Close-up B2 Unit 1 Vocabulary

What a ____________ smell! Don´t you ever clean this room?

• disgusting

• disgust

• disgusted

• disgustfully

The _____________ of the tornado was devastating.

• affect

• effect

He seems very _______________ about his role in the play.

• enthusiastically

• enthusiam

• enthusiastic

• enthusiast

Pessimists can learn to be more ____________ by distracting themselves from negative thoughts and looking for the humor in life.

• optimism

• optimistical

• optimistic

• optimisted

Which form of the verb "lone" is correct?

• Don´t you get lonlier being on your own all day?

• Don´t you get lonliness being on your own all day?

• Don´t you get alone being on your own all day?

• Don´t you get lonely being on your own all day?

Which sentence has the same meaning as:

The mosquitoes were so annoying that we decided to buy a repellent.

• The mosquitoes are so annoyed that we decided to buy a repellent.

• We annoyed the mosquitoes that we decided to buy a repellent.

• The mosquitoes annoyed that we decided to buy a repellent.

• We were so annoyed by the mosquitoes that we decided to buy a repellent.

I am just going to tolerate you until you find another apartment. Don't get under my skin until then. What´s the meaning of get under someone´s skin?

• be afraid of

• be aware of

• to bother someone

• to regret

I had the feeling they were all waiting for me to say something. But for the first time in my life I felt_______ a loss for words.

• at

• on

• with

• out

She screamed again ___________ agony as pain seared through her shoulder.

• Ø

• on

• with

• in

Our hypothesis is that happiness precedes and leads ______ career success – not the other way around.

• on

• in

• to

• for