Advanced Level Vocabulary Exercise – MCQ Test 8

Architectural pressure groups fought unsatisfactorily to save a terrace of 18th-century houses from ------.

A complete reconstruction of the origin and development of the atmosphere would include details of its size and composition at all times during the 4,500,000,000 years since the ------ of the Earth.

Some analysts ------ that a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq without Turkey would not only substantially weaken administration claims of international support but also do critical long-term damage to relations with an important NATO and Muslim-populated ally.

The government has recently made one million dollars ------ for research grants concerning the prediction of earthquakes.

The ozone layer may still act like a protective blanket, but scientists continue to worry about the sun’s ------ lethal effects.

They have had to agree to provide free lunches, but obviously, they have done so ------.

Unfortunately, few children behave in such a ------ manner towards the elderly and infirm.

The development of the experimental method to verify theories had the ------ effect and there was a rapid increase in scientific knowledge.

We will have to hire more workers soon; we can’t put it off ------ .

When births outnumber deaths, the population increases; when the ------ occurs, then it falls.

Industry is slowly realising that the manner in which waste products are ------ of is of vital importance to the environment.

Discourse analysis is ------ labour intensive and time-consuming, transcription of audio tapes alone being a challenging task.

People from rural Asia, where breast and colon cancers are rare, ------ get more likely to contract those diseases after moving to the United States.

In 1990, the ------ of HIV infection in South Africa and Thailand were both less than one per cent; however, today, Thailand's rate is 2.15 per cent; South Africa's is 19.94 per cent.

Champions of the green movement regard the internal combustion machine as one of the biggest ------ in history.

It shouldn't be forgotten that, notwithstanding the great prosperity of the people, Canada's initial political problem remains the relationship between her English and French-speaking ------.

The general feeling in the court was that several of the witnesses were ------ information that could have a direct bearing upon the case.

The river Danube rises in Germany and ------ through central Europe and into the Black Sea.

Today, a wide spectrum of biological scientists are needed to develop the biotechnology of the next millennium and to ensure the ------ of life on our planet.

The distinction between a language and a dialect is a ------ difficult one.