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