Boost your Vocabulary Cambridge 16 - Test 1 - Passage 01

Which word is the synonym for consequence in this sentence: Polar bears are being increasingly threatened by the effects of climate change, but their disappearance could have far-reaching consequences.

• coincidence

• confidence

• confidentiality

• outcome

Which word is the synonym for underneath in this sentence: One reason for this is that they have up to 11 centimetres of fat underneath their skin.

• understand

• underground

• beneath

• above

Which word is the synonym for comparative in this sentence:Humans with comparative levels of adipose tissue would be considered obese and would be likely to suffer from diabetes and heart disease.

• complicated

• complementary

• completed

• proportional

Which word is the synonym for colleague in this sentence: A 2014 study by Sin Ping Liu and colleagues sheds light on this mystery.

• coworker

• solo

• college

• collection

Which word is the synonym for relative in this sentence: They compared the genetic structure of polar bears with that of their closest relatives from a warmer

climate, the brown bears.

• offspring

• parent

• relation

• grandmother

Which word is the synonym for determine in this sentence:This allowed them to determine the genes that have allowed polar bears to survive in one of the

toughest environments on Earth.

• different

• decide

• detergent

• deterrer

Which word is the synonym for tough in this sentence:This allowed them to determine the genes that have allowed polar bears to survive in one of the

toughest environments on Earth.

• threatening

• easy

• fragile

• sentimental

Which word is the synonym for mutation in this sentence: In humans, mutations of this gene are associated with increased risk of heart disease.

• alteration

• transform

• alternate

• mutably

Which word is the synonym for solution in this sentence: The genome of the polar bear may also provide the solution for another condition, one that particularly affects our older generation: osteoporosis.

• question

• explanation

• problem

• determination

Which word is the synonym for insufficient in this sentence: This is a disease where bones show reduced density, usually caused by insufficient exercise, reduced calcium intake or food starvation.

• incomplete

• insignificant

• invariable 

• inadequate