BYV 19 T1P1 Boost Your Vocabulary Cambridge 19-Test 1 Passage 1

Which word is a synonym for PROFESSIONAL in this sentence? Andy Murray was ranked as the world's number one PROFESSIONAL tennis player

• ditch

• phenomenon

• expert

• speculate

Which word is a synonym for RANK in this sentence? In 2016, the British professional tennis player Andy Muray was RANKED as the world's number one.

• long-standing

• sceptical

• trace

• Place

Which word is a synonym for INCREDIBLE in this sentence? It was an INCREDIBLE achievement by any standard

• industrious

• mystery

• amazing

• raft

Which word is a synonym for ACHIEVEMENT in this sentence? It was an ACHIEVEMENT achievement by any standard - made even more remarkable by the fact that he did this during a period considered to be one of the strongest in the sport's history.

• Success

• critic

• massive

• identify

Which word is a synonym for REMARKABLE in this sentence? It was an incredible achievement by any standard - made even more REMARKABLE by the fact that he did this during a period considered to be one of the strongest in the sport's history.

• extraordinary

• tow

• religious

• trace

Which word is a synonym for LIKE in this sentence? He did this during a period considered to be one of the strongest in the sport's history, competing against the LIKES of Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, to name just a few.

• monument

• equal

• speculate

• puzzle over

Which word is a synonym for PREVIOUSLY in this sentence? Five years PREVIOUSLY, he had been regarded as a talented outsider who entered but never won the major tournaments.

• dig

• Before

• post

• undertake

Which word is a synonym for TALENTED in this sentence? Five years previously, he had been regarded as a TALENTED outsider who entered but never won the major tournaments.

• skilled

• worse

• consensus

• critic

Which word is a synonym for TOURNAMENT in this sentence? Five years previously, he had been regarded as a talented outsider who entered but never won the major TOURNAMENTS.

• construction

• upright

• competition

• float

Which word is a synonym for ACCOUNT FOR in this sentence? The changes that ACCOUNT FOR this transformation

• hoist

• show

• illness

• judicial