VOCABULARY TEST - 001

Lower Intermediate

Allow Yourself 20 Minutes for this Test. Fill in the Blanks, Choosing a Word from Among the Supposed Alternatives

 

READY... STEADY... GO !!

 

 01  Excuse me. I'm a(n) ............... around here. Can you show me the way to the nearest post office, please?

a. foreigner        b. hitchhiker        c. alien

d. stranger         e. explorer

  

 

 02  It's getting quite ............... . It's probably going to rain soon.

a. clear        b. windy       c. chilly

d. foggy       e. cloudy

  

 

 03  People with no previous ............... need not apply.

a. experiment           b. experience

c. inexperience         d. experiments

e. experimentation

  

 

 04  How much do I ............... you?

a. buy from       b. owe        c. borrow

d. own to          e. lend

  

 

 05  He's travelling by himself. In other words, he's on his ............... .

a. single       b. self        c. alone

d. own          e. lonely

  

 

 06  Do be serious, please. This isn't a(n) ............... .

a. joke          b. funny       c. puzzle

d. comic       e. anecdote

  

 

 07  The ............... today is full of the news of the incident.

a. diary          b. journalism

c. press         d. prints

e. pamphlets

  

 

 08  The country has been opened to ............... tourism and business for over ten years now and long gone are the days when foreigners were looked upon as creatures from outer space. [long gone are... = çoktaaan geçti...]

a. national           b. galactic

c. international     d. free

e. alien

  

 

 09  The ............... held up the party just before they were to cross the river.

a. burglars               b. thieves

c. pickpockets         d. robbers

e. blackmailers

  

 

 10  He was told by the doctors that he would need quite a long period of rest after such a serious ............... .

a. illness           b. disease        c. epidemic

d. recovery        e. prescription

  

 

 11  Do you really ............... to go there tonight?

a. neglect        b. imply       c. ignore

d. involve         e. intend

  

 

 12  I'm ............... to hearing from you soon.

a. waiting anxiously             b. looking forward

c. getting disappointed         d. expecting eagerly

e. hoping cheerfully

  

 

 13  You'll have to learn to control your ............... if you still want to work here with us.

a. mind         b. temper       c. treatment

d. reason      e. mentality

  

 

 14  You'd better start looking for another job pretty soon. I have a feeling that you're going to ............... before long.

a. get fired       b. go home      c. find it easy

d. turn pale      e. stop complaining

            

 

 15  You find millions of people are out of ............... in times of an economic depression. In other words, ............... would quickly increase to a record level.

a. industry / industrious

b. work / unemployment

c. job / hard-working

d. labour / strikes

e. employment / business

  

 

 16  "We're late, because we've had a(n) ............... on our way here." "Oh, yes? Are you sure it wasn't a mental ............... ?"

a. countdown       b. downfall         c. breakdown

d. downhill           e. upside down

  

 

 17  Please ............... your papers in half before you hand them.

a. bend       b. turn up      c. hold down

d. fasten      e. fold

  

 

 18  It seems to me that they never gave a thought to ............... future problems when the plans were being laid down five years ago.

a. unbelievable      b. impossible

c. unplanned         d. reasonable

e. probable

  

 

 19  I'm ............... an answer within a few days.

a. hoping           b. waiting        c. expecting

d. excepting      e. accepting

  

 

 20  I'm just hoping that she'll grow out of that nasty ............... of hers as time goes by.

a. custom      b. tradition      c. habit

d. usage        e. error

  

 

         

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