Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences
Task 1. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.
21. As the enemy forces were so overwhelming, our troops had to retreat to a safer position.
A. powerful B. dreadful C. overflowing D. outgrowing
22. The twentieth century saw a rapid rise in life expectancy due to improvement in public health, nutrition and medicine.
A. anticipation B. expectation C. span D. prospect
23. The tiny irrigation channels were everywhere and along some of them the water was running.
A. flushing out with water B. supplying water
C. cleaning with water D. washing out with water
Task 2. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.
24. We ought to keep these proposals secret from the chairman for the time being.
A. revealed B. frequented C. accessible D. lively
25. They protested about the inhumane treatment of the prisoners.
A. vicious B. warmhearted C. callous D. coldblooded
PART 4: LEXICO - GRAMMAR (2.0 pts - 0.1/ each)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences.
26. Take the number 5 bus and get __________ at Times Square.
A. outside B. down C. up D. off
27. The report would have been accepted ____________ in checking its accuracy.
A. if more care B. more care had been taken
C. had taken more care D. had more care been taken
28. No longer __________ do all the housework with their hands.
A. have women to B. do women have C. do women have to D. women have to
29. In many ways, riding a bicycle is similar _____________.
A. to the driving of a car B. when you drive a car
C. to when driving a car D. to driving a car
30. Today many serious childhood diseases _____________by early immunisation.
A. are preventing B. can be prevented C. prevent D. can prevent
31. The dress Arid wore _______ with small, glassy beads, creating a shimmering effect.
A. titillated B. reiterated C. scintillated D. enthralled
32. Being able to afford this luxury car will ______ getting a better- paying job.
A. maximize B. recombinant C. reiterate D. necessitate
33. Levina unknowingly ______ the thief by holding open the elevator doors and ensuring his escape.
A. coerced B. proclaimed C. abetted D. sanctioned
34. Shakespeare, a(n) ______writer, entertained audiences by writing many tragic and comic plays.
A. numeric B. obstinate C. generic D. prolific
35. I had the ________ experience of sitting next to an over-talkative passenger on my flight home from Brussels.
A. satisfactory B. commendable C. galling D. acceptable
36. Mary failed in her exams because she played computer games a lot. She _______ too much.
A. shouldn’t have played B. shouldn’t play
C. should play D. wouldn’t have played
37. My father dislikes ___________ while he is speaking.
A. to be interrupting B. being interrupted C. to interrupt D. to interrupt
38. ___________ all the exercises, Nam handed in the paper.
A. Having done B. Doing C. He has done D. After had done
39. I hate him. I have ___________ of meeting him again.
A. no intentions B. no intention C. not intended D. intended
40. Friendship is a ___________ affair; it lives by give-and-take.
A. two-sided B. two-side C. two sides D. two-sides
41. I saw a wad of dollar notes exactly ___________ the ones my father had given me.
A. as B. the same C. alike D. like
42. A: “Are you coming on Saturday?” – B: “____________.”
A. I’m afraid not B. I’m afraid not to C. I’m afraid to D. I’m afraid I don’t
43. He was the first visitor ____________ to our house.
A. invited B. inviting C. who invite D. to be invited
44. ________my mother's encouragement, I wouldn't have made such a daring decision.
A. In spite of B. Providing C. But for D. Due to
45. The young lady sat still in the afternoon breeze, with her hair________her back.
A. streaming down B. fallen against C. flowed down D. running over
21. As the enemy forces were so overwhelming, our troops had to retreat to a safer position.
A. powerful B. dreadful C. overflowing D. outgrowing
22. The twentieth century saw a rapid rise in life expectancy due to improvement in public health, nutrition and medicine.
A. anticipation B. expectation C. span D. prospect
23. The tiny irrigation channels were everywhere and along some of them the water was running.
A. flushing out with water B. supplying water
C. cleaning with water D. washing out with water
Task 2. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.
24. We ought to keep these proposals secret from the chairman for the time being.
A. revealed B. frequented C. accessible D. lively
25. They protested about the inhumane treatment of the prisoners.
A. vicious B. warmhearted C. callous D. coldblooded
PART 4: LEXICO - GRAMMAR (2.0 pts - 0.1/ each)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences.
26. Take the number 5 bus and get __________ at Times Square.
A. outside B. down C. up D. off
27. The report would have been accepted ____________ in checking its accuracy.
A. if more care B. more care had been taken
C. had taken more care D. had more care been taken
28. No longer __________ do all the housework with their hands.
A. have women to B. do women have C. do women have to D. women have to
29. In many ways, riding a bicycle is similar _____________.
A. to the driving of a car B. when you drive a car
C. to when driving a car D. to driving a car
30. Today many serious childhood diseases _____________by early immunisation.
A. are preventing B. can be prevented C. prevent D. can prevent
31. The dress Arid wore _______ with small, glassy beads, creating a shimmering effect.
A. titillated B. reiterated C. scintillated D. enthralled
32. Being able to afford this luxury car will ______ getting a better- paying job.
A. maximize B. recombinant C. reiterate D. necessitate
33. Levina unknowingly ______ the thief by holding open the elevator doors and ensuring his escape.
A. coerced B. proclaimed C. abetted D. sanctioned
34. Shakespeare, a(n) ______writer, entertained audiences by writing many tragic and comic plays.
A. numeric B. obstinate C. generic D. prolific
35. I had the ________ experience of sitting next to an over-talkative passenger on my flight home from Brussels.
A. satisfactory B. commendable C. galling D. acceptable
36. Mary failed in her exams because she played computer games a lot. She _______ too much.
A. shouldn’t have played B. shouldn’t play
C. should play D. wouldn’t have played
37. My father dislikes ___________ while he is speaking.
A. to be interrupting B. being interrupted C. to interrupt D. to interrupt
38. ___________ all the exercises, Nam handed in the paper.
A. Having done B. Doing C. He has done D. After had done
39. I hate him. I have ___________ of meeting him again.
A. no intentions B. no intention C. not intended D. intended
40. Friendship is a ___________ affair; it lives by give-and-take.
A. two-sided B. two-side C. two sides D. two-sides
41. I saw a wad of dollar notes exactly ___________ the ones my father had given me.
A. as B. the same C. alike D. like
42. A: “Are you coming on Saturday?” – B: “____________.”
A. I’m afraid not B. I’m afraid not to C. I’m afraid to D. I’m afraid I don’t
43. He was the first visitor ____________ to our house.
A. invited B. inviting C. who invite D. to be invited
44. ________my mother's encouragement, I wouldn't have made such a daring decision.
A. In spite of B. Providing C. But for D. Due to
45. The young lady sat still in the afternoon breeze, with her hair________her back.
A. streaming down B. fallen against C. flowed down D. running over