Common Errors -- U --
Quiz 1
Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence. Each question has only one correct answer.
Karen is ___________ entomology. She finds insects repulsive and disgusting.
- disinterested in
- disinterested about
- uninterested in
- uninterested into
It is said that twenty percent of the country’s population is ________ by the state-run business.
- used
- utilized
- using
- employed
Jason is the appointed ________ for the swimming game yesterday.
- judge
- umpire
- arbitrator
- referee
Living in Taiwan for more than twenty years, the foreign engineer has already __________ the humidity here.
- been used to
- used to
- be used to
- used
Peter’s room is always ________ though he has been told off by his mother several times.
- unorganized
- organized
- disorganized
- unorganizing
He is unwilling to leave because his family have ________ the piece of land for more than two centuries.
- tilled
- untilled
- tilling
- untilling
The newly-purchased machine ________ to ________ the burden of the workers.
- use… relieve
- used… relieve
- is used…relieving
- is used…relieve
All the faculty expects the next president of the college to be ________.
- interested
- disinterested
- uninterested
- uninteresting
The scientists hope that they can one day ________ the sunlight to satisfy the bulk of electricity demand.
- utilize
- use
- employ
- be used to
The court works as a(n) ________ in deciding which parent the children should live with when parents get divorced.
- referee
- umpire
- arbitrator
- judge