BYV 18 T1P3 Boost Your Vocabulary Cambridge 18 Test 1 Passage 3

Which word is a synonym for SHARD in this sentence?

Ten years ago, a US commercial Iridium satellite smashed into an inactive Russian communications satellite called Cosmos-2251, creating thousands of new pieces of space SHARD that now threaten other satellites in low Earth orbit.

• stale
• devour
• broken parts
• migration

Which word is a synonym for COLLISION in this sentence?

Satellites, rocket shards and COLLISION debris are creating major traffic risks in orbit around the planet. Researchers are working to reduce these threats

• exclude
• crash
• breach
• indefinite

Which word is a synonym for DEBRIS in this sentence?

Satellites, rocket shards and collision DEBRIS are creating major traffic risks in orbit around the planet. Researchers are working to reduce these threats

• embark
• ponder
• trash
• snobbish

Which word is a synonym for THREATEN in this sentence?

Ten years ago, a US commercial Iridium satellite smashed into an inactive Russian communications satellite called Cosmos-2251, creating thousands of new pieces of space shrapnel that now THREATEN other satellites in low Earth orbit.

• disperse
• magistrate
• mourn
• endanger

Which word is a synonym for COMMERCIAL in this sentence?

Last year, COMMERCIAL companies, military and civil departments and amateurs sent more than 400 satellites into orbit, over four times the yearly average in the previous decade.

• enquiry
• delay
• adolescence
• business

Which word is a synonym for DEPARTMENT in this sentence?

Last year, commercial companies, military and DEPARTMENT and amateurs sent more than 400 satellites into orbit, over four times the yearly average in the previous decade.

• fanatic
• division
• coherence
• nursery

Which word is a synonym for AMATEUR in this sentence?

Last year, commercial companies, military and civil departments and AMATEUR sent more than 400 satellites into orbit, over four times the yearly average in the previous decade.

• aristocrat
• discern
• non-professional
• indignant

Which word is a synonym for SHARPLY in this sentence?

Numbers could rise even more SHARPLY if leading space companies follow through on plans to deploy hundreds to thousands of large constellations of satellites to space in the next few years.

• rein
• mishap
• principal
• steeply

Which word is a synonym for LEADING in this sentence?

Numbers could rise even more sharply if LEADING space companies follow through on plans to deploy hundreds to thousands of large constellations of satellites to space in the next few years.

• prominent
• tile
• reel
• collaboration

Which word is a synonym for FOLLOW THROUGH ON in this sentence?

Numbers could rise even more sharply if leading space companies FOLLOW THROUGH ON plans to deploy hundreds to thousands of large constellations of satellites to space in the next few years.

• luxury
• polish
• defray
• continue