Everyday Vocabulary Military Service Test

Everyday Vocabulary: MILITARY SERVICE Test

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Question 1

(Please note: The following questions are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)

MILITARY SERVICE

In some countries, military service is _____.

A	comfortable
B	compulsory
C	free
D	voluntary

Question 1 Explanation:

The next sentence says young people must spend time in the forces, so the service is compulsory (required by law). Not voluntary, which means you choose to do it.

Question 2

All young men and sometimes young women must spend a year or two in the _____.

A	forces
B	powers
C	strengths
D	storehouse

Question 2 Explanation:

The forces (or the armed forces) means the army, navy and air force together. Example: He spent two years in the forces.

Question 3

In most countries, nowadays they don’t have to. All members of the armed services are _____.

A	non-willing
B	opposed
C	volunteers
D	compulsories

Question 3 Explanation:

In these countries people don't have to join, so everyone in the armed services chose to join. They are volunteers: people who offer to do something without being forced. Non-willing and compulsories are not real English words.

Question 4

To be a soldier, you join the _____; to be a sailor, you join the _____; and to be an airman, you join the _____.

A	army
B	group
C	navy
D	battle

Question 4 Explanation:

A soldier fights on land, so a soldier joins the army. Not navy, which is for sailors.

Question 5

To be a soldier, you join the _____; to be a sailor, you join the _____; and to be an airman, you join the _____.

A	army
B	battle
C	navy
D	war

Question 5 Explanation:

A sailor works on ships at sea, so a sailor joins the navy. Not army, which is for soldiers on land.

Question 6

To be a soldier, you join the _____; to be a sailor, you join the _____; and to be an airman, you join the _____.

A	airways
B	air traffic
C	air power
D	air force

Question 6 Explanation:

An airman serves in the air force, the part of the military that uses planes. Not airways: that word is used in the names of companies that fly passengers, e.g. British Airways.

Question 7

If you are good at your job and can take responsibility, you might get _____ and become a (an) _____.

A	expansion
B	growth
C	increase
D	promotion

Question 7 Explanation:

Get promotion (or get a promotion) means move up to a higher rank or a more important job. Example: She got promotion after two years. Growth and increase don't describe moving up in a job.

Question 8

If you are good at your job and can take responsibility, you might get _____ and become a (an) _____.

A	private
B	officer
C	volunteer
D	soldier

Question 8 Explanation:

With promotion you move to a higher rank and become an officer, a person who gives orders to others. Not private: that is the lowest rank, so you can't be promoted to it.

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