Tài liệu Master toefl vocabulary part 4 pdf

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Chapter 2: Practice Test 1: Diagnostic 21
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ANSWER SHEET PRACTICE TEST 1: DIAGNOSTIC
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diagnostic test
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PRACTICE TEST 1: DIAGNOSTIC
Directions: In questions 1–15 each sentence has a word or phrase underlined.
Below each sentence there are four other words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and
(D). You are to choose the one word or phrase that best keeps the meaning of the
original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word or phrase.
4. It is futile to go shopping when you don’t
have any money.
(A) useless
(B) brilliant
(C) idiotic
(D) challenging
5. The actress had to raise her voice in order
to be audible in the balcony.
(A) musical
(B) dramatic
(C) heard
(D) appreciated

6. Dictators do not tolerate opposition of any
kind.
(A) understand
(B) permit
(C) justify
(D) execute
7. Earthquakes occur frequently in parts of
California.
(A) instantly
(B) annually
(C) spontaneously
(D) often
8. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King fought
to put an end to racial segregation in the
United States.
(A) integration
(B) education
(C) separation
(D) torture
His students think he is odd.
(A) dangerous
(B) friendly
(C) strange
(D) humorous
The correct answer is (C). The
sentence, “His students think he
is strange,” is closest in meaning
to, “His students think he is odd.”
As soon as you understand the
directions, begin work on the

problems.
1. Oil is one of the principal sources of en-
ergy.
(A) most expensive
(B) most important
(C) most difficult
(D) most popular
2. No one can survive for very long without
water.
(A) reproduce
(B) prosper
(C) transcend
(D) exist
3. The assignment was to write a synopsis of
our favorite novel.
(A) evaluation
(B) summary
(C) critique
(D) dramatization
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9. The number of illiterate young people in
her country continues to rise.
(A) unable to read and write
(B) without children
(C) sports participants
(D) wealthy

10. Since his wound was superficial, only a
small bandage was required.
(A) frivolous
(B) on the surface
(C) deep
(D) supercilious
11. The main road will be closed until the
blizzard ends.
(A) snowstorm
(B) hurricane
(C) tornado
(D) thunderstorm
12. Tennis wear has become a very lucrative
business for both manufacturers and ten-
nis stars.
(A) illegal
(B) circumstantial
(C) expansive
(D) profitable
13. A familiar adage says that the early bird
gets the worm.
(A) proverb
(B) lady
(C) gentleman
(D) book
14. A television ad shows a busy baker with a
new computer that the advertiser claims
will help him “make dough.”
(A) a baking mixture
(B) more customers

(C) money
(D) bread
15. At every faculty meeting, Ms. Volatile
always manages to put her foot in her
mouth.
(A) trip over her big feet
(B) say the wrong thing
(C) move rapidly
(D) fall asleep
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diagnostic test
1. The correct answer is (B). If your
answer is wrong, write the word on a 3 ×
5-inch card. Include the synonyms main,
chief, and major. As you continue to study
in this book, add to your file all words
that you discover you do not know. Keep
the cards in alphabetical order for easy
reference.
2. The correct answer is (D). All four
choices can be used to make a meaning-
ful sentence. Therefore, you had to know
that survive is the same as (D), exist. If
you do not know the meaning of the
words given as alternatives, add them to

your card list.
3. The correct answer is (B). If you know
that critique and evaluation have ap-
proximately the same meaning, critical
writing, then you can assume that nei-
ther is the correct answer. Dramatiza-
tion of a novel would certainly not be an
assignment a teacher would give. By
elimination and using your good sense,
you get the correct answer.
4. The correct answer is (A). Neither
brilliant nor challenging would describe
the experience of shopping with no money.
Idiotic is not a word used to describe the
shopping experience.
5. The correct answer is (C). All of the
alternatives relate to an actress’s experi-
ence on stage. The key word in this sen-
tence is balcony. What would be necessary
for an actress if there are people in the
balcony? She would have to be (C), heard,
not musical, dramatic, or appreciated.
6. The correct answer is (B). The key
words in this sentence are dictators and
opposition. You know that dictators by
nature do not (B), permit opposition, so
the other three alternatives will not fit
with what you know about dictators.
7. The correct answer is (D). The word
frequently is commonly used, so you

should know its meaning.
8. The correct answer is (C). Knowing
about Martin Luther King will help you
answer this item correctly. The fact that
segregation and separation both begin
with se may lead you to the correct an-
swer here. However, there is no guaran-
tee that all words that begin with the
same syllable will mean the same thing.
9. The correct answer is (A). The word
illiterate is composed of two parts—il,
which is a prefix meaning not, and liter-
ate, which means able to read and write.
10. The correct answer is (B). The prefix
super means above. Another clue is that
only a small bandage is needed, so the
wound must not be deep. It is true that a
frivolous person is superficial, but the
word applies to people not to inanimate
things. Supercilious might be the correct
answer, since it begins with the same
prefix. You would have to know that
supercilious means haughty and there-
fore applies only to people.
11. The correct answer is (A). All four
alternatives relate to a serious weather
disturbance. You would have to know that
only a blizzard creates the hazard of snow.
ANSWER KEY AND EXPLANATIONS
1. B 6. B 11. A

2. D 7. D 12. D
3. B 8. C 13. A
4. A 9. A 14. C
5. C 10. B 15. B
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