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| Name:_________________________ | Date:_______________ | |
Vocabulary | ||
Write the number of the correct answer in the brackets.
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| 1. | The kidnappers are demanding a ________ of one million dollars from the victim's family. | |||||
| (1) | money | (3) | price | |||
| (2) | cash | (4) | ransom | ( | ) | |
| 2. | Due to lack of ________, the organisers had to cancel the event. | |||||
| (1) | acknowledgement | (3) | participation | |||
| (2) | appearance | (4) | coming | ( | ) | |
| 3. | The ________ for primary one classes starts next Monday. | |||||
| (1) | enrolment | (3) | entrance | |||
| (2) | taking in | (4) | joining | ( | ) | |
| 4. | The police department has taken a long time ________ the murder case because the murderer has left very few clues. | |||||
| (1) | checking | (3) | investigating | |||
| (2) | finalising | (4) | recording | ( | ) | |
| 5. | My car windscreen was ________ by a pebble thrown from the wheel of a lorry. | |||||
| (1) | shattered | (3) | broken | |||
| (2) | pierced | (4) | scratched | ( | ) | |
| 6. | He ________ to his wrongdoings and decided to turn over a new leaf. | |||||
| (1) | agreed | (3) | admitted | |||
| (2) | saddened | (4) | nodded | ( | ) | |
| 7. | You need ________ to see Dr Ong because his schedule is always full. | |||||
| (1) | an interview | (3) | a visit | |||
| (2) | an agreement | (4) | an appointment | ( | ) | |
| 8. | After he won the first round of the competition easily, Jimmy became ________ and had hardly trained since then. | |||||
| (1) | lenient | (3) | complacent | |||
| (2) | skilful | (4) | strong | ( | ) | |
| 9. | The reckless driver drove his car over the bridge and ________ into the river. | |||||
| (1) | dived | (3) | flew | |||
| (2) | plunged | (4) | jumped | ( | ) | |
| 10. | The roof could not take the weight of the snow, it ________ into the house. | |||||
| (1) | cracked | (3) | collapsed | |||
| (2) | broke | (4) | dented | ( | ) | |
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