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In the name of God

Mid term exam of Interchange 2 (A)

Goldis : foreign languages institute

Time allowed: 50 minuets                               your name: …………………..

Tohid Mohammadzadeh

Exercise 1

Phrasal verbs

In the following sentences, choose the correct verb in bold to complete the phrasal verb in italics.

The meaning of each phrasal verb is given in brackets at the end of each sentence.

1. Some parents are criticized for the way they bring / make / throw up their children. (To raise Children)

2. They refused to move / face / come up to their responsibilities, with disastrous consequences. (To accept an unpleasant state of affairs, and try to deal with it)

3. The President decided to shout / cry / call off his visit to Europe. (To not to go ahead with a plan)

4. It is only at election time that senators add / count / read on support from their constituents. (To rely/ depend on other people)

5. Many developing countries are failing to run / chase / catch up with their more developed

Neighbors. (To get to the same level)

6. It can take months or even years for political scandals to die / cut / fall down. (to become less strong)

7. An alarming number of students jump / drop / fall out of school early every year. (to leave a race, a Competition, a course of study, etc., early or before you have finished)

8. Major international companies can't carry / cut / figure out the popularity of the anti-capitalist movement. (Informal: to find it hard to understand)

9. The committee members dropped / made / fell out over plans for the new health center. (to argue)

10. If they examined the issues more closely, they would search / look / find out the reasons. (To discover)

11. As we grow / stand / look up our priorities change. (to change from being children to being adults)

12. Salaries very rarely catch / keep / work up with the cost of living. (to rise at the same speed as something else)

13. The latest government report leaves / keeps / throws out the real reasons for current demographic shifts. (to not include)

14. The journalist showed / pointed / spoke out the mistakes made by the agency over the last few years. (to show)

15. Before you write your essay, you should search / hunt / look into the Party's history. (to research)

16. Nobody at the meeting carried / brought / moved up the subject of paid leave. (to start discussing a subject)

17. Once people lose / jump / fall behind with their mortgage payments, they come under extreme financial pressure from their bank. (to fail to do something or pay something at the time that you should)

18. The first step to a healthier lifestyle is to cut / slice / chop down on the amount of saturated fats you eat. (To start doing less of something, usually because it is bad for you)

Exercise 2

Confusing words are two or more words which have a similar meaning to each other but are used in a different way.

Complete the following sentences with the appropriate word in bold.

1. action / activity

The police took immediate ____________ when they realised the situation was getting out of hand.

Economic ____________ stagnated as the recession took hold.

2. advice / advise

Can you ____________ me on the best course of action to take?

He offered me some excellent ____________ .

3. affect / effect

Cuts in spending will have a serious ____________ on the healthcare services.

The strike will seriously ____________ train services.

4. appreciable / appreciative

There is an ____________ difference between manslaughter and murder.

She was very ____________ of our efforts to help.

5. assumption / presumption

They raised taxes on the ____________ that it would help control spending.

It's sheer ____________ for the government to suggest things have improved since they came to power.

6. avoid / prevent

Rapid government reforms managed to ____________ a revolution taking place.

He's always trying to ____________ taking a decision if he can help it.

7. beside / besides

The office is just ____________ the railway station.

____________ their regular daytime job, many people do extra work in the evening.

8. briefly / shortly

____________ before the conflict began, the army pulled down the border posts.

The senator spoke ____________ about the need for political reform.

9. channel / canal

The television ____________ received a formal complaint about the program.

The Suez ____________ was built in the second half of the nineteenth century.

10. conscientious / conscious

Most people are ____________ of the need to protect the environment.

____________ workers should be rewarded for their hard work.

11. continual / continuous

A ____________ trade embargo has badly affected the economic infrastructure.

The computer has given us ____________ problems ever since we installed it.

12. control / inspect

Environmental health officers regularly ____________ kitchens and other food preparation areas.

The government plans to ____________ the price of meat to make sure it doesn't go up too much.

13. criticism(s) / objection(s)

They didn't raise any ____________ when we insisted on inspecting the figures.

The government's plan was met with severe ____________.

14. damage / injury / harm

It was a severe ____________ which needed immediate hospital treatment.

A lot of ____________ was caused to buildings along the coast during the storm.

There's no ____________ in taking a break from your job now and then.

15. discover / invent

When did he ____________ the telephone?

Did Alexander Fleming ____________ penicillin?

16. during / for / while

Stores were closed ____________ the duration of the conflict.

____________ the transition from a dictatorship to democracy, the country experienced severe

strikes and riots.

The bomb went off ____________ the President was making his speech.

17. however / moreover

The plan was good in theory. ____________, in practice it was extremely difficult to implement.

The plan was excellent. ____________, it was clear from the beginning that it was going to be a

success.

18. considerate / considerable

He made a ____________ amount of money from his dotcom enterprise.

She's a very ____________ person, so she would never intentionally upset anyone.

19. intolerable / intolerant

I consider his behavior to be quite ____________.

The government is ____________ of other political parties.

20. job / work

Everybody has the right to a decent ____________ with good pay.

Following the recession, many people are still looking for ____________.

21. lay(s) / lie(s)

The city of Quito ____________ near the equator.

The manager made it clear he intended to ____________ down some strict rules.

22. look at / watch

We must ____________ the situation in Lugumba carefully, and be prepared to act if violence flares

again.

We need to ____________ the problem carefully and decide if there is anything we can do about it.

23. permission / permit

I'm afraid we can't ____________ photography in here.

They received ____________ to attend the sessions as long as they didn't interrupt.

24. possibility / chance

There is always the ____________ that the government will reverse its decision.

If we act now, we have a good ____________ of finding a cure for the disease.

25. priceless / worthless

____________ paintings by artists like Van Gogh should not be in the hands of private collectors.

As inflation spiraled out of control, paper money suddenly became ____________.

26. principal(s) / principle(s)

Many people refuse to eat meat on ____________.

The ____________ of the college is an ardent non-smoker.

The country's ____________ products are paper and wood.

Not many people are familiar with the ____________ of nuclear physics.

27. process / procession

The ____________ made its way down the avenue.

Applying for a visa can be a long and frustrating ____________.

28. raise / rise

As prices ____________, demand usually drops.

In response to the current oil shortage, most airlines plan to ____________ their fares.

29. respectable / respectful

The delegates listened in ____________ silence as the chairman spoke.

They want to bring up their children in an area which is considered to be ____________.

30. treat / cure

Hospitals are so understaffed that they find it almost impossible to ____________ patients with

minor injuries.

They were unable to ____________ the disease, and hundreds died as a result.

31. subjective / objective

Your report should be as ____________ possible: just present the facts and try to avoid saying what you think about them.

The newspaper article was extremely ____________: the journalist more or less forced his own views and ideas on his readership.

32. disinterested / uninterested

In order to end the dispute, we need some impartial advice from a / an ____________ third party.

I thought they would enjoy my talk, but they were completely ____________.

33. imply / infer

From what you just said, can I ____________ that you think I'm interfering?

I didn't mean to ____________ that you were interfering. I merely said that I needed a bit of time to myself.

34. complimentary / complementary

In western societies, acupuncture and hypnosis are seen as ____________ medicines.

All new students will receive a ____________ study pack and dictionary.

I hope best for you

Good luck