UI2 - Lesson 12

Choose the best synonym for the underlined word.

Shares plunged more than 20% and investors are desperate.

• The share prices fell (violently).

• The share prices increased (violently).

Choose the best synonym for the underlined expression.

The number of visitors to the park hit a peak in 2003 with about 196,500. It was hard to manage such a number of visitors!

• got to its highest level

• got to its lowest level

• got worse

• got better

Choose the best synonym for the underlined expression.

The success of the company coincided with a large capital increase in 2009.

• was the result of

• ignored

• occured simultaneously

Choose the best synonym for the underlined expression.

There is evidence of a strong correlation between drinking and violence.

• link

• coincidence

• cause

• effect

Choose the best synonym for the underlined word.

Our national debt has soared six trillion dollars in four years.

• quickly decreased

• summed to

• was reduced in

• quickly increased

Choose the best synonyms for the underlined expression.

Acting without thinking inevitably leads to problems.

• provokes

• results in

• causes

• avoids

• estimates

Which is the best synonym for the underlined word?

During winter temperatures frequently drop at night.

• decline

• converge

• diverge

• increase

Many of her problems stem from her family.

• had an impact on

• were caused by

• shrunk

Her father had never played a big role in her life.

• been an important factor

• interfered

• had an impact

• been part of

Experts predict a sharp rise in unemployment, which left the president quite unhappy.

• increase

• decrease

• change

• stability