VOCABULARY AND IDIOM TEST - TEST 2 ( Intermediate) Select the most appropriate completion from the alternatives given. 01. If ambitious people have enough ............................. they will achieve the most difficult of goals. A. purpose B. intention C. determination D. endeavour 02. Despite his financial success, he maintained a modest ............................. A. expression B. fashion C. demeanour D. behaviour 03. The two experts retreated into a corner and were soon engaged in ............................. discussion of current economic fashions. A. animated B. alert C. sprightly D. eager 04. It was an emergency that called for ............................. action. A. nimble B. brisk C. prompt D. vigilant 05. Reading the news of the fall in stock prices, I realized with ............................. that I had lost several thousand dollars. A. terror B. apprehension C. dread D. dismay 06. Such a passive acceptance of whatever fate has in store is an attitude completely ............................. to most American managers. A. distant B. alien C. contrary D. remote 07. The military had to be mobilised in order to ............................. the rioting mob. A. pacify B. tranquillise C. appease D. mollify 08. Usually, to ............................. a headache, we take aspirin. A. mitigate B. moderate C. alleviate D. assuage 09. In estimating the costs of printing, it is necessary to ............................. for a certain amount of wastage. A. allow B. grant C. permit D. concede 10. In the course of his speech, the politician frequently ............................. to the failures of the previous government. A. mentioned B. insinuated C. indicated D. alluded 11. Talking gently, the police officer eventually ............................. the potential suicide from off the window-ledge. A. lured B. coaxed C. decoyed D. enticed 12. Both men felt so deeply that they were right, and each hated the other so much, that what should have been a civilised discussion soon degenerated into a vulgar ............................. A. scrap B. strife C. disputation D. brawl ANSWER KEY 1. C 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. A 10.D 11.B 12.D
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