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Test - 19

Since 1945 the rivalry in military strength between the world's great powers has produced a ________ balanced peace.
- A) presently
- B) precociously
- C) previously
- D) deviously
- E) precariously
The team's coach insisted on a program of ________ training before the big match.
- A) harsh
- B) rigorous
- C) positive
- D) severe
- E) searching
I tried to ________ a hint but you didn't notice.
- A) nod
- B) drop
- C) suggest
- D) let
- E) warn
What you say is true, but you could have ________ it more tactfully.
- A) talked
- B) phrased
- C) observed
- D) informed
- E) remarked
The police are ________ the suburbs for the missing car.
- A) seeking
- B) combing
- C) looking
- D) socking
- E) investigating
The climbers ________ their greatest ambition by reaching the summit of the mountain.
- A) obtained
- B) sustained
- C) maintained
- D) retained
- E) realized
He was so ______ in the book that he forgot all about his appointment.
- A) distracted
- B) attracted
- C) gripped
- D) diverted
- E) engrossed
It is impossible to ________ these points of view: they are too different.
- A) unite
- B) reconcile
- C) coincide
- D) correspond
- E) compromise
I am never free on Thursday evenings as I have a ________ arrangement to play chess with a friend.
- A) long-standing
- B) long-lived
- C) long-range
- D) long-lasting
- E) long-service
If you are under 18, you are not ________ to join this club.
- A) available
- B) legitimate
- C) capable
- D) eligible
- E) permissible
The Chairman is to give a formal _____ at the Annual General Meeting.
- A) discussion
- B) address
- C) debate
- D) revision
- E) dialogue
When I arrived in this country I had to start learning the language from ________.
- A) scratch
- B) nothing
- C) introduction
- D) ignorance
- E) blank
I spoke to him, but he was too ________ to hear what I said.
- A) preoccupied
- B) concentrated
- C) absent-minded
- D) cautious
- E) thoughtful
National emergencies require that the community ________ those of the individual citizen.
- A) overcome
- B) overwhelm
- C) overpower
- D) override
- E) overthrow
Because of the strike, British Rail have been forced to ________ all trains to London.
- A) cancel
- B) abandon
- C) postpone
- D) refer
- E) recall
The townspeople held a celebration when work on the ________ of the ancient building had been completed.
- A) re-establishment
- B) rejuvenation
- C) restoration
- D) reproduction
- E) reparation
All flights in and out of London Airport came to a ________ because of the strike.
- A) terminus
- B) closure
- C) standstill
- D) stoppage
- E) conclusion
Dried vegetables are easy to use if you remember to ________ them overnight.
- A) dampen
- B) infuse
- C) bathe
- D) plunge
- E) soak
Investors seem to be losing ________ in the car industry.
- A) belief
- B) confidence
- C) trust
- D) reliability
- E) reliance
The memorial in the square ________ the soldiers who lost their lives in the war.
- A) celebrates
- B) recaptures
- C) remembers
- D) commemorates
- E) recalls
At the end of his trial he was ________ of murder.
- A) convicted
- B) convinced
- C) penalized
- D) condemned
- E) sentenced
To ________ greater accuracy, all invoices will be double-checked before leaving the office.
- A) assure
- B) ensure
- C) insure
- D) ascertain
- E) confirm
The mountainous areas of the country are ________ populated.
- A) slightly
- B) loosely
- C) infrequently
- D) sparsely
- E) meagerly
He is an ________ worker, and rarely does well in examinations.
- A) errant
- B) erroneous
- C) erotic
- D) erratic
- E) exotic
He was completely ________ by the thief's disguise.
- A) taken away
- B) taken down
- C) taken in
- D) taken through
- E) taken up
His letter was so confused that I could hardly make any ________ of it at all.
- A) interpretation
- B) meaning
- C) message
- D) sense
- E) explanation
According to the weather forecast, which is usually ________, it will snow this afternoon.
- A) accurate
- B) precise
- C) exact
- D) perfect
- E) thorough
It was nearly Christmas, and the children were in high ________.
- A) mood
- B) spirits
- C) heart
- D) glee
- E) gusto
An energetic manager can be a great ________ to his firm.
- A) asset
- B) profit
- C) influence
- D) surcharge
- E) prosperity
He was a generous friend but as a businessman he drove a hard ________.
- A) bargain
- B) affair
- C) arrangement
- D) deal
- E) contract
This man is so arrogant that he is completely ________ to all criticism.
- A) impervious
- B) unaware
- C) regardless
- D) unconscious
- E) safeguarded
I cannot bear the noise of my brother's radio; it ________ me from my work.
- A) disturbs
- B) perturbs
- C) deranges
- D) interrupts
- E) distracts
He soon made a ________ for himself on the stage.
- A) popularity
- B) fame
- C) regard
- D) notoriety
- E) famous
His aunt died leaving him a small ________.
- A) heritage
- B) dowry
- C) portion
- D) grant
- E) legacy
His irresponsible behavior put the whole operation in ________.
- A) risk
- B) doubt
- C) jeopardy
- D) condemnation
- E) alarm
When I invited him to dinner he accepted with ________.
- A) consent
- B) obligation
- C) acknowledgement
- D) alacrity
- E) gratification
During the fire he ________ the people into groups which carried sand and water to throw on to the flames.
- A) called
- B) dispersed
- C) organized
- D) made
- E) planned
Will you ________ Peter to bring his camera tomorrow?
- A) remember
- B) remind
- C) recall
- D) recollect
- E) refer
The floor was ______ with blood where the murdered man had fallen.
- A) dyed
- B) colored
- C) dotted
- D) blotted
- E) stained
That comedian is very good at ________; she can take off the Prime Minister perfectly.
- A) introductions
- B) reproductions
- C) presentations
- D) impressions
- E) similarities

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