TEST YOUR VOCABULARY D) futile E) durable

1- The injury in his knee forced the football player to ....... surgery
and miss many matches last season. 15- In Japan hara-kiri, which was used by warriors after losing a
A) overtake B) undergo C) deter battle to avoid capture, was also used as a means of capital
D) train E) operate punishment to spare warriors the ........ of execution.
A) survival B) disgrace C) victim
2- When I opened the door of the fridge, a nasty odour of ....... D) security E) obscurity
vegetables came out of it.
A) rusty B) seasoned C) aged 16- The village road ......... sharply, yet he drove round all the bends
D) rotten E) greasy rather dangerously.
A) twisted B) spread C) stretched
3- Even when children grow up, they are sometimes not sure what D) rotated E) floated
they should do and seek ....... from their parents.
A) affection B) resentment C) guidance 17- At the beginning of the semester there is always a lot of.......
D) frustration E) reliance about which classes students are supposed to be in, and no one is
sure for a few days.
4- Our house was ........ while we were out on Saturday night, but A) continuity B) conformity C) control
luckily, we had not left anything valuable there. D) confusion E) conservation
A) burgled B) stolen C) mugged
D) snatched E) abused 18- Some people are so ....... proud of their countries that they will
not listen to even the slightest criticism.
5- Although some corals can live at depths of nearly 6.OOO metres, A) revealingly B) voluntarily C) barely
reef-building corals must live in relatively .......... ocean waters — D) closely E) intensely
less than 90 metres in depth — where light can penetrate.
A) formidable B) shallow C) superficial 19- Luckily, the ........ that there would be a third world war before
D) contaminated E) artificial the end of the 20th century proved to be untrue.
A) portrayal B) charge C) occupation
6- Following rumours that their marriage was in trouble, the president D) notoriety E) prediction
and his wife were quick to issue a/an ........ in an attempt to stop the
rumours. 2O- After losing the vote of confidence, the Prime Minister had no
A) signature B) denial C) assurance choice but to ....... parliament and call a general election.
D) estimate E) petition A) cancel B) dissolve C) postpone
D) compile E) neutralise
7- I couldn't watch the match because it was ......... on a coded
channel, which I don't subscribe to. 21- The police ....... the bank robbers all over town and finally
A) censored B) published C) spread caught them when they ran out of petrol.
D) promoted E) broadcast A) provoked B) pretended C) pursued
D) elevated E) arrested
8- He was accused of....... his country by selling military secrets to the
enemy. 22- Work requiring superhuman effort finally broke his health, and
A) defeating B) indulging C) charging at 6O, he was old and ........ .
D) betraying E) organising A) feeble B) witty C) loyal
D) cunning E) lasting
9- The untimely death of their mother was a terrible ......... for the
children, the effect of which they felt all their lives. 23- Bank interest rates are usually ....... to inflation rates so that
A) upheaval B) survival C) exception people do not lose money by putting it into the bank.
D) hurricane E) overhaul A) proportionate B) faithful C) cultivated
D) symmetrical E) additive
10- I'll have to ....... some money from the bank before I can go
shopping. 24- The decision is ....... yours; I will not try to influence you in any
A) determine B) recall C) withdraw way.
D) deposit E) retreat A) mostly B) excessively C) barely
D) blindly E) entirely
11- Both sides are hoping for a/an ....... settlement to the crisis so that
they do not have to go to war again in the near future. 25- Buddhism originated in India and ....... to most of the rest of
A) ceaseless B) infinite C) arbitrary Asia, although today it is virtually extinct in the land of its
D) erratic E) lasting origin.
A) preserved B) diffused C) covered
12- The English novelist and playwright Charles Reade, who was a/an D) spread E) populated
........ of Charles Dickens, often wrote, like Dickens, of the social
evils of the time. 26- The upcoming exams are ....... for me; if I fail, I will have to
A) contrast B) improvement C) contemporary leave the university.
D) initiative E) distortion A) mediocre B) crucial C) instinctual
D) disgraceful E) enduring
13- The ....... crimes against humanity, most evident in the
extermination of millions of people in concentration camps, 27- After Süleyman the Magnificent, there were few capable sultans,
horrified the civilised world and helped bring human rights to their and consequently, the Ottoman Empire went into a long, slow
present level of acceptance. ....... .
A) terrific B) impressing C) appalling A) decline B) melting C) familiarity
D) appealing E) temporary D) decrease E) delivery

14- All attempts to come to an agreement with the management have 28- Some doctors and fitness experts believe that if you walk .......
proved .......... and the workers have been left with no choice but to for half an hour every day, you benefit as much as you would
go on strike. from running.
A) inspired B) barren C) regretful A) vividly B) frequently C) vigorously
 D) warmly E) excitedly A) predicted B) cultivated C) compensated
D) deterred E) dominated
29- Although the movie we saw was supposed to be ........ I could not
find anything to laugh at in it. 44- It was agreed at the board meeting that the production methods
A) intellectual B) humorous C) effervescent of the factory needed ......... changes — not just slight ones.
D) sarcastic E) earliest A) shallow B) fundamental C) superficial
D) contagious E) swift
3O- As soon as they were informed of the ....... outside the nightclub, the
police rushed to the scene. 45- Upon meeting his daughter after a separation of ten years, he
A) feature B) agitation C) distance was overcome with ....... and broke into tears.
D) disturbance E) temptation A) encounter B) consciousness C) emotion
D) sensation E) intelligence
31- We have just launched an advertising campaign to ....... our new
range of products. 46- I spilt cherry juice on my new shirt and now I can't get the .......
A) promote B) attend C) upgrade out.
D) ascend E) nourish A) rust B) soil C) fluid
D) dye E) stain
32- The hill was too ....... for me to go up on my bicycle, so I had to get
off and walk. 47- I can't stand ....... children, who never do what they are told.
A) utter B) steep C) tough A) peculiar B) illiterate C) calculating
D) stiff E) vast D) disobedient E) radical
48- Because the Japanese believed that it was dishonourable to
33- While the levels are not yet high enough to be dangerous, surrender, they fought on in World War II when other nations
environmental officials are worried because they have found ....... would have ......... defeat.
of arsenic in the local drinking water. A) surrounded B) admitted C) abandoned
A) imprints B) appetite C) progress D) volunteered E) discouraged
D) traces E) relations
49- Blood plays a critical part in the fight against disease because
34- Mummified bodies from ancient Egypt have often survived ....... for blood contains several kinds of disease.......... agents.
more than 4000 years. A) combating B) distributing C) enhancing
A) operative B) portable C) intact D) endangering E) expanding
D) ripe E) optional
50- Though I have warned you ....... about being late for work, you
35- The classes were too small, so they were ....... to make one normal- have continued to ignore me no matter how many times I have
sized class. told you.
A) loosened B) tackled C) resisted A) habitually B) competently C) mercilessly
D) invested E) combined D) accurately E) repeatedly
36- As we attempted to sail into port, although the wind was
favourable, the strong current....... our progress, slowing us down 51- Volcanoes are usually considered dangerous, but when the
so that we were hardly moving. Hawaiian volcanoes ........ they are considered tourist attractions.
A) encouraged B) distorted C) surrounded A) explode B) detonate C) erupt
D) retarded E) resembled D) shoot E) blast

37- Though from the outside the house looks impressive, the run-down 52- Young people who have always lived at home are often very
condition of the ....... is disappointing. ....... when they go out into the world and have trouble coping
A) nucleus B) interior C) appearance with harsh realities.
D) feature E) security A) tough B) instinctive C) naive
D) vacant E) spiritual
38- A lot of villages in Anatolia are famous for the carpets ........ usually
by women on handlooms. 53- The two teams were ....... matched, so it was hard for us to
A) woven B) knitted C) distilled predict the outcome of the contest.
D) sewn E) spun A) smoothly B) justly C) radically
D) evenly E) informally
39- We have some nice fruit trees in our garden, but the fruit won't be
....... enough to be eaten until next month. 54- In industrialised countries, eggs and meat from poultry are
A) grown B) aged C) ripe produced in huge automated facilities that ....... factories more
D) whole E) raw than farms.
A) resemble B) launch C) retrieve
4O- Some of the walls of our house are weak, and we need to ....... them D) perish E) distort
so they will be able to withstand earthquakes.
A) enforce B) intensify C) reinforce 55- George didn't notice that his passport had expired and thus it was
D) impair E) dominate ......... . When immigration officials discovered this, he was not
allowed to get on his plane.
41- The Byzantine Empire ....... from the 4th century AD until about the A) groundless B) invalid C) illogical
13th, after which it became continually smaller and weaker. D) prospective E) impaired
A) floated B) conquered C) haunted
D) flourished E) decorated 56- If you want to ........ the beauty of the original wood while giving
it a preservative coating,-you should use varnish rather than
42- When swimming in the ocean, you need to be careful of paint.
treacherous currents that can ....... you away without warning. A) quench B) cement C) carve
A) treat B) drown C) sink D) retain E) satisfy
D) prohibit E) sweep
57- Fire can start almost anywhere at any time, if conditions are
43- The Ottoman Empire ....... the Middle East until World War I, when suitable. All that is needed is the oxygen in air, fuel and a
much of the former empire was taken over by Britain and France. spark, or some other source of ........ .
 A) burial B) diversion C) pressure
D) ignition E) oppression

58- As soon as he lost all his money, he realised that he had been the
victim of a/an ........ stockbroker.
A) devoted B) acceptable C) dishonest
D) beneficial E) capable

59- One of the advantages of helicopters is their ability to take off and
land ....... so that they do not need a long runway.
A) sparingly B) vertically C) utterly
D) competently E) horizontally

60- As the world becomes ....... more technologically oriented, well-

educated people will have an even greater advantage.
A) progressively B) intelligently C) generously
D) passionately E) superstitiously

TEST Y0UR V0CABULARY

1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. E 8. D 9. A 10. C

11. E 12. C 13. C 14. D 15. B 16. A 17. D 18. E 19. E 20. B

21. C 22. A 23. A 24. E 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. D

31. A 32. B 33. D 34. C 35. E 36. D 37. B 38. A 39. C 40. C

41. D 42. E 43. E 44. B 45. C 46. E 47. D 48. B 49. A 50. E

51. C 52. C 53. D 54. A 55. B 56. D 57. D 58. C 59. B 60. A