UltimateB Lesson 7

Choose the correct meaning for the underlined word:

"He is completely calm and unflappable and nothing bothers him."

• unable to fly

• liable to change rapidly and unpredictably

• responding rather too readily to something

• having calmness in a crisis

Which of the following means "believing that money is the most important thing"?

• materialistic

• intellectual

• aesthetic

• religious

Choose the correct meaning for the underlined phrase:

"If someone stole his money, he would just carry on seeing the silver lining to every cloud."

• an omen for worse things to come

• finding hope in a negative situation

• without hope

• a circumstance that complicates something

Fill in the gap:

"They try to______that dream and become successful."

• provide

• give

• pursue

• run

Choose the word with the same meaning as the underlined:

"They managed to build a contented family life."

• resentful

• dissatisfied

• unhappy

• gratified

Choose the correct meaning for the underlined phrase:

"...that celebrity model is taking their spouse to court for having an affair..."

• having a situation that needs to be dealt with

• abstaining from loving anybody

• having a romantic relationship with someone other than your spouse

• to be completely faithful to your spouse

Choose two correct synonyms for "dreadful"

• terrible

• terrific

• mild

• colossal

• dire

What does "gossip" mean?

• a thing that exists in fact

• a thing that is known or proved to be true

• a casual talk about other people, usually not true

• a conversation or debate about a certain topic

Choose the word with the same meaning with the underlined:

"The Romans had fixed engineering standards."

• predetermined

• flexible

• temporary

• plastic

Which of the following means "something that comes before another thing"?

• successor

• predecessor

• derivative

• offshoot