Vocabulary Revision. 30. Revise Vocabulary 1 Unit 9 ( p ) and Vocabulary 1 Unit 10 (p
30. Revise Vocabulary 1 Unit 9 (p …) and Vocabulary 1 Unit 10 (p. …) and do the following multiple choice task.
1. Some words are hard to _______ because they have many different meanings. A. define B. determine 2. Good manners _______ the gentleman. A. define B. determine 3. Weather ________ the size of the crop. A. defines B. determines 4. The government has _________ war on Ruritania. A. announced B. declared C. proclaimed 5. James and Judy ________ the date of the wedding in the newspaper. A. announced B. declared C. proclaimed 6. The opposition ________ that they would probably support the government decision. A. announced B. declared C. proclaimed 7. Peace was ______ at last. A. announced B. declared C. proclaimed 8. Is the _______ of Queen Victoria considered the golden age of Britain? A. reign B. rule 9. In ancient times the kings of England ________ without a parliament, having complete power. A. reigned B. ruled
10. A country will hardly flourish if it is under foreign ______. A. reign B. rule 11. The countries _______ their efforts to promote the peace settlement. A. unified B. united 12. You must ______ the systems, otherwise they’ll be impossible to use. A. unify B. unite 13. Common interests ________ our countries. A. unify B. unite 14. Have you got any _______ to offer for coming so late? A. excuse B. justification 15. In _______ of his failure he said he had been ill. A. excuse B. justification 16. The police racially abused a black man. There can be no _______ for such acts. A. excuse B. justification 17. Until the conflict over land started the villagers had lived in _____ for years. A. agreement B. concord C. consensus 18. Having failed to do the work in time, you broke our _______. A. agreement B. concord C. consensus 19. Though the problem is rather complicated, we are all in _______ about what to do. A. agreement B. concord C. consensus 20. Every parliamentary group had its own opinion on this controversial issue but they did reach a(n) _______. A. agreement B. concord C. consensus 21. The president made a bad mistake. Even his _______ supporters had to admit that. A. hard-core B. staunch 22. It’s no good asking Father to join the union, he’s its _______ opponent. A. hard-core B. staunch 23. He won’t steal. I have ________ in him. A. belief B. faith 24. It’s my ______ that she is right. A. belief B. faith 25. These people have very unusual religious _______. A. beliefs B. faiths 26. His _______ in God is unshakable. A. belief B. faith 27. The _______ of single people in the country is growing. A. per cent B. percentage 28. What _______ of the people want change? A. per cent B. percentage 29. Church attendance among young people has risen by 20 ______ in the past two years. A. per cent B. percentage 30. He used _______ to get what he wanted. A. force B. strength 31. He can lift heavy weights because of his ________. A. force B. strength 32. His personal knowledge is the ______ of his argument. A. force B. strength 33. I bought this plot of land on the _______ of his advice. A. force B. strength 34. The _______ of his personality was so great that many people accepted his beliefs as true. A. force B. strength 35. I’ve made the first ____ of my speech, but it still needs a lot of work. A. draft B. project 36. The chairperson can’t answer any questions now. The plan is still only in ______. A. draft B. project 37. This student is doing a special _______; he’s building a small electrical machine for his science class. A. draft B. project 38. She ________ as the illness grew worse. A. loosened B. weakened 39. He ________ his tie but didn’t take it off. A. loosened B. weakened 40. She asked so many times that in the end we ______ and let her go. A. loosened B. weakened 41. He says he’s just a(n) ________ man, with _______ hopes and fears. A. conventional B. ordinary 42. Jean’s got very ________ opinion about food, so she won’t eat anything new or frozen. A. conventional B. ordinary 43. I wish you weren’t so _______ about the clothes you wear. A. conventional B. ordinary 44. If the US takes a hostile _______ toward Islam it can lead to unpredictable consequences. A. attitude B. position C. stance 45. By telling her the truth, you’ve put me in a very difficult _______. A. attitude B. position C. stance 46. Older people usually change their _______ to religion. A. attitude B. position C. stance 47. I’d like to help you, but I’m afraid, I’m not in a(n) _______ to do so. A. attitude B. position C. stance
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