Тест по английскому на словарный запас по теме "Education" №6

LECTURES. Choose the right answer.

1. Would you please ....... from smoking while the lecture is in progress?

avoid
keep yourself
refrain
stop

2. Prof. Orator spoke clearly and ....... so we could understand every word he said.

distinct
distinctly
distinguishable
legibly

3. During a lecture I always try to ....... down the main points that are made.

doodle
jot
noting
sketch

4. That's precisely what I mean. You've hit the ....... on the head.

idea
nail
pin
point

5. The students were interested in what the teacher was saying and listened ....... .

attentively
guardedly
prudently
watchful

6. A few jokes always ....... up a lecture.

inspire
liven
loosen
raise

7. Miss Duffer looked as if she hadn't a ....... what Prof. Sophisticated was talking about.

clue
guess
point
thought

8. You can ....... your shorthand by taking notes during lectures.

keep
keep in
keep on
keep up

9. To begin the lecture, let's take an ....... of the present situation.

oversight
overtone
overture
overview

10. The lecturer spoke so fast that I found it hard to take ....... what he was saying.

away
in
over
up

11. Prof. Silvertonguc was a most effective speaker and his audience seemed to ....... on his every word.

catch
cling
hang
hold

12. I'm relying on you, gentlemen, so please don't ....... .

allow me off
drop me off
drop me down
let me down

13. The teacher ....... out the words he had written on the blackboard.

cleaned
dusted
rubbed
scraped

14. The example you have just referred to has no ....... on the matter under discussion.

bearing
connection
dependence
relation

15. I'm afraid my speech may have ....... you as to my true aims.

miscalculated
misled
mistaken
misunderstood

16. Please repeat what you said. I didn't quite ....... the meaning.

comprehend
grasp
retain
seize

17. I take ....... to that remark. It's a quite unjustified insinuation.

affront
displeasure
exception
offence

18. The professor never finished his lecture because there were so many ....... from the audience.

delays
gaps
interruptions
intervals