Lesson Seven

A: Vocabulary

1. His letter got lost somewhere in the post office never reached its         …          .

a. area                   b. distance             c. destination         d. purpose

2. In this part of the museum you can find some         …         of great historical value.

a. links                  b. differences        c. issues                d. documents

3. A: "Could you       …      me the sugar, please?"  B: "Here you are."

a. pass                  b. transfer              c. transport            d. forward

4. There is now no hope that the        …        children will be found alive.

a. boring                b. missing              c. addictive            d. updated

5. You can't work      …            for six hours without a break!

a. continuously      b. inexpensively     c. ordinarily           d surprisingly

6. I'll be upstairs, so could you       …         my phone calls up there please?

a. transport            b. compose           c. transfer              d. mail

7. The      …          of the picture on our television isn't very good.

a. activity               b. certainty            c. ability                d. quality

8. He            …                  this poem for his wife.

a. composed                   b. combined          c. contrasted         d. connected

9. Click on this           …      to visit our online bookstore.         

a. newsgroup         b. advertising         c. link                    d. document

10. There's a direct             …            between diet and heart disease.                             

a. access               b. link                    c. definition           d. addition

11. The system has been designed to give the user quick and easy      …         to the required information.

a. link                    b. access               c. comment           d. service

12. I'm going to         …              for someone to clean my house.

a. continue             b. forward             c. access               d advertise

13. What this country needs is a long-term policy for investment in science and       …       .

a. technology         b. communication d. destination         d. satellite

14. I found his new book on telecommunication totally         …            .

a. interchangeable b. unreadable         c. available            d. programmable

15. He reads all the newspapers in order to         …       with the latest news.

a. look up              b. speed up           c. keep up             d. turn up             

16. It requires for you to             …          a photo to your application form.

a. advertise            b. attach                c. compose           d. observe

17. I'll      …          his email to you if you're interested.

a. continue             b. forward             c. access               d advertise

18. None of us has much money so let's            …            what we've got.

a. communicate     b. combine            c. voyage              d. develop

19. She's very possessive about her toys and finds it hard to       …      .       

a. share                 b. offer                  c. join                    d. require

20. It doesn't have much to       …         as a town; its shops are poor and there's only one cinema.

a. share                 b. offer                  c. join                    d. require

21. After the earthquake not a        …        building was left standing in the village.

a. single                 b. different            c. handheld            d. interchangeable

22. The novel is         …        for me; I can't stop reading it.

a. inexpensive        b. inappropriate     c. addictive            d. effective

23. The problem with video games is that they're          …            .

a. inactive              b. addictive           c. artificial             d. expressive

24. Parents play a vital          …        in their children's education.

a. role                    b. rule                   c. norm                 d. labor

25. The map gives you the          …         between the major cities.

a. distance             b. destination         c. exploration        d. expression

26. Old parents often have difficulty          …         with their children.

a. attaching            b. joining               c. providing                    d. communicating

27. All university students must have access to good           …         .

a. stamps               b. resources                    c. substances         d. discussions

28. This       …        makes it easy to access to information in the database.

a. mail                   b. message            c. addiction           d. software

29. Most people think that the          …       of cigarettes should be forbidden.

a. attracting            b. accepting                    c. advertising         d. accessing

30. The fact that something is cheap doesn't necessarily mean it's of low         …        .

a. service               b. quality               c. comment           d. catalog