VOCABULARY TEST - 009
Upper Intermediate
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Allow Yourself 20 Minutes for this Test. Fill in the Blanks, Choosing a Word from Among the Supposed Alternatives
READY... STEADY... GO !!
01 To varying ............... , we all have little secrets which we do not want even our closest friends to learn.
a. heights b. states c. ranges
d. weights e. degrees
02 We often read in novels how a(n) .............. respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years: it is often called "a skeleton in the cupboard".
a. seemingly b. improperly c. improbably
d. instinctively e. suspiciously
03 The reader's hair stand on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine, a dear old lady who had always been so kind to everyone, had, in her youth, .............. every one of her five husbands.
a. retaliated b. exhausted c. twisted
d. despised e. poisoned
04 It is no injustice to say that the sense of humour a person has is closely bound up with his cultural ............... .
a. penetration b. upbringing c. emergency
d. sensuality e. faithfulness
05 A great cultural truth is that we all have been brought up to eat certain foods and to ............... at the sight of certain others.
a. regret b. repent c. feel sick
d. horrify e. abominate
06 People become quite ............... when it comes to discussing what can be eaten and what cannot.
a. illogical b. illiterate c. illegible
d. illegal e. illegitimate
07 No matter where you were born -- and despite all the cultural differences -- certain funny situations have a ............... appeal.
a. national b. rational c. local
d. regional e. universal
08 Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want, for advertising exerts a(n) .............. influence on us.
a. indifferent b. subtle c. contradictory
d. invaluable e. limited
09 Radio and television have made it possible for advertisers to ............... the attention of millions of people in many novel ways.
a. surrender b. capture c. acquaint
d. defeat e. inhabit
10 In their efforts to ............... us to buy this or that product, advertisers have made a close study of human nature and have classified all our little weaknesses.
a. proclaim b. persuade c. publicize
d. pursue e. praise
11 ............... it may be just about possible to measure the value of material goods in terms of money, it is extremely difficult to estimate the true value of the services that people perform for us. [just about possible= ucu ucuna olanaklı]
a. In spite of b. While c. However
d. Accordingly e. Nevertheless
12 As he hated every minute of his life at the factory, it is no wonder that he decided one day to ............... and go back to fishing.
a. quilt b. quit c. quid
d. squid e. queue
13 He ............... that in order to increase his chances of being rescued he had to build a fire big enough to be spotted by a passing ship or a plane.
a. suffered b. managed c. presented
d. figured e. radiated
14 Real tramps are no beggars. In seeking ............... , they do not sacrifice their human dignity.
a. significance b. antagonism c. maturity
d. notoriety e. independence
15 He has ............... chosen to lead the life he leads and is fully aware of the possible consequences.
a. pitifully b. deliberately c. eternally
d. impotently e. unknowingly
16 Some ............... "modern" pieces of sculpture have been on display in public places for at least a hundred years.
a. heroic b. self-conscious c. so-called
d. incredible e. unfounded
17 The first thing I saw when I entered the art gallery was a notice which said: "Do not touch the ............... ".
a. inhibitions b. artists c. exhibits
d. inhabitants e. exhibitionists
18 Lined up against the wall, these spheres had been magnetized, so that they attracted or ............... one another all the time.
a. promoted b. retreated c. despised
d. humiliated e. repelled
19 To test my heat ..............., I once went into the desert when daytime temperature was at its highest -- and thereafter never came back!!
a. obedience b. tolerance c. illiteracy
d. anonymity e. credulity
20 One would expect an actor to know his part ............... and never make a mistake with his lines. Yet, this is not always the case.
a. on purpose b. quite accidentally
c. by design d. under obligation
e. by heart
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