Vocabulary Tests [ 70 ] Test Seventy

70 - ] Vocabulary Tests 

 

Test Seventy

1 - ] Animals , Birds And Plants

Associate a clue in column A with a word in column B .        The first one has been done for you

     A                                                                                                        B

0 . a large furry animal                                        ----------------            0. bear

1 . footprints left by animals                                 ---------------            1 . bite

2 . a cat could do this to you with its claws         ----------------            2. breed

3 .fire comes out of its nose                                   ----------------            3 . calf

4 . a male duck                                                       ----------------             4 . chick

5 . birds do this when they’re eating                    ----------------             5 .dragon

6 . an animal uses its teeth to do this                   -----------------            6 . drake

7 . fruit becomes this in the sun                            -----------------            7 . flock

8 . wild animals , hunted for food , are referred to as --------------       8 . game

9 . the inside part of a nut                                     ------------------           9 . hen

10 . men , women and children are                       -----------------          10 . herd

11 . a large area of leather                                     -----------------           11 . hide

12 . meat from deer                                                ------------------          12 . human

13 . a wasp could do this to you                             -----------------          13 . kernel

14 . small grapes become this when they have dried --------------        14 . peck

15 . a -------------of locusts                                       ------------------         15 . peel

16 . we refer to the whole of humanity as ‘the human----‘                   16 . pips

17. a Chihuahua is an unusual ------------ of dog  ------------------          17 . plague

18 . a lot of cows together                                       ------------------          18 . prune

19. a lot of sheep together                                       ------------------          19 . race

20 . you do this to an orange before you eat it      ------------------          20 . raisins

21 . It’s called this when it’s just come out of an egg --------------          21 . rind

22 . a baby cow or bull                                            -------------------          22 . ripe

23 . meat from a baby bull                                     -------------------          23 . scratch

24 . it lays eggs                                                        --------------------          24 . shell

25 . a dry plum                                                       ---------------------         25 . species

26 . the inside part of an apple contains these     --------------------          26 . sting

27 . you might grate this to flavor food               ---------------------          27 . stone

28 . the outside body of a crab                             ----------------------         28 . tracks

29 . you’d find one inside a peach                       ----------------------         29 . veal

30 . animals or plants which are all alike are referred to as this------   30 . venison

Answer Key                                                              

1. - 28 / 2 - 23 / 3 . - 5 / 4 . - 6 / 5 .- 14 / 6 . - 1 / 7 . - 22 / 8 . - 8 / 9 .- 13 / 10. - 12 / 11 . - 11/

12 .- 30 / 13 .- 26 / 14 . - 20 / 15 . - 17 / 16 .- 19 / 17 . - 2 / 18 . - 10 / 19 . - 7 / 20 . - 15 /

21 . - 4 / 22 .- 3 / 23 . - 29 / 24 .- 9 / 25 . - 18 /26 .- 16 / 27 .- 21 / 28 . - 24 / 29 .- 27 /30 . - 25

2 - ] Counting and Measuring

Choose the best explanation in each case

1 .Estimate is what you do when you want

(A) a general idea about price , size , amount , etc.

(B) an accurate measure of money, size , amount , etc.

(C) to describe the respect you have for someone .

2 . Control

(A) is what an official might do to your passport or driving license . 

(B) is what you might do to your tires to check their pressures .

(C) is what you might do to set your watch to the exact time .

(D) can mean ‘limit something’ (e.g. the spread of disease) .

3 . A decade describes

(A) a period of ten years .

(B) ten people or things , etc.

(C) a set of ten things that match like cups or plates .

4 . Net

(A) means clean and tidy .

(B) describes a road that is free of traffic .

(C) can combine with words like weight or tax to mean ‘actual’ .

5 . A series refers to

(A) any collection of items that forms a related whole .

(B) things arranged in a particular order .

(C) several collections of items arranged in order .

6. If you say that accounts are being audited , this means that  

(A) they are being looked at again .

(B) they are being officially checked .

(C) changes are being made to them .

(D) they are being put right after mistakes have been found .

7 . You could use the word paces to describe

(A) a rough measurement of length .

(B) the sound of someone walking behind you .

(C) where you put your feet when you are learning a particular dance .

8 . You might use the word index

(A) when you are talking about the cost of living .

(B) to point to something .

(C) to refer to something which shows the weather is changing .

9 . Equal describes something that is

(A) the same measurement or value .

(B) a surface that is smooth and flat .

Answer Key

 1 . A 2. D 3 . A 4 . C 5 . A 6 . B 7 . A 8. A 9 . A