Boost your Vocabulary Cambridge 13 - Test 1 - Passage 01

Which word is a synonym for INHABITANTS in this sentence: New Zealand is a small country of four million INHABITANTS, a long-haul flight from all the major tourist-generating markets of the world.

• resident
• sensitive
• harmonious
• opportune

Which word is a synonym for LAUNCH in this sentence: In 1999, Tourism New Zealand LAUNCHED a campaign to communicate a new brand position to the world.

• bulky

• start

• conjunction

• feeble

Which word is a synonym for SCENIC in this sentence: The campaign focused on New Zealand’s SCENIC beauty, exhilarating outdoor activities and authentic Maori culture, and it made New Zealand one of the strongest national brands in the world.

• indifference

• picturesque

• microscope

• infinity

Which word is a synonym for EXHILARATING in this sentence: The campaign focused on New Zealand’s scenic beauty, EXHILARATING outdoor activities and authentic Maori culture, and it made New Zealand one of the strongest national brands in the world.

• dive

• periodical

• exciting

• reservoir

Which word is a synonym for AUTHENTIC in this sentence: The campaign focused on New Zealand’s scenic beauty, exhilarating outdoor activities and AUTHENTIC Maori culture, and it made New Zealand one of the strongest national brands in the world.

• organism

• scarce

• genuine

• elbow

Which word is a synonym for POTENTIAL in this sentence: A key feature of the campaign was the website www.newzealand.com, which provided POTENTIAL visitors to New Zealand with a single gateway to everything the destination had to offer.

• congestion

• conversion

• possible

• responsible

Which word is a synonym for ON A REGULAR BASIS in this sentence: In addition, because participating businesses were able to update the details they gave ON A REGULAR BASIS, the information provided remained accurate.

• regularly

• manifest

• multitude

• blink

Which word is a synonym for SCHEME in this sentence: And to maintain and improve standards, Tourism New Zealand organised a SCHEME whereby organisations appearing on the website underwent an independent evaluation against a set of agreed national standards of quality.

• plan

• recur

• suspicion

• clasp

Which word is a synonym for UNDERWENT in this sentence: And to maintain and improve standards, Tourism New Zealand organised a scheme whereby organisations appearing on the website UNDERWENT an independent evaluation against a set of agreed national standards of quality.

• go through
• handle
• defective
• germ

Which word is a synonym for EVALUATION  in this sentence: And to maintain and improve standards, Tourism New Zealand organised a scheme whereby organisations appearing on the website underwent an independent EVALUATION against a set of agreed national standards of quality.

• immense
• interpret
• assessment
• ribbon