TEST 2 - KEY
1. The army suffered very heavy ____, yet, their victory was imposing.
A. losses
B. victims
C. wounds
D. harms
2. The ____ of the pagoda in the water was very clear and beautiful.
A. sight
B. shadow
C. reflection
D. mirror
3. The judge ____ the murderer to a lifetime imprisonment.
A. convicted
B. sentenced
C. prosecuted
D. accused
4. Enough money has been raised to ____ the hospital’s survival.
A. ensure
B. endow
C. enable
D. empower
C. created
D. developed
5. Who ____ light bulb?
A. discovered
B. invented
6. Air pollution is a ____ of ill-health in human beings.
A. cause
B. damage
C. ruin
D. reason
7. Why do you ____ in blaming yourself for what happened?
A. persist
B. continue
C. decide
D. react
8. After listening to all the arguments I am now of the ____that there should be
no new road.
A. attitude
B. opinion
C. though
D. idea
9. It's my first trip abroad so I'm going to ____ the most of it.
A. catch
B. do
C. make
D. fulfill
10. You have to ____ allowances for him because he’s tired.
A. make
B. bring
C. take
D. find
11. My computer is not ______ of running this software.
A. able
B. compatible
C. capable
D. suitable
12. She had to borrow her sister’s car because hers was ______.
A. out of work
B. out of order
C. off chance
D. off work
13. ____ in business, one must be prepared to take risks.
A. succeeding
B. success
C. to succeed
D. succeed
14. In fact, a perfect ____ for AIDS hasn’t been found.
A. cure
B. curable
C. curability
D. curing
C. experiment
D. experiments
15. Most ____ are carried out at lab.
A. experience
B. experiences
16. Water _____ is one of our most serious problems.
A. pollution
B. pollute
C. polluting
D. polluted
C. next
D. at
17. Paris lies ____ the river Seine.
A. over
B. on
18. The earthquake caused damage ____ property estimated at $6 million.
A. with
B. of
C. towards
D. to
19. Why don't you two kiss and make ____?
A. over
B. away
C. out
D. up
20. Unemployment is on the rise again, which means that good jobs are ____.
A. far and away
B. far from it
C. few and far between
D. as far as they go