Part 1 Multiple choices
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Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. 1.
He pushed open the door and left Catherine ________________ to complain about her misery. A. preceded
B. proceeded
C. processed
D. propelled 2.
Furthermore, many pensioners who are struggling ________________ do not qualify for income support. A. emotionally
B. physically
C. financially
D. spiritually 3.
The first priority is to ________________ a good reference book to identify the pest and choose the most effective control. A. concede
B. concise
C. consent
D. consult 4.
It is therefore orientated towards the young and is not intended to provide adults with channels of communication with the police for joint ________________. A. concession
B. conciseness
C. consumption
D. consultation 5.
Picking the select few to make the ________________ from a successful playing career in football to television reporting has become a minor entertainment in itself. A. show
B. display
C. illustration
D. transition 6.
My injuries have not yet completely ________________ from the last fight with bully McNab — only three weeks previously.
A. cured
B. treated
C. healed
D. diagnosed 7.
Then life ________________: when the children at least are independent, aging or ill parents and other relatives need their attention.
A. comes full circle
B. takes a hard line
C. strikes the right note
D. exceeds their expectations 8.
On my first day at work I was ________________ with the task of chairing a meeting. A. met
B. tackled
C. confronted
D. encountered 9.
What is truly ________________ about the story is the result of the fall, and the divine purpose behind it.
A. disconcerting
B. embarrassing
C. puzzled
D. disapproving
10. There is also a games room with table tennis, pool and video
games and ________________ some sort of activity or entertainment goes on. A. normally
B. actually
C. formerly
D. typically
11. He becomes absorbed with the search for answers, not from
an ________________ curiosity, but out of a deeply felt need to find out why people live. A. ideal
B. absolute
C. isolated D. idle
12. Up the garden path, there is no house, but a
________________ of a majestic lake. A. vision
B. prospect
C. image D. vista
13. Venice ________________ each visitor as soon as their
arriving. A. attracted
B. enchanted
C. charmed
D. captivated
14. The Sherman Act was amended in 1982 to
________________ trade or commerce with foreign nations. A. expel
B. remove
C. exclude
D. eliminate
15. As in Germany, the intention in 1945 had been to deprive
