Advanced Level Vocabulary Exercise – MCQ Test 14

Almost all the villages in New Guinea are surrounded by shrubby zones where people have -------- the original rain forest and planted gardens.

In many countries training for the industry has always been considered to be ------- the concern of industry itself, not of the state.

Recent studies have shown that smokers are more ------- to common colds and flu than non-smokers.

Even quite late in the twentieth century, many men assumed that entry into certain professions was their ------- right.

Evidence of racial bias in sentencing helped to convince certain states in America to ------ capital punishment in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

In Britain the prime minister is still appointed by the sovereign, but the latter's ----- in the selection process may now be said to be merely nominal.

He admits that he has not yet fully -------- the true implications or the logical conclusions of his startling discovery.

------- populated, rural Northumberland is one of the most unspoiled countries in England.

Anti-lock brakes (ABS) help you to maintain steering control of your car even while braking on ------- roads.

Few would ------- that corporations, especially the multinational ones, are enormously powerful.

No -------- authority has the right to dictate whether a state shall adopt a socialist or a capitalist economic policy.

Natural disasters have been defined as ecological disruptions exceeding the adjustment capacity of a community and ------- outside assistance.

A basic ------- of amphibious warfare is undoubtedly command of the sea.

Bacteria have remarkable capacity for ------- tolerance to previously lethal drugs.

If you want that post you'd better apply quickly; the last day for ------- applications is Friday.

In this paper I should like to report some of the results of an ------- study of two hundred London families.

For the present, the party is expected to put its differences aside and campaign ------- for a victory at the forthcoming elections.

Industry has developed rapidly in certain countries as raw materials are ------- available there.

I wasn't at all impressed by the ------- he gave me.

The problem of how to ------- the vast quantities of waste we produce requires our urgent attention.