Cae Vocabulary Quiz 5 (30 MCQs)

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1. What is the word for 'the activity of going for long walks, especially across country'?
2. The military government was ..... by an uprising.
3. Which word does NOT belong in the group?
4. I have a maths test tomorrow and I am not very good at maths so I am a bit ..... before it. I'm not sure how I will manage .....
5. Carbon footprint is
6. The researchers' ..... were published in Nature.
7. What is the word for 'popular ways of keeping physically fit'?
8. If you oil the wheels of something, you .....
9. Fill in the blank: ..... is the haploid set of chromosomes in a gamete or microorganism, or in each cell of a multicellular organism.
10. I was sitting ..... when she arrived. It's the best sofa I have ever sat on.
11. Choose a synonym for 'plausible'.
12. Depending ..... how well you skate, you'd be able to compete at a higher level.
13. A substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere. Fill in the blank with the correct term.
14. My parents emigrated when they were children with their aunts, grandparents, cousins-in fact, their whole ..... family
15. Contrary to all our ..... , he's found a well-paid job and a nice girlfriend.
16. A thick subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year. Fill in the blank with the correct term.
17. Fill in the blank: ..... is a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country.
18. Alex punched the pillow in an effort to ..... his anger.
19. The tasks I am given at work are not interesting at all-on the contrary, they are ..... and they make me sick.
20. What does this phrase mean?
21. Categories of literary composition are called .....
22. Which phrasal verb means 'to postpone something'?
23. The scandals in the White House almost ..... the entire Republican comittee.
24. I like most vegetables but ..... cabbage.
25. After the accident, he ..... reconstructive surgery to rebuild his face.
26. Please, bring me some wood from the .....
27. The word "figure" has many meanings and can also be collocated in different ways. What is the meaning in this sentence?"The actress become famous playing the role of an important figure"
28. If you come across something, you .....
29. Fill in the blank:Capable of being decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms is described as .....
30. Serving as a symbol of something. Fill in the blank with the correct term.