vocabulary 21st century communication book 2

A loud crash from the other room made us ____ and run to the door.

• laugh

• gasp

• expand

• drew

Answer explanation

to take a short, quick breath through the mouth, especially because of surprise, pain, or shock

After one year of training, he was ________ exhausted.

• retreat

• expand

• emotional

• mentally

Attacks by enemy aircraft forced the tanks to _______

• expand

• come

• retreat

• drew

Answer explanation

to go away from a place or person in order to escape from fighting or danger

The artic is one of the coldest ______ on earth

• perspective

• regions

• burst

• type

We saw people who were homeless and that ___ everything into ___________

• put...through

• put...up

• put...shape

• put...perspective

Answer explanation

to compare something to other things so that it can be accurately and fairly judged

My doctor said the problem was more ________ than physical.

• emotional

• emoji

• emotionally

• emotions

After a few minutes in Arctic ___________, your hands and feet become numb. You can't feel anything. 

• expantion

• positions

• conditions

• retreat

The balloon became larger and larger until finally, it _____.

• burst

• erase

• left

• retreat

The beauty of the ice ____ many tourists to the Arctic last year. 

• show

• left

• melted

• drew

He _______ for air because the cold temperature made it difficult to breathe. 

• left

• encourage

• looked

• gasped