LEXICO AND GRAMMAR ASSORTED TEST WITH KEY (4 pages) Mã A394878

LEXICO AND GRAMMAR

ASSORTED TEST Part 1: Choose the corect answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. 1. Before the Civil War, several Southern states tried to _______ laws passed by the U.S. government.

A. mollify B. adhere C. nullify D. Sequester Mollify = placate: to cure sb’s anger (allay,alleviate,ameliorate) Null(a): having a value of 0 2. The police officer was forced to _______ the nearest car to chase the bank robbers.

A. discern B. commandeer C. verify D. Reconcile Commandeer (v) st: requisition st 3. Sean spent some extra time studying his geometry in order to _______ failure on the test.

A. imprint B. imprison C. preclude D. Exclude Preclude st (from …): = prevent st … 4. If you truly want to strive for a goal, you must be _______ to opinions of people who don’t think you can do it.

A. imperceptible B. impenitent C. impartial D. Impervious (perceive) -> imperceptible = unsubstancial Impenitent = unrepentant (a): stubborn, obdurate… Impervious = immune /invulnerable 5. The purpose of the new employee manual is to show, briefly and _______, how to stay safe in the laboratory.

A. unambiguously B. impeccably C. authentically D. Deftly Deft(a): do st with skill -> deftly Impeccably = perfectly 6. Because folk art is neither completely rejected nor accepted as an art form by art historians, their final evaluations of it necessarily remain ________.

A. arbitrary B. estimable C. unspoken D. Equivocal Equivocal: difficult to understand or explain… 7. In parts of the Arctic, the land grades into the landfast ice so ________ that you can walk off the coast and not know you are over the hidden sea.

A. slightly B. imperceptibly C. precariously D. Irregularly Imperceptibly (adv): in a very small way that cannot be seen or felt 8. If the network is busy, then voice calls can suffer from ________ and the quality of the service becomes unacceptably low.

A. discourse B. lapse C. flicker D. latency 9. This job may not pay well, but it has certain _______ benefits, such as friendly colleagues and a stimulating environment.

A. obscure B. tangential C. intangible D. Immaterial Immaterial = irrelevant Tangential (+n): having a slight connection with st Intangible = invisible, incomprehensible 10. Jerry had the _______ to blame his teachers for his failure.

A. concern B. chivalry C. regard D. Audacity Have the audacity to V = have the gut/nerve to V Part 2. Supply the correct form of the words in capital to complete the passage.

THE ANTARCTIC ICE MARATHON There is no other race quite like it; no other race in a place so (0)inaccessible(ACCESS); no other race which puts the body through a test of (1)indefatigability (FATIGUE) of such extremes. The Antarctic Ice Marathon

was the (2)brainchild (CHILD) of Richard Donovan, whose company, Polar Running Adventures, gives runners the opportunity to (3)partake (TAKE) in a race through the barren wasteland that is the snow-covered Union Glacier. Last year, there were some 34 participants in the race, and, this time, the number of (4) entrants (ENTER) is expected to be higher still; such has been the level of interest shown by members of the public, amateur and professional athletes and the media alike. But, while the prospect of being part of as unique an experience as the Antarctic Ice Marathon is, seems, on the face of it, a rather agreeable notion, those considering putting their names in the mix would do well to be (5)mindful(MIND) of just how intense and (6)onerous(ONUS), both physically and psychologically, the event can be. You will be cut off completely from civilisation, with not even a penguin there to cheer you on, and you may have to face temperatures dipping considerably lower than the levels your body would (7)acclimatize (CLIMATE) itself to dealing with, not to mention the (8)improbability (PROBABLE) of fine weather – think instead near (9)white-out (WHITE) conditions and zero visibility. But, if …