LEXICO- GRAMMAR

Part 1: Choose the best option to complete each of the following questions.
1. After several hours on the road they became ______ to the fact that they would never
reach the hotel by nightfall.
A. dejected B. resigned C. depressed D. disillusioned
2. One of the organization’s aims is to ______ information about the disease so that more
people know about its symptoms.
A. disentangle B. deride C. dwindle D. disseminate
3. Dealing with ______ refusal from an employee is easier than dealing with false
compliance
A. an offset B. a remedial C. an agile D. an outright
4. Did you see Jonathan this morning? He looked like ______. It must have been quite a
party last night.
A. a wet blanket B. a dead duck
C. a death warmed up D. a bear with a sore head
5. In the ______ of security, personnel must wear their identity badges at all time.
A. requirement B. demands C. assistance D. interests
6. I must ______ my Spanish before I go to Seville.
A. make up for B. break out of C. brush up on D. cut out for
7. She has scrawled me a note in her familiar ______ handwriting.
A. scratchy B. scruffy C. rusty D. sloppy
8. Education should be a universal right and not a ______
A. deliverance B. enlightenment C. privilege D. liberty
9. I know you're upset about breaking up with Tony but there are plenty more ______
A. horses in the stable B. cows in the field
C. tigers in the zoo D. fish in the sea
10. On Sunday, Vivian studied for seven hours ______
A. on end B. at once C. in full D. at length
11. Stephen really lost his ______ when his dental appointment was cancelled again.
A. head B. voice C. calm D. rag
12. We were working overtime to cope with a sudden ______ in demand.
A. boost B. impetus C. surge D. thrust
13. It was decided that the cost of the project would be ______ so it was abandoned.
A. repressive B. prohibitive C. restrictive D. exclusive
14. She was determined to become wealthy and to that ______ she started her own
company.
A. view B. aim C. end D. object
15. He made a number of ______ remarks about my cooking, which upset us.
A. slashing B. stabbing C. chopping D. cutting
16. She is afraid she is rather ______ about the existence of the ghost.
A. skeptical B. partial C. adaptable D. incapable
17. I am sorry to have bothered you, I was under the ______ that you wanted me to call
you.
A. mistake B. miscalculation C. misconception D. misapprehension
18. Many children who get into trouble in their early teens go on to become ______
offenders.
 A. persistent B. insistent C. inverted D. innate
19. ______, Americans eat a light breakfast. They usually don’t eat a lot of food in the
morning.
A. By and large B. Fair and square C. Ins and outs D. Odds and ends
20. If that boy doesn’t stop stealing, he will ______ in jail.
A. end up B. bring about C. get round D. go by

Part 3: Complete the following sentences with suitable prepositions or particles.

1. Paul won't do anything without asking his wife first. She's really got him_______ her
thumb. under someone’s thumb
2. The thing I don't like about my present job is that we often have to work up to 10
hours_____ a stretch.
3. The party was already ___________ full swing by the time they got there.
4. He didn't have time to prepare a speech, so he had to give one _______ the cuff.
5. Throughout the flight, he was very much ______edge and didn't start to relax until the
plane had landed. to be on edge
6. I'd love to come to the concert with you but I can't, I'm afraid. I'm_______ to my ears
in work this week.
7. Playing squash once a week was his way of letting _______steam.
8. "I think Arsenal are the best football club in Britain." "Come _______ it! What about
Liverpool, then?"
9. The club welcomes all new members regardless ________age.
10. He finished his speech__________ tremendous applause.

Part 4: Fill in each blank with the correct form of the words.
Historically, Mars was thought to be the most likely planet to habour life. There is
a range of such (1.believe) ________ in popular culture as expressed in literature, radio
and films. Public fascination with Martians began in the late 19 th century when
astronomer Giovanni reported (2.observe) _________ of large channels on Mars in 1887.
In 1897, Well’s War of the World was the first major work to explore the (3.conceive)
_________ of the “extraterrestrial invader” and exerted a substantial influence on the
public psyche. A few years later, even (4.knowledge) __________ astronomers such as
Lowell seriously advocated the (5.possible) _______of life forms as described in his
book Mars as the Adobe life. Consequently, Mars began to take a special place in popular
culture around the turn of the 20 th century, continuing until today. However, this does not
(6.little) ________ the unique role of Mars in the history of science. Specifically, the
(7.document) __________ of the movement of Mars by Kepler led to the formation of
his three laws of (8.planet) _________ motion which shattered notions of astronomy and
laid the foundations for the (9.dicover) _________ of Newton. Like no other planets,
Mars has left (10.replace) _______ marks on human imagination and thought.

Part 2: There are ten mistakes in the text below. Underline the mistakes and correct
them in the space provided.
Although speech is the most advance form of communication, there are many ways
of communication without using speech. Signals, signs, symbols and gestures may be
find in every known culture. The basic function of a signal is to impinging on the
 environment in such way that it attracts attention as the dots and the dashes of a telegraph
circuit. Coding to refer to speech, the potential for communication is very great. Less
adaptable to the codification of words, signs also contain meaning in and of themselves.
A stop sign or a barber pole conveys meaning quickly and conveniently. Symbols are
more difficult to describe than signals and signs because of its relationship with the
receiver's cultural perceptions. In some cultures, applauding in a theatre provides
performances with an auditory symbol of approval. Gestures such as waving and
handshaking also communicate some certain cultural message. Although signals, signs,
symbols and gestures are very useful, they do have a major disadvantage. They usually
do not allow ideas to share without the sender being directly adjacent to the receiver.

Your answers:
1. line 6. line
2. line 7. line
3. line 8. line
4. line 9. line
5. line 10. line

II. Read the following text which contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and
write the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
Lines
1 Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are produced any time an electric current runs through a wire
2 or an appliance. Wherever you find electricity, you will find EMFs. In today electrical
3 environment, EMFs are everywhere. Atlantic Gas & Electric has detected them near power
4 generations, around radio and transmission stations, under power lines, and near electrical
5 outlets, lights, office equipment and computer terminals.
6 The idea that electromagnetic fields could be dangerous to your health is entirely new. Soviet
7 scientists began reporting on them as early as 1972 when they noticed that switchyard
8 workers who were regularly exposed high levels of electromagnetic fields near the Omsk
9 Power Station experienced strange health effects. There were increasing levels of heart
10 disease, nervous disorders, and blood pressure changes, as long as recurring headaches,
11 fatigue, stress and chronic depression.
12 Today, power companies cannot avoid the EMF issue. Medical evidence has taken it to the
13 fore. Concerned citizens have effectively organized themselves to attract the attention of the
14 medium, their public officials and, in one instance, the management of the Oakville Power
Authority. Their goal is to identify the EMF problem clearly, target their objectives carefully,
15 then make their demands known as the Public Utilities Commission. If enough reports reach
16 the Commission, it will become clear that these are not isolated instances. Citizens must
17 demand that utility companies prove there is a strong need to put through more power lines in
18 residential neighborhoods.
19

Your answers:
No. Lines Mistake Corrections No. Line Mistake
Corrections
1. 6.
2. 7.

3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.

Part 2. There are ten mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them.
Write your answers in the space provided below. (10 points)
line 1 A study into family health conducting in California comes up with
line 2 some interesting conclusions, though these might not be accepted
to everybody. The main conclusion is that for a family to remain
line 3
healthy, the relationship between husband and wife plays a major
line 4 role. The perhaps surprising aspect of this research, however, is
line 5 that statistically the healthy family is optimistic, church-going, and
line 6 leading by a traditional male. And perhaps not so surprisingly,
what promotes the health of the husband does not necessarily
line 7 promote the health of the wife, and vice versa. For example, when
line 8 it comes to express emotions, it is generally assumed that giving
line 9 an outlet to feelings is healthy. But according to the study, there
line 10 may be beneficial for one party but not for the other. If the wife
talks more than the husband does in these situations and gives him
line 11 feelings of guilty, then he is likely to become depressed, whereby
line 12 if the wife lets the husband dominate the arguments, then she in
line 13 turn will be the one whose mental state will suffer. The study also
found that when men dominate in domestical arguments, they
line 14
often end up trying to avoid the real issue or become silently and
 line 15 withdraw. This has the effect of making the wife feel anxious and
line 16 depressed. As a person’s mental state is closely linked to their
physically well-being, it is clear that the dynamics of family
relationships help to determine health in general.

Your answer:
Lin Mistake Correction Line Mistake Correction
e
1 9
2 10
3 11
4 12
5 13
6 14
7 15
8 16

Part 2. Read the passage below which contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and
write the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes. There is ONE example at
the beginning.
( 10 points)
TAKE CARE IN THE SUN
The Sun should be (0) enjoying but overexposure can cause sunburnt, leading to mature
skin ageing and increased risk of skin cancer. It is the ultraviolet rays which cause this;
even in the UK they can damage your skin, but UV is much more powerful the nearer the
equator you go. You must stay out of the sun during the two hours around midday, use
shade at other times, the sun hat and tight woven but loose clothing. Protective creams
suitable for your skin type can help protect unavoidably exposing parts of the body. A
farther related risk is heart stroke, caused by overheating. Avoid strenuous activity during
the hot hours and make sure you drink plenty of non-alcohol drinks (best is water which
has been boiled or soft drink from sealed cans or bottles) to replace body fluid.
Your answers:
0.enjoying->enjoyed
1. 2. 3 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.