Boost your Vocabulary Cambridge 11 - Test 3 - Passage 01

Which word is a synonym for luxurious in this sentence: The history of the world’s most luxurious fabric, from ancient China to the present day

Silk is a fine, smooth material produced from the cocoons - soft protective shells - that are made by mulberry silkworms (insect larvae).

• expensive

• decisive

• thrive

• active

Which word is a synonym for fabric in this sentence: The history of the world’s most luxurious fabric, from ancient China to the present day

Silk is a fine, smooth material produced from the cocoons - soft protective shells - that are made by mulberry silkworms (insect larvae).

• imperial

• trials

• material

• burial

Which word is a synonym for fine in this sentence: The history of the world’s most luxurious fabric, from ancient China to the present day

Silk is a fine, smooth material produced from the cocoons - soft protective shells - that are made by mulberry silkworms (insect larvae).

• undistracted

• excellent

• imperial

• facilitate

Which word is a synonym for smooth in this sentence: The history of the world’s most luxurious fabric, from ancient China to the present day

Silk is a fine, smooth material produced from the cocoons - soft protective shells - that are made by mulberry silkworms (insect larvae).

• intricate

• vertical

• instinctive

• downy

Which word is a synonym for Legend in this sentence: Legend has it that it was Lei Tzu, wife of the Yellow Emperor, ruler of China in about 3000 BC, who discovered silkworms.

• negative

• situation

• myth

• mention

Which word is a synonym for destruction in this sentence: One account of the story goes that as she was taking a walk in her husband's gardens, she discovered that silkworms were responsible for the destruction of several mulberry trees.

• disaster

• ruin

• constancy

• extremity

Which word is a synonym for unravel in this sentence: It just so happened that while she was sipping some tea, one of the cocoons that she had collected landed in the hot tea and started to unravel into a fine thread.

• loosen

• protect

• presume

• determine

Which word is a synonym for wind in this sentence: Lei Tzu found that she could wind this thread around her fingers. Subsequently, she persuaded her husband to allow her to rear silkworms on a grove of mulberry trees.

• display

• roll

• trait

• tune

Which word is a synonym for persuade in this sentence: Lei Tzu found that she could wind this thread around her fingers. Subsequently, she persuaded her husband to allow her to rear silkworms on a grove of mulberry trees.

• convince

• perceive

• merge

• opt

Which word is a synonym for rear in this sentence: Lei Tzu found that she could wind this thread around her fingers. Subsequently, she persuaded her husband to allow her to rear silkworms on a grove of mulberry trees.

• recognize

• promote

• grasp

• nurture