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Test Seventeen Vocabulary (20%) Fill in the letters of the word according to the meaning given. 1. the front of a building; part of a building facing a street f________ 2. subject that takes up all attention of someone p_______ 3. a dreamy, fanciful ,or visionary notion or daydream r________ 4. a basic form of psychic energy l________ 5. the rapid, widespread occurrence of a fad, fashion, etc. e________ 6. departure from a particular viewpoint, practice, etc. d________ 7. a situation in which further action is blocked s________ 8. politeness, respect, consideration for others c_______ 9. the universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious whole c________ 10.very great mental or physical pain a________ Fill in the blanks in each sentence with a verb taken from the box in its appropriate form. 11. He felt he did not have to make such a _______(commit) to his company. 12. Shy and _______ (embarrass), the boy thrust the flowers at his girlfriend. 13. The idea of sailing became an _______(obsess) to him. 14. Bernard Shaw’s plays are full of ______.(satire) 15. Music has a special system of _______( note), and so has chemistry. 16. He is the most _______ (distinguish) chemist in the country. 17. She was keenly _______ (resolve ) to do well in the next examination. 18. His personality ________ (dominate) the other members of the committee. 19. Sending an anonymous letter is a _________ (cow ) act. 20. I inherited a large sum of money_________(legal). II. Paraphrase (20%) 1. After three days in Japan, the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible. 2. Spectators paid to gaze at it and ponder whether they might be related. 3. My heart went out to the old warrior as spectators pushed by him to shake Darrow’s hand. 4. Red brick, even in a steel town, ages with some dignity. 5. The country itself is not uncomely, despite the grime of the endless