Close UP C2 - Vocabulary Unit 7

The costumes worn at the Rio Carnival are a ____ to see.

• view

• marvel

• rarity

• spectacle

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

This eighteenth century cabinet is a ____ of craftsmanship.

• wonderful

• wonder

• surprise

• oddity

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

A blue moon – an additional full moon – is a rare natural ____. 

• phenomenon

• wonder

• marvel

• spectacle

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The deciding ____ in their choice of manager was experience.

• idea

• cause

• factor

• end

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

That was ____ guess, you know. I don’t have the latest figures.

• an educated

• an uneducated

• a likely

• a dull

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Sophie found the sharp ____ between the quiet of the countryside and the noise of the city very distressing at first.

• difference

• contrast

• contradiction

• effect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

There has been a huge ____ of visitors because of the Olympic games.

• input

• invasion

• drain

• influx

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The effects of such unauthorised development will be ____ and probably irreversible.

• at long last

• long-held

• long-lasting

• lasting long

There is a ____ belief that tourism is bad for the environment, but is it really the case?       

• narrow-minded

• long-lasting

• long-held

• short-sighted

We stayed in an unspoilt, ____ village in the mountains.

• graphic

• picturesque

• diverse

• desired

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4