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TOEFL Test1: Reading

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. (adj) Smart - He was _______ enough not to take the job when there was the possibility of getting a better one a few months later. 2) She is a ________ politician who wants to avoid offending the electorate unnecessarily. 3) It was a ______ (=wise )






2. (verb) If a student ______ ___ - they stop going to classes before they have finished their course.:






3. (verb) To choose not to be in a position of responsibility in an organization or activity : Linda was content to _____ __ ____ _____ and let Nancy run the meeting.






4. (adj) No longer supporting or being satisfied with an organization or idea : The party needs to take steps to attract _________ voters. b) describes young people who are no longer satisfied with society's values (aykiri - toplumdan sogumus) : The tea






5. (idiom) Being shown or replicated: His sadness at the death of his wife ______ _____ (= was shown) in his music. 2)






6. (verb) Made beautiful The bride's hair was _______ with pearls and white flowers.






7. (verb) (Limit) To limit an activity - person or problem in some way // to keep within limits; restrict : Let's ________ our discussion to the matter in question - please! 2) Please ______ your use of the telephone to business calls. 3) By closing t






8. (noun) a connection between two things : The survey found no ___________ BETWEEN crime and unemployment rates. 2) There is some ________ BETWEEN the two variables b) LETTERS - messages : his private _________ 2) Any further ________ should be sent to






9. (adv) Sharply - wisely - in a clever manner - He invested his earnings _________






10. (adj) Describes a person - usually a child - who has been raised in a way that does not prepare them well for the demands of life - which often leads to problems with behaviour in the future : a residential school for disturbed and ______ children 2






11. (verb) part of a group; involved with an event






12. (adj) Famous for something : The region is _______ for its outstanding natural beauty. 2) Marco Polo is a _________ explorer/is __________ as an explorer.






13. (verb) To find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed to each other can agree and exist together: It is sometimes difficult to _______ science and religion. 2) It's difficult to ______ such different points of view. 3) How can you






14. (verb) To bring someone back to life : Almost all Christians believe that Jesus was _____ from the dead. b) To bring back something into use or existence that had disappeared or ended: She has been busily trying to _______ her Hollywood career.






15. (idiom) Experiencing or doing something which is difficult - unpleasant or painful: The country is presently ___ ___ ____ _ the worst recession since the Second World War. 2) He's in ____ _____ ___ a mid-life crisis which makes him rather difficult t






16. (noun) Model - pattern - prototype // a typical example of something; the original model of something from which others are copied : The United States is the _______ of a federal society.






17. (verb) When a bird pecks - it bites - hits or picks up something small with its beak:






18. (verb) To avoid doing or stop yourself from doing something : We _______ from talking until we knew that it was safe. 2) The sign on the wall said 'Please _______ from smoking.






19. (noun) Affection - love - liking - warmth : George's fondness for pink gins was well known. 2) He had made an attempt to reclaim his former rank but his _______ FOR drink let him down. 3) a great deal is written about his ______ FOR animals - particu






20. (verb) To make a choice - especially for one thing or possibility in preference to any others: Mike ____ FOR early retirement. 2) Most people ____ TO have the operation. 3) A woman often _____ FOR abortion because she can see no way out of her crisis






21. (verb) To (cause something to) Change chemically through the action of living substances - such as yeast or bacteria : However - baker's honey may contain additives and be partially _______ as it is not suitable for sale to consumers without processi






22. (verb) Not giving any space to move or do much - Please ______ your dog on a _______ when on the beach.






23. (idiom) If someone has a position in ____ ___ ___ - they have earned it or got it by themselves and not because of anyone else: She's a millionaire in her _____ ____. 2) The Earl was in ____ ___ ____ a considerable landowner in the county but his can






24. (verb) Disregard - take no notice of - pay no attention to : She can be really irritating but I try to _____ her. 2) Safety regulations are being _______ (p.p) by company managers in the drive to increase profits.






25. (verb) To sit on or near the edge of something: We ______ on bar stools and had a beer 2) A blackbird was perching on the gate.






26. (noun) (the act of) Forcing someone - or being forced - to leave a school - organisation or country: They threatened him WITH ______ from school. 2) This is the second _______ of a club member this year. b) (the act of) forcing air or liquid out of s






27. Falseness - fraudulence : For Holden - _______ seems to be a characteristic of mostly adults around him. 2) Depending upon how sensitive we are to _______ determines how we choose our friends.






28. (verb) To invent or make something - such as a speech or a device - at the time when it is needed without already having planned it: I hadn't prepared a speech so I suddenly had to ________. 2) To sleep on - we __________ a mattress from a pile of bl






29. (verb) To be filled with a particular feeling - quality or idea : His poetry is _________ with deep - religious feeling. 2) You can _______ each stream with a different locale object. 3) They write now about the social life of things - how the arti






30. (noun) Magificience - the quality of being very large and special or beautiful : the ______ of Wagner's music






31. (phrase) As a type of : He sent me some flowers ___ ___ __ an apology. 2) He paid our fares by way of gratitude.






32. (verb) To open the mouth wide and take a lot of air into the lungs and slowly send it out - usually when tired or bored: I can't stop _______ (ing) - I must be tired.






33. (adj) Clear The minister said she would give an ________ statement ON the future of the coal industry at the earliest possible opportunity






34. (adv) Fruitfully; with great increase. - marked by abundant productivity : To say that he publishes __________ is an understatement - so I'm not sure if there is a single - seminal work of his that I could recommend.






35. (Adj) Making you remember a particular person - event or thing: That song is so _______ of my adolescence. 2) Tony's topic title was a little _______ OF the old west - where pioneering settlements were given names according to their surroundings. 3)






36. (noun) An understanding of or ability to decide about what is good or valuable - especially in connection with artistic or social activities






37. (phrasal) a) To make a person notice someone or something - usually by telling them where they are or by holding up one of your fingers towards them : If you see her - please ____ her __ TO me. 2) The tour guide ______ ___ the inscription that runs r






38. (verb) Confront - face - to experience especially something unpleasant : 1) When did you first _______ these difficulties? 2) The army is reported to be _________ (ing) Considerable resistance. b) To meet someone unexpectedly - to run into smb - cro






39. (adj) Magnificent - grand : The ______ Montana scenery will leave you breathless.






40. (verb) Used in some expressions about knowing or meeting people (make _______ ~ tanismak - be ______ ~ asina olmak) : 1) It was at the Taylors' party that I first made his ________ (= first met him). 2) I wasn't sure about Darryl when I first met her






41. (noun) Environment - sphere - background // the people - physical and social conditions and events which provide the environment in which someone acts or lives: It is a study of the social and cultural _______ in which Michelangelo lived and worked.






42. (adj) New - original - unusual: 1) a ____ idea/suggestion 2) Keeping a sheep in the garden is a ______ way of keeping the grass short!






43. (adj) Special As an ambassador - she enjoys a very ________ status. 2) I have been _________ (p.p) TO work with the pioneers of silicon technology.






44. (verb) get up Art does not ______ ____ ___ the void. It can only be created by a particular artist - at a particular moment in time - at a particular location in space.






45. (verb) If something you have done ____ ___ - it is successful : All her hard work _____ ___ in the end - and she finally passed the exam. 2) His efforts finally _____ ___ and he managed to get into a well-paid job.






46. (verb) To build a building - wall or other structure : The war memorial was _____ in 1950. 2) The soldiers had ______ barricades to protect themselves. b) To raise something to a vertical position : They ______ a marquee to accommodate 500 wedding






47. (adj) Very well known and important : The government should be playing a more ___________ role in promoting human rights. 2) a __________ member of the Saudi royal family






48. (noun) Fellow countryman/woman : Then again she is the oldest by a long way now of course - all her same age ______ are in school I assume.






49. (verb) To make something or someone stay in one position by fastening them firmly : We ________ ourselves to the rocks with a rope.






50. (phrase) Lifestyle - manner of living : people from all _____ __ ___ 2) His funeral was attended by mourners (yasli - matemli kimse) from all _____ ______ - coming to pay their respects to the artist.







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