Boost your Vocabulary Cambridge 16 - Test 2 - Passage 02

Which word is the synonym for Invisible in this sentence: Invisible to the naked eye, they are ubiquitous.

• fashionable

• manageable

• peaceable

• undetectable

Which word is the synonym for inhabit in this sentence: They inhabit the soil, air, rocks and water and are present within every form of life, from seaweed and coral to dogs and humans.

• depart

• vacate

• occupy

• install

Which word is the synonym for utterly in this sentence: And, as Yong explains in his utterly absorbing and hugely important book, we mess with them at our peril.

• massively

• motionlessly

• necessarily

• absolutely

Which word is the synonym for hugely in this sentence: And, as Yong explains in his utterly absorbing and hugely important book, we mess with them at our peril.

• enormously

• decently

• accidentally

• bravely

Which word is the synonym for peril in this sentence: And, as Yong explains in his utterly absorbing and hugely important book, we mess with them at our peril.

• situation

• security

• safety

• danger

Which word is the synonym for vary in this sentence:Every species has its own colony of microbes, called a ‘microbiome’, and these microbes vary not only between species but also between individuals and within different parts of each individual.

• diverge

• continue

• plateau

• danger

Which word is the synonym for inform in this sentence: At best, Yong informs us, we are only 50 per cent human.

• uninform

• uniform

• discourage

• notify

Which word is the synonym for single in this sentence: Indeed, some scientists even suggest we should think of each species and its microbes as a single unit, dubbed a ‘holobiont’.

• mixed

• assorted

• double

• only

Which word is the synonym for peacefully in this sentence: In each human there are microbes that live only in the stomach, the mouth or the armpit and by and large they do so peacefully.

• angrily

• hostilely

• calmly

• belligerently

Which word is the synonym for deadly in this sentence: Microbes that sit contentedly in the human gut (where there are more microbes than there are stars in the galaxy) can become deadly if they find their way into the bloodstream.

• angrily

• harmless

• beneficial

• poisonous