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Vocabulary Multiple Choice. Worksheet 24.

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. Your laziness has ___________ in these terrible exam results. You only have yourself to blame.
a. led
b. caused
c. contributed
d. resulted

2. I have tried every product on the market and still I can't rid these curtains of the ___________ of cigarette smoke.
a. fumes
b. fragrance
c. stench
d. aroma

3. Granddad would spend hours talking to us youngsters around the dinner table ___________ about his happy younger days back east on the farm.
a. recalling
b. reminiscing
c. reminding
d. memorising

4. Many celebrities complain about the media attention but I think many of them thrive on being in the ___________.
a. torch-light
b. headlight
c. floodlight
d. limelight

5. James Dean became something of a(n) ___________ for rebellious teenagers across America in the 1950s.
a. model
b. figure
c. icon
d. status symbol

6. The winning team were roundly criticised by the local media for the way in which they had ___________ over the losing team. It was considered very unsporting.
a. gloated
b. relished
c. showed up
d. dominated

7. Mike spent three days at the driving centre before giving up. He just couldn't ___________ to grips with driving such a large truck.
a. come
b. get
c. reach
d. beat

8. I retired three years ago and didn't know what to do with myself. Getting this dog has given me a new ___________ of life.
a. burst
b. loan
c. lease
d. extension