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Vocabulary Multiple Choice. Worksheet 14.

Deciding between different, similar vocabulary items becomes ever more difficult as students progress to higher levels in their English studies. For each question below, choose the best answer from the four possibilities. Think also about why the other three choices are NOT possible.

1. The investigation after the accident found that someone had ____________ with the rocket's fuel systems causing the launchpad explosion.
a. fiddled
b. tampered
c. adjusted
d. fidgeted

2. Although a ____________ retina sounds very serious, the operation to repair it only took a short time.
a. disconnected
b. detached
c. dismounted
d. decentralised

3. Harrison ____________ the ball in the last minute! His team-mates look furious as their last chance for victory slips away.
a. fumbles
b. stumbles
c. mumbles
d. cuddles

4. The robbery was carried out in ____________ daylight and with hundreds of witnesses present.
a. open
b. wide
c. broad
d. clear

5. Along with your new responsibilities, you will also have ____________ to highly confidential information about the staff here, so we need you to sign a new agreement promising not to disclose anything.
a. access
b. entrance
c. contact
d. admission

6. Do you know what the letters D.V.D ____________?
a. stand by
b. stand down
c. stand for
d. stand over

7. Come on Jane. Stop ____________ and make a decision and then we can go!
a. loitering
b. delaying
c. faltering
d. dithering

8. The unmanned ____________ left Earth in 1986 and reached Saturn this week where it will take photos and radio other information back to us here.
a. buoy
b. drill
c. robot
d. probe

9. That car is a bit on the costly ____________! I think I will think about it for a few days.
a. part
b. front
c. side
d. level

10. In some parts of Europe, being in ____________ of cannabis is legal although selling it to others is still illegal.
a. hold
b. control
c. possession
d. ownership