1. He is ______ as an excellent goal-keeper.
(A) accused
(B) saw
(C) acquainted
(D) acknowledged
2. Life of Pi, directed by Ang Lee, is considered the ______ of cinematic art.
(A) acme
(B) deficit
(C) impediment
(D) refugee
3. A(n) ______ is a follower or assistant of an important person.
(A) companion
(B) acolyte
(C) servant
(D) slave
4. Squirrels have a lot of ______ for the long and ice-cold winter.
(A) acorns
(B) stones
(C) snacks
(D) accommodations
5. ______ is the scientific study of sound.
(A) Linguistics
(B) Phonology
(C) Phonetics
(D) Acoustics.
6. Your sister, Kelly, is so beautiful. Can you make me ______ with her?
(A) acquired
(B) accomplished
(C) acquainted
(D) accompanied
7. When her mother suggested that she stay, Alice willingly ______.
(A) acquiesced
(B) accompanied
(C) adjusted
(D) adapted
8. Visitors to England sometimes find the lack of public activities in the evenings ________.
(A) depressed
(B) depression
(C) depressing
(D) depressingly
9. Julie is one of those women who always ________ the latest fashions.
(A) look after
(B) keep up with
(C) run for
(D) go in for
10. These studies will yield valuable lemons ________.
(A) in which to save lives and protect property
(B) how to save lives and protect property
(C) in how to save lives and protect property
(D) about those to save lives and protect property
11. The school offered flexible courses for farmers, ________ more hours of study when farm work was not heavy.
(A) with
(B) without
(C) in
(D) for
12. Part of the cost of many articles is taken as tax by the government ________ the community.
(A) in place of
(B) on account of
(C) in terms of
(D) on behalf of
13. Soldiers act in ________ to the orders of their officers.
(A) obligation
(B) objection
(C) obedience
(D) offence
14. ________ after the Second World War that test pilots first attempted to break the “Sound barrier.”
(A) It was shortly
(B) Until shortly
(C) Shortly was it
(D) Shortly
15. ________ in the Atacama Desert.
(A) It never virtually rains
(B) It virtually never rains
(C) Never it rains virtually
(D) Never virtually it rains
16. Society now requires the university to be a part of the community. ________, students themselves expect to play a role in the affairs of society.
(A) Hence
(B) However
(C) Moreover
(D) Otherwise
17. Superconductors lose electrical resistance only ________ subjected to intense cold.
(A) through
(B) when
(C) as
(D) by
18. Those who lie and cheat will never ________ it.
(A) get on with
(B) get back to
(C) get away with
(D) get off with
19. A foreign language like English is difficult to learn, so you ________ work too hard.
(A) should
(B) mustn’t
(C) can’t
(D) ought to
20. The manager promised to have my complaint ________.
(A) looked through
(B) looked into
(C) looked over
(D) looked after
21. You can’t be ________ careful in making the decision as it was such a critical case.
(A) very
(B) quite
(C) too
(D) so
22. Children are ________ to have some accidents as they grow up.
(A) obvious
(B) indispensable
(C) bound
(D) doubtless
23. We have done things we ought not to have done and ________ undone things we ought to have done.
(A) leaving
(B) will leave
(C) left
(D) leave
24. ________ the flood, the ship would have reached its destination on time.
(A) In case of
(B) In spite of
(C) Because of
(D) But for
25. In your first days at the school you’ll be given a test to help the teachers to ________ you to a class at your level.
(A) locate
(B) assign
(C) deliver
(D) place
1-5 D A B A D
6-10 C A C B C
11-15 A A C C D
16-20 D B C A B
21-25 C C C D B