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LEXICO-GRAMMAR – PRACTICE TEST 04

Part 1: Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the answer that best fits each of the blank in the following questions.
1. Because of an unfortunate ______ your order was not dispatched by the date requested.
A. hindrance B. oversight C. negligence D. transgression
2. The local authorities need to _____ down on illegal parking, in my opinion.
A. hit B. force C. move D. crack
3. My uncle pulled a few _____ and got me a job in the company where he works.
A. ropes B. strings C. threads D. chords
4. I find the offer quite ____, but I think I’d rather study at Oxford.
A. tempting B. desirous C. inclined D. envious
5. This medicine is ______ by many doctors world-wide.
A. introduced B. endorsed C. produced D. encouraged
6. Our leaflets are printed on ______ papers in order to be environmental friendly.
A. recycled B. reformed C. remade D. reconstructed
7. The tabloid newspapers, which are engaged in a ______ war, are all trying to print the most sensational stories
to improve sales.
A. Press B. paper C. trading D. circulation
8. Employees who have a _________are encouraged to discuss it with the management.
A. hindrance B. disturbance C. disadvantage D. grievance
9. ______ his advice, I would never have got the job.
A. Except B. Apart from C. But for D. As for
10. The workers decided to _______ until their demands were met.
A. stand up B. lie behind C. sit in D. sleep out
11. John has ________ painting since he retired.
A. taken up B. taken off C. taken over D. take in
12. Robert and his wife ________ to my house for tea yesterday evening.
A. came round B. came about C. came down D. came away
13. If I make a fool of myself in front of my friends, I’ll never ________ it down.
A. let B. give C. settle D. live
14. Because of his poor health, it took him along time to ________ his bad cold.
A. throw off B. throw away C. throw down D. throw over
15. The death ___________ in the earthquake has been put at over one thousand.
A. damage B. toll C. rate D. loss
16. Thank you for thinking of us, but I’m afraid we’re going to have to _____ your kind invitation.
A. decline B. deny C. condemn D. reject
17. I enjoy going to school by bike. But on rainy days, I_______ to going by bus.
A. prefer B. would rather C. would like D. resort
18. The situation was _______ complicated by John’s indecision.
A. more B. extra C. further D. altogether
19. Don’t be __________ by false advertisements. If something looks too good to be true, it probably is.
A. put off B. given up C. taken in D. put down
20. The child sat in the middle of the floor and ___________ refused to move.
A. distinctively B. decisively C. flatly D. totally

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21. I don’t want lots of excuses, I just want to hear the ________ truth.
A. clear B. pure C. right D. plain
22. It was with a ________ heart that she said goodbye to all her colleagues.
A. solemn B. heavy C. dismal D. grim
23. In spite of his poor education, he was the most ________ speaker.
A. articulate B. ambiguous C. attentive D. authoritarian
24. Children can be difficult to teach because of their short attention ______.
A. limit B. duration C. span D. time
25. After a six-year relationship, Martha and Billy have decided to ______.
A. break the bank B. turn the page C. tie the knot D. make the grade
26. Researchers have made a(n) ______ plea for more sponsorship so that they can continue their project.
A. compassionate B. dispassionate C. encompassed D. impassioned
27. I wish you would stop wasting so much time on computer games and do something a little more _____.
A. welcome B. enviable C. feasible D. worthwhile
28. That Mary is an ______ liar: you must take what she says with a small grain of salt.
A. incorrigible B. incurable C. irredeemable D. irremediable
29.The company has just got a big order and the workers are working round the ______.
A. day B. clock C. hour D. night
30. I just couldn’t remember her name though it was on the ______ of my tongue.
A. top B. edge C. tip D. front
31. He was a pickpocket and had to spend many years behind ______.
A. windows B. prisons C. cells D. bars
32. The sunset is so beautiful that it takes our ______ away.
A. breath B. head C. mind D. soul
33. Please drop me a ______ when you get to Paris.
A. word B. message C. sentence D. line
34. I am too busy to go to their house for dinner tonight, so I will call them and tell a little ______ lie about
having the flu.
A. red B. white C. blue D. black
35. My friend James is always reading. He will read anything. He is a real ______.
A. reader B. bookworm C. bookbinder D. bookmarker
36. My brother Ted is a high school dropout who joined a circus; he is the black ______ in the family.
A. sheep B. dog C. cat D. goat
37. When James came home at three in the morning, his father hit the ______.
A. door B. chair C. table D. ceiling
38. Forget it. It is no use crying over ______ milk.
A. spoiled B. spilt C. lost D. stolen
39. Today we no longer make fun of children born out of ______.
A. marriage B. marriage license C. wedlock D. home
40. Mr. Jones knew who had won the contest, but he kept it under his ______ until it was announced publicly.
A. cap B. tongue C. hat D. umbrella
41. “What ______ are you doing?” the father shouted at his son angrily.
A. in the flesh B. in the world C. in the least D. in the air

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42. Jim’s doctor told him that he was an alcoholic and should go on the ______.
A. wagon B. cart C. carriage D. truck
43. Coin collecting is interesting, but you find a valuable coin only once in a blue ______.
A. moon B. sky C. star D. space
44. John got sick, then his brothers and sisters all got sick. It never rains but it ______.
A. falls B. drops C. pours D. dries
45. Mr. Smith knew that he could make a success of the little weekly newspaper in the long______.
A. time B. run C. distance D. step
46. On the farm, John worked hard and went to bed with the ______.
A. hens B. turkeys C. ducks D. chickens
47. People who will work as hard as Thomas A. Edison are few and far ______.
A. away B. between C. from D. off

Part 2: Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correcting in each of the
following sentences.
Question 1: Grover Cleveland was the only American president served two nonconsecutive terms.
A B C D
Question 2: Calcium, the most abundantly mineral in the body, works with phosphorus in maintaining bones
and teeth. A B C D
Question 3: Most oxygen atoms have eight neutrons, but a small amount have nine or ten.
A B C D
Question 4: What we know about certain diseases are still not sufficient to prevent them from spreading easily
A B C D
among the population.

Question 5: Chicago's Sears Tower, now the tallest building in the world, rises 1,522 feet from the ground to
A B C
the top of it antenna.
D
Question 6: Thanks to new techniques, canning goods now have a much longer shelf life.
A B C D
Question 7: It was not until the late 1970s when these country people could enjoy the benefits of electricity.
A B C D
Question 8: A big wedding requires a lot of preparation, such as sending invitations, hiring costumes and choose
dishes. A B C D
Question 9: It’s not worth having trouble to write to him. He never replies.
A B C D
Question 10: Of the two boys of the Smiths , Jack is the highest .
A B C D
Question 11: Employees who haven’t seen the new regulations often ask for unnecessary questions; instead they
A B C
should ask for a copy of the regulations and read them.
D

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Question 12: Cool temperatures, shade, moist, and the presence of dead organic material provide the ideal
A B C
living conditions for mushrooms.
D
Question 13: Air pollution, together with littering, are causing many problems in our large, industrial cities today.
A B C D
Question 14: Students suppose to read all the questions carefully and find out the answers to them.
A B C D
Question 15: The salad tasted so well that my brother returned to the salad bar for another helping.
A B C D
Question 16: Your parents will not let you apply for the university if they learn that you are not eligable for the
A B C
requirements.
D
Question 17: Sirius, the Dog Star, is the brightest of almost stars in the sky with an absolute magnitude about
A B
twenty-three times that of the sun.
C D
Question 18: During the first ten years of the space Age, began in 1957, more than 500 artificial satellites were
A B C
rocketed into the orbit around the Earth.
D
Question 19: Approximately, one in every three marriages in America today end in divorce.
A B C D
Question 20: Made up of more than 150 member countries, the organization known as the United Nations were
A B C
established after World War II to preserve international peace and security.
D

Part 3: Give the correct form of the words in capital letters. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

1. Many teachers expressed serious __________________ about the new tests. GIVE

2. The government’s policy on arms is shocking. It is quite DEFEND

__________________.

3. He felt very _____________when he saw he failed the exam again. COURAGE

4. The price of property in the city is __________________. PROHIBIT

5. Despite going to German classes twice a week, I don’t feel I’m making much HEAD
__________________ with the language.

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6. It’s undeniable that the __________________ of the local incompetent healer DIAGNOSE
was responsible for her sudden death.

7. ____________ is an economic theory which states that a progressively CONSUME

greater level of consumption is beneficial to the consumers.
8. The women employed in the mines were __________________ young and DOMINANCE
married.
9. To avoid __________________ on the journey we’d better pack these glasses BREAK
in either cotton wool of soft paper.

10. If your credit card debt is mounting and yet you can't stop spending, you could SHOP
be a _______________

11. The government’s __________________ approach has brought criticism. COMPROMISE

12. Apparently, eating fish and lots of vegetables greatly increases your life EXPECT
__________________.
13. Doris Carter, who is 107 today, puts her__________________ down to having LONG
a loving family and seven cups of tea a day.
14. Justice is often__________________ as a blindfolded woman holding a pair of PERSON
scales.
15. He gained __________________ for being difficult to work with as an actor. NOTORIOUS

16. We hope to see more __________________ schools where children of INTEGRATE

different races can get used to working together.
17. Sue is so __________________ that she won’t let anything stand in the way MIND
of her ambition.
18. Her latest novel is a _____________ thriller, set some time in the late 21st FUTURE
century.
19. The outcome of the election is a __________________ conclusion. GO

20. The new policy only serves to ____________ the inadequacy of help for the ACCENT
homeless.

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