ENGLISH ADVANCED VOCABULARY TEST (1)

Q1 Thanks to the crash barrier in the middle of the motorway cars are …… from hitting those on the other side in the event of an accident.

(a) distracted                            (b) diverted                      (c) directed                   (d) prevented

Q2 It doesn’t matter what position you hold in society everyone is …… to the same laws.

(a) object                       (b) subject                       (c) controlled                         (d) restricted

Q3 As I was a stranger in that country I was not ….. with some of their customs and didn’t understand why 

people were laughing at me.

(a) addicted                         (b) attracted                      (c) acquainted                      (d) acquired

Q4 You can have that car in any colour you want in fact you have a …… of 24 different ones.

(a) choice                        (b) choosing                 (c) number                              (d) shade

Q5 The theatre was ….. to display in the entrance some of the excellent newspaper reviews the play had received.

(a) deluded                            (b) developed                             (c) demanded                       (d) delighted

Q6 As the hospital had been careless with its hygiene procedures, the patient found she had been……. with a harmful virus.

(a) detected                        (b) rejected                         (c) infected                              (d) suspected

Q7 As a …… of the district she had absolutely no difficulty in understanding the local dialect.

(a) inhabitant                               (b) relation                          (c) native                    (d) newcomer

Q8 There is a new company regulation to remove the danger of passive smoking, which ……. all employees from smoking at their place to work.

(a) prohibits                                  (b) promotes                       (c) professes                      (d) protests

Q9 He finds breathing very difficult in restricted spaces as he ……. from asthma.

(a) refers                               (b) defers                      (c) suffers                       (d) differs

Q10 I am very pleased to be working with you because I think the same way and ….. with your policies.

(a) accept                     (b) conform                             (c) confer                            (d) agree