Prepositions And Phrasal Verbs Advanced Level Test - Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 6
Question 1 |
1. It might be a good idea to buy a _____ raincoat because then it can be worn with either side out.
A | decisive |
B | reversible |
C | strenuous |
D | extravagant |
E | slippery |
Question 2 |
2. She is a very____child, who always does as she’s told.
A | apparent |
B | influential |
C | fanciful |
D | desperate |
E | compliant |
Question 3 |
3.Japan’s Ministry of Telecommunications and Internal Affairs is _____technology, research and development to the tune of 619 million dollars in 2006.
A | funding |
B | confronting |
C | altering |
D | tackling |
E | detecting |
Question 4 |
4.If you are both going to lie, at least stick to the same story and don’t _____ each other.
A | fold |
B | contradict |
C | intervene |
D | exclude |
E | blink |
Question 5 |
5.Scientists in different countries, working _____ of each other, have come up with very similar results.
A | independently |
B | immensely |
C | timidly |
D | sceptically |
E | respectfully |
Question 6 |
6.In recent years, scientists have come to a / an _____ that the earth is warming mostly due to the emission of carbon dioxide from electrical power plants that burn coal, oil and natural gas.
A | promotion |
B | ambition |
C | commission |
D | treaty |
E | agreement |
Question 7 |
7.Pele and Maradona have b een_____ the best football players in the world up to now.
A | continuously |
B | indescribably |
C | arrogantly |
D | indisputably |
E | indecently |
Question 8 |
8.Nokia set up a tent recently at the Los Angeles Film Festival to _____ its mobile-video phones and technology
A | give away |
B | put through |
C | show off |
D | come round |
E | lay down |
Question 9 |
9. His publishers will soon b e _____ his latest collection of essays, which he wrote during his trip in China recently.
A | making up |
B | flooding in |
C | taking in |
D | looking down |
E | bringing out |
Question 10 |
10. She did not get the money honestly and legally. She got it by_____ .
A | explanation |
B | deception |
C | abolition |
D | satisfaction |
E | detention |
Question 11 |
11. You can raise the microphone or lower it. It’s _____ .
A | adjustable |
B | curable |
C | breakable |
D | readable |
E | creative |
Question 12 |
12. Last night I went to see a romantic film which was rather _____.
A | skilful |
B | tough |
C | moving |
D | ecstatic |
E | delightful |
Question 13 |
13. Words that sound alike but are spelled_____ are called homophones, as in the example of to, two and too.
A | similarly |
B | differently |
C | originally |
D | quietly |
E | initially |
Question 14 |
14. One reason why artificial flavourings and colourings are _____ used in ready-made foods is that they are much cheaper than natural ingredients.
A | scarcely |
B | formerly |
C | tactfully |
D | widely |
E | slightly |
Question 15 |
15. Squids use the force of their ten long arms to _____ themselves through the water.
A | propel |
B | draw |
C | shift |
D | project |
E | deplete |
Question 16 |
16. The dentists working in this hospital object to _____ teeth without doing everything that can be done.
A | heaving |
B | extracting |
C | scattering |
D | ejecting |
E | dragging |
Question 17 |
17. We thought of buying the pretty wooden Ottoman house we saw by the Bosphorus, but then w e _____ the idea, as the roof was too damaged.
A | set out |
B | kept to |
C | held on |
D | did up |
E | gave up |
Question 18 |
18. A brief outline of the course and bibliography were _____ to the students at the first meeting.
A | used up |
B | broken down |
C | caught on |
D | handed out |
E | worn off |
Question 19 |
19. In formulating a hypothesis, we must keep i t _____ with what we know of the real world; it cannot disagree with our experience.
A | voracious |
B | congruent |
C | unwise |
D | meticulous |
E | proper |
Question 20 |
20. Some species of animals have become extinct because they could not_____ to a changing environment
A | foresee |
B | adapt |
C | hustle |
D | collapse |
E | legislate |
Question 21 |
21. The college is about to ____ a program for reducing math anxiety among students.
A | malign |
B | nominate |
C | penetrate |
D | overthrow |
E | initiate |
Question 22 |
22. An experienced farmer can estimate the annual _____ of his acres with surprising accuracy
A | penalty |
B | resource |
C | scarcity |
D | yield |
E | taxation |
Question 23 |
23. Although she was knowledgeable in a number of fields, she was hired for her particular _____ in computer programming.
A | expertise |
B | tolerance |
C | utility |
D | variance |
E | reluctance |
Question 24 |
24. His opponents could not harm Achilles, who was _____ only in his heel.
A | mutual |
B | harmonious |
C | vulnerable |
D | fruitful |
E | illegible |
Question 25 |
25. We ____ kept George off the planning committee because we didn't want him to know that the party was to be in his honour.
A | vigorously |
B | subsequently |
C | emotionally |
D | fluently |
E | deliberately |
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