TOEIC Test 40

1. Her arguments didn't __________________ everyone, but changes were made.

Compose

Convince

Collect

Confess

To 'convince' is to make someone feel certain that something is true.

Explanation

To 'convince' is to make someone feel certain that something is true.

2. The law imposed new financial __________________ on private companies.

Restrictions

Banalities

Bands

Salutation

restriction - (noun) a rule or law that limits or controls what people can do

Explanation

restriction - (noun) a rule or law that limits or controls what people can do

3. He __________________ the last of his coffee and asked for the bill.

Swallowed

Deferred

Submitted

Stomached

To 'swallow' is to make food or drink go down your throat and towards your stomach.

Explanation

To 'swallow' is to make food or drink go down your throat and towards your stomach.

4. Supervisors are trained to be __________________.

Remorseful

Attenuated

Observant

Grave

observant - (adj.) good or quick at noticing things

Explanation

observant - (adj.) good or quick at noticing things

5. Stephen's political views often weren't __________________ with her own.

Compatible

Congenial

Associable

Felicitous

compatible - (adj.) able to exist or be used together without causing problems

Explanation

compatible - (adj.) able to exist or be used together without causing problems

6. I spent Sunday __________________ in a deck chair.

Springing

Rising

Reclining

Rolling out

To 'recline' is to lie or lean back in a relaxed way.

Explanation

To 'recline' is to lie or lean back in a relaxed way.

7. We hope that the republics will be willing to __________________ the treaty.

Mediate

Ratify

Appease

Soothe

To 'ratify' is to make a written agreement official by signing it.

Explanation

To 'ratify' is to make a written agreement official by signing it.

8. Two men have __________________ murdering a woman at a remote picnic spot.

Escaped

Vindicated

Denied

Bade

To 'deny' is to say that something is not true, or that you do not believe something.

Explanation

To 'deny' is to say that something is not true, or that you do not believe something.

9. She lives in a __________________ little village in Yorkshire.

Sly

Sincere

Labored

Quaint

quaint - (adj.) unusual and attractive, especially in an old-fashioned way

Explanation

quaint - (adj.) unusual and attractive, especially in an old-fashioned way

10. She _____________ and then turned and ran.

Backed down

Backed over

Backed out

Backed off

To 'back off' is to move backwards, away from someone or something.

Explanation

To 'back off' is to move backwards, away from someone or something.

TOEIC Test 40

1. Her arguments didn't __________________ everyone, but changes were made.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. The law imposed new financial __________________ on private companies.

3. He __________________ the last of his coffee and asked for the bill.

4. Supervisors are trained to be __________________.

5. Stephen's political views often weren't __________________ with her own.

6. I spent Sunday __________________ in a deck chair.

7. We hope that the republics will be willing to __________________ the treaty.

8. Two men have __________________ murdering a woman at a remote picnic spot.

9. She lives in a __________________ little village in Yorkshire.

10. She _____________ and then turned and ran.