famous dramatist Bernard Shaw started his pen work as a novelist.
A) writer B) author C) playwright D) narrator E) teller
90. Choose the appropriate synonym.
A contest
A) a concert B) a competition C) a ruler D) an agreement E) a difference
91. Choose the synonym to the underlined word.
What excuse do you have this time?
A) matter B) problem C) factor D) reason E) explanation
92. Choose the appropriate synonym.
He is a person who understands his obligations and attends to them.
A) restrictions B) annoyances C) observations D) hardship E) duties
93. Choose the appropriate synonym to the underlined word.
– Mother, what is fatherland, is it the land belonging to my father?
– Oh, no, honey, it is the land of your birth.
A) state B) government C) homeland D) settlement E) landownership
94. Choose the appropriate synonym to the underlined word.
I want you to accept the invitation of a foreign doctor.
A) paramedic B) physician C) physicist D) doctrine E) patient
95. Choose the appropriate synonym.
He carried a bunch of flowers in his hands.
A) bucket B) bundle C) packet D) flock E) banquette
96. Choose the proper synonym to the underlined word.
Boxing was his profession; people came and paid money to see the fight.
A) subject B) wish C) trade D) life E) interest
97. Choose the appropriate synonym to the underlined word.
The achievements of science and technology of recent years have influenced the careers of many people.
A) marketing B) trading C) professions D) hands E) works
98. Choose the appropriate synonym to the underlined word.
It was a lucky chance that he could do it.
A) business B) opportunity C) matter D) manager E) pension
99. Choose the appropriate synonym to the underlined word.
Puppies lived in a doghouse.
A) kennel B) barn C) cave D) box E) fold
100. Choose the appropriate synonym to the underlined word.
I liked to read books about travels in my childhood.
A) rests B) walks C) plays D) journeys E) balls
101. Choose the synonym to the underlined word.
You’ve made two bad mistakes in your essay.
A) wrong things B) blunders C) misprints D) an error E) blots
102. Choose the proper synonym to the underlined word.
Did you manage to stop the fight between those two boys?
A) flight B) stage C) picture D) quarrel E) struggle
103. Choose the appropriate synonym to the underlined word.
Our classmates often take part in different sport competitions.
A) events B) races C) meetings D) news E) things
104. Choose the appropriate synonym to the underlined word.
The woman adds water to unite the flour and sugar.
A) meal B) torment C) dough D) pepper E) spice
105. Choose the appropriate synonym.
Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer born around 1460.
A) traveller B) scientist C) king D) ruler E) conqueror
106. Choose the appropriate synonym.
Over 4000 years ago the King of Egypt sent Harkhuf into Africa to look for rare woods and treasure.
A) excursion B) provision C) slave D) fortune E) health
107. Choose the appropriate synonym to the underlined word.
In the thirteenth century Muslim Lands, as well as Russia, became a target for the dreaded Mongols.
A) reward B) prize C) task D) aim E) pride
108. Choose the appropriate synonym to the underlined word.
Shakespeare is sometimes called the Bard of Avon.
A) poet B) writer C) poem D) banner E) song
109. Choose the appropriate synonym.
In Sydney William Westwood was turned over to a cruel settler as an unpaid labourer.
A) navvy B) meditator C) activist D) ambassador E) chief
110. Choose the appropriate synonym to the underlined word.
Australian aborigines are dark skinned descendants to the people who came to the continent from Asia about 25 000 years ago.
A) predecessors B) relatives C) offsprings D) colonists E) supporters
111. Choose the appropriate synonym to the underlined word.
Mount Cook, the crown of the New Zealand Southern Alps, rises to 3756 metres above the surrounding land.
A) summit B) foot C) beauty D) rock E) earth
112. Choose the proper synonym.
After Columbus’s first voyage in 1492 the news of his discovery spread across Europe.
A) death B) treason C) exploration D) recovery E) victory
113. Choose the proper synonym to the underlined word.
I can feel the faint odors of the wild flowers.
A) orders B) ado C) fits D) harmony E) fragrances
114. Choose
