PRACTICE EXERCISE 12

Question 1: The university campus is like one big village where thousands of students live, work and
relax surrounded by rolling green fields. It is the centre of the student ______ in all its variety.
A. society B. company C. community D. connection
Question 2: Our firm is so successful because it is at the cutting ______ of computer technoloy.
A. fringe B. limit C. verge D. edge
Question 3: What will happen when the world ______ oil?
A. makes off with B. runs out of C. loses out on D. goes through with
Question 4: If you are interested in applying for the vacancy, send in your ______.
A. mortgage B. paperback C. notice D. résumé
Question 5: Jane is a sympathetic listener. She lent me a(n) ______ when I lost my job.
A. eye B. ear C. mouth D. mind
Question 6: ______ school fees may discourage many students from attending university.
A. Raising B. Improving C. Gaining D. Receiving
Question 7: Please accept our ______ congratulations on your promotion!
A. finest B. warmest C. dearest D. best
Question 8: They've bought a holiday cottage near the sea, and in ______ course they plan to move
there permanently.
A. future B. due C. coming D. intended
Question 9: She should have been here but she's ______ chicken flu.
A. gone through with B. gone down with C. come in for D. come against
Question 10: Part-time jobs give us the freedom to ______ our own interest.
A. pursue B. chase C. seek D. catch
Question 11: I won't buy that car because it has too much ________ on it.
A. ups and downs B. odds and ends C. wear and tear D. white lie
Question 12: After a ______ match, the team from Chia emerged as the winner.
A. hotly-contested B. hot-contested C. hotly-compete D. hot-competed
Question 13: Although she was ________, she agreed to give me a hand with the clean-up.
A. tiredness B. tired C. tiring D. tiresome
Question 14: Create a new ______ and put all your files into it.
A. directory B. direction C. director D. directing
Question 15: Applicants must hold a(n)- ______ driving license.
A. artificial B. faithful C. false D. valid
Question 16: As the drug took ______ the patient became unconscious.
A. effect B. force C. influence D. action
Question 17: You're very quiet today. What have you got on your ________?
A. spirit B. attention C. mind D. brain
Question 18: I don't have time to argue with this self -________women.
A. controlled B. dominated C. opinionated D. liked
Question 19: The professor scheduled two student appointments for the same time. He was so
A. open-minded B. kind-hearted C. narrow-minded D. absent-minded
Question 20: What chemical is this? It's ________a horrible smell.
A. giving over B. giving off C. giving down D. giving up
Question 21: It's time I _______ thinking about that essay.
A. got down to B. got off C. got on D. got down with
Question 22: I think you are _______ your time looking for a job in this town. There's not much to do
here.
A. losing B. spending C. wasting D. missing
Question 23: On hearing the news she fainted and it was half an hour before she came _______ again.
A. up B. round C. over D. up with
Question 24: I had a which I couldn't explain, that something terrible was going to happen.
A. feeling B. view C. sense D. thought
Question 25: Today's weather will be a _______ of yesterday.
A. continuing B. continuation C. continuity D. continual
Question 26: The _______ polluted atmosphere in some industrial regions is called “smog”.
A. seriously B. largely C. fully D. heavily
Question 27: Too many factories dispose _______ their waste by pumping it into rivers and the sea.
A out B. of C. away D. off
Question 28: He was so mean that he could not bear to _______ the smallest sum of money for the
charity appeal.
A. part with B. pay off C. give in D. let out
Question 29: Although the patient's condition is serious, she seems to be out of _______.
A. place B. control C. danger D. order
Question 30: They are conducting a wide _______ of surveys throughout Vietnam.
A. collection B. range C. selection D. group