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Boost your vocabulary Cambridge 11 - Test 01 - Passage 02

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word is a synonym for central in this sentence: Opened in 2002, it is central to the ambitious £84.5m Millennium Link project to restore navigability across Scotland by reconnecting the historic waterways of the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals.

a)

guarded

b)

vital

c)

alternate

d)

robust

2.

Which word is a synonym for restore in this sentence: Opened in 2002, it is central to the ambitious £84.5m Millennium Link project to restore navigability across Scotland by reconnecting the historic waterways of the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals.

a)

rebuild

b)

submit

c)

displace

d)

elevate

3.

Which word is a synonym for sequence in this sentence: Historically, the two canals had been joined near the town of Falkirk by a sequence of 11 locks - enclosed sections of canal in which the water level could be raised or lowered - that stepped down across a distance of 1.5 km.

a)

series

b)

crane

c)

capacity

d)

aqueduct

4.

Which word is a synonym for dismantle in this sentence: This had been dismantled in 1933, thereby breaking the link.

a)

exceed

b)

strong

c)

defend

d)

take apart

5.

Which word is a synonym for launch in this sentence: When the project was launched in 1994, the British Waterways authority were keen to create a dramatic twenty-first-century landmark which would not only be a fitting commemoration of the Millennium, but also a lasting symbol of the economic regeneration of the region.

a)

revolution

b)

clamp

c)

start

d)

emission

6.

Which word is a synonym for submit in this sentence: Numerous ideas were submitted for the project, including concepts ranging from rolling eggs to tilting tanks, from giant seesaws to overhead monorails.

a)

stimulate

b)

attach

c)

disperse

d)

propose

7.

Which word is a synonym for assemble in this sentence: The various parts of The Falkirk Wheel were all constructed and assembled, like one giant toy building set, at Butterley Engineering's Steelworks in Derbyshire, some 400 km from Falkirk.

a)

displace

b)

conceal

c)

gather

d)

conquer

8.

Which word is a synonym for painstakingly in this sentence: A team there carefully assembled the 1,200 tonnes of steel, painstakingly fitting the pieces together to an accuracy of just 10 mm to ensure a perfect final fit.

a)

carefully

b)

randomly

c)

monopoly

d)

explicitly

9.

Which word is a synonym for withstand in this sentence: The Wheel would need to withstand immense and constantly changing stresses as it rotated, so to make the structure more robust, the steel sections were bolted rather than welded together.

a)

propose

b)

resist

c)

disperse

d)

stimulate

10.

Which word is a synonym for immense in this sentence: The Wheel would need to withstand immense and constantly changing stresses as it rotated, so to make the structure more robust, the steel sections were bolted rather than welded together.

a)

sensitive

b)

isolated

c)

enormous

d)

inevitable

11.

Which word is a synonym for robust in this sentence: The Wheel would need to withstand immense and constantly changing stresses as it rotated, so to make the structure more robust, the steel sections were bolted rather than welded together.

a)

imaginary

b)

potential

c)

ecological

d)

strong

12.

Which word is a synonym for diametrically in this sentence: Two diametrically opposed water-filled 'gondolas', each with a capacity of 360,000 litres, are fitted between the ends of the arms.

a)

intermittently

b)

exclusively

c)

completely

d)

carefully

13.

Which word is a synonym for elevate in this sentence: The Wheel could not be constructed to elevate boats over the full 35-metre difference between the two canals, owing to the presence of the historically important Antonine Wall, which was built by the Romans in the second century AD.

a)

fatten

b)

seek

c)

converge

d)

raise

14.

Which word is a synonym for SEAL in this sentence: Two hydraulic steelgates are raised, so as to SEAL the gondola off from thewater in the canal basin.

a)

shut out

b)

find out

c)

array of

d)

go on