Advanced Level Vocabulary Exercise - MCQ Test 17
Question 1 |
It has become a fashion among famous people to use some of their money to ------ needy people.
A | comply with |
B | run for |
C | call off |
D | provide for |
E | sort out |
Question 2 |
In our national policies, we should ------- growth of all sectors of our economy and not just the export sector.
A | keep pace with |
B | run out of |
C | lay emphasis on |
D | take advantage of |
E | bear in mind |
Question 3 |
Medical professionals have always ------ visual analysis to provide clues about a patients condition.
A | run through |
B | relied on |
C | caught up with |
D | watched out for |
E | put out |
Question 4 |
Before the meeting begins, it'd be advisable to remind him that he's not, on any account, to ------ the subject of unemployment.
A | look through |
B | take back |
C | bring up |
D | break out |
E | make out |
Question 5 |
I heard that this morning someone ------, but you were out and they left.
A | paid in |
B | joined in |
C | called by |
D | got by |
E | passed out |
Question 6 |
Among the Maori of New Zealand, each community has developed its own way of ------ crimes and has chosen a number of different punishments to match them.
A | holding up |
B | coming along |
C | dealing with |
D | paying for |
E | taking over |
Question 7 |
The population of the underdeveloped countries is growing so fast that the agricultural activities there are unable to ------ the progressively rising demand for food.
A | keep up with |
B | make sure of |
C | look out for |
D | bring up
|
E | sort out |
Question 8 |
When sulfur dioxide emissions from electric power plants ------- particles of water in the atmosphere, they fall to ground as acid rain or snow.
A | combine with
|
B | range from
|
C | rely upon
|
D | compose of
|
E | put ahead |
Question 9 |
The two archaeologists have tried hard to read the inscription in old Latin, but I do not suppose they have ------ what it literally means.
A | got away with |
B | written off |
C | taken after |
D | made out |
E | brought up |
Question 10 |
It is hard for a tiger, especially an inexperienced one, to ------ how to attack an animal that is facing it.
A | figure out |
B | keep away |
C | rule out |
D | fall back |
E | run over |
Question 11 |
I will be calling in at their office tomorrow, so I can ------ those documents for you if you like.
A | cut down
|
B | bring about |
C | put across |
D | pick up |
E | wipe out |
Question 12 |
Because critical periods occur throughout pregrancy, a woman should continuously ------ her health.
A | keep in with
|
B | put up with |
C | find out |
D | take good care of |
E | look up to |
Question 13 |
His theory seems, at first, to be plausible, but the facts in his research don't ------.
A | turn up |
B | add up |
C | take after |
D | make up |
E | back out |
Question 14 |
Babies of our age are healthier and better ------ than those of the past and far fewer of them die in infancy.
A | disposed of |
B | fed up |
C | rounded up |
D | looked into |
E | cared for |
Question 15 |
Before the plane ------, the flight attendant told everyone to fasten their seat belts and put their chairs in an upright position.
A | borne out |
B | closed in |
C | turned up |
D | took off |
E | got down |
Question 16 |
The atmosphere ------ the earth as if it were a huge roof.
A | breaks up |
B | makes for |
C | hangs over |
D | puts off |
E | runs over |
Question 17 |
Popular protest and extensive media coverage finally helped ------ change in the country's environmental policies.
A | keep off |
B | rule out |
C | bring about |
D | point out |
E | break up |
Question 18 |
In the introduction to this book, the writer ------ a foreign policy that makes world peace the top priority.
A | calls for |
B | holds out |
C | keeps up |
D | puts on |
E | brings about |
Question 19 |
This radio station is based in Chicago, which is 60 miles from here. That is why the broadcast doesn't ------ clearly.
A | turn down |
B | get through |
C | come in |
D | make off |
E | put down |
Question 20 |
Whatever the pressures put upon him, I think it is highly unlikely that James would ever ------ anyone.
A | walk away with |
B | give in to |
C | make up for |
D | get away with |
E | fall through |
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