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Vocab Checking

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Unemployment may provoke a sense of … from society.

a)

Alienation

b)

Liberation

c)

Diversity

d)

Subculture

2.

We want to … the workforce at all stages of the decision-making process.

a)

reflect

b)

involve

c)

capture

d)

constrain

3.

With … blaring and amber lights flashing, the squad cars slewed to a halt at the rear of a war-torn Cadillac.

a)

dimension

b)

siren

c)

mechanism

d)

regulation

4.

Urban riots had left many dead and increased …

a)

racial tension

b)

population density

c)

residents

d)

entertainment

5.

I like the programme because it gives you a different … on world news.

a)

mattress

b)

embassy

c)

itinerary

d)

perspective

6.

In many ways, the poll tax … the attitude which dismisses our interdependence, and therefore our obligations towards each other.

a)

manipulates

b)

induces

c)

inspects

d)

embodies

7.

Physiological changes that normally accompany the aging process alter absorption, distribution, excretion, and drug ….

a)

underground

b)

caravan

c)

metabolism

d)

puncture

8.

They aim to … the maximum political benefit from the Games.

a)

instruct

b)

interpret

c)

extract

d)

negate

9.

Grammar Dictation offers an … approach to the study of grammar in the language classroom.

a)

obvious

b)

precise

c)

innovative

d)

predominant

10.

The argument was clear that neither of us should be employed in the pits because they were……… and were not desirable places for people to work.

a)

 hellholes

b)

dump

c)

lurking place

d)

slumming

11.

……… populated Atlantic coast, inland areas are more scarce.

a)

 Affectionately 

b)

Solemnly

c)

Blindly

d)

  Densely 

12.

 London is a vast, …… city, and the distances to the center from any of the outer suburbs involves a time-consuming journey, whether by public or by private transport.

a)

extensive

b)

sprawling

c)

essential

d)

desirable

13.

 Alternatively, the next examples show how the presence of the theme of the …… indicates a verbal reading.

a)

nominalization

b)

Antecedent

c)

Apposition

d)

Megacity

14.

Trustworthiness of the engineers was also paramount in attempts to establish railway locomotives as a safe, reliable, and cheap form of ……

a)

suburbs

b)

roads

c)

transportation

d)

infrastructure

15.

The Middle Ages witnessed the first sustained …… of northern and western Europe. 

a)

population

b)

urbanization

c)

emissions

d)

corporations

16.

The company decided to relocate to the ….. because the rent was much cheaper.

a)

roads

b)

subway

c)

suburbs

d)

buildings

17.

…. would like to see even more ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

a)

Forecasters

b)

Environmentalists

c)

Politicians

d)

Farmers

18.

There's evidence to suggest that child abuse is not just a recent …. .

a)

prediction

b)

system

c)

phenomenon

d)

subculture

19.

The industry was accused of having inested little in workers, plant or …

a)

arrangements

b)

underbuildings

c)

infrastructure

d)

edifices

20.

The … consideration that permits essentially unobservable items to be observed is that things need not appear as they essentially are.

a)

pivotal

b)

crucial

c)

determining

d)

climactic

21.

 A prison record would … his chances of becoming a lawyer.

a)

efface

b)

decimate

c)

break

d)

wreck

22.

The huaqiao sent much of the money earned in the … to their families or as donations for qiaoxiang-based projects such as schools.

a)

destinations

b)

station

c)

aspiration

d)

resolution

23.

They have suffered serious losses about three-quarters of the … and fishing waters.

a)

landscapes

b)

farmlands

c)

transportations

d)

apartments

24.

Major airports will need new runways to relieve… .

a)

urbanization

b)

waterways

c)

income

d)

congestion