Vocabulary Test 1,   Vocabulary Test 2,   Vocabulary Test 3,   Vocabulary Test 4, 
Vocabulary Test 5,   Vocabulary Test 6

1.  As I don't know any French, I couldn't understand what he was talking ...... .

A) off
B) to
C) about
D) by
E) from

Answer C     ÖYS 1988

2. The surgeon who is going to operate ............. my grandfather is one of the best.

A) in
B) about
C) on
D) of
E) at

Answer C

3.   If you don't hurry up, the boat will sail ...... us .

A) off
B) without
C) instead
D) through

E) from

Answer B     ÖYS 1989

4.  They blew ......... the tunnel just as the enemy was about to pass ..... it.

A) off/for 
B) down/over
C) in/away         
D) above/outside
E) up/through

Answer E

5.  Clara looked up ..... him ..... wonder in her eyes.

A) to/by
B) at/with    
C) upon/in           
D) for/on
E) after/through

Answer B     ÖYS 1990

6.  Since the new technician is not very familiar ....... the machine, he is not good ...... using it.

A) on/to
B) to/with
C) or/for
D) from/in
E) with/at

Answer E

7. My daughter is not a bit like me. She seems to ............ her father.

A) look on
B) take after
C) put out            
D) look after
E) set out

Answer B     ÖYS 1992

8. One of the important effects ....... the traffic ....... the environment is air pollution.

A) in/of
B) at/in
C) for/at
D) on/for
E) of/on

Answer E

9. The Yorkshire Chemicals Company has recently been .......... by a rival firm.

A) taken over
B) cut down
C) kept away       
D) settled down
E) crossed out

Answer A     ÖYS 1993

10.  Mr. Brooks said he would he hack in the office ........... 4 o'clock.

A) since
B) for
C) until
D) by
E) during 

Answer D

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