This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Vocabulary > Upper Intermediate Vocabulary – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Upper Intermediate Vocabulary Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Workbook p.59 Task 2 Listening E A) Explains how a group were responsible for a new record. B) Explains how people have been left vulnerable in a US state. C) Outlines how staff will benefit from government changes. D) Reveals how people are celebrating the record breaking hot weather. E) Discusses the effect of personnel reductions in an important institution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explains how people have been left vulnerable in a US state. 2. Did he ..... from his job or was he fired? A) Quit. B) Made redundant. C) Sack. D) Dismiss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quit. 3. Which of these express(es) a negative feeling? A) Shrug. B) Frown. C) Wink. D) Grin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frown. 4. It is nice, but it is a bit ..... looking for a guy, though. Don't you think? A) Feminine. B) Exchanged. C) Have. D) Sophisticated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feminine. 5. Did you ..... go to the same school when you were a child? A) Were use to. B) Use to. C) Used to. D) Get used to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use to. 6. The writer hated to be in ..... and never gave interviews to journalists. A) A her element. B) B the offing. C) C the limelight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C the limelight. 7. Robert didn't say a word all night. He can be so ..... sometimes A) Naive. B) Sympathetic. C) Moody. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moody. 8. She is determined to get the project ..... before the deadline. A) Do. B) To do. C) Doing. D) Done. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Done. 9. My mum has been nagging me about cleaning my room. A) My mum likes my clean room. B) My mum is very close friend of mine. C) My mum is constantly telling me to clean my room. D) My mum is helping me to clean the room. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My mum is constantly telling me to clean my room. 10. This time next week we ..... at Pete's party. A) Are dancing. B) Dance. C) Will be dancing. D) Will have danced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will be dancing. 11. The teacher ..... her ..... in disbelief at Aaron's excuse for not doing the homework. A) Raised; eyebrows. B) Crossed; eyebrows. C) Crossed; eyebrows. D) Crossed; eyebrows. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raised; eyebrows. 12. Antarctica covers which of the earth's poles? A) North Pole. B) South Pole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) South Pole. 13. Done or achieved in a polite or friendly way and without arguing A) Harsh. B) Edible. C) Amicable. D) Flexible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amicable. 14. All visitors are made ..... off their shoes before they enter the mosque. A) Take. B) To take. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To take. 15. The new ideas were ..... to the society, and hence were rejected. A) Convenient. B) Precise. C) Lenient. D) Alien. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alien. 16. A software program that can collect secret information like usernames and passwords A) Firewall. B) Spam. C) Spyware. D) Update. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spyware. 17. That house ..... empty for more than 100 years. A) Has been. B) Is being. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been. 18. Welfare in English: A) Prosperity. B) Wealth. C) Stabilization. D) Security. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prosperity. 19. Teachers often have less ..... new technology than their students. A) Sense of. B) Respect for. C) Knowledge of. D) Responsibility for. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knowledge of. 20. "to squint" means in English: A) Glare. B) Peek. C) Blink. D) Squint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Squint. 21. ..... expression A) Face. B) Eye. C) Self. D) Facial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Facial. 22. Report the question. 'Where have you been?' A) He asked me where had I been. B) He asked me where I have been. C) He asked me where I had been. D) He asked me where you have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He asked me where I had been. 23. I've just passed all my exams! I am ..... A) In two minds about it. B) On edge. C) Down in the dumps. D) Over the moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Over the moon. 24. What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere? A) Oxygen. B) Methane. C) Nitrogen. D) Carbon Dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon Dioxide. 25. The lights are on. She ..... home. A) Must be. B) Might be. C) Could be. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must be. 26. ..... she goes out the paparazzi are always there A) Whatever. B) However. C) Whenever. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whenever. 27. I'd like to become an expert in e-commerce ..... have the skills to help with the growth of Web 3.0 A) However. B) As a result. C) So. D) In order to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In order to. 28. What is the correct order of the words in the phrase? A) Development directors international business. B) Business directors international business. C) International business development directors. D) Directors development business international. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) International business development directors. 29. Leave a ship, aircraft, or train A) Get down. B) Take off. C) Disembark. D) Distribute. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disembark. 30. My favourite holiday activity is ..... A) Pampering myself at the spa. B) Soaking up the sun. C) Taking it easy. D) Meeting people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pampering myself at the spa. 31. In order to secure a ..... advantage companies will try to make their products and services stand out from their competitors'. A) Competitive. B) Mix. C) Mission. D) Behaviour. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Competitive. 32. Say if the tense in the sentence is correct or incorrect. They will have released the album by the end of the year. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. 33. Some planets can ..... (see) from Earth without a telescope. A) Be saw. B) Be seen. C) Seen. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be seen. 34. "I suggest ..... this call to the next week" A) To postpone. B) Postponing. C) Postpone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Postponing. 35. Not realistic =? A) Unrealistic. B) Inrealistic. C) Imrealistic. D) Irrealistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unrealistic. 36. Having no purpose A) Spotless. B) Pointless. C) Frameless. D) Shapeless. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pointless. 37. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. What will you ..... at 7 am tomorrow? A) Have done. B) Be doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be doing. 38. We have detected a definite improvement in employee ..... A) Rate. B) Retention. C) Perception. D) Impact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retention. 39. I didn't mean to ..... her-I said that by mistake. A) Nag. B) Warn. C) Flatter. D) Offend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Offend. 40. Student' s book p.73 Task 5 LISTENING. Twitter has helped Maggie A) To use lots of very short words. B) To include lots of important information from other journalists. C) To write more economically and accurately. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To write more economically and accurately. 41. Governments should spend more money on ..... energy technology. A) Carbon footprint. B) Renewable. C) Shale gas. D) Oil rig. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renewable. 42. My aunt and uncle ..... to visit us this weekend. A) Will have been coming. B) Will have come. C) Come. D) Are coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are coming. 43. Work is really stressful at the moment. I just feel so ..... all the time. A) Relieved. B) Awkward. C) Tense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tense. 44. ..... when he finds out tomorrow that he's lost his job. A) He'll have smiled. B) He won't have smiled. C) He won't be smiling. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He won't be smiling. 45. My daughter was so ..... when she passed all her exams. A) Horrified. B) Devastated. C) Thrilled. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thrilled. 46. I fellt very ..... to see my ex again. A) Awkward. B) Tricky. C) Infurating. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Awkward. 47. What is a ''subsistence lifestyle" ? A) Donating money and food to charities. B) Having more money or food than you need. C) Having just enough money or food to stay alive. D) Living in poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having just enough money or food to stay alive. 48. Let me give you ..... A) A piece of advise. B) An advice. C) An advise . D) A piece of advice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A piece of advice. 49. I ..... my finger when I was cooking A) Have cut. B) Have been cut. C) Have been cutting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have cut. 50. It is only used with action verbs to talk about past habits or routines A) Would. B) Be used to. C) Used to. D) Get used to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would. 51. And whatever you do, please, please try not to ..... your temper A) Up. B) Head. C) Blows. D) Lose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lose. 52. I used to spend a lot of time outside when I was young ..... fruit from thefields as I walked along and I'd whistle tunes ..... A) I would pick. B) I had pick. C) I have pick. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I would pick. 53. A bit strange, odd A) Eccentric. B) Mean. C) Flexible. D) Naive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eccentric. 54. A small light that you carry in your hand A) Can. B) Stove. C) Tap. D) Torch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Torch. 55. Despite this in English: A) Despite. B) Setback. C) Together. D) Failure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Despite. 56. Brady and Slim ..... early starters:at the age of 23, Brady took over as Managing director of the club. A) Are. B) Had been. C) Were. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 57. The book War of the Worlds ..... (write) over 100 years ago. A) Is written. B) Was wrote. C) Was written. D) Has been written. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was written. 58. I'm ..... in technology A) Interested. B) Interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interested. 59. My immediate ..... was one of shock. A) Reaction. B) Response. C) Discriminate. D) Conscious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reaction. 60. Characteristics of a product (appearance, components, what it can do, its dimensions ..... ) is called: A) Product features. B) Customer base. C) Product portfolio. D) Customer profile. 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