Wordly Wise Lesson 4

if two fingerprints correspond, they

• come from members of the same family

• match

• are smeared

• are not identical

To inherit money is to

• save it

• earn it

• receive it from someone who has died

• give it to workers who have earned it

Renovation on the building will begin next week. Next week workers will begin

• making the building look like new

• tearing the building down

• moving furniture into the building

• making plans for a brand-new building

Little children require constant supervision. This means that adults must

• give them lots of freedom

• watch and direct them

• give them art supplies

• teach them to read

The computer club comprises fifty-seven members. This means that the club

• consists of fifty-seven members

• has lost fifty-seven members

• needs fifty-seven more members

• has given awards to fifty-seven members

The city's latitude is 110 degrees north. This means that the city is located

• 110 degrees south of the equator

• 110 degrees north of the equator

• 110 degrees west of the international date line

• 110 degrees east of the international date line

To maintain someone's guilt is to

• declare that person is innocent

• declare that that person is guilty

• wonder whether that person is guilty

• keep that person's guild a secret

If someone maintains a certain weight, he or she

• loses several pounds

• neither loses nor gains weight

• gains several pounds

• prefers a lighter or heavier weight.

To maintain a building is to

• build it

• live in it

• keep it in good repair

• find out if it is for sale

Which describes a correspondence?

• paintings by a certain artist

• letters that two people have written each other

• books by a certain author

• songs that a certain muscian usually performs