English Practice Test Quiz: MCQ!
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- 1.Tania excels at dancing the merengue, having ____ the steps during her childhood years in the Dominican Republic.
- A.
Diverted
- B.
Mastered
- C.
Ignored
- D.
Confused
- E.
Promised
- 2.The artist, often so ____ as to seem unapproachable, tended to be more relaxed and easygoing when among friends.
- A.
Generous
- B.
Creative
- C.
Sympathetic
- D.
Reserved
- E.
Reasonable
- 3.For centuries, Mars has been called the "Red Planet," but the designation is ____ because Mars is not precisely red.
- A.
A technicalitty
- B.
A misnomer
- C.
An epigram
- D.
An understatement
- E.
A platitude
- 4.In his essay, writer Rudolfo Anaya strives to ____ his sometimes incongruous Mexican and American identities by combining ____ worldviews to create one unique vision.
- A.
Distinguish ____ irreconcilable
- B.
Assimilate ____ simultaneous
- C.
Synthesize ____ divergent
- D.
Mitigate ____ redundant
- E.
Reinforce ____ equivalent
- 5.The mayor's reelection by an overwhelming majority was not so much an endorsement of his administration's ____ as it was a ____ of his opponent's extreme views.
- A.
Programs ____ vindication
- B.
Adversities ____ denunciation
- C.
Methods ____ dissemination
- D.
Policies ____ repudiation
- E.
Indifference ____ ratification
- 6.Lina Wertmuller's film Love and Anarchy is a ____ its title, contemplating the two concepts without taking a position on them.
- A.
Demolition of
- B.
Critique of
- C.
Commemoration of
- D.
Mediation on
- E.
Diatribe against
- 7.City leaders practiced ____ out of respect for taxpayers, ____ the number of the new public projects.
- A.
Forbearance ____ augmenting
- B.
Mendacity ____ circumventing
- C.
Austerity ____ curtailing
- D.
Profligacy ____ truncating
- E.
Reticence ____ extolling
- 8.To call Carlos ____ would be to mistake his natural self-confidence and youthful high spirits for willful defiance.
- A.
Superfluous
- B.
Voracious
- C.
Obstreperous
- D.
Duplicitous
- E.
Incredulous
- 9.According to his supervisor, Kenji was an inveterate ____: he habitually put off doing his work until the last minute.
- A.
Iconoclast
- B.
Connoisseur
- C.
Procrastinator
- D.
Protégé
- E.
Misanthrope
- 10.Although pre-Columbian jewelry often incorporated complex religious symbolism, its function was generally more ____ than ____.
- A.
Decorative ____ devotional
- B.
Ritualistic ____ utilitarian
- C.
Theological ____ aesthetic
- D.
Pragmatic ____ practical
- E.
Cosmetic ____ conspicuous
- 11.Mayor Hardy remains ____ in her ____, refusing to adopt an expedient silence on controversial issues of social importance.
- A.
Circumspect ____ fervor
- B.
Neutral ____ ambition
- C.
Vocal ____ equanimity
- D.
Firm ____ outspokenness
- E.
Confident ____ capriciousness
- 12.The sentimentality of Tom's screenplay was so extreme that it bordered on ____.
- A.
Rectitude
- B.
Opulence
- C.
Munificence
- D.
Mawkishness
- E.
Serendipity
- 13.Unlike her predecessor's rambling prose, Susan Hubbell's reports were both ____ and comprehensive.
- A.
Interminable
- B.
Complete
- C.
Intractable
- D.
Banal
- E.
Succinct
- 14.Honey, which has antibacterial properties, is commonly used in traditional medicine as a balm to ____ painful wounds.
- A.
Enhance
- B.
Clarify
- C.
Fortify
- D.
Soothe
- E.
Induce
- 15.The biographer now displays greater ____ in her work: she explores the feelings and motives of her subject and with deeper insight than she once did.
- A.
Impatience
- B.
Puzzlement
- C.
Empathy
- D.
Entertainment
- E.
Suspence
- 16.The ability to cram computer circuitry onto silicon chips faces fundamental limitations: it is possible to make the innards of a circuit so ____ that they no longer ____.
- A.
Flexible ____ bend
- B.
Small ____ function
- C.
Desirable ____ sell
- D.
Successful ____ work
- E.
Complex ____ break
- 17.Citing irrefutable evidence of corruption, the investigating committee ____ the senator for his ____.
- A.
Castigated ____ misconduct
- B.
Exonerated ____ propriety
- C.
Censured ____ veracity
- D.
Eulogized ____ dishonesty
- E.
Denounced _____ rectitude
- 18.Astronomer Heidi Hammel, a proponent of science education, conveys a passion for planetery science that her enraptured audiences find ____.
- A.
Duplicitous
- B.
Infectious
- C.
Timorous
- D.
Equivocal
- E.
Archaic
- F.
Archaic
- G.
Archaic
- 19.Joe claimed always to be ____ in a crisis, but Kameko insisted that he was, on the contrary, easily ____.
- A.
Overwrought ____ undone
- B.
Flustered ____ nonplussed
- C.
Composed ____ consoled
- D.
Imperturbable ____ ruffle
- E.
Unflappable ____ becalmed
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