TEST 26

I. Choose the words that best complete the sentences in the text.
Peoples' personalities …………. (1) considerably from one another as there are no two alike. Our
ingrained characteristics which …………. (2) the patterns of our behaviour, our reactions and
temperaments are unparalleled on ………………. (3) of the diversified processes that …………….
(4) our personality in the earliest ………………. (5) of human development.
Some ……………. (6) of character may to some ……………. (7) be hereditary simulating the
attributes that ………………………. (8) our parents. Others may ………………………. (9) from
the conditions experienced during pregnancy and infancy in this way reflecting the parents' approach
towards ………………………. (10) their offspring. Consequently, the environmental factor
………………………. (11) a crucial role in strengthening or eliminating certain behavioural systems
making an individual more prone to ………………………. (12) to the patterns that
………………………. (13) a prize.
Undoubtedly, human personality ………………. (14) the most profound and irreversible formation
during the first period of its development, yet, certain characteristics may still be ………………. (15)
to considerable changes conditioned by different circumstances and situations.
1. a) distinguish b) converge c) vary d) differentiate
2. a) denote b) resolve c) inflict d) determine
3. a) account b) means c) token d) event
4. a) mould b) design c) conceive d) fabricate
5. a) states b) instants c) stages d) terms
6. a) factors b) traits c) items d) breeds
7. a) scope b) area c) extent d) length
8. a) pertain b) recognize c) associate d) identify
9. a) stem b) relate c) rise d) formulate
10. a) breeding b) rearing c) growing d) yielding
11. a) makes b) does c) finds d) plays
12. a) comfort b) pledge c) aquiesce d) obey
13. a) yearn b) deserve c) wish d) necessitate
14. a) underacts b) undertakes c) undergoes d) underlies
15. a) practicable b) feasible c) subject d) potential
II. Put the words in the correct form.
1. Never before have I seen more ………………………. (PICTURE) landscapes than here in the
mountainous region of the Alps.
2. Now that you have finished your studies, you can feel absolutely ……………………….
(CARE) being under no pressure any longer.
3. Mr Brown is the most ………………………. (RESPECT) member of our organization, which,
I think, sometimes makes him a bit snobbish.
4. In Asian societies the life ………………………. (EXPECT) period is shorter than in most
European countries.
5. 'Who owns this excellent shop?' 'I guess Mrs Ashley is the ………………………. (KEEP)
here.'
6. The rock group has gained a lot of ………………………. (POPULAR) ever since their first CD
was recorded.
7. The waiter says that the tomato salad is more ………………………. (PREFER) with fish to
any other one.
8. Do you have to leave or can you be of ………………………. (ASSIST) to me this evening?
9. Jake has been reprimanded for his inconsiderate breaking of the ………………………. (SAFE)
regulations in the welding shop.
10. Sure, he will fight till the end. He is the most ………………………. (PERSIST) character I
have ever known.
11. The heavy damage to the bone is ………………………. (REPAIR). It's feared that he will have
 to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
12. ‘As soon as I reach the ………………………. (RETIRE) age, I will withdraw from political
life.’, said the minister.
13. She says she feels claustrophobic in her office as it isn't ………………………. (SPACE)
enough.
14. It is not the ………………………. (MAINTAIN) of the residence that costs so much as the
exorbitant taxes imposed by the tax office.
15. There is a ………………………. (TEND) among teenagers nowadays towards spending more
time in sports centres than they did a few years earlier.
III. Insert the correct prepositions.
AT BEHIND BEYOND FOR IN INTO OF ON TO WITH
1. I'm extremely pressed ………………………. money these days. Could you lend me a few
pounds, please?
2. Mother insisted ………………………. having dinner before we carried on
………………………. the game.
3. It's a great pity that those beautiful birds are vulnerable ………………………. so much harm.
4. Tom hasn't attended classes for about two months and consequently he is rather
………………………. with his lessons.
5. Don't expose this gas tin ………………………. open fire as it may result ……………………….
an explosion.
6. Must you always be so envious ………………………. your cousin's toys?
7. Adam felt really sick ………………………. heart after his girlfriend had walked out
………………………. him.
8. Seriously, I didn't have to pay ………………………. the notebook, I got it
………………………. free.
9. Your scheme may sound interesting ………………………. theory, but its feasibility can only be
checked ………………………. practice.
10. It's ………………………. any hope that the Italian champion will retain the title. Nobody’s
giving her any chances this year.
11. It was me who Cindy used to take ………………………. her confidence.
Yet, ………………………. this particular occasion she refused to reveal her secret to anyone,
even me.
12. It isn't so much fatigue as lack of commitment ………………………. finishing the task that
makes you so inoperative.
13. We all sympathized ………………………. Gloria when we had learned about her father's
unexpected death.
14. Michael showed his disgust ………………………. the way he was treated by refusing to speak
to anyone.
15. I know Pete’s conduct was intolerable, but don't be too hard ………………………. him.
IV. Rewrite the sentences using the given forms so that they retain their original meaning.
1. Although I tried very hard, I couldn't convince Debbie to deliver a speech.
Try ..............................................................................................................................................
2. Nobody died in the accident, (no fatalities)
......................................................................................................................................................
3. John has taken it upon himself to look after the baby tomorrow, (committed)
......................................................................................................................................................
4. The possibility of any further storms can't be excluded.
............................................................................................................................................. out.
5. We never lost hope that the our missing son would return some day.
At no time ...................................................................................................................................
6. Robert warned his wife pretty strongly, yet she refused to listen to his advice.
No matter ...................................................................................................................................
7. She earns too little to afford to buy expensive cosmetics.
 She doesn't .................................................................................................................................
8. Can the conflict be only solved by force?
Isn't there ................................................................................................................................. ?
9. One of the patients couldn't breathe properly, (short)
......................................................................................................................................................
10. I reported him to the police because I assumed he was guilty of theft, (assumption)
......................................................................................................................................................
V. Fill the gaps with the correct words.
accounts blue cat colours fiddle
ground hair horse lengths light
mind peg shadow stick terms
3. Keep your ………………………. on even if the reporters keep accusing you of lying.
4. I don't like the presents they have given to me for Christmas. But, as they say, never look a gift
………………………. in the mouth.
5. You must admit the organizers have gone to great ………………………. to cater for all tastes.
6. I wish I knew who let the ………………………. out of the bag and made the secret known to
everyone.
7. The examiners were very satisfied with Jim's vast knowledge of the subject, and so he passed the
exam with flying ……………………….
8. It's a very tempting offer to buy a house on such easy ………………………., isn't it?
9. Don’t worry about his health. He is as fit as a ……………………….
10. Louis Pasteur broke new ………………………. in medicine with his revolutionary discovery of
the vaccine against rabies.
11. It's no use trying to persuade Cybil to give up the journey. She definitely knows her own
………………………. and she won't change the decision.
12. The question arose completely out of the ………………………. Nobody suspected there might
be any overdue bills to pay.
13. Beyond a ………………………. of a doubt, this is the man whom I saw kissing Cindy in front
of the cinema.
14. ‘Have any new facts come to ………………………. about the plane catastrophy in
Hamburg?' ‘Unfortunately not. There have been no reports as yet.’
15. My wife never goes to a dress-maker. She buys her clothes off the ………………………. only.
16. You must have got hold of the ………………………. wrong end of the He said he was for the
reforms, not against them.
17. Mrs Pooley is by all ………………………. the nicest teacher in our school. Both the children
and the staff like her a lot.