1-5 CONFUSING WORDS 16- A lot of the other shopkeepers in our centre bought our

Instruction: Choose the correct answer. daughter a .......... for her birthday.
A) price B) prize C) reward
1- Most of the cars on sale in the UK are .......... in other D) gift E) medal
countries, where the labour is much cheaper. 17- I'm ......... to dust, so I tie a scarf around my face when
A) fertilised B) grown C) I'm cleaning dusty places.
materialised A) emotional B) sensitive C) senseless
D) fabricated E) manufactured D) sensible E) sensational
18- Not until they were far away from the dark forest did
2- Medical records held in the UK are .......... and can only be Mortimer .......... his grip on his mother's hand.
shown to the patient or, in the case of children, to a parent or A) tie B) find C)lose
guardian. D) break E) loosen
A) complex B) conflicted C) confident 19- The bandits rarely attacked the local people. They mainly
D) confidential E) confusing ....... travellers.
A) rubbed B) wound C) stole
3- The pop singer Tarkan was .......... in Turkey until he returned D) robbed E) broke into
from Germany. 20- We wasted an hour .......... about the Christmas party and
A) infamous B) faithful C) unknown didn't discuss many of the points on the agenda.
D) genius E) invaluable A) talking B) saying C) telling
D) agreeing E) accepting
4- There was no point in .......... his involvement with the drugs
gang as he was caught with £1,000 worth of heroin. 21- She is twenty-four years old, but as she is still studying,
A) implementing B) denying C) adopting she is ......... on her parents financially.
D) discovering E) evolving A) dependent B) reliable C) sensible
D) deficient E) portable
5- The sponge cake had .......... nicely and was light and fluffy.
In fact, it was just as it should be. 22- I apologise for the handwriting, which is almost ......... but
A) risen B) aroused C) raised with my right arm in plaster, I had to write with my left
D) arisen E) ascended hand.
A) unreadable B) eligible C) illegible
6- The .......... from Inverness to Aviemore is shorter in summer, D) illiterate E) distracting
when the mountain pass is open.
A) travel B) journey C) voyage 23- ENIAC — Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
D) cruise E) vacation — the first electronic digital computer ......... by J.P.
Eckert and J.W. Mauchly in 1946, was the prototype for
7- The porters had no equipment or protective clothing, but they most computers in use today.
had one thing that proved .......... in the end; local knowledge A) discovered B) indicated C) derived
of the mountain paths. D) invented E) displayed
A) genuine B) worthless C) invaluable
D) costly E) predictable 24- The .......... military barracks were converted into a local
hospital.
8- If Aston Villa .......... Manchester United this afternoon, I will A) diffused B) disused C) amused
be the happiest man alive. D) refused E) misused
A) gain B) score C) conquer
D) beat E) win 25- He always calls when you are out of the office. I think
he must be trying to .......... you.
9- Jessie .......... me how to ice skate yesterday, but I think it will A) prevent B) dissuade C) defeat
take some time before I feel confident doing it. D) deny E) avoid
A) compiled B) demonstrated C) suggested
D) showed E) invited

10- Gary is such a cowardly person that he is frightened of his own 1-5 CONFUSING WORDS (pg.23)
........ . 1.E 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.A 6.B 7.C 8.D 9.D 10.A
A) shadow B) shade C) extinction 11.B 12.A 13.C 14.E 15.A 16.D 17.B 18.E 19.D 20.A
D) figure E) existence 21.A 22.C 23.D 24.B 25.E

11- Later this year, fox hunting with hounds is .......... to be banned in
England.
A) lively B) likely C) alike
D) likeable E) alive
12- It is the responsibility of the .......... to ensure that the school
runs smoothly.
A) principal B) principle C) morale
D) moral E) justice
13- Would all the customers proceed to the cash registers, please,
as the store will be closing ..........?
A) currently B) gradually C) presently
D) permanently E) momentarily
14- Tiger's eye stone is almost ........... but despite this, it is my
favourite stone. This also means that I can buy some whenever
I like.
A) priceless B) viable C) invaluable
D) worthy E) valueless
15- What a lovely necklace, and it .......... your earrings.
A) matches B) suits C) compliments
D) appeals E) fits