Vocabulary Test About LECTURES Choose The Right Answer MCQ Exercise 41
Question 1 |
Would you please ........... from smoking while the lecture is in progress?
A | avoid |
B | keep yourself |
C | refrain |
D | stop |
Question 2 |
Prof. Orator spoke clearly and ........... so we could understand every word he said.
A | distinct |
B | distinctly |
C | distinguishable |
D | legibly |
Question 3 |
During a lecture I always try to ........... down the main points that are made.
A | doodle |
B | jot |
C | noting |
D | sketch |
Question 4 |
That's precisely what I mean. You've hit the ........... on the head.
A | idea |
B | nail |
C | pin |
D | point |
Question 5 |
The students were interested in what the teacher was saying and listened ...........
A | attentively |
B | guardedly |
C | prudently |
D | watchful |
Question 6 |
A few jokes always ........... up a lecture.
A | inspire |
B | liven |
C | loosen |
D | raise |
Question 7 |
Miss Duffer looked as if she hadn't a ........... what Prof. Sophisticated was talking about.
A | clue |
B | guess |
C | point |
D | thought |
Question 8 |
You can ........... your shorthand by taking notes during lectures.
A | keep |
B | keep in |
C | keep on |
D | keep up |
Question 9 |
To begin the lecture, let's take an ........... of the present situation.
A | oversight |
B | overtone |
C | overture |
D | overview |
Question 10 |
The lecturer spoke so fast that I found it hard to take ........... what he was saying.
A | away |
B | in |
C | over |
D | up |
Question 11 |
Prof. Silvertongue was a most effective speaker and his audience seemed to ........... on his every word.
A | catch |
B | cling |
C | hang |
D | hold |
Question 12 |
I'm relying on you, gentlemen, so please don't ...........
A | allow me off |
B | drop me off |
C | drop me down |
D | let me down |
Question 13 |
The teacher ........... out the words he had written on the blackboard.
A | cleaned |
B | dusted |
C | rubbed |
D | scraped |
Question 14 |
The example you have just referred to has no ........... on the matter under discussion.
A | bearing |
B | connection |
C | dependence |
D | relation |
Question 15 |
I'm afraid my speech may have ........... you as to my true aims.
A | miscalculated |
B | misled |
C | mistaken |
D | misunderstood |
Question 16 |
Please repeat what you said. I didn't quite ........... the meaning.
A | comprehend |
B | grasp |
C | retain |
D | seize |
Question 17 |
I take ........... to that remark. It's a quite unjustified insinuation.
A | affront |
B | displeasure |
C | exception |
D | offence |
Question 18 |
The professor never finished his lecture because there were so many ........... from the audience.
A | delays |
B | gaps |
C | interruptions |
D | intervals |
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