Bonus Quiz

1- Alex had always been an………………… lover

• brash

• deviate

• exult

• ardent

2-He looked up at her, obviously afraid she would further ………………… him.

• capricious

• assiduous

• chastise

• allocate

3-He tried to move laterally, away to his right, butthe ………………… branches of a now-dead bush blocked his path.

• emaciated

• gnarled

• inkling

• poignant

4- In order to assist the young kingdom of Bulgaria, which could only with great difficulty and with much damage to its resources have found means to indemnify Turkey for this serious breach of treaty engagements, the Russian government intervened, and proposed as compensation to the Turkish government the deferment for forty years of the annual payment (£U.S 350 , 000) of the 1877 war…………………

• sophomoric

• spontaneous

• indemnity

• brash

5- Over the course of the series, whatever ………………… they may have felt slowly gives way to respect and new-found admiration and the pair eventually married.

• deviate ( Verb )

• deviate ( Noun )

• rancor

• emaciated

1- It is to be expected that, by the year 2050, people's eating habits will have changed beyond recognition. With worldwide growth in population, very many new mechanical and scientific methods will come into being to step up food production. There may well be

an end to food as we know it today. In fact, meals, as we know them, may become a thing of the past. Food constituents and vitamins may be taken in the form of capsules, tablets and pills. The thought of these highly artificial food constituents replacing present day foods may not be very relishing, but they may be the answer to food shortage and world famine. The author points out that artificial food................

• A) Will, unfortunately, be deficient in vitamins

• B) Can be economically and easily produced

• C) is not practical but it is delicious

• D) May provide a solution to the problem of a world food shortage

7- It is to be expected that, by the year 2050, people's eating habits will have changed beyond recognition.

With worldwide growth in population, very many new mechanical and scientific methods will come into

being to step up food production. There may well be an end to food as we know it today. In fact, meals, as

we know them, may become a thing of the past. Food constituents and vitamins may be taken in the form

of capsules, tablets and pills. The thought of these highly artificial food constituents replacing present day

foods may not be very relishing, but they may be the answer to food shortage and world famine.

The main point emphasized in the passage is that ................

• A) Present-day eating habits must be preserved

• B) In the twenty-first century, the widespread use of artificial food will be inevitable

• C) Famine and food shortage in the world can only be overcome by reducing the population growth rate

• D) Artificial goods need not conflict with traditional eating habits

8- There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to know what is reaching

him and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with

anything strange. In the dark, the fear of an unexpected touch can lead to panic. Even clothes

give insufficient security: it is easy to tear them and pierce through to the naked, smooth, defenseless

flesh of the victim. All the distances that men create around themselves are dictated by this fear. They

shut themselves in houses that no one may enter, and only there do they feel some measure of security.

The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed but also the fear of something touching you in

the darkness. According to the passage, what frightens people most is ................

• A) The thought of being robbed at night

• B) The unexpected contact with something unknown

• C) A sense of insecurity

• D) Being alone in the dark

9- There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to know what is reaching

him and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange. In the dark, the fear of an unexpected touch can lead to panic. Even clothes give insufficient security: it is easy to tear them and pierce through to the naked, smooth, defenseless

flesh of the victim. All the distances that men create around themselves are dictated by this fear. They

shut themselves in houses that no one may enter, and only there do they feel some measure of security.

The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed but also the fear of something touching you in

the darkness. Because people are frightened of the unknown, ................

• A) They feel it necessary to put a barrier between themselves and the unknown

• B) It is natural that they should always be in a state of panic

• C) They feel safer in a crowd

• D) They try to avoid physical contact of all kinds

10- There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to know what is reaching

him and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with

anything strange. In the dark, the fear of an unexpected touch can lead to panic. Even clothes

give insufficient security: it is easy to tear them and pierce through to the naked, smooth, defenceless

flesh of the victim. All the distances that men create around themselves are dictated by this fear. They shut themselves in houses that no one may enter, and only there do they feel some measure of security.

The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed but also the fear of something touching you in the darkness. This passage is concerned with................

• A) How people can regain a sense of security

• B) The measures people are advised to take against burglars

• C) The three main types of fear

• D) People's fear of the unknown and how they try to cope with it