Test your vocabulary - series 3

1. The kidnappers are demanding a ________ of one million dollars from the victim's family.
(1) money (3) price
(2) cash (4) ransom ( )

2. Due to lack of ________, the organizers had to cancel the event.
(1) acknowledgment (3) participation
(2) appearance (4) coming ( )

3. The ________ for primary one classes starts next Monday.
(1) enrollment (3) entrance
(2) taking in (4) joining ( )

4. The police department has taken a long time ________ the murder case because the murderer has left very few clues.
(1) checking (3) investigating
(2) finalizing (4) recording ( )

5. My car windscreen was ________ by a pebble thrown from the wheel of a lorry.
(1) shattered (3) broken
(2) pierced (4) scratched ( )

6. He ________ to his wrongdoings and decided to turn over a new leaf.
(1) agreed (3) admitted
(2) saddened (4) nodded ( )

7. You need ________ to see Dr Ong because his schedule is always full.
(1) an interview (3) a visit
(2) an agreement (4) an appointment ( )

8. After he won the first round of the competition easily, Jimmy became ________ and had hardly trained since then.
(1) lenient (3) complacent
(2) skillful (4) strong ( )

9. The reckless driver drove his car over the bridge and ________ into the river.
(1) dived (3) flew
(2) plunged (4) jumped ( )

10. The roof could not take the weight of the snow, it ________ into the house.
(1) cracked (3) collapsed
(2) broke (4) dented ( )



Ex 1.3 Back To Answer Index
1.(4) 2.(3) 3.(1) 4.(3) 5.(1) 6.(3) 7.(4) 8.(3) 9.(2) 10.(3)

Vocabulary Test 2