Writing method
Eiken Pre - 1
Eiken pre-1
Eiken pre-1
Japan Trivia
100
The number of words needed for an EIKEN pre-1 writing test?
100
When he saw his date ( ) in her beautiful evening dress, Herbert realized he should not have shown up wearing jeans and a shirt.
1 harped on
2 churned out
3 decked out
4 flared up
decked out
100
The presidential candidate blamed the (_____________) economy on the current president. He promised he would improve it if he were elected.
1. Sluggish
2. Bulky
3. Functional
4. Ethnic
1. Sluggish
100
The salesman decided to increase the ( ) of his visits to his main clients. In the past, he only visited them once a month, but now he goes every week.
1 intensely
2 competency
3 frequency
4 rehearsal
frequency
100
There is one vending machine for every _____ people in Japan.
1. 20
2. 24
3. 29
4. 31
1 vending machine for every 24 people.
With 5 million vending machines- Japan has the highest density in the world. Batteries, ramen, sake, umbrellas, flowers etc.
200
The number of points you must include in your writing.
200
A:I miss my ex-girlfriend. I keep remembering all the good times we had.
B:You should forget her and move on. () the past will only make you sad.
1 Doling out
2 Chewing out
3 Snapping up
4 Dwelling on
dwelling on
200
Frank's boss, Susan, was angry with him when the client canceled the contract, but his colleagues ( ) him. They told the boss it was not his fault.
1. slipped by
2. stuck up for
3. talked down to
4. grew into
stuck up for
200
Last year, Lucy started running regularly. Now, she can run 5 kilometers in half ( ) that it used to take her.
1 the time
2 times
3 of time
4 timing
the time
200
How much % of Jamaica's annual coffee production does Japan buy?
About 80%!!
The coffee known as Blue Mountain, grown in Jamaica’s namesake region is highly sought after.
300
The name of the sentence that begins a paragraph in the main body.
300
Iaosteld : Not near anyone or anything.
Isolated
300
*A: Annie, how have you been? Did you enjoy your trip to Italy last year? **B: I did, Pablo. Actually, I loved it so much that I've been (___________) moving there. I'd have to wait until my son graduates from high school, though.
1. Emphasizing
2. Vandalizing
3. Illustrating
4. Contemplating
4. Contemplating
300
The queen (_______) her adviser to the palace, but she became extremely angry when he took a long time to arrive.
1. questioned
2. summoned
3. suggested
4. relinquished
summoned
300
How many volcanoes are there currently in Japan?
1.105
2. 235
3.111
4.323
111 - active volcanoes
400
The three parts of a body paragraph are?
Argument
Evidence / Solution
400
oapuqe - Unable to see through something; not clear
opaque
400
The data-security consultant warned that the company’s computers were ( ) to virus attacks and needed to be made safer.
1 vulnerable
2 instructive
3 stale
4 genuine
vulnerable
400
dceoaoitrn - the activity of making something look more attractive by putting nice-looking things on it or around it
decoration
400
Animated Japanese films and television shows (i.e.: Anime) account for ______% of the world’s animation-based entertainment.
60%
So successful is animation in Japan, that there are almost 130 voice-acting schools in the country.
500
The important things you need to include in the introduction.
The two points you will talk about from the original question.
500
Tommy had never been on a boat before, so he felt ( ) after just a few minutes on the open sea, and he soon became very seasick.
1 queasy
2 intricate
3 opaque
4 cogent
queasy
500
After his retirement from office, the former mayor started an organization dedicated to the ( ) of homelessness from his city.
1 declaration
2 attachment
3 elimination
4 supplement
elimination
500
Smart Solutions is a company that develops computer software. It is becoming popular all over the world because it has developed software ( ) speeding up any business.
1 bitter about
2 sorry for
3 capable of
4 free from
capable of
500
Japanese rice is produced from _________ rice.
1. Fervanted
2. Fermented
3. Emancipated
4. Flatulated
1. Fermented
Fermentation is the process in which a substance breaks down into a simpler substance. Microorganisms like yeast and bacteria usually play a role in the fermentation process, creating beer, wine, bread, kimchi, yogurt and other foods.