LEVEL 3: U13-14

Test 13: Unit 13

        1.   The _______ and the groom will go on their honeymoon immediately after wedding reception.
(A) cast                           (B) bride                     (C) client                    (D) medal

      2.   Even before she graduated from college, Anne was _______ a scholarship to do research.
(A) awarded                   (B) twisted                 (C) hushed                  (D) budgeted

      3.   Quite a few students fell asleep in class because the lecture was so _______.
(A) passionate                 (B) adventurous         (C) striking                 (D) boring

      4.   It seemed that everyone there was _______ waiting their turn to give it a try.
(A) adventurously          (B) preciously             (C) eagerly                  (D) romantically

      5.   Diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds have been regarded as _______ stones since the remote past.
(A) precious                    (B) eager                     (C) passionate             (D) warm

       6.   The pretty woman _______ a disgusted look at the man and hurried out of the pub.
(A) budgeted                  (B) roared                   (C) cast                       (D) yelled

       7.   If you provide your children with too much protection, they may lack a sense of _______ when they grow up.
(A) twist                         (B) adventure             (C) arrival                   (D) journey

       8.   Many ships and aircraft have disappeared _______ in the Bermuda Triangle since the 1940’s.
(A) adventurously          (B) preciously             (C) harmfully              (D) mysteriously

       9.   It’ll probably take you four hours to drive there and we wish you a safe _______.
(A) journey                     (B) budget                  (C) clue                       (D) passion

      10.   Getting tired of living in the school dormitory, I decided to move and live off _______.
(A) adventure                 (B) campus                 (C) verse                     (D) studio

     11.   David likes to see action movies while his girlfriend enjoys watching _______ comedies.
(A) eager                         (B) romantic               (C) bored                    (D) hive

      12.   Mary made a gesture of being too tired to go, but John did not take the _______.
(A) arrival                       (B) passion                 (C) hint                       (D) award

      13.   Before you eat the fish, I suggested you _______ a little of lemon juice onto it.
(A) squeeze                     (B) budget                  (C) roar                       (D) hush

      14.   It wouldn’t _______ to pamper yourself with some luxuries once in a while.
(A) rip you off                (B) carry you away     (C) take your home    (D) do you harm

      15.   The UN has been working hard to _______ world hunger by 2015.
(A) wipe out                   (B) miss out                (C) find out                (D) look out

                        16. Much to her parents’ surprise, Nancy won a gold m_______l in the 100-meter swimming event.

                         17. Looking at a computer monitor for a long time can be h_______l to your eyes.

                          18. I didn’t have a clue what the man was h_______g at.

                         19. According to the government spokesman, the b_______t deficit needs to be reduced by $15 billion.

                         20. Mary’s hands began to t_______e when she was reading the letter.

Marriage is supposed to be forever. However, these days, that seems to be less and less than case. Marriages often go up in   (21)   before even the ten-year mark. Why does something so   (22)   get ruined so easily? Flowers and candlelight dinners are nice, but marriage is usually about more than   (23)  . Couples who have been together for years and years and have a strong marriage often say that a lot of their marriage is about   (24)  . Good partners can rely on each other and listen to each other. When a couple can really talk and take an interest in each other, things never get   (25)  .

(A) previous 　　(B) boring 　　(C) friendship 　　(D) flames 　　(E) romance

21.           22.            23.            24.             25.      

Test 14: Unit 14

        1.   My passport expired last month. It has to be _______ before I plan to go abroad.
(A) sworn                       (B) floated                  (C) renewed               (D) paraded

      2.   If you hope to recover your health, you must change your daily _______ and lifestyle.
(A) cycle                         (B) routine                  (C) pole                      (D) stuff

      3.   It is _______ of you to devote most of your time to helping those orphans.
(A) noble                        (B) casual                   (C) doubtless              (D) strategic

      4.   There was _______ a scratch on her car, but mine was totally wrecked.
(A) casually                    (B) doubtfully            (C) barely                   (D) strategically

      5.   I can’t tell you why, but the man you’re looking for has _______ from the face of the earth.
(A) vanished                   (B) leapt                     (C) floated                  (D) marched

       6.   My mother has suffered from insomnia for years. She has to take sleeping _______ every night.
(A) repairs                       (B) fans                      (C) kettles                   (D) pills

       7.   _______ surgery usually costs a lot of money, but many people are willing to pay for it.
(A) Striking                    (B) Plastic                   (C) Casual                  (D) Bare

       8.   Mary glanced _______ through a fashion magazine while waiting to get a perm.
(A) barely                       (B) preciously             (C) harmfully              (D) mysteriously

       9.   For the sake of your health, you should cut down on the number of _______ you smoke every day.
(A) cigarettes                  (B) poles                     (C) routines                (D) barns

      10.   Now that we have finished our exams, let’s go somewhere to _______.
(A) float                          (B) fade                      (C) swear                    (D) celebrate

     11.   Karen bears a _______ resemblance to her mother in both looks and personality.
(A) parading                   (B) striking                 (C) bare                      (D) noble

      12.   It was _______ your own fault. Why don’t you admit it and take responsibility for it?
(A) doubtless                  (B) casually                (C) doubtfully            (D) barely

      13.   I _______ on my life that I’ve never borrowed money from any friend of mine.
(A) float                          (B) parade                  (C) swear                    (D) rebuild

      14.   Old soldiers never die; they just _______. It is a famous remark by General MacArthur.
(A) throw away              (B) fade away            (C) give away             (D) look away

      15.   In terms of political leanings, Laura and her husband are _______.
(A) poles apart                (B) all along                (C) apart from            (D) along with

                        16. The marriage believed that giving away free samples would be a good marketing s_______y.

                         17. If you laugh at John, it will be a case of the pot calling the k_______e black.

                          18. Over the years, this small town has become a famous t_______t attraction.

                         19. The TV is broken and needs to be r_______d immediately.

                         20. All our bags are made entirely of l_______r. We never use plastic ones.

The   (21)   of the city is going to call a press conference because he has important announcement. He has decided that it is necessary to raise   (22)  . Are the citizens of the town likely to   (23)   when they hear this news? It is highly   (24)  . Paying money to the government is no one’s favorite activity. But this money is not supposed to be used to buy the mayor, say, a fancy car. The money is supposed to be used to improve the city, to   (25)   and repair the things that need it. It costs a lot to keep a city running smoothly, but it is worth everyone’s effort.

(A) celebrate 　　(B) doubtful 　　(C) mayor 　　(D) taxes 　　(E) rebuild

21.           22.            23.            24.             25.