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Unit1 - Speed Reading Vocab

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 4mins

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1.

The questions in this unit is a part of Unit 1. SPEED READING. Use the passages (Speed Reading

Learning to Read More Efficiently by the Mind Tools Content Team & Obstacles to Faster Effective Reading) to find the correct answer.


A word can have different meaning depending on the context. Scan the reading passages to find which sense was intended.


FIXATION

a)

Maintaining the gaze in a constant direction

b)

The state in which an individual becomes obsessed with an object

c)

The act or process of fixing

2.

The questions in this unit is a part of Unit 1. SPEED READING. Use the passages (Speed Reading

Learning to Read More Efficiently by the Mind Tools Content Team & Obstacles to Faster Effective Reading) to find the correct answer.


A word can have different meaning depending on the context. Scan the reading passages to find which sense was intended.


REGRESSION

a)

The act of going back to a previous place or state

b)

The subsidence of a disease

c)

The retreat of the sea from the land

3.

The questions in this unit is a part of Unit 1. SPEED READING. Use the passages (Speed Reading

Learning to Read More Efficiently by the Mind Tools Content Team & Obstacles to Faster Effective Reading) to find the correct answer.


A word can have different meaning depending on the context. Scan the reading passages to find which sense was intended.


VOCALIZE

a)

Sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel

b)

Express or state clearly

c)

Utter speech sounds

4.

The questions in this unit is a part of Unit 1. SPEED READING. Use the passages (Speed Reading

Learning to Read More Efficiently by the Mind Tools Content Team & Obstacles to Faster Effective Reading) to find the correct answer.


A word can have different meaning depending on the context. Scan the reading passages to find which sense was intended.


INCIDENTALLY

a)

As a minor or subordinate matter

b)

Apart from the main subject

c)

By chance

5.

The word INDEX (n) has many different meaning. Which meaning of the word INDEX is expressed in each sentence? Match the sentence with the definition.


The scale is not working since it lost its index.

a)

To adjust something through indexation

b)

An indication, sign, or token

c)

An alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed

d)

To list something down based on certain arrangement/criterion

e)

A pointer or indicator, as in a scientific instrument

6.

The word INDEX (n) has many different meaning. Which meaning of the word INDEX is expressed in each sentence? Match the sentence with the definition.


Her face, was a fair index to her disposition.

a)

To adjust something through indexation

b)

An indication, sign, or token

c)

An alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed

d)

To list something down based on certain arrangement/criterion

e)

A pointer or indicator, as in a scientific instrument

7.

The word INDEX (n) has many different meaning. Which meaning of the word INDEX is expressed in each sentence? Match the sentence with the definition.


Men whose index is longer than their ring fingers are significantly less likely to develop the disease, according to scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research

a)

The finger next to the thumb

b)

An indication, sign, or token

c)

An alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed

d)

To list something down based on certain arrangement/criterion

e)

A pointer or indicator, as in a scientific instrument

8.

The word INDEX (n) has many different meaning. Which meaning of the word INDEX is expressed in each sentence? Match the sentence with the definition.


The index of a number says how many times to use the number in a multiplication.

a)

The finger next to the thumb

b)

An indication, sign, or token

c)

An alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed

d)

To list something down based on certain arrangement/criterion

e)

A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

9.

The word INDEX (n) has many different meaning. Which meaning of the word INDEX is expressed in each sentence? Match the sentence with the definition.


The Index words should be relevant and of interest to a possible reader of the book, so they can easily guide him to what he may be looking for in the book.

a)

The finger next to the thumb

b)

An indication, sign, or token

c)

An alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed

d)

To list something down based on certain arrangement/criterion

e)

A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

10.

The word INDEX (n) has many different meaning. Which meaning of the word INDEX is expressed in each sentence? Match the sentence with the definition.


Author names are indexed only where substantive in–text discussion of the author or his/her work is found.

a)

The finger next to the thumb

b)

To adjust something through indexation

c)

An alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed

d)

To list something down based on certain arrangement/criterion

e)

A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

11.

The word INDEX (n) has many different meaning. Which meaning of the word INDEX is expressed in each sentence? Match the sentence with the definition.


The government indexes wages and prices so there is no monopoly practice.

a)

The finger next to the thumb

b)

To adjust something through indexation

c)

An alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed

d)

To adjust something through indexation.

e)

A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself