VOCABULARY TEST 1

Choose the best alternative that completes the sentence.
1 It seems that a successful scientist is full of
A curiosity B methodology C anxiety D carefully E objectivity

2 A scientist the facts he observes to the fullest extent.
A makes B utilises C works D consumes E persists

3 Researches statistical methods.
A take B make C teach D ^employ E contrive

4 An engineer does not use instruments.
A useful B efficient C modern D relevant E unreliable

5 His work all the qualities of a scientific approach.
A demonstrates B strives C attempts D requires E avoids

6 Several branches of mathematics are used in many
sciences.
A severely B sincerely C extensively D exhaustively E seldom

7 Xt is easier to mathematical operations with computers.
A understand B perform C interfere D state E explain

8 Journalists sometimes the ordinary citizen.
A represent B appear C mislead E employ E require

9 A scientist always needs observation.
A scientific B long C care D accurate E untested

10 There is always a special of procedures in a research.
A sequence B series C Jaw D way E advantage

11 They a new measuring device last year.
A saw B tested C observed D began E set

12 Our team the right conclusions.
A drew B set up C see D made E finish

13 They have the same mistake again.
A done B made C understood D chose E drew


14 He chose the most procedure in the experiment.
A intelligent B clumsy C efficient D clever E spoilt

15 They did not understand the problem last time.
A difficult B severe C serious D main E friendly

16 Applied science is concerned with the application of the
findings of pure science.
A relatively B largely C directly D evidently E clearly

17 It seems that pure and applied science are...,. dependent.
A really B merely C hardly D mutually E surely

18 A scientist must have adequate to validate a theory.
A evidence B information C support D place E estimate

19 Newton described the laws that the motion of falling.
A administer B direct C govern D obey E interfere

20 Viruses are entities that a position between living and
non-living matter.
A tell B consist C place D occupy E verify

21 Theories that the nature of the universe are constantly
revised by scientists.
A devise B talk C pertain D call E describe

22 The increasing scope of the experiments needed to test
new
A methods B hypotheses C fields D works E dangers

23 There is a close between pure and applied science.
A methodology B device C relation D relevance E synthesis

24 Atmospheric pressures considerably depending on
climactic changes.
A lowers B varies C depends D relies E suits

25 Good lab conditions act as a to research.
A test B apparatus C measurement D drawback E stimulus

26 Statistics is a discipline which all other sciences.
A uses B draws C affects D interests E circulates

27 In the past, natural ....were thought to be unlimited.
A powers B eventual C resources D items E problem

28 Malthas that at the current rates of population growth
food supplies would eventually be insufficient.
A posed B surprised C had D predicted E related

29 The first trial run of the new machine five hours.
A wanted B asked C warned D formulated E lasted

30 There is much evidence that the present supplies of organic fuels
may be in the foreseeable future.
A depended B exhausted C fuelled D tried E known

31 TV pictures can be across the Atlantic by means of
artificial satellites.
A transmitted B sold C drawn D read E varied

32 Minus and plus signs are placed before the numbers to which
they
A tell B refer C call D recall E point

33 It is becoming that the universe is much more complex
than we have ever imagined.
A imaginative B surprising C apparent D vague E powerful

34 It is a fact that one's intuition is often not very good at
estimating answers to some mathematical problems.
A sensitive B unimaginable C obvious D remarkable E weak

35 The need for water is increasing all over the world.
A constantly B rarely C wholly D rather E unsurely

36 Although geology has its own lab methods, it is an
open-air science.
A essentially B severely C hardly D quite E seldom

37 The world we live in presents an endless variety of.
problems.
A natural B significant C ambitious D satisfactory E dignified

38 A number of experiments have been to decide this matter.
A carried out B blown out C used up D devised E drawn

39 Human behaviour is very complex and
A useful B varied C compound D deep E elegant

40 The handling of modern aircraft places a strain on the
pilot.
A hard B severe C sort D soft E strict

41 Plant breeders' major are the same throughout the world.
A aims B cultures C determiners D variants E works

42 A recent official report that over 10.OOO people are
recruited to management in this country.
A claimed B estimated C covered D drawn E disclosed

43 Most of the drugs in current use were by accident.
A seen B used C advised D generated E discovered

44 Research in the past few years has a great deal about the
cancer.
A revealed B seen C declared D learnt E warned

45 The were so complicated that they could not be done
without using a computer.
A problems B observations C calculations D numbers E digits

46 The project was so that it could not be continued.
A hard B deep C light D severe E

47 A easy way of increasing agricultural production is to
make use of better varieties of plants.
A strictly B relatively C smoothly D directly E clearly

48 Radio signals can be more clearly if they are transmitted
at a very high frequency.
A heard B received C shot D devised E spent

49 It from the above considerations that the scientists are
becoming involved in politics in the modern world.
A is B comes C says D follows E claims

50 Industrialisation countries to raise their standards of
living.
A shows B enables C tries D urges E shows

51 New electronic devices are nowadays to help the scientist
in the computation of very complex calculations.
A very B circulating C available D workable E functionally


VOCABULARY TESTS

1 A 11 B 21 E 31 A 41 A
2 B 12 A 22 B 32 B 42 B
3 D 13 B 23 C 33 C 43 E
4 E 14 C 24 B 34 D 44 A
5 A 15 D 25 E 35 A 45 C
6 C 16 B 26 C 36 A 46 E
7 B 17 D 27 C 37 B 47 B
8 C 18A 28 D 38 A 48 B
9 D 19 C 29 E 39 B 49 D
10A 20 D SOB 40 B 50 B