Unit 12 Exercises
Exercises on Vocab
Choose the correct answer :
- The book's .................... is the conflict between love and duty.
a. owner b. theme c. buyer d. page - The ........... was so complicated that I was totally confused by the time I was two chapters in.
a. happiness b. evil c. offer d. plot - There are obvious benefits in allowing each student to go at his own .............
a. property b. mind c. pace d. care - Ahmed was a/an .....................in the linen factory of his uncle.
a. imitator b. weaver c. inventor d. server - You'll be glad to hear that Hani and I are .................... to be married.
a. engaged b. linked c. hacked d. connected - At last astronomers have ................... the mystery of the rings encircling the planet Saturn.
a. mended b. solved c. repaired d. clued - No one has ever been able to explain the .............. of the Bermuda Triangle.
a. secretive b. mysterious c. mystery d. secretly - I felt so ........., do you see, yet I felt so angry with myself for feeling that way.
a. delighted b. surprised c. guilty d. glad - Drugs won't make the pain .................. altogether, but they will help.
a. appear b. disappear c. appearance d. disappearance - “I've had a remarkable life”,' says the author who has ................. 35 books.
a. discovered b. published c. found d. activated - .................. between people of different cultures are often extremely difficult.
a. Contents b. Connectors c. Relationships d. Ropes - We must put more money into the sport if we want to create the tennis ........................of
the future.
a. beasts b. legends c. boastful d. flourish - We ..................... the pizza into three and had a slice each.
a. distributed b. separated c. differentiate d. divided - "He's only fourteen." "I know, but I think we can ....... him to look after the baby for an hour."
a. hate b. trust c. haste d. blame - The university should provide more facilities .................... disabled students.
a. for b. in c. at d. with - People may ................. painful childhood memories to protect themselves.
a. announce b. bury c. advertise d. magnify - Four other ...... children whose final days were not as comfortable were buried that same day.
a. written b. abandoned c. oral d. angry - All the necessary steps had been taken to ..................... their safety.
a. endanger b. economize c. ensure d. rationalize - I had an .................... feeling that someone was following me.
a. unpleasant b. ugliness c. united d. used - Every time someone tries to explain the Internet to me, I get even more ......
a. confuse b. confused c. confusing d. confusion - Don't trust anyone who turns up at your door, unless they can ............... who they are.
a. improve b. prove c. approve d. disapprove - Mazin was pleased and invited Omar to his ................. for tea.
a. college b. bank c. cottage d. kindergarten - I strongly ..... that you get your brakes checked before you go on a long drive.
a. ascend b. bury c. recommend d. advice