I. Vocabulary and Structure ආะႪ഼ဠ
- Instead of driving a car, I __ around town
on my scooter.
A. encounter B. surround
C. request D. zip - The lovely __ that I received when I
entered Amy’s flower shop warmed my heart.
A. to greet B. greeting
C. greet D. greets - Please divide the snacks into six equal __,
one for each of the six children.
A. aspects B. diners
C. majorities D. portions - Peter can improve his financial situation
__ the amount of money that he spends on
clothes and entertainment.
A. by reducing B. was reduced
C. which reduces D. had to reduce - Skirts and dresses are among the best-selling
__ in the department store.
A. context B. priority
C. apparel D. wisdom - Sara warned her dad not __ over her
shoulder while she’s doing her homework.
A. hovering B. hovered
C. to hover D. hovers - The screen of the old __ is fine, but its
keyboard needs a few minor repairs.
A. laptop B. pulley
C. harness D. founder - Did the girl with the strongest legs __ her
bike all the way to the top of the hill?
A. pedals B. pedal
C. pedaling D. pedaled
9. The artist has asked us to ___ his creation
from the ceiling rather than place it on the floor.
A. exclaim B. suspend
C. foster D. plead
10. The refugees __ when they hear the sad
news about their country.
A. whose devastation B. ought to devastate
C. that are devastating D. will be devastated
11. Since our one o’clock flight to New York has been
cancelled, our best __ is simply to wait for
the next available flight.
A. roster B. episode
C. option D. paradox
12. Patricia paid almost fifty dollars for a __
ticket to the women’s championship tennis match.
A. covets B. covet
C. coveting D. coveted
13. The tissue growth on the patient’s left lung was
originally __ as cancer.
A. straddled B. diagnosed
C. nominated D. intertwined
14. If Karen __ the living room carpet
recently, it would still be fairly clean now, but in fact
it isn’t.
A. had vacuumed B. has to vacuum
C. is vacuuming D. vacuums
15. Most of the men in the village earn their
__ by working on fishing boats.
A. ecosystems B. variables
C. livelihoods D. dilemmas
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