Vocabulary Test About BITS AND PIECES Choose The Right Answer MCQ Exercise 55
Question 1
The _____ needs changing on your typewriter; otherwise, we won't be able to read a word.
A typewriter prints letters through an inked ribbon. When the ink is used up, the print becomes too faint to read, so the ribbon needs changing.
Question 2
The paper was so thin that the _____ of the pencil went right through it.
The sharp end of a pencil is called its point. Not edge, because an edge is the side of a flat thing, such as a table or a page.
Question 3
Write in pencil and _____ out any mistakes.
Rub out means to remove pencil marks with a rubber (eraser): rub out a mistake. Not wipe out, which means to destroy something completely.
Question 4
Oh, my pen has _____; can you lend me yours?
A pen that has run out has no more ink left. Not run down, which is used for batteries that are losing power.
Question 5
On no _____ must you press this button!
On no account is a fixed phrase meaning "never, for any reason". It is followed by inversion: On no account must you…. Not circumstances, because that phrase is under no circumstances, not "on no circumstances".
Question 6
The educational _____ of computers has not yet been fully realised.
Educational value is the usual collocation for how useful something is for learning. Not worth, which is mostly used for money or for a person's importance.
Question 7
Can you lend me a _____ of paper?
We say a piece of paper for one single bit of paper. Not page, which is one side of a sheet in a book or document.
Question 8
He _____ up the sheet of paper and dropped it into the wastepaper basket.
To crumple up paper means to press it into a small, untidy ball, often before throwing it away. Not curled, which means bent into a round shape, not squashed.
Question 9
With a word _____ you can produce a document much faster than with a typewriter.
A word processor is a computer program or machine for writing and editing texts. Word computer and word printer are not real expressions.
Question 10
Paper clips, drawing pins and safety pins were _____ all over the desk.
Scattered means lying untidily in many different places: Toys were scattered all over the floor. Not dispersed, which is used for crowds, gas or light spreading away, not for small objects on a desk.
Question 11
Give me a _____ of paper and I'll write a message for Mr Absent.
A sheet of paper is one whole flat piece of paper, such as one you write on. Not leaf, which is used for the pages of a book, not for loose writing paper.
Question 12
In the computer room the boys were _____ holes in cards.
To punch holes means to make holes with a tool or machine. Early computers read information from punched cards. Banging and knocking mean hitting something, not making holes in it.
Question 13
We packed most of our books in strong _____ boxes.
Cardboard is thick, stiff paper used to make boxes: a cardboard box. Not carton, because a carton is itself a box or container, so we don't say "carton boxes".
Question 14
Unfortunately our local library provides no _____ for photocopying.
Facilities are the equipment or services provided for a particular purpose: facilities for photocopying. Not amenities, which means things that make a place pleasant, such as parks or shops.
Question 15
I can't open the drawer in my desk as it's _____.
Stuck means fixed in one position and impossible to move or open: The window is stuck. Not fixed, which usually means attached on purpose or repaired.
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