Unit 7: Resources and Development

Their company became a ______ in the video game industry.

• powerhouse

• powerlifting

• power-assisted steering

• powerfulness

Answer explanation

a country, organization, or person with a lot of influence, power, or energy

________ are scientists who study human fossils.

• paleontologists

• paleoanthropologists

• seismologist

• ethologist

Answer explanation

paleontologists: someone who studies fossils.

seismologist: sb who studies earthquakes.

ethologist:sb who studies animal behavior.

Nha Trang ______ beautiful beaches, great restaurants, and friendly locals.

• bears

• boasts

• bards

• belchs

Answer explanation

Boast: to speak too proudly or show too much satisfaction about something

The police are trying to ______ under-age drinking.

• prohibit

• avoid

• decrease

• curb

Answer explanation

curb: control or limit something that is not wanted

The theatre consisted of a single stadium seating screen and _____ area selling snacks.

• concretization

• commerce

• concession

• concelebration

Answer explanation

concession: where someone is given right to sell a product or run a business

Half the people questioned said they were opposed to military _____ in the civil war.

• intervention

• interference

• interpretation

• interaction

Answer explanation

intervention: action to cause a different result

The merger proved to be very _____ for both companies.

• vindictive

• corrosive

• subversive

• lucrative

Answer explanation

lucrative = very profitable

The seriously polluted advanced regions are coastal, and the lightly polluted under-developed regions are all _____.

• landblocked

• landlocked

• soilblocked

• soillocked

Answer explanation

landlocked: surrounded by other countries and not having accessed to water

Our holiday plans were _____ by the airline pilots' strike.

• deleted

• averted

• thwarted

• refused

Answer explanation

thwart: to stop something from happening or someone from doing something

That stretch of river is too shallow to be _____.

• navigable

• bounteous

• indicative

• laborious

Answer explanation

navigable: wide enough for a boat to travel along safety