TEST LEXICO WORD FORMATION FOR NEC (8 pages) Mã A778599

TEST LEXICO – WORD FORMATION

Part 1. Lexico

1. Some doctors are confident that vaccines for COVID-19 will be available down the __________, but they also admit that they still have a long way to go.

A. track B. road C. path D. trail

2. Jenifer gave Fred the cold __________ because of the rumours he’s spreading about her.

A. eye B. look C. shoulder D. feet

3. A certain __________ of society is threatening to disrupt the parade on Sunday.

A. part B. element C. piece D. fragment

4. I cannot convince him that he’s wrong; he just will not __________ reason.

A. admit B. accept C see D. catch

5. Only good books can stand the test of __________ and keep their popularity.

A. age B. time C. life D. era

6. Some 12 million people in Britain own mobile phones, and we are a society on the __________. To save time we make conduct business, chat with friends, make arrangements – all from the car.

A. go B. run C. chase D. drive

7. Mary threw a __________ when her mother withdrew her pocket money.

A. storm B. wax C. fit D. wrench

8. The babysitter told me that the kids were as good as __________ last night.

A. gold B. silver C. diamond D. iron

9. Be careful of Sid. He has a __________ temper when he’s drunk.

A. crystal B. glassy C. sivery D. mercurial

10. If you're going to be a neurosurgeon, you need to have nerves of __________—there's no time to panic when you're operating on someone's brain.

A. iron B. steel C. rock D. diamond

11. She is __________ religious and goes to the church twice a day.

A. thoroughly B. completely C. vividly D. profoundly

12. Isn’t it time we buried the hatchet and started from the beginning?

A. made up B. made off C. broke up D. broke off

13. They’ve finished building the roof, and next week they’re having the water __________.

A. laid up B. laid on C. laid by D. laid into

14. Apparently the concert’s being held __________ until the following week.

A. off B. back C. over D. forth

15. I hope you’ve __________ plenty of provisions in case we get cut off by the snow again.

A. laid in B. laid up C. held over D. held out on

16. We can’t change these rules; they were __________ by the president years ago.

A. laid away B. held away C. laid down D. held down

17. If I know Margaret she’ll try and and keep __________ them, just to boost her own career.

A. in with B. out of C. down on D. up to

18. If you keep __________ her like that she’ll never respond in a positive way.

A. away from B. out of C. up to D. on at

19. It's your own cowardice that __________ between you and the success you've always dreamed of.

A. falls B. goes C. stands D. tells

20. They are in this mess because they were unable to __________ to the future.

A. go ahead B. put ahead C. see ahead D. run ahead

21. I really must catch __________ some sleep. I’m exhausted.

A. up with B. up in C. up on D. up

22. In an exceptionally bitter election campaign, both candidates __________ and accused each other of corrupt practices.

A. went overboard B. went off the air

C. went for the jugular D. went to pieces