KEY TO 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
KEY

1. C 2.A 3.A 4.B 5.A

6.C 7.A 8.D 9.D 10.C
11.D 12.B 13.A 14.B 15.D

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
KEY

1. C 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.B

6.B 7.C 8.D 9.A 10.D
11.A 12.A 13.A 14.D 15.C

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
KEY

1. B 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.A

6.B 7.C 8.B 9.A 10.B
11.C 12.D 13.C 14.C 15.B

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

KEY

1. D 2.A 3.D 4.A 5.A

6.C 7.D 8.A 9.B 10.C
11.C 12.A 13.B 14.D 15.A
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

KEY

1. C 2.B 3.D 4.C 5.B

6.B 7.B 8.C 9.D 10.A
11.A 12.D 13.A 14.C 15.A

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)

KEY

1. AWESTRUCK; 2. METALLURGY; 3. CHANGOVER; 4.

CONCEPTUALIZED;
5. HARD-BITTEN; 6. DYSFUNCTION; 7. WELL-TRODDEN; 8.
INTOXICATED

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)
KEY
1. CAREFREE
2. IMPOVERISHED
3. MISDIAGNOSIS
4. INCURABLE
5. ADDITIVES
6. IMMEASURABLY
7. LONGEVITY
8. PUBLICATION
 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)
KEY
1. INCONSISTENT
2. CONFIDENTIAL
3. DISSOCIATE
4. MURDEROUS
5. IRRITABILITY
6. DISCIPLINARIAN
7. OUTLOOK
8. PREDETERMINED

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)

KEY
1. MALADJUSTED
 2. EXPRESSIONLESS
3. HEADSTRONG/PIG-HEADED
4. OUTRAGEOUS
5. TRIPARTITE
6. GLOBETROTTING
7. STARDOM
8. CONTAINERIZATION

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)

KEY
1. UNVITIATED
2. SELF-KNOWLEDGE
3. BESPECTACLED
4. PEER-REVIEWED
5. UNBECOMING
6. POINT-BLANK
7. SEEMINGLY
8. DEMORALIZED
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 are
4 health foods. A narrower classification of health food is natural food. This
5 term is used to distinguish beween types of the same food. Fresh fruit is a
6 natural food, but canned fruit, with sugars and other additions, is not. The
7 most precise term of all and the narrowest classification within health
8 foods is organic food, used to describe food that has been grown on a
9 particular kind of farming. Fruits and vegetables that are grown in
10 gardens treated only with organic fertilizers, that are not sprayed with
11 poison insecticides, and that are not refined after harvest is organic foods.
12 In choosing the type of food you eat, then, you have basically two
13 choices: inorganic, processed foods, or organic, unprocessed foods. A
14 wise decision should include investigation of the allegations that
15 processed foods contain chemistry, some of which are proven to be toxic,
16 and that vitamin content is greatly fallen in processed foods. My advice?
17 Eat health foods, preferably the organic variety.

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

KEY
1. Line 2: time 🡺 times
2. Line 7: which 🡺 when
3. Line 8: other 🡺 another
4. Line 10: where 🡺 which
5. Line 11: has 🡺 have
6. Line 12: when 🡺 while
7. Line 15: economics 🡺 economists
 Exercise 3

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

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

KEY
Line 1: cook 🡺 cookery
Line 3: experts 🡺 expertise
Line 6: over 🡺 out
Line 8: surprisedly 🡺 surprisingly
Line 9: celebration 🡺 celebrity
Line contribution 🡺 contributor
Line 15: myself 🡺 mine
 Exercise 4
When a celebrity, a politics or other person in the media spotlight 0. politics 🡺 politician
loses their temper in public, they run the risk of hitting the headings in 1. ……………
a most embarrassing way. For such uncontrolling outbursts of anger 2. …………..
are often triggered by what seem to be trivial matters and, if they are 3. .………….
caught on camera, can make the person appear slightly ridiculous. But 4. ……………
it's not only the rich and famous who is prone to fits of rage. 5. ……………
According to recent surveys, ordinary people are increasingly tending 6. ……………
to lose their cool in public. Although anger is a potentially destructive 7. ……………
emotion that uses up a lot of energy and creates a high level of 8. ……………
emotional and physical stress - and it stops us thinking rational. 9. ……………
Consequently angry people often end up saying, and doing, things 10. ……………
they later have cause to regret. So, how can anger be avoided? Firstly, 11. ……………
diet and lifestyle may be to blame. Tolerance and irritability certainly 12. ……………
come to the surface when someone hasn't slept properly or has skipped 13. ……………
a meal, and any intake of caffeine can make things worst. Taking 14. ……………
regular exercise can help to ease and diffuse feelings of aggression , 15. ……………
however, reducing the chances of an angry response. But if something 16. ……………
or someone does make you angry, it's advisable not to react 17. ……………
immediately. Once you've calmed down, things won't look half as bad 18. ……………
as you first thought.

KEY
1. Line 1: headings 🡺 headlines
2. Line 2 uncontrolling 🡺 uncontrolled
3. Line 5: who is 🡺 who are
4. Line 7: Although 🡺 Yet
5. Line 9: rational 🡺 rationally
6. Line 11: Tolerance 🡺 Intolerance
7. Line 14: worst 🡺 worse
Exercise 5
As a result from the recent discovery of lunar water, the moon 0. from 🡺 of
has suddenly become a far more interesting place for investors, 1. …………..
who must now view the long-termed prospects with optimism. 2. .………….
The last manly mission to the moon drew to a close in 1973, 3. ……………
when two astronauts from Apollo 17 climbed back into their 4. ……………
lunar module, having collected a lot of moonrock, but bereft of 5. ……………
any future plans. Now the moon shines brighter for astronauts 6. ……………
and scientists alike, due to the existence of which might be 7. ……………
billions of tonnes of water at their poles. There is no high-tech 8. ……………
substitute for water in space exploration. To support the 9. ……………
international space station, it has cost at least $100,000 a day 10. ……………
to send water into orbit. Not only would lunar water cut these 11. ……………
costs, or it would additionally be used for rocket fuel, which 12. ……………
two components, liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, are the 13. ……………
elements founded in water. Scientists are particularly excited 14. ……………
because, given the absence of an atmosphere, lunar water has 15. ……………
never been recycled and they believe, therefore, that it might 16. ……………
very well hold clues to the formation of the solar system itself.

KEY

1. Line 2: long-termed 🡺 long-term

2. Line 3: manly 🡺 manned
3. Line 7: which 🡺 what
4. Line 8: their 🡺 its
5. Line 11: or 🡺 but
6. Line 12: which 🡺 whose
7. Line 13: founded 🡺 found