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ESCUELAS AMIGAS CARLEE-CASTELLON-ZAMORA C1

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A firm that controls other smaller firms:

a)

mother company

b)

father company

c)

parent company

d)

child company

2.

Something that cannot be avoided or ignored:

a)

changeable

b)

skippable

c)

unskipable

d)

unskippable

3.

A synonym of "reaction"

a)

backlash

b)

blacklash

c)

backlass

d)

blacklist

4.

What do you call "a ledger where records about monetary transactions are stored" in English?

a)

chainblock

b)

blockchain

c)

keychain

d)

blockchange

5.

A synonym of "model", "example":

a)

paradime

b)

paradigm

c)

paradigma

d)

paradigme

6.

An effort or attempt to do something:

a)

endeavour

b)

achievement

c)

challenge

d)

accomplishment

7.

A disadvantage:

a)

upside

b)

downside

c)

pro

d)

drawback

8.

Ten times as big or as much:

a)

tenfold

b)

twentyfold

c)

ten per cent

d)

twofold

9.

The difference between the poor and the rich in this country is continuing to grow.

a)

union

b)

divide

c)

separation

d)

gap

10.

Completely, not limited in any way

a)

conditionally

b)

unconditionally

c)

inconditionally

d)

misconditionally

11.

A vaccine /ˈvæk.siːn/, an injection /ɪnˈdʒek.ʃən/ :

a)

jab

b)

job

c)

jib

d)

jub

12.

To create, cause, provoke:

a)

to birth

b)

to born

c)

to give born

d)

to give birth

13.

The CO2 emissions have a detrimental effect/impact...... the environment.

a)

in

b)

at

c)

on

d)

to

14.

A person who is on holiday away from where they usually live:

a)

foreigner

b)

holidayer

c)

holidaymaker

d)

stranger

15.

Which ONE is not a synonym of "damaging"?

a)

beneficial

b)

prejudicial

c)

detrimental

d)

harmful

16.

An occasion when someone spends a lot of money buying something expensive:

a)

splurge

b)

penny-pinching

c)

thrift

d)

scrimping

17.

An informal meal where guests bring a different dish that is then shared with the other guests:

a)

potluck/pot luck

b)

luckpot

c)

potter

d)

potline

18.

The best or most important product, idea etc, that an organization produces or owns:

a)

flagship

b)

flagstone

c)

flagstaff

d)

flagpole

19.

Caustic, sarcastic, critical, harmful, unkind:

a)

bland

b)

smooth

c)

mellow

d)

pungent

20.

When you ignore something that you know is wrong, you...

a)

take a blind eye to the problem

b)

turn a blind eye to the problem

c)

give a blind eye to the problem

d)

roll a blind eye to the problem

21.

A synonym of "be blown away"

a)

be surprised

b)

be dissatisfied

c)

be exhausted

d)

be sad

22.

What does "come to fruition" mean?

a)

fail to complete an activity

b)

successfully complete an activity