Practice Test 1
1.The writer was soin her work that she didn’t notice him enter the room.
A. absorbedB. abandonedC. focusedD. centered
2.The company is trying every means tothe wholesale price of its products.
A. pull downB. put down C. set downD. bring down
3.For professional athletes , _______ to the Olympics means that they have a chance to enter the history books.
A. accessB. attachment C. appealD. approach
4.It is a well-known fact that the cat familylions and tigers.
A. enrichesB. embraces
C. adoptsD. accommodates
5.The reason why so many children like to eat this new brand of biscuit is that it is particularly sweet and.
A. brisk B. crisp C. feeble D. fragile
6.The subject of safety must be placed at the top of the.
A. agendaB. bulletinC. routineD. timetable
7.In order to keep the line moving, customers with lengthy ____are required to do their banking inside.
A. transit B. transactions C. turnover D. tempos
8. The sign set up by the roaddrivers to a sharp turn.
A. alerts B. refreshes C. pleads D. diverts
9.Professor Smith and Professor Brown willin presenting the series of lectures on American literature.
A. alter B. alternate C. substitute D. exchange
10.The doctors don’t_____ that the patient will live much longer.
A. monitor B. manifestC. articulate D. anticipate
11. The first sentence in this paragraph is ; it can be interpreted in many ways.
A. intricate B. ambiguous C. duplicated D. confused
12.Shoes of this kind areto slip on wet ground.
A. feasible B. appropriate C. apt D. fitting
13.Fortune-tellers are good at marking statements such as “Your sorrows will change.”
A.philosophical B.invalid
C.ambiguous D.literal
14.Although the colonists to some extent with the native Americans, the Indians influence on American culture and language was not extensive.
A. migrated B. matched C. mingled D. melted