English Vocabulary Quiz

The government needs to ______ businesses that have been trying to evade the tax.

• put the screws on

• get into gear

• put one over on

• wipe off the map

Being a ______ entrepreneur, you will have to make a special effort for people to take you seriously.

• ___

• budding

• blossoming

• flowering

My mother decided to ______ early yesterday while I stayed up to watch Korean movies.

• doze off

• let up

• get off

• turn in

What I like about this amusement park is that there is ______ parking space right outside it.

• copious

• ample

• expanded

• manifold

Last weekend, nothing ______ to watch on TV, we played chess together.

• there being

• there having

• having had

• being

The major political party is ______ the campaign for tighter gun controls in the wake of last month's shooting.

• procuring

• solidifying

• spearheading

• fulfilling

Scientists warn that global warming will soon go beyond ______.

• the U-turn

• the firing line

• the red line

• the point of no return

The prime minister tried to ______ the country's deep-seated problem for fear of being criticized.

• blot out

• stow away

• paper over

• salt away

I'd sooner you ______ a noise last night; I couldn't get to sleep.

• wouldn't make

• didn't make

• haven't made

• hadn't made

On 6th August 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, killing thousands of citizens and almost ______ the city.

• overthrowing

• annulling

• eradicating

• annihilating