Vocabulary Revision

31. Revise Vocabulary 1 Unit 4, p. And do the following multiple choice task.

1. He ran until he got a(n) ______ in the side.

A. pain B. ache C. stitch

2. He struggled to move, but the only result was a sharp ______ in his shoulder.

A. pain B. ache C. stitch

3. Waves of _______ swept over her. It began in her back and traveled round her body.

A. pain B. ache C. stitch

4. There was a dull ______ in his bones as he sat in the unheated room.

A. pain B. ache C. stitch

5. She got up hardly able to endure the racking ______ which now seemed continually an element of her being.

A. pain B. ache C. stitch

6. She ______ looking at him while she said that.

A. avoided B. escaped

7. I invented all sorts of excuses to ________ being left alone with him.

A. avoid B. escape

8. They locked me up for being away with you; and it seemed so unjust that I got out of the window and ______.

A. avoided B. escaped

9. He ran away. That was the only way to _______ punishment.

A. avoid B. escape

10. The boys narrowly ______ being expelled from school.

A. avoided B. escaped

11. His feet were sore, and his legs so ______ that they trembled beneath him.

A. frail B. feeble C. weak

12. She was a stout ______ old woman with white hair.

A. frail B. feeble C. weak

13. His eyesight is weak and his limbs are ______.

A. frail B. feeble C. weak

14. The girls needed protection; they were altogether too ____, too spiritual for this world.

A. frail B. feeble C. weak

15. As she resumed her walks, she realized she was too ______ because of complete exhaustion.

A. frail B. feeble C. weak

16. I suspected that Mrs Strickland, for reasons of her own, had _____ from him some facts.

A. hidden B. concealed C. covered up

17. I’m not afraid. I have nothing to _______.

A. hide B. conceal C. cover up

18. It was no use looking for him. He was _______ somewhere far in the wood.

A. hiding B. concealing C. covering up

19. She turned her quivering face to him, making no attempt to _______ her distress.

A. hide B. conceal C. cover up

20. Don’t get at him. He lied because he was ______ for a friend.

A. hiding B. concealing C. covering up

21. All the reports are false. It’s clear that the authorities are ____.

A. hiding B. concealing C. covering up

22. He _____ every detail of the event as though it happened yesterday.

A. remembers B. recalls

23. I suddenly ______ that I had left the window open.

A. remembered B. recalled

24. I recognized his face but I couldn’t ______ where I had seen him.

A. remember B. recall

25. I have a good memory for figures, but I can never _______ names.

A. remember B. recall

26. She tried hard to ______ the words of the song.

A. remember B. recall

27. The party leader took it for granted that his team should ______ written material about the election to every voter.

A. distribute B. disseminate

28. The aim of these publications is to ________ knowledge.

A. distribute B. disseminate

29. Whole regions have been placed under quarantine so that people don’t _______ the disease.

A. distribute B. disseminate

30. You must _______ the examination papers to the class before you start the exam.

A. distribute B. disseminate

31. The Greenpeace statement ______ the necessity to protect wildlife in the area.

A. pinpointed B. singled out

32. His book has been _______ for special praise.

A. pinpointed B. singled out

33. Professor Glenn has been _______ to represent the University at the conference.

A. pinpointed B. singled out

34. Something is wrong with our plan, but we haven’t ______ the trouble yet.

A. pinpointed B. singled out

35. The snow was ______ in the sun so brightly that it hurt his eyes.

A. glowing B. shining C. sparkling

36. She wasn’t beautiful, but her conversation _______ with such humour and wit that everybody found her very attractive.

A. glowed B. shone C. sparkled

37. I knew I had said something stupid and my cheeks began to _______ with shame.

A. glow B. shine C. sparkle

38. He’s a pretty good student, but sports are where he really _____.

A. glows B. shines C. sparkles

39. The cat’s eyes ________ in the darkness.

A. glowed B. shone C. sparkled

40. It was a fine morning with the sun _______.

A. glowing B. shining C. sparkling

Unit 6