GRADE 12 - COLLOCATIONS, VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT

Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in the following sentence.

In hot air balloon, the altitude is determined by the amount of fuel fed to the burner.

• height

• speed

• length

• magnitude

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After a long, hard struggle, we gradually succeeded in having people accept the truth of our theory.

• slowly

• momentarily

• graciously

• suddenly

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Ralph Bunche won a Nobel Prize in 1950 for his peacemaking efforts as United Nations diplomat.

• requests

• attempts

• offers

• trips

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Canada and the United States are cooperating to clean up the contaminated lakes along their borders.

• dirty

• gorgeous

• huge

• mutual

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American children customarily go trick-or treating on Halloween.

• gaily

• readily

• inevitably

• traditionally

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Most astronomers today do not consider Pluto to be a planet in our solar system.

• wish

• doubt

• believe

• want

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When Sara was sick, her voice was almost inaudible. We couldn't hear clearly what she was trying to say.

• loud enough to hear

• very strange

• too soft to be heard

• introverted

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After the harvest, we had an abundant amount of apples. We made apple pie, apple sauce, and apple juice because we had so many apples!

• plentiful

• limited

• deficient

• shortage

Choose the option that indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Issac Newton was admitted to the prestigious Trinity College, but neglected classes to work on his own private studies.

• paid all attention to

• contributed to

• ignored

• excelled

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Many California mining towns prospered until the gold ran out and prospectors moved on to new areas, leaving boom towns to become ghost towns.

• declined

• assembled

• employed

• thrived