From the report released today it appears that oil tankers suffer their major ——- on their return journeys.
A) spills
B) costs
C) repairs
D) drills
E) crews
Answer: B
It is plain that the United Nations will not lift the sanctions unless the Iraqi government fully ——- with the Security Council resolutions.
A) matches
B) elaborates
C) complies
D) resumes
E) accomplishes
Answer: C
Once the children have grown up I shall start travelling again, and I’m really ——- that.
A) passing on to
B) waiting up for
C) looking forward to
D) making up for
E) going along with
Answer: C
1. Almost all the villages in New Guinea are surrounded by shrubby zones where people have ______- the original rain forest and planted gardens.
A) kept out
B) wrapped up
C) made up
D) cleared away
E) sealed off
Answer: D
2. In many countries training for industry has always been considered to be ______ the concern of industry itself, not of the state.
A) socially
B) primarily
C) suitably
D) firmly
E) reputedly
Answer: B
The main focus of the study that will be _____ by a multidisciplinary team will be the genes and proteins of organisms within the context of their informational pathways or networks.
A) looked for
B) carried out
C) made out
D) let down
E) brought up
Answer: B
During the measles epidemic, it was observed that the disease had developed a _____ to certain drugs that had once been effective.
A) resistance
B) risk
C) denial
D) scheme
E) condition
Answer: A
Syndicalism embodies the idea that workers, through direct action, ——— a general strike, should seize control over the means of production and hence gain political power.
A) especially
B) previously
C) tremendously
D) respectfully
E) consistently
Answer: A
Even in developed countries, it is not unusual to see wage and job ——– against women.
A) separation
B) difference
C) discrimination
D) insurance
E) diversity
Answer: C
1. I don’t know how the nurse _______ the constant demands of that elderly patient.
A) thinks over
B) changes over
C) turns on
D) wakes up
E) puts up with
Answer: E
2. As he has taken those antibiotics, it will be very difficult to _______ just what the problem is.
A) turn up
B) give up
C) put down
D) find out
E) look up
Answer: D
The first great theorist of dramatic art was Aristo, whose —— of tragedy in “The Poetics” has dominated critical thought ever since.
A) solution
B) reference
C) discussion
D) recognition
E) allusion
Answer: C
Their state assets were —— to foreign capital at bargain prices. (English Vocabulary MCQs)
A) available
B) unreliable
C) recurrent
D) constant
E) ultimate
Answer: A
Prior to the first European settlement of Australia, the Aborigines numbered about 300,000, whereas their —— populace is estimated about 125,000 130,000. (Advanced Level English Vocabulary MCQs)
A) versatile
B) current
C) mutual
D) rigid
E) erratic
Answer: B
The move toward a press free of partisan ——- started in France with the founding of La Presse in 1836 by Émile de Girardin. (Advanced Level English Vocabulary MCQs)
A) sentiment
B) emotion
C) movement
D) validity
E) prosperity
Answer: A
1. Architectural pressure groups fought unsatisfactorily to save a terrace of 18th century houses from —— .
A) construction
B) evolution
C) maturation
D) enlargement
E) demolition
ANSWER: E
2. A complete reconstruction of the origin and development of the atmosphere would include details of its size and composition at all times during the 4,500,000,000 years since the —— of the Earth.
A) formation
B) distribution
C) hesitation
D) redemption
E) occurrence
ANSWER: A
On the foundry, liquid hydrogen must be stored in large stainless steel tanks with double walls filled with —— and evacuated to a high vacuum. (English Vocabulary MCQs)
A) grit
B) device
C) insulation
D) instrument
E) sediment
Answer: C
That is our firm’s —— that the new law should be implemented immediately. (English Vocabulary MCQs)
A) proficiency
B) consensus
C) struggle
D) aggression
E) regulation
Answer: B