College English Book III
Practice Test 2
I. Vocabulary
Directions: Each of the sentences below is followed with four choices marked A, B, C and D. You are to identify the one that best matches the sentence.
1. The doctors are __________about Jane’s chances of recovery.
A). impressed
B). complicated C). pessimistic D). imposed
2. He was sent on a ______________to France by his government.
A). compromise B). commitment C). commission D). mission
3. ____________from birth, she spent her life in the wheelchair.
A). Having disabled B). Having been disabled
C). Disabling D). Disabled
4. She ___________to the women’s magazines and the local newspaper.
A). apposes B). complains C). subscribes D). clings
5. If the fire alarm is sounded, all the residents of the building are requested to __________in the
courtyard.
A). assemble B). crowd C). converge
D). accumulate
6. To his delight, his nephew was so apt __________ such a long fairy tale.
A). at understanding B). in understanding C). to understanding
D). off understanding
7. We are supposed to __________all the books when we are finished with them.
A). put out B). put away C). put up D). put off
8. He, a former ABC News science editor, mow supports himself by __________writing for British
publications. A). extraterrestrial B). freelance C). successive D). evil
9. All the pupils _________ straight when the teacher came into the classroom.
A). sat up
B). dined out C). cashed in
D). passed for
10. I am not in E. B. White's class as a writer or in my neighbors' league as a farmer, but
I'm.____________. A). getting by B). getting through C). getting along D). getting up
11. We've been able to _____________ the difference in income by cutting back without appreciably
lowering our standard of living. A). make from B). make up
C). make though D). make of
12. Aside from that and the policy on our two cars at $400 a year, we have no other insurance. But
we are ____________ $2,000 a year in an IRA. A). setting off
B). setting aside C). setting up
D). setting out
13. In 2004 a center ____________the \
A). in name of B). in place of C). in honor of
D). in stead of
14. In October 2000, President Clinton ____________ $16 million for the National Underground
Railroad Freedom Center to honor this first great civil-rights struggle in the U. S. A). symbolized B). authorized C). patronized D). recognized
15. Canada was the primary _______________ for many fugitives.
A). exploitation
B). termination
C). destination D). conviction
16. Indeed, a recent public-service advertisement by a large insurance company _____________ not
charts showing how much at risk we are, but a picture of a child's bicycle with the now-usual
padlock attached to it. A). featured B). disguised C). captured D). exploited
17. We have become so smart about self-protection that, in the end, we have all ______________
ourselves. We may have locked the evils out, but in so doing we have locked ourselves in.
A). outgrew B). outsmarted C). outrun D). outwitted
18. Bart Cameron is an impatient man and he gets most impatient when he has to ___________ his
income tax. A). work up B). work off
C). work through
D). work on
19. Cameron didn't ___________ foreigners, never having met many outside the army, but generally
he tried to be fair. A). do much for
B). like much for C). make much for
D). go much for
20. Our destination was a big ________________ on the island of Tulagi in the South Pacific.
A). base
B). basis C). basing
D). basin
21. __________________ ever bothered to express to any of them so much as a simple, sincere
\
A). Not one time did I B). Not one time I did C). Not one time had I D). Not one time I had
22. Always the college professor, my dad had carefully avoided anything he considered too
_________________, so I knew how moved he was to write me that, after having helped educate
many young people, he now felt that his best results included his own son. A). sentimental B). sensitive C). sensible D). sensational
23. But whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral ____________ I subtract 50
per cent from the curative power of medicines.\ A). procedure B). procession C). process
D). precedence
24. When it was light enough Johnsy, the merciless, commanded ________________.
A). that the shade be raised B). that the shade to be raised C). that to raise the shade
D). that raising the shade
25. So, too, echo the voices of those who believed him stupid, ________________ living
independently. A). discapable of B). incapable of C). imcapable of D). uncapable of
26. Some of his best customers are people who repeatedly _________________ before buying.
A). turned him aside
B). turned him away C). turned him off
D). turned him down
27. He works on straight _______________. He gets no paid holidays, vacations or raises. Yes, some
months are lean. A). expenses
B). commission C). charges
D). fees
28. Even Wilmut, who made it clear that he ________________ the very idea of cloning people, said
that there was no longer any theoretical reason why humans could not clone themselves, using
the same methods he had used to clone Dolly. A). objected B). opposed to
C). was opposed to D). was objected to
29. Cloning brings us face-to-face with what it means to be human and ____________ us confront
both the privileges and limitations of life itself.
A). makes B). making C). to make
D). what it makes
30. As people's living standards improve, the health and beauty business is __________ with more
sophisticated products than ever before. A) astonishing
B) flourishing C) exaggerating D) diminishing
31. The __________ of older persons is relatively low in developing countries, but it is growing
much faster than in the West. A) addition
B) majority