student did _____ research before writing the term paper. A. exhausted B. consumed C. exhaustive D. intact

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