Questões sobre Vocabulário

In the following excerpts taken from the text – “many of which hold thousands of repossessed homes as assets”; “who have been jailed for accepting bungs”; “who have responded to the siren call of Spain's sun-kissed beaches” –, the relative pronouns refer, respectively, to:

• A. “thousands”; “developers”; “beaches”.
• B. “repossessed homes”; “powers”; “Spain”.
• C. “Spanish banks”; “politicians”; “Brits and other north Europeans”.
• D. “assets”; “bungs”; “sun-kisses”.
• E. “Spanish construction industry”; “compulsory purchase”; “Spaniards”.

• A.

  real

• B.

  more

• C.

  much

• D.

  expensive

The three words in bold in the following sentences – “There is an entire generation of young Spaniards with a millstone round their necks”; “They will have to work their whole lives to pay for houses now worth half what they bought them for” – make an explicit reference to:

• A. “an entire generation of young Spaniards”; “they”; “houses”.
• B. “millstone”; “lives to pay for houses”; “for”.
• C. “necks”; “whole lives”; “worth half what they bought”.
• D. “One to One Capital partners”; “have to work”; “bought”.
• E. “Estate agents”; “different parts of the country”; “home market”.

• A.

  requesting

• B.

  asking

• C.

  doing

• D.

  making

• A.

  then

• B.

  than

• C.

  the

• D.

  them

• A.

  keeps

• B.

  keeping

• C.

  keep

• D.

  kept

The word head, as used in the text, belongs to which of the following groups?

• A.

  Mouth, eyes, nose.

• B.

  Boss, director, superintendent.

• C.

  Lead, manage, supervise.

• D.

  Go, move, run.

The missing [CONNECTIVE] is

• A.

  Since.

• B.

  However.

• C.

  Although.

• D.

  Therefore.

A synonym for the adjective private, as used in the text, is

• A.

  selfish.

• B.

  particular.

• C.

  open.

• D.

  secretive.

Choose the alternative that shows the correct form to use the Conditional:

Andrew is able to understand his France teacher, therefore he _____ answer his questions.

• A.

  cannot.

• B.

  could never.

• C.

  should.

• D.

  must to.