C. Choose the correct option to complete the sentences below.

Test 1 - Module 1

VOCABULARY

A. Choose the word that most appropriately completes the sentence.

1. The Global Health Charity Organisation held a rock festival last week, the                                 of which are
going towards famine relief in central Africa.

a. winnings                b. proceeds              c. earnings             d. savings

2. After trying every trick in the book to get the boys to conform, the principal had no choice but to give them a
ten-day                                 for repeatedly violating the school rules.

a. expulsion              b. assessment          c. instruction          d. suspension

3. Even though I’ve known Sven for so many years, I only found out yesterday that his mother is from Moscow,
so he’s                                 Russian.

a. part                       b. slightly                 c. a bit                   d. somewhat

4. I will use this example to                                 my point.

a. portray                  b. illustrate                c. depict                d. sketch   

5. Jason is a very capable individual, not only is he exceptionally good at                                 his own business
but he is also involved in a lot of charity work.

a. doing                    b. making                 c. running               d. operating

6. As a(n)                                 you receive most of your training on the job while working for an employer who
helps you learn the necessary skills for a particular trade.

a. exchange student b. apprentice            c. instructor            d. collaborator

7. He donated the                                 he received for the reproduction of his play to various charities.

a. alimony                 b. bonus                  c. royalties             d. commission

8. Although I wear designer clothes, I wait for the sales to get them                                 a discount.

a. in                          b. at                         c. on                      d. for

 B. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in capitals. 

1. The interviewer told me that unfortunately I was                                                     for the position in QUALIFY
question as I significantly exceeded the job requirements. 

2.The fact that unemployment numbers have reached                                                     levels is causing PRECEDENT
wide-spread concern.

3.Paying for expensive goods using monthly                                                     is a convenience but you need INSTALL
to keep your spending in check because it can easily get out of hand.

4. I’m saving the weekly                                                     my parents give me in the hope that I can spend the ALLOW
year after I finish school travelling.

5. Not only did I find the lecture on genetics boring but I also found it                                                     . COMPREHEND

6. Diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, continue to affect populations in developing countries   FUND
because research efforts are                                                     .

7. The                                                     that Jenny received hardly made up for the emotional distress of COMPENSATE
losing her pet dog.

8.                                                      developments in gene therapy are set to help people with a predisposition ORDINARY
to a particular disease deal with it before its onset.

C. Choose the correct option to complete the sentences below.

1. Corporal / Capital punishment is considered by a large majority of pedagogists to be an unacceptable way
to discipline unruly children.

2. I was really annoyed when I had to fork / splash out a huge sum of money to fix the windowpane in my
lounge when the parents of the kid who broke it refused to pay for it. 

3. Vocational / Tertiary training is essential for those who wish to develop expertise and practical knowhow
for a specific line of work.

4. I have difficulty memorising facts so I always found experiential / rote learning to be extremely difficult and
time-consuming.

5. I am never buying from that mini-market again as everything is so overpriced; it’s a clear case of armed /
daylight robbery.

6. It’s going to take the better part of my life to buy / pay off my mortgage.

7. She felt she had to get out of the building because a nagging premonition / foresight told her that
something was going to go terribly wrong.  

8. The severance / compensation pay I received after getting fired helped tide me over until I found myself a
new job.

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