Multiple choice of vocabulary
Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one. 1. A child receives his early ________ from their parents.
A. educate B. education C. educator D. educative
2. Birth control methods have ________ women from the endless cycle of childbearing
and rearing. A. free C. freedom B. freely D. freed
3. Thanks to the women's liberation women can take part in ____ activities. D. socialize C. socially B. society A. social
4. In some most Asian countries women are undervalued and they never have the same
________ as men. A. formality D. status B. basis C. limit
5. ________ is the study or creation of theories about basic things such as the nature of
existence, knowledge, and thought, or about how people should live. A. Politics B. Physics C. Business
D. Philosophy 6. Mrs. Pike is a feminist, who ________ that women should be offered the same job
opportunities as men. A. varies B. advocates C. leads D. votes
7. It is against the law to __ on the basis of sex, age, marital status, or race.
A. suit B. discriminate C. believe D. gain
8. Women's status ________ in different countries and it depends on the cultural
beliefs. A. varies B. employs C. fixes D. establishes
9. Women's contribution to our society has been ______ better these days.
A. differently B. naturally
C. intellectually D. significantly 10. Many of young people between the ages of 16 and 18 who are neither in education
nor ________ are in danger of wasting their lives. A. power B. ability C. nature
D. employment 11. In the northern part of the Simpson Desert, the dunes are separated by ________ of low, open shrubland. A. streets C. corridors D. lines
B. ways 12. Several deserts are a quite vast and uninhabited ________. B. territory A. plain C. corridor D. shrub
13. _______ is the protection of environment and natural resources. B. Commerce A. Survival C. Conservation D. Extinction
14. If an area is _______, all the trees there are cut down or destroyed.
A. endangered B. deforested C. contaminated D. polluted
15. A _____ is a story long enough to fill a complete book, in which the characters and events are usually imaginary.
A. pleasure B. novel C. page D. review
16. Can you ________ what it would be like to live without books?
A. imagine B. advise C. describe D. understand
17. Most deserts are enormous sandy areas.
A. mysterious B. narrow C. immense D. aerial
18. Many species have become extinct each year before biologists can identify them.
B. drain A. destroy C. endanger D. discover
A. recommendation C. fiction D. interest
19. Please give me some advice to buy suitable books for my ten-year-old girl. B. information 20. Several ________ advanced countries have had plans to make desert more hospitable.
A. science B. scientific C. scientifically D. scientist
21. Chemical wastes from factories are _______ that cause serious damage to species habitats.
A. pollutes B. pollutants C. pollutions D. polluters
C. romanticize D. romanticism B. romantic A. romance
22. Mary enjoys reading ________, adventure, and whatever else she can either buy or borrow. 23. I am so busy that I have only had time to ______ into the report.
A. dip B. read C. look D. plunge
24. Your ______ is the one you are playing or fighting against in a game.
A. player B. enemy C. opponent D. teammate
25. You should allow a little time after a meal for the food to ______.
A. absorb B. consume C. digest D. nourish
26. It is announced that foul play will be severely ______. C. scolded A. fined D. blamed
B. penalized 27.Romeo and Juliet is a famous ______ by William Shakespeare.
A. romance C. fiction B. thriller
D. cartoon 28. FIFA has declined that South Africa will ______ the 19th World Cup in 20010.
A. arrange C. organized. B. manage
D. host 29. He knew by heart the ______ of the note his wife left for him on the table. C. content A. plot B. title D. information
30The excited people in the stadium burst out shouting as the footballer missed the penalty.
A. spectators B. audiences C. viewers D. witnesses
31. I ______ the new English book to all my classmates so that they can buy it.
A. displayed B. commented C. introduced D. recommended
32. My younger brother is a very ______ boy, always playing active games. A. heavy C. energetic B. strong D. powerful
33. Each country has its right to deal with problems within its ………..
B. ground A. territory C. land
D. soil 34. This region is so …………: there has been no rain in the past two years. A. drought C. fertile D. moist
B. arid 35. How many _______ took part in the 22nd SEA Games? C. competition B. competitors A. compete D. competitor
36. The second part of the program in the 22nd SEA Games opening ceremony was named "_______ for Peace".
A. Cooperate
D. Cooperatively B. Cooperation C. Cooperative 37. The _______ wanted to reduce the breadth of the games, with many events currently having small fields and weak competition.
A. organize B. organization C. organizable D. organizers
38. Before the 22nd SEA Games, Vietnam had made a good _______ in every aspect.
A. prepare B. preparation C. preparative D. preparer
39. ASEAN press praised the great _______ of Vietnamese athletes at the 22nd SEA Games.
A. sports B. sportsman C. sporting D. sportsmanship
40. The success of the 22nd SEA Games had a great contribution of many _______ volunteers.
A. support B. supporter C. supportive D. supportively
41. Since its rejoining in the Southeast Asian arena in 1989, Viet Nam's sports have made great _______, particularly in recent SEA Games.
A. success B. invention C. host
D. game 42. The athlete had tried his best to _______ his SEA Games title and records.
A. carry D. support B. perform C. defend
43. Viet Nam is now willing to _______ part in the 24th SEA Games hosted by Thailand by the end of 2007 with a total of 958 athletes.
A. play B. lose C. take D. enjoy
44. _______ is a game in which two teams hit a large ball with their hands backwards and forwards over a high net. If you allow the ball to touch the ground, the other team wins a point.
A. Volleyball B. Water polo C. Basket ball D. Badminton
B. title 45. He became Jamaica's first Olympic gold medalist when he won the 400-meter _______ in 1948. A. distance D. sport
C. runner 46. She won the race in _______ time and got the gold medal. B. durable A. included D. record C. rank
47. Government should have . . . . . . . . . solution to protect endangered species of animals A. surely C. wonderful B.effective D. sensitive
D. with B on C of
48. Many plants and animals around the globe are now threatened . . . . . . . . . . extinction A in 49. What exactly is the influence of air pollution . . . . . . . . . human beings D. for B. with C. on A. to
A. danger B. endanger C. dangerous D. endangered
A. prevent D. survive
A. discharging D. exposing
B. particularly A. particular
B. explorations C. exploratory A. explores D. explorers
50. The health of our children is being . . . . . . . . . by exhaust fumes 51. The society was set up to . . . . . . . . . endangered species from extinction C. preserve B. distinguish 52. The factory was fined for . . . . . . . . . chemicals into the river C. producing B. dumping 53. Many Asian people . . . . . . . . . like hunting elephant for ivory and tiger for bones C. particularity D. particularize 54. More and more . . . . . . . . . are excited at discovering as many interesting thing in the deserts as possible 55. If you ________ a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or studying it seriously.
A. dip into B. put away C. pick up D. put down
56. When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully, he ____ it
A. pick up B. chews and digests C. swallows D. dips into
D. dip B. taste C. swallow
B. taste
A. time D. happy
D. digest
B. digested A. chewed D. tasted
D. chew C. taste A. dig
C. swallow B. taste D. feel
C. swallow A. digest D. taste
57. I think he has just had time to …………. into the story, not to digest it yet. A. chew 58. Taking soup is easy and fast; just put it in your mouth and …………………. A. chew D. digest C. swallow 59. It gives her great…………to work with these young children. C. taste B. pleasure 60. He found it difficult to ………. food with a loose tooth. A. swallow C. chew B. taste 61. Have you ever ……….. pizza – an Italian special food?" C. dipped 62. It is a good book. I think it is interesting enough for you to ________. B. swallow 63. I can ………… onion in this soup. A. chew 64. You are ill; you shouldn't eat meat. Fish is easy to ……………. B. chew 65. We need to concentrate on our ____________ business. C. centre B. core D. terms A. central
66. Many students now have paid employment during ______________ A. semester B. semesters C. term D. terms
C. plan B. course D. curriculum
B. outline C. order D. plan
C. possibly B. possible
D. extended B. higher C. extra
67. The national __________ is a programme of study in all the main subjects that children aged 5 to 16 in state schools must follow. A. syllabus 68. For the government, education is now at the stop of ________________ A. agenda 69. We want the kids to have the best ________________ A. probable D. probably 71. The expansion of ___________ education at college and university should be a powerful force for change A. further 72. Women have struggled for their rights with men.
A. equal B. powerful C. intellectual D. experienced
73. He had a desire to become a doctor when he was young.
A. deeply-rooted B. deep-seated C. deeply-seated D. deep-seat
74. Women should not be against on the basis of their sex.
A. believed B. discriminated C. considered
D. differed 75. It is very doubtful whether there will ever be true between men and women.
A. equal B. equally C. equality D. inequality
76. Housework has been regarded as women's work.
A. traditional B. tradition C. traditionary D. traditionally
77. Let's go over that report again before we submit it
A. dictate B. print C. read carefully D. type
78. I will not stand for your bad attitude any longer.
A. like B. tolerate C. mean D. care
79. I've for a job at the factory. I don't know if I'll get it.
A. waited B. asked C. applied D. searched
B. measures
B. rebuild to reduce crime. C. requirements D. interests C. renovation D. review
economy.
D. smoothly C. fluently B. fluent
now. We are trying to do what we can to make it
B. prioritization D. priority C. priory
80. The authorities are determined to take tougher A. situations 81. The old theater is in need of complete. A. renew 82. Prior to the economic reform, the country had experienced many years of A. stagnant 83. Education is our first better. A. prior 84. They have made a substantial change; that means, they have made a(n)………….change. A. economic B. considerable C. steady D. subtle
B. eliminated C. activated D. terminated
C. dissolved B. resolved D. involved
85. M.D. played much better than their opponents; they almost ______ the match. A. dominated 86. The company was because of a shortage of orders. A. solved 87. It looks like they're going to succeed their present difficulties.
C. yet
D. even though B. despite girl. She can make friends easily even though she is in a
B. unfriendly C. sociable D. reticent
B. assistant C. assisted D. assistance
B. apologized C. excused D. complained
A. because of 88. Katie is a very strange place. A. shy 89. His achievements were partly due to the of his wife. A. assist 90. Arnold for all the trouble he had caused to us. A. complimented
