IELTS Vocabulary Test 2

It must have been amazing to be the first astronauts ............... space.

A large number of houses were ............... by the storm.

Zoos should try to recreate animals' ............... habitat rather than keeping them in cages.

It's important to teach children not to ............... lies.

My first job was to arrange the files into .......... order from the oldest to the most recent.

I don't think we will ever find another planet that can ............... life.

I believe that farmers should be banned from using ............... near waterways.

The mother bird carries food back to the nest in its ............... .

These figures ............... a peak in 1982 when over 2 million new machines were sold.

The train whistle warned us of its ............... departure.

I think we should spend more on space ............... .

It can take ............... time for people to get used to a new system.

Computer viruses are a modern- ............... problem.

A plant is only as healthy as the ............... it grows in.

The price of fresh fruit and vegetables ............... considerably throughout the whole year.

............... switching to solar energy, although it is still too expensive for many people.

I hope the lecturer wasn't referring ............... my assignment when he made that remark.

My teacher said my essay was ............... . She said she couldn't follow my argument.

Navigation around the globe is a lot simpler thanks to the information we receive from ..... .

I much prefer life in the twenty-first ............... to that of the middle ages.

Many people are fascinated by the native ....... of Australia, especially koalas and kangaroos.

Air ............... is cheaper then other forms of long-distance transport in my country.

The majority of cave art was created in prehistoric ............... .

The population of wild birds peaked ............. approximately 400,000 before falling rapidly.

I think we should spend more money taking care of our own ............... .

Languages ............... over time so dictionaries need to be regularly updated.

We must try to ......... , otherwise when a species disappears the whole ecosystem is affected.

People who are color blind often can't ............... between red and green.

Our car broke down twice on the way to the wedding. ........... to say we arrived an hour late.

Many people believe that violent computer games can have a harmful ............... on children.