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Advanced Vocabulary MCQ Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It has become a fashion among famous people to use some of their money to ------ needy people.

a)

comply with

b)

run for

c)

call off

d)

provide for

e)

sort out

2.

In our national policies, we should ------- growth of all sectors of our economy and not just the export sector.

a)

keep pace with

b)

run out of

c)

lay emphasis on

d)

take advantage of

e)

bear in mind

3.

Medical professionals have always ------ visual analysis to provide clues about a patients condition.

a)

run through

b)

relied on

c)

caught up with

d)

watched out for

e)

put out

4.

Before the meeting begins, it'd be advisable to remind him that he's not, on any account, to ------ the subject of unemployment.

a)

look through

b)

take back

c)

bring up

d)

break out

e)

make out

5.

I heard that this morning someone ------, but you were out and they left.

a)

paid in

b)

joined in

c)

called by

d)

got by

e)

passed out

6.

Among the Maori of New Zealand, each community has developed its own way of ------ crimes and has chosen a number of different punishments to match them.

a)

holding up

b)

coming along

c)

dealing with

d)

paying for

e)

taking over

7.

The population of the underdeveloped countries is growing so fast that the agricultural activities there are unable to ------ the progressively rising demand for food.

a)

keep up with

b)

make sure of

c)

look out for

d)

bring up

e)

sort out

8.

When sulfur dioxide emissions from electric power plants ------- particles of water in the atmosphere, they fall to ground as acid rain or snow.

a)

combine with

b)

range from

c)

rely upon

d)

compose of

e)

put ahead

9.

The two archaeologists have tried hard to read the inscription in old Latin, but I do not suppose they have ------ what it literally means.

a)

got away with

b)

written off

c)

taken after

d)

made out

e)

brought up

10.

It is hard for a tiger, especially an inexperienced one, to ------ how to attack an animal that is facing it.

a)

figure out

b)

keep away

c)

rule out

d)

fall back

e)

run over

11.

I will be calling in at their office tomorrow, so I can ------ those documents for you if you like.

a)

cut down

b)

bring about

c)

put across

d)

pick up

e)

wipe out

12.

Because critical periods occur throughout pregrancy, a woman should continuously ------ her health.

a)

keep in with

b)

put up with

c)

find out

d)

take good care of

e)

look up to

13.

His theory seems, at first, to be plausible, but the facts in his research don't ------.

a)

turn up

b)

add up

c)

take after

d)

make up

e)

back out

14.

Babies of our age are healthier and better ------ than those of the past and far fewer of them die in infancy.

a)

disposed of

b)

fed up

c)

rounded up

d)

looked into

e)

cared for

15.

Before the plane ------, the flight attendant told everyone to fasten their seat belts and put their chairs in an upright position.

a)

borne out

b)

closed in

c)

turned up

d)

took off

e)

got down

16.

The atmosphere ------ the earth as if it were a huge roof.

a)

breaks up

b)

makes for

c)

hangs over

d)

puts off

e)

runs over

17.

Popular protest and extensive media coverage finally helped ------ change in the country's environmental policies.

a)

keep off

b)

rule out

c)

bring about

d)

point out

e)

break up

18.

In the introduction to this book, the writer ------ a foreign policy that makes world peace the top priority.

a)

calls for

b)

holds out

c)

keeps up

d)

puts on

e)

brings about

19.

This radio station is based in Chicago, which is 60 miles from here. That is why the broadcast doesn't ------ clearly.

a)

turn down

b)

get through

c)

come in

d)

make off

e)

put down

20.

Whatever the pressures put upon him, I think it is highly unlikely that James would ever ------ anyone.

a)

walk away with

b)

give in to

c)

make up for

d)

get away with

e)

fall through