VOCABULARY TEST - 009

Upper Intermediate

NOT: Bu Testte kullanılan tümcelerin bir bölümünde yabancı okuma parçalarından (British) yararlanılmış; tümcelerde gereksinim ölçüsünde değişikliğe gidilmiş; sorular tarafımdan düzenlenmiştir.

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

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 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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