Self-Assessment Test One (Unit 1 – Unit 2)
1. Thomas Edison was _____ for many of his great inventions.
A. notorious B. ambitious C. renowned D. apologetic
2. She has a very real ______ against that hospital, since the operation which ruined her health. A. grievance B. annoyance C. bias D. irritation 3. This is really a henpecked husband: his wife ______ at him whenever she wants.
A. winks B. raves C. glances D. sticks 4. She put on dark glasses because the sun was ______ in her eyes.
A. glaring B. flaring C. shining D. blazing 5. We all heaved a _____ of relief when we heard that they were safe.
A. sign B. sight C. signal D. sigh 6. The trapped men kept up their ______ by singing together.
A. enthusiasm B. energy C. morale D. excitement 7. If you want to get into that tunnel, you first have to ____ all the rocks.
A. haul away B. carry away C. wear out D. tear down 8. _______ my suitcase on to my shoulder, I turned and headed toward my hotel.
A. Hauling B. Hurling C. Hoisting D. Hooking 9. When climbing the mountain he stopped to ______ his thirst at a stream from time to time. A. extinguish B. chill C. destruct D. quench 10. You won’t get much _______ out of a bar of chocolate.
A. support B. sustenance C. supply D. maintenance 11. The car ________ past us, going 90 miles an hour.
A. zoomed B. went C. moved D. turned 12. The airline’s flights, once noted for their ______ punctuality, are now constantly delayed. A. crunchy B. fresh C. crisp D. brittle 13. They run a restaurant and ________ for weddings and parties too.
A. call B. cater C. care D. pay 14. Even though the origin of the custom has become quite ______, the local residents of the area still follow the tradition on special occasions.
A. obscure B. ambiguous C. mysterious D. evident 15. It is very _______ for anyone to be out of a job.
A. comforting B. unkind C. encouraging D. dispiriting 16. The huge storm ____ the ship to pieces.
A. ruined B. pounded C. battered D. shattered 17. Since Kevin was very _____, he often does weight-training exercises for the purpose of building up his body.
A. funny B. sporty C. tiny D. puny 18. You can ask him for help since he is ______ about everything in the field of economics. A. articulate B. particular C. cautious D. skeptical 19. All my attempts to unlock the door were ______, because I was using the wrong key.
A. fruitful B. futile C. infertile D. sorrowful 20. This information allows businessmen to _____ their list of goods by showing which items are being sold and how fast they are moving.
A. keep track of B. keep up with C. keep a tight rein on D. keep in touch with
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21. The old lady was again _____ about her youth to her daughter, who was getting very impatient.
A. complaining B. rambling C. stumble D. grumbling 22. Winter is coming and we need to ______ the food cupboard and our stocks of coal.
A. furnish B. refresh C. polish D. replenish 23. The room was _____ up with old furniture.
A. jumbled B. messed C. cluttered D. muddled 24. Writing a history book ______ a lot of work.
A. detains B. details C. retails D. entails 25. They failed to ______ our original agreement.
A. adhere to B. deal with C. cope with D. turn up
Self-Assessment Test Two (Unit 3 – Unit 4)
1. He raised his arm to ________ himself from the blow.
A. defend B. block C. shield D. avoid 2. Attitudes to this question are changing, ________ slowly.
A. albeit B. even C. still D. yet 3. Have you renewed your ________ to National Geographic?
A. donation B. submission C. subscription D. payment
4. The whole magazine is produced and edited in the ______ of excellence. It’s no wonder that it has so many readers.
A. pursuit B. search C. chase D. demand 5. The government has imposed strict ______ on the press to avoid misleading reports. A. imagination B. censorship C. examination D. instruction 6. Innocent civilians were arrested and ________ to inhumane treatment.
A. led B. exposed C. supposed D. subjected 7. He studied ________ and enthusiastically. That’s why he is a straight-A student.
A. consciously B. carelessly C. scrupulously D. conscientiously 8. I ________ the arrogant man with a sarcastic remark.
A. squashed B. stroked C. stuffed D. mashed 9. Teachers’ interest would give their students ______ and they could work twice as hard. A. courage B. incentive C. impulse D. creativity 10. She gets a ________ satisfaction from making other people embarrassed.
A. pertinent B. perceptual C. perverse D. persuasive 11. Criticism from his peers ______ his confidence in fulfilling his tasks.
A. undermines B. underlines C. underestimates D. undervalues12. The mother became ________ when she heard that her child was missing. A. frantic B. frail C. fragile D. frank 13. He has a photographic memory and can ________ the dates of all the kings of England. A. reel back B. reel from C. reel in D. reel off 14. He became increasingly ________ when he was sick.
A. questionable B. querulous C. quiet D. quick-witted 15. She ________ about in her handbag for a pen.
A. fumbled B. fluttered C. searched D. moved
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16. The horseman ______the horse with his whip to make it run faster.
A. flicked B. kicked C. patted D. flunked 17. Slavery was not officially __________ in Australia until 1859.
A. regulated B. outlawed C. legalized D. censored 18. The professor was ________ with annoyance because the books he ordered hadn’t arrived. A. mumbling B. fumbling C. fuming D. stumbling 19. The poor little girl ______ her father to go back home to take care of her sick mother, but her father turned a deaf ear to her words.
A. deplored B. employed C. deployed D. implored 20. Try not to look at his scars — he can be really ______ about it.
A. technical B. touchy C. practical D. fancy 21. The convict awaiting execution ________ his wickedness of killing the two innocents on impulse.
A. repented B. resumed C. revealed D. removed 22. The supermarket downtown provided a great selection of seafood on the frozen food ______. A. row B. line C. lane D. aisle 23. Her long illness gradually ________ her strength.
A. sipped B. lessened C. sapped D. depressed 24. The telephone caller said there was a bomb in the hotel, but it later turned out to be a ______.
A. joke B. fraud C. hoax D. treat 25. Joint efforts should be made to reach an ________ on both parties of the trade.
A. access B. accommodation C. entrance D. assessment
Self-Assessment Test Three (Unit 5 – Unit 6)
1. The meeting this afternoon is at an ________ time for me: I’m afraid I can’t come.
A. impressive B. inspirational C. inconvenient D. inconsistent 2. Reggae music, a kind of music from the West Indies with a strong regular beat and developed in Jamaica in the 1960s, was ________ by Bob Marley in the 1970s.
A. composed B. popularized C. processed D. created 3. ________ wardrobes are very popular in the interior decoration today.
A. Recessed B. Enclosed C. Restored D. Hidden 4. He ________ the vocal styles of several famous singers and won a big round of applause. A. miniaturized B. minimized C. maximized D. mimicked 5. The atmosphere in the conference room was hardly ________ to frank and friendly discussions.
A. responsive B. destructive C. conducive D. permissive 6. Of course you may apply for the student loan, but when do you ________ being able to pay back?
A. predict B. envision C. foresee D. foretell
7. We are so impressed by the latest ________: pocket-sized computers that we can write on with a pen.
A. machines B. appliances C. gadgets D. facilities 8. He’s a quiet and ________ student in class, but he always does well in exams.
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A. unobtrusive B. conspicuous C. invisible D. noticeable 9. Our physics teacher is extremely ________ about his academic work and we can absolutely count on him.
A. ambitious B. conscientious C. constructive D. curious 10. A crowd of protesters ________ the meeting so that no agreement was met.
A. demolished B. postponed C. cancelled D. disrupted 11. If our industries shy away from ________, we will never be able to compete successfully with other countries.
A. revolution B. renovation C. invention D. innovation 12. He was obliged to resign when he was _________ in a financial scandal.
A. eradicated B. implicated C. duplicated D. located 13. Failure to communicate has brought the two nations to the ________ of war.
A. horror B. misery C. brink D. bank 14. Have you ________ the amount of interest you have to pay to the bank every month if you borrow that much money?
A. reckoned B. comprehended C. processed D. captured 15. The poor old lady is getting ________; she keeps hiding things and then says we’ve stolen them.
A. senior B. senile C. superior D. insane 16. At what time of the day does the dustman collect the ________?
A. leftovers B. refill C. refuse D. refreshment 17. She could not provide any evidence to back up her ________.
A. corruption B. motivation C. prediction D. assertion 18. Somehow his reputation survived the scandal ________.
A. insecure B. intact C. infected D. invisible 19. His constant absences threaten the ________ of his marriage.
A. stability B. capability C. flexibility D. mobility 20. Someone has scribbled some notes in the _______ of the book.
A. margin B. brink C. verge D. edge 21. The tires of your car have become smooth on the surface and you should ________ more money to put on new ones.
A. turn in B. shell out C. hand over D. take out 22. Let’s not buy this car. It is said its fuel ________ is very high.
A. generation B. quotation C. consumption D. proportion 23. Nothing can ________ from her mind the memory of that terrible day.
A. eradicate B. ruin C. erode D. erase 24. He is a ________ coffee drinker — he gets through about ten cups a day.
A. normal B. habitual C. regular D. consistent 25. The country’s high birthrate and low life expectancy are ________ linked.
A. inextricably B. inexplicably C. inexpressibly D. inexcusably
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