1) Please stop _______________! I'm tired of it. You are always doing it because I'm the youngest in the office. It's not fair. a) to pick me up b) to pick holes in c) picking on me 2) The lawyer _______________ the witness's story. He looked for inconsistencies in his arguments. a) picked holes in b) picks on c) took his pick 3) You should ___________________. He knows all about car engines. a) pick John's way through b) pick John's brains c) pick and choose John 4) I get claustrophobia when I'm surrounded by people on all sides, so I always have to ____________________ a crowded room. a) pick up my way b) pick on their way c) pick my way through 5) We've got 45 flavors. Vanilla, chocolate, bacon. _________________________. a) take your pick b) pick up in c) pick your brain 6) The car _________ speed as it careened down the hill. We couldn't stop it. a) picked up on b) picked up c) pick it up 7) I’d like to _______________ a point that Steven made earlier. I got a new idea that could work. a) pick on my way b) pick up on c) pick holes 8) A very substantial class of ________________ and increasingly wealthy farmers became a part of the social and political landscape. a) upwardly mobile b) economically disadvantaged  c) ethnically mixed 9) An ______________________ business is a business owned by an individual who has experienced disadvantages due to race, ethnicity, culture, and economic disadvantages. a) economically disadvantaged b) upwardly mobile c) ethnically mixed 10) At educational establishments that have an _______________ group of students, instruction is not carried out in the official language, separate classes are established a) highly cultured b) ill prepared c) ethnically mixed 11) Its _______________________ functionality and its innovative control module for the Apple iPod® won over the jury of design experts. a) ill prepared b) upwardly mobile c) cleverly designed 12) Many students who graduate are __________________ to join the world of work. They have a lack of the required skills and experience. a) highly cultured b) ill-prepared c) long-term unemployed 13) Many consider Boston a ____________________ city as it is home to such renowned performing arts groups as the Boston Ballet, a) highly cultured b) cleverly designed c) ethnically mixed 14) The number of _________________ citizens has increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) a) politically correct b) long-term unemployed c) economically-disadvantaged 15) The definition of _______________ language (abbreviated to PC) is choosing and using words that focus on empathy, fairness and justice. a) politically correct b) cleverly designed c) highly cultured 16) The clock automatically ___________ when you enter a new time zone. a) retrain b) redo c) readjusts 17) These new measurements mean that I'll have to ______________ the calculations. a) rebuild b) readjust c) redo 18) Mark used to be an actor but now he is unemployed he's ______________ as a teacher. a) retraining b) readjusting c) rereading 19) I had to go back and ___________ a few paragraphs in the manual to see if I'd missed anything. a) redo b) reread c) readjust 20) Before the election, the party claimed it would __________ the country's economy. a) rebuild b) be rebuilt c) be readjusted

Life Upper intermediate Unit 5C Vocabulary Quiz

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