PRACTICE TEST 18

A. LEXICO & GRAMMAR

Exercise 1
1. Cindy had some ______________ about marrying George, because he was
sometimes violent.
A. enthusiasm B. ignorance C. trepidation D. urgency
2. He asked his wife to _____________ the situation after she had offended the
neighbor.
A.rectify B. exacerbate C. ruminate D. extend
3. We finally managed to ________ our point of view.
A bring her round to B fool her into
C take her up on D fix her up with
4. The ceiling ________ and several people were trapped.
A butted in B caved in C cracked down D wore down
5. It was supposed to be a private meeting but he just________!
A barged in B broke off C crowded around D whiled
away
6. If you want a flat in the centre of the city you have to pay through the
_______ for it.
A. teeth B. back of your head C.nose D. arm
7. I caught the last bus by the skin of my _______.
A.mouth B.leg C.neck D.teeth
8. She would.do ,anything for her youngest son. He was the ________ of her eye.
A.plum B.centre C.star D.apple
9. Those second-hand Walkmans are selling like _______ If you want one, you'd better
buy one now before they're all gone.
A.shooting stars B.fresh bread C.hot cakes D.wildgoats
10. My father refused to eat meat that had been fried. He had_______in his bonnet about
it causing cancer.
A. a bug B. a bee C.a bull D.an ant
11. Jane looked_______at the shop assistant who haD.been rude to her.
A.arrows B.needles C.poison D.daggers
12. Just look at the way he goes round giving people orders. He's getting abit too big for
his ________if you ask, me.
A.boots B.braces C.trousers D.brains
13. I'm afraid you've caught me on the ________I wasn't expecting you until this
afternoon.
A. stove B. grapevine C. spot D. hop
14. Of course you'll pass. You write well and you have an excellent ________ of the
subject.
A. grip B. seizure C. grasp D. embrace
15. Our legs ached as we ________wearily through the snow.
A strutted B. scampered C. galloped D. trudged

Exercise 2

1. The crowds _____ the streets trying to catch sight of their hero.
 A. flocked B. overpopulated C. thronged D. huddled
2. The latest advertising ______for facial tissues is a free gift with every purchase.
A. seam B. snare C. gimmick D. plot
3. Peter was heartbroken when Sue _______his offer of marriage so cruelly.
A. spurned B. disclaimed C. denied D. renounced
4. We had a __________ of a time at Jason's party yesterday.
A. dolphin B. salmon C. tuna D. whale
5. .A civil war pits brother against brother and causes harm to a nation's morale.
A. uncompromising B. incalculable C. invariable D.
infallible
6. Serpico is known for his efforts to expose fellow police officers who
accepted bribes.
A. incalculable B. inexorable C. unwieldy D. illicit
7. Modern architecture often seems ___________ in a city rich in history.
A. unlikely B. unwitting C. incongruous D. unkempt
8. We received the news today that there would be no raises this year.
A. disreputable B. uncanny C. incongruous D. disconcerting
9. It was truly miraculous that the child was _______after falling six stories.
A. unscathed B. uncanny C. irreparable D. illiterate
10. Due to many years of ___________ the Smiths had nothing to fall back on when it
was time for them to retire.
A. illiteracy B. impunity C. inflexibility D. imprudence
11. There was a _________ table in the kitchen.
A. beautiful large round wooden B. large beautiful round wooden
C. beautiful round large wooden D. wooden round large beautiful
12. OK, the soup is not boiling hot. Surely you are not going to ________over such a
minor problem.
A quibble B fray C heckle D aggravate
13. The price of bread has just doubled, but with _______ inflation what can you
expect?
A rampant B profuse C steadfast D staunch
14. My ideal partner would have to be someone who wasn't too dependent on me,
someone who wasn't too ______.
A graspy B grippy C huggy D clingy
15. Lack of rain early in the season meant that the fields ________a poor crop.
A. surrendered B. generated C. yielded D. suffered

Exercise 3

1. I could see the lantern_______ in the dark.

A gleaming B glowing C glistening D glimmering
2. The whole country is up in________ about the new tax the government has put on
books.
A rage B fists C anger D arms
3. The children _______round the fire to keep warm.
A. cloistered B. huddled C. grouped D. tucked
4. I was worried that they wouldn't like each other but in fact they're getting on
like_________ .
A. two peas in a pod B. fish and chips
C. a house on fire D. clockwork
5. David Sylvester is considered to be a _________authority on modern art.
A leading B first C premier D main
 6. It's time the government _________a stand against tax evaders and began
prosecuting them.
A had B took C got D gave
7. The painting’s value goes _________ economic measurement; it also has
sentimental value.
A. far from B. ahead of C. beyond D. outside
8. Being a Roman Catholic priest, no one doubted his ________.
A. rancour B. veracity C. mendacity D. virility
9. Tim was _______on causing mischief and nothing was going to stop him.
A. intent B. determined C. fixed D. obsessed
10. Iwasina _______ astowhattodo.IfItoldthe truth, he would get into trouble, but if I
said nothing I would be in more trouble.
A doubt B quandary C hitch D complexity
11. I'd like to make _______for crashing your car. Let me pay for the repairs.
A improvements B corrections C amends D
adjustments
12.Barbara's parents received a report from her teacher that said, "Barbara is an
excellent student, but she talks to her friends _________during class."
A. ineptly B. incoherently C. unerringly D. incessantly
13. I’m so _________ under with work at the moment – It’s awful.
A.iced B. rained C. snowed D. fogged
14. The painting’s value goes _________ economic measurement; it also has
sentimental value.
A. far from B. ahead of C. beyond D. outside
15.Being a Roman Catholic priest, no one doubted his ________.
A. rancour B. veracity C. mendacity D. virility

Exercise 4
1. The flights are full at the moment, so you’ll have to ________.
A. run a stroke of luck B. get a better luck
C. be down on your luck D. take pot luck
2. There was a very suspicious character ________ in the shadows.
A. lurking B. peeping C. peering D. awaiting
3. If she had a ________of good taste she'd know that those two colours just don't go
together.
A. pinch B. hint C. granule D. modicum
4. It was truly miraculous that the child was _______ after falling six stories.
A. unscathed B. uncanny C. irreparable D.
illiterate
5. If they attack us we won’t hesitate to __________.
A. retaliate B scurry C. dice D. hustle
6. He realised he was __________ and badly needed a shower.
A. disseminating B. perspiring C. fretting D. flattering
7. Saying you enjoy rock music is __________to admitting you are completely cloth-
eared.
A.bound B. virtually C.liable D. tantamount
8. Van Gogh suffered from depression _________ by overwork and ill-health.
A.brought on B.coming about C. taken up D.put
through
9. It appears that the hostages were not __________ to any unnecessary suffering.
 A.subjugated B.subjected C.subsumed D.subverted
10. .For years now it seems he has been ________ by bad luck.
A.bugged B.doomed C.dogged D.haunted
11. It was _________ clear to me what they meant by their cold manner.
A.blatantly B.fully C.abundantly D. acutely
12. The racing driver handled the corner with ________ skill.
A.consummate B.comprehensive C.confirmed D.compulsive
13. I thought the bill for just two people was simply ________.
A.exhaustive B.exorbitant C.execrable D.exalted
14. This area is absolutely _________ for more investment.
A. cutting back B.breaking down C.better off D. crying out
15. That was a bit of a _________ for the books: I never expected him to show up.
A. turn-up B.turn-out C.turn-in D.turn-away
Exercise 5
1. I think it's time you _________and told him you think things should be
changed.
A. killed two birds with one stone B. put the cat among the
pigeons
C. took the bull by the horns D. got out of the rat race
2. It must be true. I heard it straight from the _________mouth.
A. dog's B. horse's C. camel's D. cat's
3. Two hundred and fifty people applied for the job. Of these, only twenty
people are ______ for the interview.
A.shortcut B. short-changed C. short-staffed D. shortlisted
4. The dog was a little subdued yesterday, but she’s full of _____ this morning.
A.sprouts B. chips C. beans D. berries
5. He is such ________! Just when everyone is having a good time, he starts
moaning about being tied.
A.dry bone B. wet blanket C. soft touch D. drop
kick
6. Every time the government meets their demands, the union leaders
move the ________.

A. lamp-posts B. goalposts C. bus stops D. roadblocks

7. Even a suspicion of wrongdoing can _________ a politician’s reputation.
A.stain B.tarnish C. impair D. smudge
8. AfullscholarshiptoHarvardandyou'reworriedabout leaving your job? Get real!
You'd be a fool to______ up a chance like that.
A turn B brush C pass D cast
9. An application to join this scheme places you under no obligation ________.
A. indeed B. eventually C. apart D.
whatsoever
10. Frank would be more popular in the office if he didn't try so hard to ________
himself with the boss.
A. ingratiate B. sympathize C. congratulate D. regard
11. There has been a complete shutdown in the national power ___________ due
to severe storms.
A. grid B. wires C. line D. matrix
12. Taking exams ____________ is expressly prohibited.
A. under a bogus name B. hands down C. off the cuff D. by proxy
13. ____________, the youngest mountain climber got lost with the rest of his
team when his walkie-talkie malfunctioned.
A. As luck would have it B. By a stroke
of luck
C. Be it lucky or not D. To put it down to luck
14. The key to a _____________life is simply taking your mind off it.
A. airs-and-graces B. short-and-sweet C. hale-and-hearty D. spick-and-
span
15. Students_____________ when they heard the teacher was absent.
A. rejoiced B. gladdened C. uprooted D. gloated
 B. WORD FORM
Exercise 1
1. I could tell she was impressed from the_________________ expression on
her face. (AWE)

2. She has a doctorate in_________________from the University of Utah.

(METAL)
3. The _________________ tothe new taxation system has created a lot of
problems. (CHANGE)
4. He argued that morality could be_________________ asa series of principles
based on human reason. (CONCEPT)
5. His recent ups and downs made the criminal more ____________ than ever.
(BITE)
6. There appears to be a ______________ in the patient's respiratory system.
(FUNCTION)
7. We followed the _____________ tourist routefrom Paris to Chartres. (TREAD)
8. She was understandably _____________ by her success in the national
competition. (TOXIC)

Exercise 2
1. She has a ______________ attitude towards life. (CARE)
2. Most peasants were living in subhuman conditions as the Feudalism had
______________ them for a long time. (POOR)
3. It’s undeniable that the ______________ of the local incompetent healer was
responsible for her sudden death. (DIAGNOSE )
4. Many diseases which were once thought _______________ now can be routinely
treated. (CURE)
5. Are all those ______________ they put in food really necessary? (ADD)
6. Your presence has enriched our lives ______________. (MEASURE)
7. Doris Carter, who is 107 today, puts her ______________down to having a loving
family and seven cups of tea a day. (LONG)
8. Film studios spend millions of dollars on ______________for new movies. (PUBLIC)

Exercise 3
1. The trouble with Mr. Brown is that he’s so ______________. One minute he goes
mad when you come late then he says nothing. You never know where you are!
(CONSIST)
2. This matter is very _____________. Don’t discuss it outside the office.(
CONFIDENCE)
3. My friends started going out late to nightclubs so I decided to_____________ myself
from the group. (SOCIAL)
4. The witness said she was capable of discovering the evil intentions from the
______________ look in his eyes. (MURDER)
5. Research has proved that meditation can decrease stress symptoms such as anxiety
and_____________. (IRRITATE).
6. My father is a strict ______________ who always believes in 'spare the rod, spoil the
child'. (DISCIPLINE)
7. Sales forecasts indicate a poor_____________ for the clothing industry. (LOOK)
8. An alarm sounds when the temperature reaches a ______________ level.
(DETERMINE)
Exercise 4
1. Children who grow up in time of war are more likely to be_____________ than
others. (ADJUST)
2. She stood there completely ______________, so I had no idea at all what she was
thinking. (EXPRESS)
3. I’ve tried to advise my daughter against hitch-hiking around Europe alone, but she’s
so ______________. (HEAD)
4. How awful! What an _______________ thing for anyone to do! (OUTRAGE)
5. A __________________ agreement between the UK, France and Ireland allow
horses to travel between the three countries without health certificates. (PART)
6. James, a ___________________ correspondent immediately headed for the scene
of the Belgium blast. (GLOBE)
7. He shot to ___________________ to the detriment of his health. (STAR)
8. The cargo was __________________for safe and efficient shipping. (CONTENT)

Exercise 5
1. I address myself not to the young enthusiast only, but to the ardent devotee of truth
and virtue the pure and passionate moralist yet ___________________ by the
contagion of the world. (VICIOUS)
2. The years in isolation and adversity has deepened his ____________________.
(KNOW)
3. A __________________ man, he never goes out without wearing his glasses.
(SPECTACLE)
4. The results had been ___________________ by five dependent scientists in the
same field. (REVIEW)
5. Politicians and academics pointed to the building’s ____________________ contours
as a cautionary tale of architectural overreach. (BECOME)
6. His proposal was refused ___________________ by the committee. (BLANK)
7. It was a _______ minor accident but tragically, one of the two drivers died. (SEEM)
8. I was a bit _______ by my performance in the first exam, but I decided to make
extra efforts in the one left. (MORAL)

C. ERROR CORRECTION
Exercise 1
The following passage contains 7 errors. Identify and correct them.

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1 Health food is a general term applied for all kinds of foods that are
2 considered more healthful than the types of foods widely sold in
3 supermarkets. For example, whole grains, dry beans, and corn oil
4 are health foods. A narrower classification of health food is natural
5 food. This term is used to distinguish beween types of the same
6 food. Fresh fruit is a natural food, but canned fruit, with sugars
7 and other additions, is not. The most precise term of all and the
8 narrowest classification within health foods is organic food, used to
9 describe food that has been grown on a particular kind of farming.
10 Fruits and vegetables that are grown in gardens treated only with
11 organic fertilizers, that are not sprayed with poison insecticides,
12 and that are not refined after harvest is organic foods.
13 In choosing the type of food you eat, then, you have basically two
14 choices: inorganic, processed foods, or organic, unprocessed
15 foods. A wise decision should include investigation of the
16 allegations that processed foods contain chemistry, some of which
17 are proven to be toxic, and that vitamin content is greatly fallen in
processed foods. My advice? Eat health foods, preferably the
organic variety.
Exercise 2

What will the city of the future look as? This question has 0. as 🡺 like
been asked so many times in recent history - and
1.……………
answered inconclusively an equal number of time - that
we can be sure of one thing only: no one can predict with 2. …………..
any degree of accuracy how cities will look 50 or 500
3. .………….
years from now. The reason is simple - cities are in a
continual state of change. Over the previous fifty years 4. ……………
they have changed so rapidly that the oldest residents
5. ……………
will remember a time which their city seemed to belong
not just to other era but to a different dimension. This is 6. ……………
true both of planned and unplanned cities. Planned cities
7. ……………
such as New York and Paris, where are closely organised
on a grid or diagram of streets and avenues, has 8. ……………
effectively burst at the seams this century, when
unplanned cities such as Tokyo and Los Angeles have 9. ……………
grown just as dramatically. Although their centres might 10. ……………
remain much as they were many years ago , their
suburbs have spread like the tentacles of an octopus. 11. ……………
Some economics argue that expansion is a sign of a 12. ……………
healthy economy and that it is expandingcities that
attract international investment. 13. ……………
14. ……………
15. ………
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16. ………
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17. ………
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 Exercise 3

On holiday last year my two travelling companies and I joined 0. companies 🡺

a companions
1.……………
day's cook course in a Mexican restaurant. There were eight 2. …………..
participants, all keen to learn the secrets of the nation's
3. .………….
cuisine. The students ranged from people who already had
some experts in the kitchen, to totally unskilled people like 4. ……………
myself.
5. ……………
Our teacher, Liana Cabrera, started with a short talk, then
6. ……………
handed over some notes giving explanations of terms we'd
be coming across. Soon we were trying out a range of exotic 7. ……………
ingredients, with surprisedly good results. Cabrera started
8. ……………
giving cookery lessons five years ago, and has become quite a
celebration , with long waiting lists for her courses. And 9. ……………
because of her extensive knowledge of almost-forgotten
10. ……………
regional dishes she is also a regular contribution to cookery
programmes on national television. In the afternoon I joined 11. ……………
the salsa-making team, with rather disastrous results. My
colleagues complained that my food was so painfully hot it 12. ……………
made their eyes water. Their own efforts turned out 13. ……………
considerably better than myself. The communal meal at the
end of the day was delicious, and I'd not only learnt 14. ……………
something about cooking, but I'd also broadened my 15. ……………
understanding of Mexican culture.
16. ……………
17. ……………
18. ……………
 Exercise 4

When a celebrity, a politics or other person in the media 0. politics 🡺

spotlight loses their temper in public, they run the risk of hitting politician
the headings in a most embarrassing way. For such
1. ……………
uncontrolling outbursts of anger are often triggered by what
seem to be trivial matters and, if they are caught on camera, 2. …………..
can make the person appear slightly ridiculous. But it's not only
3. .………….
the rich and famous who is prone to fits of rage. According to
recent surveys, ordinary people are increasingly tending to lose 4. ……………
their cool in public. Although anger is a potentially destructive
5. ……………
emotion that uses up a lot of energy and creates a high level of
emotional and physical stress - and it stops us thinking rational. 6. ……………
Consequently angry people often end up saying, and doing,
7. ……………
things they later have cause to regret. So, how can anger be
avoided? Firstly, diet and lifestyle may be to blame. Tolerance 8. ……………
and irritability certainly come to the surface when someone
hasn't slept properly or has skipped a meal, and any intake of 9. ……………
caffeine can make things worst. Taking regular exercise can 10. ……………
help to ease and diffuse feelings of aggression , however,
reducing the chances of an angry response. But if something or 11. ……………
someone does make you angry, it's advisable not to react 12. ……………
immediately. Once you've calmed down, things won't look half
as bad as you first thought. 13. ……………
14. ……………
15. ……………
16. ……………
17. ……………
18. ……………
Exercise 5

As a result from the recent discovery of lunar water, the 0. from 🡺 of

moon has suddenly become a far more interesting place
1. …………..
for investors, who must now view the long-termed
prospects with optimism. The last manly mission to the 2. .………….
moon drew to a close in 1973, when two astronauts from
3. ……………
Apollo 17 climbed back into their lunar module, having
collected a lot of moonrock, but bereft of any future plans. 4. ……………
Now the moon shines brighter for astronauts and scientists
5. ……………
alike, due to the existence of which might be billions of
tonnes of water at their poles. There is no high-tech 6. ……………
substitute for water in space exploration. To support the
7. ……………
international space station, it has cost at least $100,000 a
day to send water into orbit. Not only would lunar water 8. ……………
cut these costs, or it would additionally be used for rocket
fuel, which two components, liquid hydrogen and liquid 9. ……………
oxygen, are the elements founded in water. Scientists are 10. ……………
particularly excited because, given the absence of an
atmosphere, lunar water has never been recycled and they 11. ……………
believe, therefore, that it might very well hold clues to the 12. ……………
formation of the solar system itself.
13. ……………
14. ………
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15. ………
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16. ………
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