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Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence
The tasks were not academically ______ enough for me, so I got bored.
troublesome
challenging
easy
problematic
The last part of a piece of music is often more technically ______ than the rest.
problematic
troublesome
demanding
annoying
One of the most controversial and ______ aspects of globalization is the homogenization that tends to accompany it.
demanding
problematic
hard
demanding
He needed surgery to cure a ______ back injury.
troublesome
challenging
demanding
hard
The examination was so ______ that only 5% of all applicants passed.
troublesome
problematic
hard
irritating
Gels are a more comfortable option in hot and humid conditions where sweating is ______.
demanding
hard
challenging
troublesome
The game is so quick that it is very ______ for players to see everything and to get every decision right.
difficult
troublesome
problematic
easy
Childbirth is physically and emotionally very ______ and can leave you feeling shocked and drained.
challenging
easy
uninspiring
demanding
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
I can see ______ useful purpose in continuing this conversation.
nope
none
no
not
The driver was killed, but ______ of the passengers was hurt.
no
nope
not
none
She’s ______ one of my close circle of friends.
not
none
no
nope
A: 'Is she supposed to work today?' - B: ' ______, tomorrow.'
None
Nope
Not
No
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
The business is still in ______ but it has survived the worst of the recession.
calamity
downturn
crisis
depression
Some analysts think a serious economic ______ will probably be averted because many people have been vaccinated.
downturn
upturn
calamity
stagnation
Whenever any ______, disaster or accident occurs, their team arrives there as volunteers for relief work.
crisis
calamity
recession
upturn
The ______ in student numbers between the two world wars was true of most British universities.
recession
depression
stagnation
crisis
The global auto industry suffered a severe ______ in sales during the recession in 2019.
crisis
calamity
depression
downturn
He's passed the ______ - the fever's started to go down.
crisis
downturn
depression
stagnation
In a second wave of ______ in the Northeast, fires broke out in swamped homes and businesses, many inaccessible to firefighters because of floodwaters.
stagnation
depression
recession
calamity
The party was suffering a ______ of confidence among its supporters. They did not trust it any longer.
depression
downturn
crisis
recession
Economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic ______
calamity
stagnation
crisis
downturn
A series of ______ ruined them - floods, a failed harvest, and the death of a son.
downturns
recessions
calamities
crises
Their marriage went through a ______ which almost ended in divorce.
crisis
downturn
recession
depression
The nation was suffering from a period of deep ______ following a boom which had peaked six or seven years before.
upturn
depression
calamity
boost
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
I had a(n) ______ feeling that I was being watched while I was walking home alone. I was scared out of my wits!
eerie
surreal
enigmatic
strange
Sarah tried to pretend she was on a(n) ______ playground, where the kids waded in milk instead of sand and slid down thick, meaty poles.
odd-sounding
enigmatic
surreal
odd-looking
Contact lenses are a bit ______: you can’t really feel them but you’re aware that they’re there.
weird
surreal
enigmatic
mysterious
I kept getting ______ phone calls where the caller would hang up as soon as I answered.
surreal
enigmatic
mysterious
safe
One of the waitresses arrived with a very ______ -looking dish.
surreal
mysterious
odd
weird
There is nothing to rival the ______ and wonderful things that come out on the Rio streets at carnival time. That can be dancers appearing in very strange outfits.
mysterious
weird
surreal
odd
That ______ room which is always locked up half behind the school on the left is still there.
odd
surreal
mysterious
weird
For some ______ reason, I slept like a baby despite the noise.
strange
odd-looking
enigmatic
eerie
I don't wear lenses normally, so it was a bit ______ putting something in my eye and leaving it there.
surreal
mysterious
weird
enigmatic
I found the silence underwater really ______; it felt like a nightmare.
strange
enigmatic
surreal
eerie
If we took longer than five minutes in the bathroom, we had to explain why to our manager. It was ______!
surreal
bizarre
mysterious
enigmatic
There was something ______ about him, and she wanted to ask him a lot of questions. She was very curious about him.
mysterious
eerie
surreal
odd-sounding
She had to find out what it was, and she had the ______ idea that he would help her.
mysterious
enigmatic
strange
odd-looking
Doesn't that seem rather ______ that none of her colleagues would defend her?
eerie
odd
enigmatic
surreal
Choose the option A, B, c, or D that best fits the sentence
The business is ______ by the owner's daughter.
dominated
governed
reigned
managed
He has just been appointed to ______ the corporate-finance department.
govern
head
dominate
influence
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the formal name of the sovereign state ______ by Parliament in London.
reigned
governed
headed
dominated
The small boy could not ______ the big dog.
control
rule
head
govern
Robert II ______ for 19 years and died in Dundonald Castle on May 13th, 1390.
controlled
managed
reigned
influenced
Most modern kings and queens ______ only in a formal way, without real power.
dominate
head
manage
rule
He now ______ the largest retail development empire in southern California.
dominates
controls
governs
rules
He was chosen to ______ the team that investigated the allegations of abuse.
head
influence
govern
dominate
We will be studying the forces that ______ the Earth's climate.
reign
manage
dominate
govern
Men still tend to ______ the world of law - hardly any top judges are women.
rule
manage
govern
dominate
Mounted police have been called to ______ the crowds.
control
govern
manage
rule
The government has altered the rules ______ the eligibility for unemployment benefit.
reigning
governing
dominating
managing
He ______ a team of internationally recognized experts in bone disease and drug development.
influences
dominates
heads
governs
They work as a group - no one is allowed to ______.
dominate
govern
rule
reign
The lights on the stage are ______ by this computer.
ruled
dominated
headed
controlled
When she ______ the department, we never missed a deadline.
managed
governed
influenced
ruled
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
He was a pioneer in various ______ including satire, literary criticism, and drama.
forms
varieties
sorts
genres
He was the old-fashioned ______, well-mannered and always in a suit and tie.
form
category
type
genre
The market sold a bewildering ______ of cheeses.
variety
type
kind
genre
There were five ______ in the competition, which was open to both mainstream and special schools.
kinds
sorts
genres
categories
This ______ of heather grows better in a drier habitat.
type
category
genre
form
Faculty evaluation of students takes two basic ______: course grades and letters of recommendation.
types
varieties
forms
genres
Emma Thompson won an Oscar in the Best Actress ______.
form
category
variety
type
Human behaviour is especially difficult to study because it can be influenced by a wide ______ of factors.
type
genre
category
variety
The two peoples spoke a different language and practiced different ______ of religious worship.
genres
forms
categories
varieties
I like all ______ of food - I’m not fussy.
categories
genres
varieties
sorts
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
The real ______ of the problem lies in the poor construction of the bridge.
excuse
cause
pretext
reason
His main ______ for quitting was personal, as he wanted to spend more time with his wife and two children.
pretext
excuse
reason
cause
As a(n) ______ to get out of the house, Emma went to post a letter.
excuse
cause
explanation
reason
The simplest ______ for his achievements lies in his greater ability and superiority over his contemporaries at college.
cause
explanation
pretext
excuse
Sean came home very late at night, stinking of cheap whisky. He told Mary that his car had broken down. She glared at him with a look that conveyed that she didn’t buy his ______ for a second.
reason
pretext
excuse
cause
Vandalism and criminal damage caused by airguns is an increasing problem which is giving ______ for concern according to police.
pretext
explanation
excuse
cause
Under the ______ of checking her identity, the man had copied down her credit card details.
explanation
reason
cause
pretext
The weather is rainy and windy today. That's a good ______ to be lazy.
excuse
pretext
explanation
reason
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
He ______ a short white-haired figure heading for the back gate.
gazed
glanced
glimpsed
stared
They ______ in wonder at the mighty peaks.
glimpsed
glared
glanced
gazed
He ______ open-eyed at all the food on the table.
glanced
stared
gazed
glimpsed
______ down, she noticed her shoe was untied.
Staring
Glaring
Glancing
Gazing
I looked at her and she ______ angrily back.
glared
glanced
stared
gazed
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
The effects of exposure to atomic radiation at Hiroshima have been passed on to ______ generations.
successive
sequential
succeeding
consecutive
Jackson became the first batter since Babe Ruth to hit three ______ home runs in a single game.
continuous
successive
preceding
succeeding
My computer makes a ______ low buzzing noise, which is annoying.
continuous
successive
succeeding
sequential
We sat in the airport for five ______ hours.
straight
sequential
preceding
succeeding
You need to have been in ______ employment for at least two years. In the field of education, a break of a whole summer can be considered as unemployment.
succeeding
continuous
preceding
sequential
They had won twelve ______ games before they lost.
succeeding
continuous
sequential
straight
Progress in learning a language is ______ but uneven.
successive
consecutive
continuous
succeeding
After six ______ defeats, the team was almost ready to give up.
sequential
consecutive
succeeding
preceding
The government started to borrow money in 1961, and the national debt has steadily increased with each ______ year.
succeeding
continuous
successive
consecutive
The food shortage is a result of three years of ______ floods.
sequential
preceding
succeeding
successive
The batteries provide enough power for up to five hours of ______ use.
sequential
successive
succeeding
continuous
For the second ______ year, she won the most individual gold medals at the world’s major championship.
continuous
straight
succeeding
sequential
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
All the English teams were ______ in the early stages of the competition.
removed
eliminated
eradicated
gotten rid of
I ______ your last email by mistake—could you send it again?
eradicated
erased
deleted
eliminated
I used weedkiller to ______ the weeds in the garden.
eliminate
remove
delete
get rid of
I kept changing my mind and ______ my answers on the test.
erasing
eradicating
removing
eliminating
Officials who were involved in the scandal were ______ from office.
deleted
eliminated
removed
gotten rid of
Effective action is needed to ______ terrorism, drug-trafficking, and corruption.
remove
eradicate
erase
get rid of
The police have ______ two suspects from their investigation.
eliminated
eradicated
gotten rid of
removed
Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits the sentence.
It’s his own stupid ______ his car was stolen - he should have kept it locked.
defect
flaw
fault
error
If you draw or write in pencil, you can always rub out your ______ with an eraser.
mistakes
faults
defects
flaws
All the cars are tested for ______ before they leave the factory.
mistakes
defects
errors
slips
No payments were made last week because of a computer ______.
error
flaw
fault
defect
I called her new boyfriend by her previous boyfriend’s name - it was just a(n) ______ of the tongue.
error
fault
defect
slip
It was a ______ for us to come here tonight.
fault
defect
flaw
mistake
Some engineers detected serious design ______ that would cause the engine to explode.
flaws
slips
mistakes
errors
He had committed a grave ______ in letting them see the document.
defect
error
slip
flaw
Molly knew she could not afford to make a single ______.
fault
flaw
defect
slip
I have an apology to make to you - I’m afraid I opened your letter by ______
error
mistake
flaw
defect
The ______ was with the organizers, who failed to make the necessary arrangements for dealing with so many people.
fault
error
mistake
flaw
Laura was born with a rare heart ______.
error
defect
slip
mistake
For all the ______ in our education system, it is still better than that in many other countries.
errors
mistakes
faults
slips
I sometimes use vintage fabrics, and these tend to have ______: small marks, fading, tiny pinholes are all typical of vintage fabric.
flaws
errors
slips
mistakes
Choose the option A, B, c, or D that best fits the sentence.
The athlete ______ and through his dishonesty he won a gold medal and earned a considerable amount of money.
cheated
deceived
duped
mislead
All through the winter in Spain, Mary ______ her husband while she was seeing another man.
misled
cheated
deceived
duped
He used his charm to _____ the old lady out of everything he could get from her.
fool
cheat
dupe
deceive
The electricity is out. Some idiot has been ______ around with the electricity supply.
cheating
deceiving
fooling
misleading
He managed to ______ his way past the security guards.
mislead
trick
fool
deceive
