Boost your Vocabulary Cam 11 - Test 1 - Passage 01

Which word is a synonym for urban in this sentence: By the year 2050, nearly 80% of the Earth’s population will live in urban centres.

• city

• tradition

• crop

• rural

Which word is a synonym for current in this sentence: Applying the most conservative estimates to current demographic trends, the human population will increase by about three billion people by then.

• urgent

• cutting-edge

• present

• vertical

Which word is a synonym for practices in this sentence: Historically,some 15% of that has been laid waste by poor management practices.

• entry

• hothouse

• custom

• indoor

Which word is a synonym for ensure in this sentence: What can be done to ensure enough food for the world’s population to live on?

• consider

• allege

• persuade

• make sure

Which word is a synonym for vogue in this sentence: The concept of indoor farming is not new, since hothouse production of tomatoes and other produce has been in vogue for some time.

• trend

• obsolete

• out of date

• urgent

Which word is a synonym for scale up in this sentence: What is new is the urgent need to scale up this technology to accommodate another three billion people.

• decrease

• develop

• deplete

• deduct

Which word is a synonym for employing in this sentence: Many believe an entirely new approach to indoor farming is required, employing cutting-edge technologies

• confirming

• living

• continuing

• using

Which word is a synonym for cutting-edge in this sentence: Many believe an entirely new approach to indoor farming is required, employing cutting-edge technologies

• modern

• Conservative

• biased

• colossal

Which word is a synonym for proposal in this sentence: One such proposal is for the ‘Vertical Farm’

• accommodation

• suggestion

• greenhouse

• concept

Which word is a synonym for drastically in this sentence: Situated in the heart of urban centres, they would drastically reduce the amount of transportation required to bring food to consumers

• entirely

• lately

• extremely

• environmentally