I. LEXICO-GRAMMAR:
Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions. 1.
Their genetic makeup _________ them to be insects and to share similar characteristics with 75,000 species of insects. A. deduces B. restricts C. encloses D. constrains 2.
Still, there is another predator _________ invisibly in the bodies of water of the world. A. lurking B. infiltrating C. converging D. augmenting 3.
_________ is a list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections, known as an errata page. A. Blunder B. Corrigendum C. Erratum D. Typography 4.
Infants are especially _________ to acquire these core aspects of music, and they can also
engage in sound play that clearly exhibits creativity. A. predisposed B. accomplished C. reinforced D. diverted 5.
However, the most common form of synesthesia occurs among people who _________
certain letters or words with colors. A. bedeck B. apprehend C. associate D. acquiesce 6.
Brain scans revealed _________ activity in the brain when subjects were listening to words. A. atypical B. infallible C. wobbly D. butterfingers 7.
The old man sat in a corner quietly _________ a song to himself as he waited. A. cooing B. gurgling C. croaking D. humming 8.
I couldn’t believe it when Marcy accused me of _________ in her relationship with Joe. A. intervening B. interacting C. interfering D. intercepting 9.
You have to go through a number of _________ stages before you become an expert. A. neutral B. average C. moderate D. intermediate 10.
Have you been _________ against tetanus in the last ten years? A. prescribed B. diagnosed C. injected D. inoculated 11.
There’s no way the police will be able to _________ this law. A. enforce B. dominate C. administer D. reign 12.
My jeans _________ in the wash and they’re too small for me now. A. reduced B. deteriorated C. shrank D. diminished 13.
The entire staff was thrown off _________ when the news of the takeover was announced. A. composure B. stable C. disarray D. balance 14.
He was absolutely _________ with anger when he found that I had scratched his car. A. burned B. carmine C. fickle D. livid 15.
For many people doing physical exercise may _________ a painful torturing of the body. A. consolidate B. entail C. execute D. dovetail 16.
I’d love to come but I’m completely _________ under with work at the moment. A. snowed B. iced C. rained D. fogged 17.
A plethora of hypotheses developed in the 19th and 20th centuries have the goal of
identifying causes of an organism’s _________. A. practice B. behavior C. comportment D. savoir-faire 18.
We are in an age of massive media _________. A. mishmash B. agglomeration
C. conglomeration D. assortment 19.
The museum houses a _________ collection of Iron Age artefacts. A. secluded B. singled-out C. peerless D. miscellaneous 20.
The thief was not alone. We know he had an _________. A. antidote B. accomplice C. assailant D. affidavit 21.
I’ve worked out the price, but I need to check the _________. A. arithmetic B. compendium C. apercu D. perusal 22.
Because of injury, her playing career came to a(n) _________ end in 2008. A. antecedent B. terminating C. premature D. ultimate 23.
Comics tend to _________ the myth that ‘boys don’t cry’. A. revitalize B. galvanize C. perpetuate D. intimidate 24.
She decided that a complete _________ of her career was due. A. alteration
B. metamorphosis C. transmogrification D. reassessment 25.
The company’s sales are now close to _________ in many western countries. A. lockdown B. saturation C. insolvency D. close-down 26.
The ability to create music of great _________ and beauty during performance has been a hallmark. A. cohesion B. incongruity C. bucking D. rapport 27.
Please keep your comments _________ to the topic under discussion. A. extraneous B. recherché C. pertinent D. abominable 28.
A decision-making worksheet begins with a _________ statement of the problem that will also help to narrow it. A. succinct B. atrocious C. melancholy D. reprobate 29.
He was the _________ tough guy. A. painstakingly B. sporadically C. quintessential D. equitable 30.
There are _________ flaws in the logic of the argument. A. irredeemable B. half-bakedC. cockeyed D. grandiloquent 31.
John was arrested for smuggling _________. A. contraband B. transaction C. schism D. cleavage 32.
They barely have enough money to keep body and _________ together. A. spirit B. soul C. mind D. heart 33.
They will provide _________ translation of the President’s speech into English. A. prompt B. consecutive C. extended D. simultaneous 34.
He talked with the _________ authority of the head of the family. A. principal B. preeminent C. magisterial D. inaugural 35.
The pad is _________ with insecticide. A. plethoric B. itemized C. gorged D. impregnated 36.
He wrote a _________ piece about me in the local press in order to defame me. A. exultant B. exasperated C. meritorious D. scurrilous 37.
In the light of the new evidence that the court can now take _________ of, the case is dropped. A. advantage B. cognizance C. apprehension D. proclamation 38.
They was accused of _________ people into voting for them. A. commentating B. intimidating C. jeopardizing D. imperiling 39.
After winning the prize, she _________ with the losers on their defeat. A. eulogizing B. endorsing C. commiserated D. rebuking 40.
She was a _________ of the government. A. vigorous B. archetypal C. resolute D. assiduous