Questions of Vocabulary and Interpretation

1. He put a grape into his mouth and swallowed it whole.

• Use the muscles of the throat when being nervous

• Have something moved from mouth into stomach without biting

• Bite something into pieces

2. You don’t chew your food enough; that’s why you get indigestion.

• Take in

• Bite something with teeth

• Clean

3. He is color-blind and cannot distinguish red from green.

• Get the similarity

• Tell the difference

• Get better price

4. Lockdown and working at home during the pandemic makes all feel isolated.

• Feel unhappy and lonely

• feel better than others

• feel humiliated

5. Moses took his people cross a large area of arid desert and got to the Promised Land eventually.

• an area covered with crops and fruit

• an area with rocks and sand

• an area underneath the surface of the sea

6. The marriage rites are different from culture to culture.

• usually in religion with a set of fixed words and actions

• money offered to the bride’s family

• food during the activity

7. Family ties are weaker in modern society because people are too busy.

• feelings or special connections that people have for others

• two pieces to be fastened with string

• finish at the same time or score the same points in a competition

8. The wild bear becomes tame after two years’ contact with humans.

• Not dangerous due to involvement with humans

• Not exciting due to isolation from the wilderness

• Not under control due to its instinct

9. Some economically disadvantaged citizens are almost invisible to the politicians.

• Impossible to communicate

• Impossible to see

• Impossible to understand

10. A knowledge of accounting and excel is essential for the job.

• Very important and necessary

• optional

• extra