Advanced Level Vocabulary Exercise - MCQ Test 10
Question 1 |
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 |
Question 2 |
Their state assets were ------ to foreign capital at bargain prices.
A | available |
B | unreliable |
C | recurrent |
D | constant |
E | ultimate |
Question 3 |
The whole of society may suffer if its government is attacked; ------- the entire body is harmed if the brain is damaged.
A | otherwise |
B | similarly |
C | on the other hand |
D | nevertheless |
E | however |
Question 4 |
Osteoclasts are cells that ------- bone in the normal course of bone replenishment.
A | show off |
B | pull through |
C | break down |
D | put out |
E | cut off |
Question 5 |
The findings indicate that there is a lower ------- of cancer among vegetarians.
A | incidence |
B | disturbance |
C | decline |
D | reversal |
E | replacement |
Question 6 |
Scientists are ------- biotechnology to develop highly effective drugs in the fight against currently incurable diseases.
A | invading |
B | justifying |
C | exerting |
D | retaining |
E | utilizing |
Question 7 |
------ its focus on how language is used to achieve goals, discourse analysis may also be useful in exploring areas of persuasion, ideology, and conflict.
A | On account of |
B | On behalf of |
C | In connection with |
D | In addition to |
E | By dint of |
Question 8 |
The relationship between smoking and lung cancer has been heatedly discussed for many years, but until recently the evidence about it has been both ------- and conflicting.
A | exemplary |
B | susceptible |
C | compatible |
D | fragmentary |
E | confident |
Question 9 |
Medical science is advancing at such a pace that it is virtually impossible to ------- all the latest developments even within one's own specialist field.
A | take up |
B | keep up with |
C | carry out |
D | pull out of |
E | look down on |
Question 10 |
Patients seeking to ------- scars have several options, depending on the depth of the scar.
A | get rid of |
B | sort out |
C | take back |
D | get along with |
E | fold over |
Question 11 |
Atoms are ------- of electrons and a nucleus containing protons and neutrons.
A | joined |
B | linked |
C | composed |
D | kept |
E | completed |
Question 12 |
Visibility depends ------- upon the concentration of water or dust particles in the air.
A | rapidly |
B | obstinately |
C | instantly |
D | suitably |
E | chiefly |
Question 13 |
This magazine is designed to help satellite equipment buyers make more ------- purchasing decisions and keep ahead of new developments.
A | representative |
B | obscure |
C | foreseen |
D | informed |
E | indifferent |
Question 14 |
He was discharged from the hospital but was advised to return after a month for further -------.
A | treatment |
B | recovery |
C | admission |
D | diagnosis |
E | expansion |
Question 15 |
Science requires the testing of its ideas or theories to see if its predictions are ------- by experiment.
A | made up |
B | borne out |
C | closed in |
D | put off |
E | sorted out |
Question 16 |
Radioactivity was discovered in 1896 by Becquerel, who noticed that salts containing uranium ------- radiations.
A | got off |
B | held up |
C | sent off |
D | came up with |
E | turned away |
Question 17 |
In the past, too, people relied on plant substances to ------- a wide range of illnesses
A | recover |
B | undermine |
C | infect |
D | cure |
E | restrain |
Question 18 |
Some women are ------- troubled with backache as they get older.
A | relevantly |
B | consecutively |
C | continually |
D | sufficiently |
E | reluctantly |
Question 19 |
A poorly-planned vegetarian diet will typically be ------- in iron, zinc and calcium.
A | unhealthy |
B | deficient |
C | varied |
D | nutritious |
E | essential |
Question 20 |
The subject of statics is ------- the calculation of the forces acting on and within structures that are in equilibrium.
A | taken care of |
B | turned up |
C | kept off |
D | given rise to |
E | concerned with |
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