Тест по английскому на словарный запас по теме "Socializing" №8

BOOKS. Choose the right answer.

1. This book is too ....... , I don't understand it.

blank
dark
obscure
secret

2. In Mr Critical's opinion, Mary's reputation as a writer is very ....... .

overestimated
overlooked
overrated
overstated

3. The bookshop said they did not have the drama just then, but that it was on ....... .

arrival
delivery
order
purpose

4. Don't read all the book. Just ....... the first few pages quickly.

dissect
glance through
look round
see into

5. A poet has to be extremely ....... to the music of words.

alert
sensible
sensitive
sentimental

6. Shakespeare's plays fall into three ..... categories: tragedies, comedies and histories.

ample
broad
expansive
thick

7. The peace of the public library was ....... by the sound of a transistor radio.

demolished
fractured
smashed
shattered

8. If he didn't have the royalties from his book to ....... his liny income, he simply wouldn't survive.

amplify
contribute
expand
supplement

9. This young author has already received the sort of ....... that many who are older and wiser have had to strive a lifetime for.

attentiveness
note
notoriety
recognition

10. The story had a macabre ....... to it.

clang
noise
ring
tick

11. He was a learned man, and few travellers have written with so much ....... .

acquisition
apprehension
cultivation
erudition

12. His reputation has been greatly ....... by the success of his new book.

enhanced
enlarged
expanded
heightened

13. Some writers take a lightweight ....... typewriter with them wherever they go.

bearable
carrying
portable
weighing

14. He says he would write an English course book if he could find a(n) ....... to deal with the less interesting parts.

ally
collaborator
confederate
partner

15. I was in no way prepared for the ....... of criticism my play received.

assault
offensive
onset
onslaught