PRACTICE TEST (Word-Form)

1/ Nitric Oxide is……….poisonous. It may cause death or injury if taken into the body.
a. height b. high c. highly d. higher
2/ These exercises seem rather………..for us.
a. ease b. easy c. easier d. easily
3/ Ann……(adv)…….picked up all the bits of broken glass.
a. careful b. carefully c. carefulness d. carelessness
4/ As Mary is so……………..with her present job she has made up her mind to leave.
a. disappoint b. disappointed c. disappointment d. disappointedly
5/ The evening was……….spent playing games.
a. enjoy b. enjoyable c. enjoying d. enjoyably
6/ The old couple have saved a lot of money for their……………
a. retire b. retirement c. retired d. to retire
7/ It’s a nice shop and the assistants are all polite and very………..
a. help b. helpless c. helpful d. helpfully
8/ You can………your health if you don’t give up smoking.
a. endangered b. dangerous c. danger d. endanger
9/ There is a………..to minimize problems.
a. tend b. tendency c. tended d. to tend
10/ They have little……….of their jobs.
a. know b. knowledge c. knowing d. to know
11/ They had a…………to solve this problem.
a. determine b. to determine c. determined d. determination
12/ Were they ………..when they got the jobs?
a. satisfy b. satisfying c. satisfied d. satisfaction
13/ They got the………of passing the final exam.
a. satisfy b. satisfactory c. satisfying d. satisfaction
14/ Nothing could………him.
a. satisfy b. satisfactory c. satisfying d. satisfaction
15/They were…………when they read the result.
a. disappoint b. disappointment c. disappointed d. disappointing
16. They did everything possible to ______ the police force.
a. strength b. strengthen c. strong d. strongly
17. I spent a(n) ______ night because of toothache. I’m very tired now.
a. sleepy b. sleeping c. sleepless d. asleep
18. Many students in my class expressed a strong ______ for the project.
a. prefer b. preference c. preferential d. preferentially
19. I think it’s very ______ of him to expect us to work overtime every night this week.
a. reason b. reasonable c. unreasonable d. reasonably
20. Most of the food in supermarkets is very ______.
a. attraction b. attractive c. attractively d. attracting
21. The Island has very few ______ resources.
a. nature b. natural c. naturally d. natures
23. These chemicals are ______. They can cause death or illness if taken into the body.
a. poison b. poisoning c. poisonous d. poisonously
24. He wants to be a ______ engineer.
a. chemistry b. chemical c. chemist d. chemicals
25. There have been many wonderful ______ in this century.
a. developing b. developer c. developments d. developmental
26. English has become an ______ means of communication.
a. effective b. effect c. ineffective d. effectively
27. You can ______ your knowledge by reading newspapers.
a. rich b. richly c. enrichment d. enrich
28. Cheer up! You look ______!
a. disappointment b. disappointed c. disappointing d. disappointedly
29. Making a decision now is of great ______.
a. importance b. important c. importantly d. import
30. These men ______ survived after the crash.
a. miracle b. miracles c. miraculous d. miraculously
31._______ is a branch of Natural Science, and is the study of living organisms and how they interact
with their environment.
a. Biology b. Biological c. Biologist d. Biologically
33/ Only a few of the many species at risk of extinction actually make it to the lists and obtain legal
_______.
a. protect b. protection c. protective d. protector
34.Almost half of turtles and tortoises are known to be threatened with ____.
a. extinct b. extinction c. extinctive d. extinctly
35.Current extinction rates are at least 100 to 1,000 times higher than _______ rates found in the
fossil record.
a. nature b. natural c. naturally d. naturalness
36.It is reported that humans are the main reason for most species' declines and habitat _______
and degradation are the leading threats.
a. destroy b. destructive c. destructor d. destruction
37. They eventually realize that reckless _______ of the earth's resources can lead only to eventual
global disaster.
a. exploit b. exploitable c. exploitation d. exploitative
39.Many teenagers show signs of anxiety and _______ when being asked about their future.
a. depress b. depression c. depressing d. depressed
40.Constant _______ of attack makes everyday life dangerous here.
a. threat b. threaten c. threatening d. threateningly
41.No one can predict the future exactly. Things may happen _______.
a. expected b. unexpected c. expectedly d. unexpectedly
42.There is a wide _______ of computers in that shop for you to choose.
a. vary b. various c. variety d. variously
43.There are several places where residents face the threat of _______ every day.
a. terrorized b. terrorism c. terrorize d. terror
44.Many people think that in some more years we will see the complete _______ of newspapers and
magazines due to the Internet.
a. disappear b. disappearance c. appear d. appearing
45.Advances in computing _______, from processing speed to network capacity and the internet,
have revolutionized the way scientists work.
a. technology b. technological c. technologically d. technologist
47.The control of _______ has been carried out through measures rooted in monetarism.
a. inflate b. inflationist c. inflation d. inflator
48.It is often a good idea to start with small, easily _______ goals.
a. achieve b. achievement c. achievable d. achiever
49.For more than ten years, we have seen the significant _______ in the economy of our country.
a. develop b. developments c. developers d. developed
50.Henry was a studious student. He needed no _______ to work hard.
a. encourage b. encouraging c. encouragement d. encouraged
51.During the time of economic reforms, the economy has grown _______ with only a few major
setbacks.
a. constant b. constantly c. constants d. constancy
54. Hundreds of ______ are involved in the research.
a. sciences b. scientific c. scientists d. scientifically
56. His low scores in the tests ______ him quite a lot.
a. discouraged b. courageous c. encouraging d. encouragement
57.I think that up to now there has not been a real ________ between men and women.
a. equal b. equally c. equality d. equalize
58. They are going to _______ the pool to 1.8 meter.
a. deep b. depth c. deepen d. deeply
59.The referee had no hesitation in awarding the visiting team a _______.
a. penalty b. penalize c. penal d. penalization
60.The referee's _______ is the most important in any sport competition.
a. decide b. decisive c. decision d. decider
4. George cut ______ while he was shaving this morning.
a. him b. his c. himself d. he
5. The United States and Canada have many trade agreements that benefit ______.
a. each b. another c. other d. each other
6. Many students in my class expressed a strong ______ for the project.
a. prefer b. preference c. preferential d. preferentially
7. I think it’s very ______ of him to expect us to work overtime every night this week.
a. reason b. reasonable c. unreasonable d. reasonably
8. Most of the food in supermarkets is very ______.
a. attraction b. attractive c. attractively d. attracting
9. The Island has very few ______ resources.
a. nature b. natural c. naturally d. natures
10. Burning garbage will give off ______ odour.
a. pleasure b. pleasantly c. pleasant d. unpleasant
11. These chemicals are ______. They can cause death or illness if taken into the body.
a. poison b. poisoning c. poisonous d. poisonously
12. If you are ______when you write your composition, you will probably get a good grade.
a. careful b. carefully c. careless d. carefulness
13. Baseball is the______ sport in the United States.
a. nation b. native c. national d. nationally
14. He wants to be a ______ engineer.
a. chemistry b. chemical c. chemist d. chemicals
15. There have been many wonderful ______ in this century.
a. developing b. developer c. developments d. developmental
16. English has become an ______ means of communication.
a. effective b. effect c. ineffective d. effectively
17. She wants to travel by car; but he would rather ______ by train.
a. to go b. went c. going d. go
18. She looks seriously ill. She had better ______ to see a doctor.
a. going b. go c. to go d. gone
19. Call an ambulance. There’s been ______.
a. accident b. an accident c. some accidents d. any accident
20. “Where are you going?” – “ I’m going to buy ______.”
a. a bread b. any bread c. loaf of bread d. some bread
25. You can ______ your knowledge by reading newspapers.
a. rich b. richly c. enrichment d. enrich
26. Cheer up! You look ______!
a. disappointment b. disappointed c. disappointing d. disappointedly
27. Making a decision now is of great ______.
a. importance b. important c. importantly d. import
28. ______ earth moves around ______ sun.
a. The / a b. The / the c. An / a d. An /a
29. These men ______ survived the crash.
a. miracle b. miracles c. miraculous d. miraculously
30. Hundreds of ______ are involved in the research.
a. sciences b. scientific c. scientists d. scientifically
8.Farmers make their soil more productive by distributing _______.
a. fertile b. fertility c. fertilizers d. fertilizable
9.Chemical wastes from factories are _______ that cause serious damage to species habitats.
a. pollutes b. pollutants c. pollutions d. polluters
10.I wanted to go a more ________ route across Montana.
a. north b. northerly c. northerner d. northernmost
11.We often enjoy walking barefoot across the damp __ to the water's edge.
a. sand b. sanding c. sandy d. sandily