MULTIPLE CHOICE vocabulary 1
These viewpoints were valid hundreds of years ago and they still __________ today.
a) hold true
b) burn
c) augment
a) hold true
COME RAIN OR SHINE
NO MATTER WHAT SITUATION IS
The origins of the festival are uncertain, but it's thought to________come from the ancient tradition of starting fires to celebrate the change of seasons.
HAVE
Games are often cancelled due to the _____________ of the English weather. PREDICT
UNPREDICTABILITY
Pine cones can be used to create _________ baskets.
a) curtailed
b)implemented
c) augmented
d) assorted
assorted
His unexpected illness __________ his chances of being promoted.
a) behoved
b) blighted
c) burgeoned
b) blightened
CHASE RAINBOWS
TRY TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING IMPOSSIBLE
The first written record to mention this event dates_________ to the second half of the 18th century
BACK
Research divers found a lot of things, including weaponry, ________ supplies and tools. NAVY
NAVAL
In addition to that, companies may _________ their resources by outsourcing security.
a) regulate
b) augment
c) encase
d) curtail
augment
The recent __________ in parking fees came as a shock to car owners.
a) augment
b) hike
c) advance
b) hike
BE ON CLOUD NINE
BE EXTREMELY HAPPY
We've all become used to today's "throwaway society", in that we all buy things and don't think twice about throwing them away as soon as they break or suffer a slight blemish___________scratch.
OR
The Wimbledon Championships is the tennis tournament considered to be the most _____________ in the world. PRESTIGE
PRESTIGIOUS
SERMON
a) a talk given for religious instruction
b) a pupil or follower of another
c) not connected with religious matters
d) the act of death on a cross
a talk given for religious instruction
My mum is so crazy about order that she cleans the house__________.
a) non-negotiably
b) compulsively
c) patiently
b) compulsively
BE UNDER THE WEATHER
FEEL SLIGHTELY ILL
Some people have begun to upcycle their loved goods, transforming them from useless waste into products ____________better quality and higher environmental value.
OF
25 tons of metal float in every ___________ mile of sea. CUBE
CUBIC
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
a) sth that happens too early
b) how people eat
c) sth worth thinking seriously about
d) not being aware of something
sth worth thinking seriously about
His decision met with a __________ of hostile comments under his Facebook post.
a) criticism
b) aggression
c) flurry
c) flurry
RAIN ON ONE'S PARADE
DESTROY ONE'S PLEASURE OR PLANS
Hamsters have no need for alarm clock. In the strange world of circadian rhythms - twenty-four-hour cycle __________ governs almost every biological process in every living thing, the hamster is the equivalent of the Swiss watch
WHICH / THAT
He repeated the feat in 2012, and _____________ once again in 2016. CREDIBLE
INCREDIBLY
CANNON FODDER
a) the main interest or subject
b) a label that shows how much it costs
c) soldiers as material used up in a war
d) something similar to something else
soldiers as material used up in a war