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<topic>exams</topic>
<random>yes</random>
<instructions>Choose the correct answer</instructions>
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<item>
<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>We'd all been at school together for 12 years and at our leaving celebrati
ons we _______ eternal friendship.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">assured</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">pledged</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">undertook</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">confided</choice>
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<item>
<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>I felt an _______ with the writer from his descriptions of a world that se
emed to have a great deal in common with my own.</text>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">affinity</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">affection</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">adherence</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">acknowledgement</choice>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>One of the most powerful pressure groups in the country is the road and ca
r _______, which opposes any legislation that will increase taxes specifically f
or them.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">branch</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">folder</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">segment</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">lobby</choice>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>Take care that your love for him doesn't _______ your judgement.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">shadow</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">cloud</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">darken</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">topple</choice>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>Do you have any figures showing the _______ of left-handedness is in the g
eneral population?</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">accidence</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">occurrence </choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">incidence</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">persistence</choice>
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<item>
<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>In her speech the Prime Minister _______ tribute to the valuable contribut
ions to society made by voluntary organisations.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">gave</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">paid</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">sent</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">brought</choice>
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<item>
<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>The weather is going to change soon
I can feel it in my _______ .</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">skin</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">teeth</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">legs</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">bones</choice>
</item>
<item>
<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>There is a very strong movement now against _______ sports like hunting or
shooting.</text>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">blood</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">death</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">killing</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">terminal</choice>
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<item>
<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>Maria and Jean had a _______ romance they met and married within two month
s.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">cyclone</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">hurricane</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">whirlwind</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">typhoon</choice>
</item>
<item>
<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>The boys ran out of the old man's garden when he _______ his fist and shoo
k his stick at them.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">scrunched</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">clasped</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">gritted</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">clenched</choice>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>In the course of his long life in business George G. Matthews _______ a su
bstantial fortune.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">assembled</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">compiled</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">amassed</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">totalled</choice>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>Ever year many small companies get _______ up by large multinationals.</te
xt>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">burnt</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">swallowed</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">digested</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">drowned</choice>
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<item>
<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>Why not buy the dress on ______ then you can take it back if it doesn't f
it your mother.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">agreement</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">affection</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">affirmation</choice>

<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">approval</choice>

</item>
<item>
<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>I'm looking forward to meeting your new boss
you've been _______ his prais
es ever since he arrived.</text>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">singing</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">calling</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">shouting</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">crying</choice>
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<item>
<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>Although the twins look identical, they have widely _______ opinions on al
most every topic under the sun.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">distinct</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">dissimilar</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">divergent</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">distinguished</choice>
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<item>
<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>Anyone who lies under oath will be charged with _______ the course of just
ice.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">diverting</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">perverting</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">inverting</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">converting</choice>
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<item>
<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>James never really broke the rules but he did _______ them a little bit wh
en it suited him.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">twist</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">curve</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">move</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">bend</choice>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>The recently discovered documents _______ credence to Professor Vaughan's
interpretation of events.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">afford</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">lend</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">provide</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">supply</choice>
</item>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>If you say you'd like _______ of cream on you're your strawberries then yo
u don't want very much cream.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">a dollop</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">a dash</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">oodles</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">lashings</choice>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>The princess's nanny's autobiography really gives the _______ on life amon
g the royals.</text>

<choice feedback="Incorrect.">show-down</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">know-how</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">low-down</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">look-out</choice>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>It's as if that silly argument we had has driven a _______ between us and
we've lost all our old closeness.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">beam</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">ledge</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">plank</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">wedge</choice>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>The nuclear industry _______ most of the country's electrical power.</tex
t>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">generates</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">engenders</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">originates</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">initiates</choice>
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<item>
<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>The government is doing all it can to _______ war on dangerous driving.</t
ext>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">stage</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">launch</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">wage</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">battle</choice>
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<item>
<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>Most critics praise that actor's work but I think he's rather _______.</te
xt>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">over-played</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">over-rated</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">over-blown</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">over-priced</choice>
</item>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>I'm afraid we got our _______ crossed
I thought my husband would be pickin
g up the children and he thought I was doing it.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">fingers</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">minds</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">purposes</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">wires</choice>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>The country has few natural resources and its economy has been _______ for
some time now.</text>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">ailing</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">diseased</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">unwell</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">sickening</choice>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>It was so hot in the restaurant that, after half an hour, we were all star
ting to _______ .</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">shrivel</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">wilt</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">fade</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">weed</choice>
</item>
<item>
<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>My sister likes wearing tight tops and close-fitting dresses but I prefer
_______; sweaters and jeans.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">shabby</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">floppy</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">baggy</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">flabby</choice>
</item>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>Serena is still _______ ignorant of the fact that she is about to be mad
e redundant.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">delightedly</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">blissfully</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">jubilantly</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">ecstatically</choice>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>The book _______ to a number of interesting research studies which I would
really like to find out more about.</text>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">alludes</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">hints</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">cites</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">declares</choice>
</item>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>_______ to popular belief, Pluto is not a planet.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">Opposite</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">Compared</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">Contrary</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">Conversely</choice>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>I'm afraid that argument really doesn't hold _______ </text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">firm</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">water</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">sense</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">meaning</choice>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>The children's interest in playing the game soon _______</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">stumbled</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">flagged</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">tottered</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">thawed</choice>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>I don't think Paul will ever get married
he's the stereotypical _______ ba
chelor.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">fixed</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">settled</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">confirmed</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">determined</choice>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>Sources in France suggested that further _______ would be needed before th
ey would agree to a deal.</text>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">concessions</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">consolations</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">contractions</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">contortions</choice>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>I'm sure I was invited to join the committee as the _______ woman.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">sample</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">token</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">representative</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">coupon</choice>
</item>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>Unfortunately, his report doesn't _______ with what we've learnt from othe
r sources.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">ally</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">pally</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">rally</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">tally</choice>
</item>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>A great deal can be _______ about the composer's state of mind from his wo
rks at this period.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">implied</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">inferred</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">deduced</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">comprised</choice>
</item>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>What do you _______ as the main issues affecting the situation?</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">conceive</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">perceive</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">receive</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">deceive</choice>
</item>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>All sides have to accept that the arbitrator's decision will be _______</t
ext>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">tying</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">fixing</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">binding</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">compelling</choice>
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<item>
<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>Sometimes a pension can provide you with a _______ sum on retirement as we
ll as or instead of a monthly income.</text>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">lump </choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">mass</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">block</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">chunk</choice>
</item>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>It was a close _______ but we just made it to the airport on time for our
flight.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">run</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">drive</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">call</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">go</choice>
</item>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>I'd like to _______ my argument with an anecdote whose significance will s
oon become apparent.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">predict</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">announce</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">herald</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">preface</choice>
</item>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>The UN has called for an immediate _______ of hostilities.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">deletion</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">cessation</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">cancellation</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">ceasefire</choice>
</item>
<item>
<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>Not many people are good at assessing their own abilities and Mark must be
_______ for recognising that he would never become a great musician.</text>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">commended</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">merited</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">advocated</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">talented</choice>
</item>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>The _______ of things was that he was sacked from a job that he had held f
or over twenty years.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">upturn</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">upshot</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">uptake</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">upbeat</choice>
</item>
<item>
<type>VOCABULARY</type>
she's such a _______ of sunshine.</text>
<text>It's always nice to see Bella
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">beam</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">light</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">ray</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">glow</choice>

</item>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>Tamara has set her _______ on becoming a ballet-dancer.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">head</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">feet</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">brain</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">heart</choice>
</item>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>After the football match the crowds _______ out of the stadium into the n
earest bars and cafes.</text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">leaked</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">poured</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">trickled</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">dripped</choice>
</item>
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<type>VOCABULARY</type>
<text>Marlene is quite _______ - I don't know she manages to fit everything in.<
/text>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">inexhaustible</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">tiresome</choice>
<choice feedback="Incorrect.">inexorable</choice>
<choice feedback="Correct. Well done!" correct="1">indefatigable</choice>
</item>