Boost your Vocabulary Cambridge 09 - Test 2 - Passage 02

Which word is a synonym for PASSAGE in this sentence: June 2004 saw the first PASSAGE, known as a ‘transit’, of the planet Venus across the face of the Sun in 122 years.

• appreciative
• frugal
• fetch
• crossing

Which word is a synonym for VIEW  in this sentence: Transits have helped shape our VIEW of the whole Universe, as Heather Cooper and Nigel Henbest explain

• rotation
• symbolize
• opinion
• alloy

Which word is a synonym for EXPLAIN in this sentence: Transits have helped shape our view of the whole Universe, as Heather Cooper and Nigel Henbest EXPLAIN

• mesh
• clarify
• purity
• strain

Which word is a synonym for STEADILY in this sentence: For over six hours, the planet Venus STEADILY inched its way over the surface of the Sun.

• suitcase

• gradually

• referee

• specialize

Which word is a synonym for OCCASION in this sentence: On that OCCASION, the American astronomer Professor Simon Newcomb led a party to South Africa to observe the event.

• cashier
• leap
• time
• punch

Which word is a synonym for PARTY  in this sentence: On that occasion, the American astronomer Professor Simon Newcomb led a PARTY to South Africa to observe the event.

• group
• innovate
• cavalry
• diagnose

Which word is a synonym for OBSERVE  in this sentence: On that occasion, the American astronomer Professor Simon Newcomb led a party to South Africa to OBSERVE the event.

• watch
• symphony
• diversity
• thrive

Which word is a synonym for OUTPERFORMED  in this sentence: They were based at a girls’ school, where - it is alleged - the combined forces of three schoolmistresses OUTPERFORMED the professionals with the accuracy of their observations.

• surpass
• reflect
• molecular
• invisible

Which word is a synonym for ACCURACY in this sentence: They were based at a girls’ school, where - it is alleged - the combined forces of three schoolmistresses outperformed the professionals with the ACCURACY of their observations.

• organic
• exactness
• insure
• slumber

Which word is a synonym for EXTRAORDINARY  in this sentence: And you can put it all down to the EXTRAORDINARY polymath Edmond Halley.

• cricket
• compose
• remarkable
• baggage