Advanced Level Vocabulary Exercise – MCQ Test 9

Prior to the first European settlement of Australia, the Aborigines numbered about 300.000, whereas their ------ populace is estimated to be about 125.000 130.000.

The move toward a press free of partisan ------- started in France with the founding of La Presse in 1836 by Émile de Girardin.

I was ------ beyond words when I saw the picture of a baby elephant in National Geographic magazine.

Poor countries lack well-developed clusters; they compete in the world market with inexpensive labour and natural ------ .

While some smaller EU countries have roughly halved their official gold reserves, the three with the largest holdings —Germany, France and Italy— have maintained theirs ------ unchanged, as have Spain and Portugal and also the UK.

Theories ------- the nature, origin, and extent of human knowledge make up the area of philosophy called epistemology

According to experts, many of the chemicals used in conventional waste treatment ------ add to the pollution of the water supply.

If we are to ------ the essence of today's new economy, we must look at it from a perspective that reaches further back than the experiences of the past few years.

Until the invention of printing, the public had to be ------- with whatever information it was given by official sources, or it had to make do with hearsay and rumour.

Until recently, psychiatrists ------ that there must be a single reason for drinking alcohol and therefore looked first for differences between those who drank and those who did not.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace seeks an individual to launch a research project on the information revolution and its ------ on international affairs.

Unlike Europe’s stone castles and cathedrals, America’s historical buildings are often wood-framed and so subject to ------ from moisture and insects.

In earlier times, when human population sizes were small and modern technology was developing, the effects of human activities on natural populations seldom seemed ------.

Many of the critics clearly regarded several of the paintings on ------ as of poor quality.

It was decided at the board meeting that more funds should be allocated to getting the firm’s products ------ more widely.

The report issued by the National Health Council draws attention to the hazards of ------ to rays.

In every culture throughout recorded history, human beings have ------ powerful tales to help explain the inexplicable.

There’s nothing very brilliant about the report, but he has ------ collected all the data needed.

What really surprised everybody was that he saved the company from bankruptcy quite ------.

Russia has a fleet of 250 nuclear submarines, 170 of which are ------ out of service.