Reading & Vocab (103) Revision MT2 Date: 25-11-2013
Student’s Name : ----------------------------------------Student’s Badge No# -----------------------------------Chapter 2 (Interactions 2)
Part 1: Definitions, Word Meanings & Usage Choose the correct word(s) from the box to fill in the gaps in the exercise below. Some words may be used twice or in a different form. Access – worsen – mayor – prove – resident – former – architect – trash – exchange – income – priority – leadership – practical – former – commute – gridlock – overcrowded – population – nightmare – growth – common – advantage – aspiration – variety -to address – limit – pollution – urban – issue – collection- garbage
1. When you c_________ things, you bring them together. Once you have done so you actually have a c___________. 2. This i________ really needs to be resolved a.s.a.p. it is holding the company back. 3. I used to live in rural areas where we had lots of green and nature. However, since my parents moved to the city I’ve become an u__________ dweller. 4. The process of making air, water, soil etc. dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use is also known as p______________. 5. When you set a l_________ for something, you control it so that it is not greater than a particular amount, number or level. 6. This problem has been lingering on for 4 weeks now, it really needs to be a_____________ otherwise it might affect all departments. 7. My a_______________ is to have a v_________ of van Gogh paintings by the time I turn 50. I love my fellow Dutchman’s work so much! 8. It is a great a_____________ to have the answers for the mid-term exam, as it would guarantee a high mark, but is it fair though? 9. It is very c_____________ nowadays for the youth to have a David Beckham haircut. 10. The journey from Riyadh to Jeddah was a complete n______________! My car broke down halfway through and on top of that I ran out of water to drink, which left me dry as a dried prune. 11. The p_________________ in China has become so large that on a normal working day all metro stations are o_________________ with people going to work. 12. Even when Chinese people decide not to take public transportation due to this and travel by car, they end up in a massive g______________, which doesn’t really speed things up either. 13. To c______________ by bus, therefore, certainly isn’t a solution to the problem. 14. Although many people have Internet a_____________, efficient communication appears to w_________ every day! 15. For this reason, the m__________ of Timbuktu decided to introduce social communication classes in all community centers in the country. Now that is a sign of great l_______________! 16. Before introducing this new plan, he had to p_________ to the r____________ of the major cities that it would be beneficial for them. 17. To become a great a_____________ you not only need to be able to draw maps of construction projects to a high degree, you also should be very p_____________ as you might face many problems along the way. 18. Our p___________ for today is to discuss the situation in Darfur as it is escalating at the moment and we need to find a solution sooner rather than later. 19. Money e___________ is a great source of i__________ for some. 20. Why don’t you take the t________ out? Good idea, since I’m already full of g____________ anyway!
Part 2: Similar word meanings 1.creative 2. outdoors 3. solution 4. modern 5. predict 6. due to 7. crime 8. horrible 9. affluent 10. neighborhood 11. to counsel 12. allow 13. zone 14. imply 15. occur 16. source 17. toxic 18. sore 19. combination 20. accidentally
a. permit b. area c. suggest d. happen e. origin f. poisonous g. painful h. mixture i. by chance j. imaginative k. outside l. answer m. recent n. foretell o. because of p. illegal activity q. very unpleasant r. rich s. an area in town t. to advise
Part 3: Choose the Correct Word 1. The pharmaceutical companies (produce v/ produce n) so many tablets they could fill the Atlantic Ocean with them. 2. I’m really for recyclable materials. It makes the world a much healthier place if we’d only (recyclability/ recycle) stuff we use regularly. 3. I would even argue that if we don’t do this we would have an (environment/ environmental/environmentally) problem. 4. Could you (loading/loads/load) my truck for me? I haven’t eaten yet and I would like to grab a happy meal. 5. He had an extremely (pleasantly/pleasant) evening yesterday. The day before was even pleasanter! 6. He has such a thick (crop v/ crop n) of wiry hair that he needs a steel fork to comb it. 7. We have a (volunteer v/ volunteer n) in our midst! He (volunteers v/ volunteers pl. n) to clean our offices every day. 8. When you (cultivate/cultivable/cultivatable) your children responsibly they will become upright grown ups later in life. 9. I love (herbally/herbal) shampoos. They really (condition/conditional) my mustache properly. 10. The minister (encouraged/encouragement) his colleagues in the chamber of commerce to be more flexible when licensing foreign investors. 11. Some doctors (recommended/recommend/recommendable) putting a board under the mattress.
12. The limousine was another (symbolically/symbol/symbolical of his wealth and authority. 13. I (inference/infer/inferential) from this that you don’t want to proceed? 14. The crew (consistent/consists/consistently) of five men, one woman, and seventy-seven iguanas. 15. A (symptomatic/symptom/symptomatically) shows a sign of you possibly having a particular illness. 16. Man I’m so (tiredness/tired) of this (tired/tiredness)! 17. Someone who is an (expertise/expert) could, for example, have a technical (expert/expertise) about which he could (expert/expertise/expertize) in order for people to learn from it. 18. A (pollutant/polluter) is someone who makes things dirty. A (pollute/pollutant), however, is a substance, like a (particle/practical) that (pollutes/pollute) something. 19. The majority of the foods we eat today are (synthetically/synthetic) modified in order to increase (durable/durability). We call these foods either (synthetic/ synthetical) foods or (genetical/genetically/genetic) modified foods. 20. This quiz was ultimately very, very, very, extremely‌ (procrastinating/procrastination).
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