Monday, January 5, 2015

English for professional life 1 - final - vocabulary



1- Vocabulary (each question has 1 point)
1.1                          I put my coat on the ……………….seat
a) vacant                   b) vacation               c)vocation
2.1                          Which word best match for “to leave without planning to come back”?
a)keen                                   b)tact                         c)abandon
3.1                          It is said that many ghosts …………………….the old house.
a)tempt                     b)inhabit                   c)recline
4.1                          A delicious cake can ……………………..me to break my diet.
a)wager                    b)tempt                     c)conceal
5.1                          What is the antonym of “wholesale”?
a) retail                      b)large quantity      c)retire
6.1                          Plants that live only one year are called …………………
a) biannual               b)decade                  c)annual
7.1                          In Ankara the sun will sometimes ……………… behind a cloud.
a) vanish                   b)eliminate               c)descend
8.1                          No one seems willing to …………………… this vacant house
a)eliminate               b)utilize                     c)predict
9.1                          What is the best synonym for “burden”?
a)in the country      b)a load                     c)evade
10.1                   Historians will ………………… the causes of the war in Bosnia.
a) probe                    b)reform                   c)assemble
11.1                   Many of today’s ………………………….. songs will become tomorrow’s Golden oldies.
a)popular                 b)comprehensive
12.1                   Even a small ………………… in an electric appliance [1]can be the possible cause of a fire.
a)client                                  b)defect
13.1                   Many questions had to be answered before Mrs. April could …………… for the job.
a)qualify                   b)evade
14.1                   Going to Africa was a ………………… experience for us.
a)torrent                   b)unique                   c)massive
15.1                   Find the best definition for “reluctant”
a)true; supported by facts                       b)unwilling               c)important
16.1                   Find the best definition for “bulky”
a)remain alive                     b) taking up much space              c)a number of different things
17.1                   Circle the word most nearly expresses the meaning of “vicinity”
a)region near a place        b)division of a city of town                      c)residential district
18.1                   Circle the word most nearly expresses the meaning of “lack”
a)take responsibility                      b)be without                       c)correct
19.1                   Because he was small, Larry could not …….. in sports.
a)excel                       b)mount       c)dread
20.1                   My uncle has a ………………….to repeat the same story over and over again.
a)flexibility   b)masculinity                       c) tendency
21.1                   The old man had lived for seven ……………………..
a)months      b)years                      c)decade
22.1                   What is the meaning of “fiction”?
a) made up               b)happening often                         c)alone
23.1                   What is the meaning of “hesitate”?
a)a short, quick view                     b)fail to act quickly            c)direct opposition
24.1                   We will have to …………….. our meeting unless more members show up.
a)postpone              b)decrease
25.1                   Don’t you get angry when someone …………….. your questions?
a)ignores                  b)concludes



[1] Appliance means instrument

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