Vocab (Sec 3 EL Holiday Asssign - Sameera)

View the Visual Text. Complete the sentence below:

Hunger is the (a)   threat to the world's public health.

Malnutrition reduces the body's resilience and immunity against treatable illnesses. Give 2 examples of such illnesses.

(a)  

Malnutrition can caused deteriorating skin conditions, higher chance of getting bone disease, stunting and (a)   .

From paragraph 1, we are told that taking the boat is a gamble that Sameera and her family have to take. What is another word for 'gamble'?

• rough

• grumble

• risk

• gambit

From paragraph 2, 'the boat starts up with a low menacing growl'. Which of the following is not a synonym of 'menacing'?

• intimidating

• threatening

• approaching

• forbidding

From paragraph 3, the drone ;swooped down from the summer sky like a ravenous dragon'. What is the meaning of 'ravenous'?

• extremely ravishing

• extremely hungry

• extremely exotic

• extremely large

From paragraph 4, the text states that 'the air reeked of smoke and death'. Which other short sentence in the same paragraph convey the same idea of 'reeked'?

(a)  

What is the meaning of the word 'gauge'?

(paragraph 5)

• estimate

• gorge

• agape

• gawk

How do we know, from the last paragraph, that the boat sank? Which phrase tells us so?

• 'drifting away'

• 'fades into the abyss'

• 'the water is so cold'

• 'collapses with a shudder'

From paragraph 5, which word tells us that the boat fare was very expensive?

• cut-throat

• desperate

• exorbitant

• price