English Vocabulary Exercises

Thanks to the crash barrier in the middle of the motorway cars are ......... from hitting those on the other side in the event of an accident.
distracted
diverted
directed
prevented

It doesn't matter what position you hold in society everyone is ......... to the same laws.
object
subject
controlled
restricted

As I was a stranger in that country I was not ......... with some of their customs and didn't understand why people were laughing at me.
addicted
attracted
acquainted
acquired

You can have that car in any colour you want in fact you have a ......... of 24 different ones.
choice
choosing
number
shade

The theatre was ......... to display in the entrance some of the excellent newspaper reviews the play had received.
deluded
developed
demanded
delighted

As the hospital had been careless with its hygiene procedures, the patient found she had been ......... with a harmful virus.
detected
rejected
infected
suspected

As a ......... of the district she had absolutely no difficulty in understanding the local dialect.
inhabitant
relation
native
newcomer

There is a new company regulation to remove the danger of passive smoking, which ......... all employees from smoking at their place of work.
prohibits
promotes
professes
protests

He finds breathing very difficult in restricted spaces as he ......... from asthma.
refers
defers
suffers
differs

I am very pleased to be working with you because I think the same way and ......... with your policies.
accept
conform
confer
agree