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Unit 5- Higher education - Vocab NC

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Follow the __________ on the back of the packet carefully.

a)

instructions

b)

teachings

c)

advice

d)

comments

2.

She followed in her mother's _________, starting her own business.

a)

examples

b)

footsteps

c)

experience

d)

guiding

3.

She __________ from being a secretary to running her own department.

a)

developed

b)

advanced

c)

graduated

d)

experienced

4.

It's going to be a difficult job but I'm sure she'll ________ to the challenge.

a)

rise

b)

grow

c)

bring

d)

raise

5.

The result of the vote _________ a serious challenge to the government's credibility.

a)

creates

b)

applies

c)

forces

d)

poses

6.

He has a wife and two young children to _________ for.

a)

maintain

b)

apply

c)

provide

d)

pay

7.

She _________ a really good impression of the president.

a)

makes

b)

has

c)

does

d)

pays

8.

It __________ a bad impression if you’re late for an interview.

a)

makes

b)

has

c)

does

d)

pays

9.

This is the second _______ of the encyclopedia.

a)

book

b)

column

c)

volume

d)

impression

10.

On moving in they ________ a huge house-warming party.

a)

provided

b)

launched

c)

threw

d)

hold

11.

Take no _________ of what you read in the papers.

a)

impression

b)

notice

c)

existence

d)

glance

12.

Firefighters need to be able to _______ into action at a moment's notice.

a)

jump

b)

spring

c)

join

d)

swim

13.

The organization _________ into existence ten years ago.

a)

brought

b)

appeared

c)

placed

d)

came

14.

Health officials ________ the blame for the disease on poor housing conditions.

a)

put

b)

took

c)

placed

d)

clued

15.

If anything goes wrong, I'll ________ the blame.

a)

put

b)

take

c)

place

d)

admit

16.

It is easy to _________ light of other people's problems.

a)

make

b)

do

c)

take

d)

think

17.

I went to bed early and slept like a ________.

a)

pig

b)

cat

c)

sheep

d)

log

18.

It's a big theatre so you really have to ________ your voice if you're going to be heard at the back.

a)

project

b)

admit

c)

campus

d)

graduate

19.

I don't think I ______ a chance of winning.

a)

stand

b)

win

c)

place

d)

offer

20.

The terms of the statute are set forth in Section I, Article 3. CLOSEST

a)

provided

b)

explained

c)

informed

d)

advised

21.

I think he was parented very well. CLOSEST

a)

cared

b)

raised

c)

brought

d)

grown

22.

He follows most sports avidly. CLOSEST

a)

has interest in

b)

observes

c)

obeys

d)

takes pleasure in

23.

His lecture was complicated and difficult to follow. CLOSEST

a)

understand

b)

explain

c)

adhere

d)

organize

24.

The idea sounded interesting and I decided to follow it up. CLOSEST

a)

find out more about it

b)

go after it

c)

seek for help

d)

write it in detail

25.

She was not at all daunted by the size of the problem.

a)

impressed

b)

prohibited

c)

discouraged

d)

recommended

26.

Is the library open to the general public?

a)

assessable

b)

available

c)

restricted

d)

launched

27.

He's very open about his weaknesses.

a)

honest

b)

satisfied

c)

indifferent

d)

carefree

28.

The newspaper story brought the problem to light.

a)

denied the problem

b)

admitted the problem

c)

made the problem known      

d)

advertised the problem

29.

This discussion has shed some light on the problem.

a)

demonstrated

b)

explained

c)

provided

d)

maintained

30.

I want some light reading for the summer holidays - a romance or something.

a)

sophisticated

b)

comfortable

c)

entertaining

d)

understanding

31.

I don't know how you're going to explain _______ that dent you made in Dad's car.

a)

up

b)

on

c)

to

d)

away

32.

More and more couples are _________ up home together without getting married.

a)

taking

b)

making

c)

putting

d)

setting

33.

His attitude put me right ________ him.

a)

away

b)

off

c)

on

d)

against

34.

There was a party __________ next door. 

a)

carrying out

b)

going on         

c)

taking up        

d)

putting on

35.

The party __________ around midnight.

a)

cleared up      

b)

broke up         

c)

sent off

d)

put off

36.

The notice about his resignation __________ this morning.

a)

went up

b)

came in

c)

brought about

d)

placed for

37.

They _________ the electricity without notice.

a)

saved up

b)

went out

c)

went off

d)

cut off

38.

Can I _________ it, and tell you my decision tomorrow?

a)

put on

b)

take off

c)

get up

d)

sleep on

39.

We just have to finish this section, then we're _________.

a)

safe and sound

b)

home and dry

c)

on the house

d)

hitting it off

40.

Once you leave the main road and cross the bridge, you're ________ free - we live just three houses further on.

a)

house

b)

way

c)

home

d)

place

41.

The danger really _________ home to me when I saw the pictures on TV.

a)

arrived

b)

went

c)

came

d)

moved

42.

She really ________ home the message that we need to economize.

a)

drove

b)

put

c)

called

d)

hit

43.

When one airline reduces its prices, the rest soon follow ________.

a)

dress

b)

skirt

c)

suit

d)

top

44.

Do your own thing, don't just follow the _________.

a)

society

b)

crowd

c)

citizen

d)

class

45.

Take a chance and follow your ________ - you may be right!

a)

head

b)

face

c)

feeling

d)

nose

46.

By now the party was in full __________.

a)

heat

b)

air

c)

swing

d)

top

47.

I've been working on this book for over a year, but I can finally see the light at the end of the ______.

a)

room

b)

tunnel

c)

station

d)

garage

48.

Some students live _______ the University campus.

a)

in

b)

on

c)

at

d)

of

49.

The teacher explained the rules ________ the children.

a)

for

b)

to

c)

at

d)

among

50.

Call me _________ home after four o'clock.

a)

at

b)

in

c)

on

d)

for

51.

We have concerns about whether the government will be able to provide viable social services ______ poorer families/provide poorer families _______ viable social services.

a)

for/ for

b)

with/ with       

c)

for/ with

d)

1.     with/ for

52.

Putting more police on patrol doesn't provide a real solution ________ the problem of increasing violence.

a)

for

b)

to

c)

with

d)

of

53.

I was __________ the impression (that) you didn't get on too well.

a)

in

b)

on

c)

at

d)

under

54.

He made quite an impression __________ the girls at the tennis club.

a)

on

b)

at

c)

of

d)

to

55.

He hadn't been home for three days so I asked him to __________ himself.

a)

account

b)

demonstrate

c)

perform

d)

explain