Review Q3 Level5

Read each sentence and select the best meaning:

“People will become faster and stronger in the future.”

• The speaker thinks something will happen.

• The speaker doubts something will happen.

“People should be able to live much longer because of medical advances.”

• The speaker knows that people will live longer.

• The speaker expects people to live longer.

“I doubt scientists will figure out how to create human life.” 

• The speaker doesn’t think something will happen.

• The speaker thinks something is possible.

“Scientists could invent a treatment that cures cancer completely.” 

• The speaker guesses that something will happen.

• The speaker is completely sure something will happen.

“The common cold is likely to continue bothering people for centuries.” 

• The speaker predicts something will happen.

• The speaker doubts something will happen.

Complete each sentence with the correct word or phrase:

For Carol, giving a speech in front of her class was __________. She overcame her fear of public speaking and realized she had a talent for it. 

• a defining moment

• an identity crisis

Some kids simply _______ through high school and college – they do the least amount of work possible to get a passing grade.

• coast

• extend

Your ________ have a lot of influence over how you act and think. 

• peers

• peaks

Twenty-year-olds need to ________ decide what they want to do with their lives, not just wait and see what happens.

• virtually

• consciously

Don’t _______ the problem and act like it’s not important.

• trivialize

• procrastinate