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TEST 6

1- The emperor built a wall around the city as 10- The Coopers have applied for planning
a/an ............... against invading armies. permission to adopt a/an ............... to their house
— they want to build a new bathroom and a
A) weapon B) armament C) attack spare bedroom.
D) defence E) aggression
A) bonus B) architecture C) space
2- The recent drought in Rwanda has been almost D) extension E) density
as ............... as the war there — so many lives
have been lost in both. 11- When Colin is not in the house, he is often out
in the ............... with the cows, keeping an eye
A) fragile B) catastrophic on them while they graze.
C) disorderly D) chaotic
E) distant A) barn B) cellar
C) pasture D) puddle
3- I love watching the swallows as they ............... E) landscape
gracefully through the air, barely moving their
wings. 12- I can't understand the attraction of watching
show-jumping? Why would anyone want to
A) glide B) skip C) skate watch a horse ............... over a fence?
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D) gallop E) slip
A) leap B) ride C) climb D) walk E) drag
4- Everyone who wants to come on the picnic
should make a small financial ............... towards 13- "Until the thief is caught", explained the
the cost of the food. detective, "everyone in the room is under
........... ."
A) contribution B) expense
C) subscription D) loss E) profit A) account B) evidence
C) comment D) suspicion
5- The general knew that he had won a great E) allegation
............... when he saw the enemy's white flag
being raised. 14- Miranda's father is very ............... in the world
of journalism, so once he's talked to a few
A) profit B) achievement friends, she's sure to get a job with a good
C) victory D) praise newspaper.
E) applause
A) informal B) talkative C) fluent
6- Both my sister and I would prefer not to work D) influential E) sociable
on Saturdays, but as one of us has to be in the
shop, we do it................ so at least, we each 15- Fiona's applying to various universities at
have every second Saturday off. the moment her ............... is for Oxford, but
if her marks aren't good enough, she'll go to
A) regularly B) alternatively Sheffield instead.
C) rationally . D) sparingly
E) alternately A) enthusiasm B) preference
C) approval D) efficiency
7- Tricia's little boy can ............... and is very E) omission
mobile, but he shows no signs of learning to
walk yet. 16- Because he's trying to give up smoking, Tom
is always chewing gum these days, and he
A) stroll B) sprint C) creep particularly likes the kind with mint............ .
D) crawl E) rush
A) softness B) type
8- Although malaria is a nasty disease, these days C) flavour D) pleasure
it is ............. and not nearly so many people die E) imitation
from it.
17- It was so cold last night that we were
A) intense B) curable C) lethal all............. as we were waiting for the bus.
D) scarce E) visible
A) dropping B) corrupting
9- Mark was horrified ................ when the doctor C) blushing D) vanishing
told him his wife was going to have triplets, E) shivering
but he's thrilled now that he's had time to get
used to the idea.

A) terminally B) frequently
C) gradually D) indifferently
E) initially
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18- Teachers have observed that student success 26- Our cat has just had her first kittens and
in exams is directly ............... to the amount she seems to know what to do ............... —
of time they spend studying those who spend she didn't need to read any books on baby
more time studying do better. care!

A) proportional B) gradual A) selfishly B) mindlessly

C) descriptive D) obedient C) persistently D) instinctively
E) logical E) dramatically

19- It's not fair to hold Tom responsible for the 27- Two of the rooms in Pete's new fiat are quite
loss of the project. We didn't ............. hard small, but the living room is really ...............
for it either. and great for parties.

A) respect B) agree A) spacious B) creative

C) respond D) strive C) comparable D) compact
E) hasten E) infinite

20- Mandy had to work hard to ............ the 28- Mrs Barry, a famous 18th century actress,
committee to accept her ideas, but in the end, used to live in this very house, which has
she managed it. recently been turned into a restaurant by
Henry Barry, a direct ............... of the
A) appoint B) convince actress.
C) contest D) despise
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E) offend A) ancestor B) partner

C) admirer D) descendant
21- Humans' memories become ............... weaker E) character
as they grow older, and after a certain age,
they have difficulty recalling names and dates. 29- Henry Deal gave shares in his company to his
three sons, but he decided to ............... 51% of
A) occasionally B) deliberately the shares so that he would remain the majority
C) exclusively D) immediately shareholder.
E) progressively
A) remain B) grasp C) retain
22- Karen dyed her brown hair red, but I don't D) select E) grant
think the dye was very effective because the
difference is hardly .............. . 30- Greg took aim carefully and fired the gun,
but he obviously needs more practice
A) random B) excellent because he missed the ...............
C) noticeable D) defensive completely.
E) drastic
A) target B) rifle C) barrel
23- I don't think it is right to try to ............... D) revolver E) bullet
animals such as monkeys or tigers — these
animals must live in the wild, not in houses. 31-I need to ............... my plans for tomorrow a little
because I have to take my child to the doctor's.
A) stabilize B) conquer Could our meeting be postponed until
C) domesticate D) weaken Thursday?
E) encounter
A) schedule B) alter
24- I bought this dress here yesterday. It looked C) cancel D) fasten
fine in the shop, but when I took it home and E) firm
looked at it more ......... I noticed this small
tear at the neck. 32- Julie is going in for the next Olympics, so she
has to go to the pool twice a day to ............... .
A) professionally B) closely
C) suitably D) objectively A) perform B) rehearse
E) neatly C) educate D) revenge
E) train
25- I'm not surprised Sam has left his wife - she
always seemed to be trying to ............... him in 33- When your back feels a bit............... from sitting
front of others, by telling him that he was dull, all day, it's a good idea to do a few gentle
and by contradicting everything he said. exercises to loosen it up and maintain your
flexibility.
A) astonish B) embrace
C) improve D) humiliate A) solid B) stiff
E) mislead C) upright D) weakened E) hasty

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34- You have to research your rivals .............. if you 42- Tour skin is very sensitive and needs some
want to succeed in this particular industry, ............... against the sun use a sunscreen and
otherwise, you will not be ready for their take care.
tactics.
A) division B) distance
A) extensively B) partly C) defence D) tolerance
C) superficially D) admirably E) protection
E) previously
43- I like to sit on the patio at ............... and watch
35- At the air show yesterday, we were all............ by the last of the light fading from the sky.
the low flying jets. They were so loud that we Sometimes I sit until it's quite dark without
couldn't hear each other speak. switching on a light.

A) encountered B) deafened A) dusk B) daybreak C) noon

C) dictated D) weakened D) dawn E) sunrise
E) compelled
44- The ............... of the new soft drink, Pepla, onto
36- We walked for miles along the ................ the market has caused a small stir among the
watching the birds, the small boats and the other soft drink manufacturers.
fishermen.
A) disappearance B) discharge
A) waves B) depth C) shore C) survival D) creation
D) bottom E) shell E) emergence
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37- In the past, people used oxen to ............... the 45- I avoid drinking coffee at night as I find it too
fields and prepare them for planting, but now ................ which makes it difficult for me to relax
it's all done by tools drawn by tractors. and go to sleep.

A) drain B) loosen A) valueless B) stimulating

C) harvest D) flood E) plow C) changeable D) offensive
E) enhancing
38- Thick stone walls were built around the city to
............... it against its enemies. 46- Prom the way she looks at him, it's quite
............... that Fran is in love with Steve, but I'm
A) fortify B) develop sure he has no idea about it.
C) improve D) renovate
E) rescue A) constant B) secretive
C) anxious D) apparent
39- After hours of awkward questions, the police E) tender
were ............ with George's explanation and let
him go. 47- The painting 'The Hay Wain' by John Constable
is ............ in its detail. It must have taken him
A) vague B) horrified quite a long time to paint.
C) satisfied D) permissive
E) insistent A) useless B) haphazard
C) meticulous D) intentional
40- If you want to pass your driving test, you must E) reliable
be more ............ to your instructor. Everything
he says is very important. 48- It is not right to .............. the books of Dickens
and Chaucer because they lived in totally
A) intensive B) attentive different times, and their styles are so different.
C) manageable D) bearable
E) applicable A) judge B) avoid
C) resemble D) compile
41- Our house was so badly damaged by the fire E) compare
that it had to be ............ . It is so sad to see an
empty space where it used to be. 49- Perhaps in the future, human beings will learn
to ............... their brains to the full capacity —
A) constructed B) adapted today, most of us only use about 17% of our
C) claimed D) demolished brain power.
E) absorbed
A) utilize B) achieve
C) succeed D) determine
E) equip

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50- Zoos should be banned. There's something 55- "This is a lovely clock," enthused the salesman,
awful about keeping animals in ................ "but you must........... it up every day or it will
especially when the conditions are poor. not keep good time."

A) detention B) prison A) keep B) hold C) wipe D) sort E)wind

C) stable D) captivity
E) court 56- During the exam, my pencil became blunt and
needed .............. .
51- When Glenda won the lottery, she ...............
decided not to do anything with the money A) sharpening B) peeling
until she'd had a few months to think about it C) revealing D) assisting
— so many others have made the mistake of E) shelling
spending all the money too quickly.
57- Helen's been blind from birth, but she's really
A) meanly B) wastefully independent and copes very well with many
C) gradually D) satisfactorily things despite her .............. .
E) wisely
A) shortage B) disability
52- Rhonda and Stewart are lucky that they're C) disease D) calamity
so happy, because they got married rather E) sickness
............... — they'd only met six weeks
earlier. 58- I think we should approach that stray dog very
.............. because it could easily be dangerous
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A) immaturely B) swiftly and we could get bitten!

C) immediately D) briefly
E) shortly A) proudly B) erratically
C) cautiously D) fearlessly
53- Ben works so hard that he has no time for E) eagerly
.......... . I don't think it's right he should be
able to spend some time with his Mends, 59- Brad isn't really a close friend of mine and I
playing sport and just relaxing. don't know him that well — he's just a/an
............... I met through work.
A) laziness B) admiration
C) recreation D) occupation A) relative B) acquaintance C) alien
E) overtime D) rival E) requirement

54- When Susan won £1000 at the drawing 60- Alfred is ............... responsible for education
competition, she decided to ............... within the company. However, he also has a
her lifelong ambition and took a trip to role in human resource management.
Japan.
A) formerly B) instinctively
A) grant B) permit C) inexplicably D) utterly
C) gain D) fulfill E) primarily
E) dream

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CEVAP ANAHTARI
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l.D 2.B 3.A 4.A 5.C 6.E 7.D 8.B 9.E 10.D
ll.C 12.A 13.D 14.D 15.B 16.C 17.E 18.A 19.D 20.B
21.E 22.C 23.C 24.B 25.D 26.D 27.A 28.D 29.C 30.A
31.B 32.E 33. B 34.A 35.B 36.C 37.E 38.A 39.C 40.B
41.D 42.E 43.A 44.E 45.B 46.D 47.C 48.E 49.A 50.D
51.E 52.B 53.C 54.D 55.E 56.A 57.B 58.C 59.B 6O.E
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