PRACTICE 1
I. Vocabulary-Choose the best answer:
The travel agency sent us a detailed ......... of our journey to India.
A. docket B. agenda C. itinerary D. documentation***Answer : C
Technology is advancing nowadays that computers and other machines seem to be ......... after a very short time.
A. antiquated B. obsolete C. irreparable D. disused***Answer : B
You are under no obligation to help as assistance is purely .........
A. free B. voluntary C. charitable D. donated***Answer : B
After the revolution the ex-president found a safe ........ in the Far East.
A. refuge B. sanctuary C. haven D. asylum***Answer : D
From the cliff top it is a(n)....... drop to the beach below.
A. sheer B. straight C. upright D. erect***Answer : B
It`s long time since London was ......... in one of its infamous pea-soupier fogs.
A. enveloped B. enclosed C. encircled D. invaded***Answer : A
A washing machine of this type will certainly ........... up to normal domestic use.
A. hold B. stand C. come D. take***Answer : B
In .......... I must acknowledge that we were guilty of errors of judgment.
A. hindsight B. review C. experience D. retrospect***Answer : D
Veronica broke the school rules so many times that the headmistress finally had no alternative but......... her.
A. expel B. deport C. eject D. export***Answer : A
If the rain doesn`t......... soon, we`ll have to look for a taxi.
A. set about B. let up C. slow down D. go off***Answer : B
I was ......... tired after such a hard day`s work.
A. dirt B. dog C. wide D. bone***Answer : B
She should have been here but she`s gone ......... flu.
A. down by B. down with C. back on D. through with***Answer : B
The politician tried to arouse the crowd, but most of them were ......... to his arguments.
A. closed B.dead C. careless D. indifferent***Answer : D
He became a millionaire by ......... of hard work and a considerable amount of luck.
A, process B. effect C. dint D. cause***Answer : C
He`s been teaching music for years, but he hasn`t any ..........
A. exams B. experience C. experiences D. qualifications***Answer : D
She expressed her ......... for certain kinds of cheaply produced movies.
A. disapproval B. distaste C. disloyalty D. dissatisfaction***Answer : B
The ......... of the word is unknown, but it is certainly not from any Latin-based language.
A. extract B. derivation C. genesis D. descent***Answer : B
In a dream he had a ......... of the future.
A. view B. vision C. reflection D. image***Answer : B
Thank goodness you`ll be there. I`m ....... on your support.
A. holding B. calling C. hanging D. counting***Answer : D
The lecture hall gradually emptied as Professor Jackson ........ on.
A. kept B. passed C. rambled D. touched***Answer : C
Do not be late for the interview, .......... people will think you are a disorganized person.
A. unless B. otherwise C. if not D. or
***Answer : D
Spectators are reminded that it is .......... to take photographs during the match.
A. prevented B. restricted C. forbidden D. banned
***Answer : C
I .......... at her for several moments, desperately trying to remember where I`d seen her before.
A. watched B. glimpsed C. observed D. stared
***Answer : D
The company`s .......... were well managed.
A. incomes B. finances C. economics D. wages
***Answer : B
When the lights ........... we could not see anything.
A. went out B. switched off C. put out D. extinguished
***Answer : A
The officer`s orders were perfectly ...........
A. executed B. developed C. exercised D.applied
***Answer : A


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