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WorksheetsSpelling Bee Practice
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
epidemic
a)
a. happening a lot and affecting many people 流行的；盛行的；肆虐的 Poverty in this country has reached ________ proportions .
b)
a. (of actions) having no effect or achieving nothing （行動）無作用的；無效的；不成功的 Attempts to get supplies to the region are _________ because troops will not allow the aid convoy to enter the city.
2.
raid
a)
n. [C] the act of entering a place by force in order to steal from it 搶劫；打劫 Millions of dollars were stolen in a bank _______ last night.
b)
a. (of something bad) getting worse quickly and in an uncontrolled way （不好的事情）猖獗的，泛濫的 _________ inflation means that our wage increases soon become worth nothing.
3.
radical
a)
a. believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social or political change 激進的；過激的；極端的 He was known as a ________ reformer/thinker/politician.
b)
a. (of writing or print) impossible or almost impossible to read because of being very untidy or not clear （字跡或印刷）模糊的，難以辨認的 His writing is almost ___________.
4.
ransom
a)
n. a large amount of money that is demanded in exchange for someone who has been taken prisoner, or sometimes for an animal 贖金 They demanded a huge __________ for the return of the little girl whom they had kidnapped.
b)
a. [C] a drink of any type 飲料 Hot ___________s include tea, coffee, and hot chocolate.
5.
speculate
a)
vi. to guess possible answers to a question when you do not have enough information to be certain 猜測；推測，推斷 A spokesperson declined to ________ on the cause of the train crash.
b)
a. A person who is treacherous deceives someone who trusts them, or has no loyalty. （人）不忠的，背信棄義的 Vargas plays the part of a _______ aristocrat who betrays his king and country.
6.
seminar
a)
n. [C] an occasion when a teacher or expert and a group of people meet to study and discuss something 專題討論會；研討會 I attended practically every lecture and __________ when I was a student.
b)
a. A pungent smell or taste is very strong, sometimes unpleasantly strong. （氣味）刺鼻的；（味道）強烈的 I sat down to a cup of wonderfully _________ Turkish coffee.
7.
preliminary
a)
a. coming before a more important action or event, especially introducing or preparing for it 初步的，起始的；預備的 _________ results show that the vaccine is effective, but this has to be confirmed by further medical trials.
b)
a. A reciprocal action or arrangement involves two people or groups of people who behave in the same way or agree to help each other and give each other advantages. 相互的；互惠的；報答的 The United Nations is concerned the __________ animosity between the two countries could lead to war.
8.
beverage
a)
a. [C] a drink of any type 飲料 Hot ___________s include tea, coffee, and hot chocolate.
b)
a. A solitary person or thing is the only person or thing in a place. 獨自的，唯一的，單個的 On the hill, a _______ figure was busy chopping down trees.
9.
condense
a)
v. to change or make something change from a gas to a liquid or solid state （使氣體）變成液體或固體；（使）凝固；（使）凝結 Water vapour in the air ________s into fog.
b)
a. able to change easily from one activity to another or able to be used for many different purposes 多種用途的；萬用的；多才多藝的 He's a very ___________ young actor who's as happy in highbrow dramas as he is in TV comedies.
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