A. condemned B. convinced C. declared D. perpetuated
2. They are planning to embark on a new business undertaking. A. go for B. go with C. go into D. go on
3. In the Middle Ages, many people in Europe suffered persecution for their religious beliefs. A. treatment B. punishment C. disillusion D. execution
4. We couldn’t induce the old lady to travel by air. A. drive B. convince C. force D. suggest
5. He went into a coma because of serious loss of blood. A. bad cough B. whiteness C. trembling
D. state of profound insensibility
6. The ethics of his decision are doubtful. A. race
B. aesthetics C. morals D. cause
7. The patients tax the doctor's patience by asking him so many silly questions. A. pest
B. are a strain on C. injure D. destroy
8. They broke up the alliance. A. brought to an end B. dispersed
C. stopped to enter into D. changed for the worse
9. The boys were summoned in turn to see the examiner. A. separately B. occasionally C. all
D. in succession
10.They traveled all over the country, regardless of expense. A. unkind to
B. paying no attention to C. forgetting
D. concerned with
11.The story was so funny that we were all in __________. A. excitement B. convulsions C. emotion D. fixation
12.Gluttony is just as much a __________ as drunkenness. A. vice B. vicinity C. viciousness D. vicissitude
13.Each room is decorated with a lamp ________ from the ceiling. A. dropped B. pulled C. suspended D. fallen
14.My first meeting with her often __________ to my memory. A. fells B. recalls C. refreshes D. recurs
15.He writes like a(n) __________: there are mistakes in every sentence. A. pupil B. illiterate C. teenager D. school boy
16.The goal is not yet ____________. A. to gain B. to sustain C. to restrain D. to attain
17.It was reported that during the bombing, many people were killed or wounded by _____________. A. flow B. blast C. current D. stream
18.She learnt to swim at once - she seemed totally without _________ of the water. A. panic B. fear
C. terror
D. terribleness
19. We raised a we must pay off it this year ______. A. credit B. good sum C. loan
D. mortgage
20. Some children complain that their parents ______ at them all day. A. blame B. scold C. nag D. cry
Unit 4
1. She was in anguish until she knew that her husband's life was saved. A. great suffering B. great regret C. great despair
D. great disappointment
2. I have nothing but disdain for such a person. A. respect B. hatred C. dislike D. contempt 3. The grass was interspersed with beds of flowers. A. scattered B. spread C. diversified D. set here and there 4. I am sure disease must propagate in such unsanitary and crowded areas. A. release B. spread C. promote D. generate
5. There was a meager attendance at the council meeting. A. small B. enough C. ample D. haughty
6. The end of 1921 found the capitalist offensive against the workers in full swing. A. negotiation B. punishment
C. struggle D. attack 7. We can't rule out the possibility that he will come after all. A. exclude B. refuse C. accept D. take
8. John was confined to bed for a week with his cold. A. allowed in B. kept in C. tied to D. shut on
9. We three were the sole survivors in the traffic accident. A. lucky B. fortunate C. blessed D. only 10. I slept through her dull speech. A. dozing B. boring C. fascinating D. imaginative
11. I have been in _________ with him about the matter. A. letters B. dealings C. writings D. correspondence 12. I could hear only __________ of their conversation. A. pieces B. slips C. fragments D. portions
13. The old lady ______ the sweet-smelling flowers into a garland. A. tied B. intertwined C. curved D. twisted
14. A ______ man will stop at nothing to get what he wants. A. desperate B. prudent C. shrewd D. rude
15. Most bacteria grow best in a slightly acid ______.
A. area B. place C. district D. medium 16. Everyone knows that the firefly is a _____ insect. A. firing B. lighting C. luminiferous D. glowing
17. Sports, and not learning, seem to ______ in that school. A. appear B. occupy C. dominate D. lead
18. Each chess player will have five minutes to ______ his next move. A. make B. have C. take D. ponder 19. This time they really ______ better results. A. hoped B. hoped for C. wished D. wished to
20. ______ came of his success abroad. A. Word B. A word C. Words D. The word
Unit 5
1. His beautiful writing is akin to drawing. A. as B. from C. above D. like 2. His knowledge on the subject seems to be on a par with my own. A. different from B. the same as C. related to
D. in accordance with
3. Tom and Mary were married a week after they met and soon found themselves at odds about religion. A. in disagreement B. on strike C. in question D. on purpose