Boost your Vocabulary Cambridge 09 - Test 4 - Passage 01

Which word is a synonym for PROBABLY  in this sentence: Marie Curie is PROBABLY the most famous woman scientist who has ever lived.

• notwithstanding
• perhaps
• prairie
• bush

Which word is a synonym for AWARDED  in this sentence: With her husband, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel, she was AWARDED the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics, and was then sole winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

• prize
• contingency
• stock
• bachelor

Which word is a synonym for SOLE  in this sentence: With her husband, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel, she was awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics, and was then SOLE winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

• colony
• appeal
• only
• underlying

Which word is a synonym for REMARKABLE  in this sentence: From childhood, Marie was REMARKABLE for her prodigious memory, and at the age of 16 won a gold medal on completion of her secondary education.

• fraction
• loop
• dump
• extraordinary

Which word is a synonym for PRODIGIOUS  in this sentence: From childhood, Marie was remarkable for her PRODIGIOUS memory, and at the age of 16 won a gold medal on completion of her secondary education.

• nylon
• appreciable
• extraordinary
• epoch

Which word is a synonym for EARNINGS  in this sentence: From her EARNINGS she was able to finance her sister Bronia's medical studies in Paris, on the understanding that Bronia would, in turn, later help her to get an education.

• tribe
• sieve
• patent
• salary

Which word is a synonym for FINANCE  in this sentence: From her earnings she was able to FINANCE her sister Bronia's medical studies in Paris, on the understanding that Bronia would, in turn, later help her to get an education.

• evaporate
• fund
• lodging
• reminiscence

Which word is a synonym for FULFILLED  in this sentence: In 1891 this promise was FULFILLED and Marie went to Paris and began to study at the Sorbonne (the University of Paris).

• complete
• contrary
• ribbon
• bucket

Which word is a synonym for EXAMINATION  in this sentence: She came first in the EXAMINATION in the physical sciences in 1893, and in 1894 was placed second in the EXAMINATION in mathematical sciences.

• sultry
• satellite
• exam
• fodder

Which word is a synonym for PARTNERSHIP  in this sentence: Their marriage in 1895 marked the start of a PARTNERSHIP that was soon to achieve results of world significance.

• collaboration
• miserable
• sheriff
• banquet