Vocabulary 1

The speaker has a soft voice so we can (a)   hear her.

Current - Barely - Predict

You should keep important ________, such as your passport, in a safe place.

• consequences

• symbols

• documents

The photographs are not worth a lot of money, but they have great_____ importance.

• Dramatic

• Symbolic

• current

Experts (a)   that the world's population will be 9.7 million in 2050.

Predict - Take seriously - current

He spends 4 hours very night on his homework. He is_______ his schoolwork very_____ this semester.

• taking/ serious

• take/ seriously

• taking/ seriously

There was a/an______change in the price of oil in 2008. It fell from $145 to $30 in less than 6 months.

• current

• dramatic

• symbolic

Any increase in the price of oil will have serious______ for the whole country.

• consequences

• fees

• consequence

I use only real sugar in my coffee. I don't like the ______kind.

• artificial

• symbolic

• barely

The______temperature is 68 degrees F, but it will get warmer later today.

• actually

• dramatic

• current

The police provide______for everyone in the city.

• documents

• current

• protection