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UltimateB Lesson 5

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct meaning for the underlined word:

"Another thing is literary flair or talent,..."

a)

a type of festival

b)

a special ability for doing something well

c)

the state of being unable to do something

d)

foolish or nonsensical talk or behavior

2.

Choose the word with the same meaning as the underlined:

"I suppose you have to be methodical and logical at times."

a)

marvellous

b)

chaotic

c)

orderly

d)

inefficient

3.

What does "lucrative" mean?

a)

the state of owing money

b)

beneficial; useful

c)

the state of being ruined

d)

producing a great deal of profit

4.

Which of the following is a synonym for "vocation"?

a)

hobby

b)

habit

c)

profession

d)

stuff

5.

What does "mind-boggling" mean?

a)

of only moderate quality; not very good

b)

having no particular interest or sympathy

c)

hitting yourself extremely hard in the head

d)

extremely surprising and difficult to understand or imagine

6.

Choose the correct meaning for the underlined word:

"Chinese products are often of dubious quality"

a)

the quality of being particularly good or worthy

b)

general excellence of standard

c)

of questionable value

d)

a standard regarded as normal or ordinary

7.

Fill in the blank:

"I don't know anybody who______off to the library these days"

a)

trudges

b)

goes

c)

treks

d)

walks

8.

Choose the word that means "a person who fears, dislikes, or avoids new technology"

a)

acrophobia

b)

technophobe

c)

ophidiophobia

d)

zoophobia

9.

Choose the correct meaning for the underlined word:

"They often live adjacent to the reef..."

a)

ahead

b)

in front of

c)

next to

d)

situated far away

10.

Choose two correct synonyms for "crucial"

a)

minor

b)

pivotal

c)

critical

d)

optional

e)

trivial

11.

Fill in the gap:

"Poor people are reliant______charities"

a)

on

b)

with

c)

in

d)

at

12.

Choose the correct meaning for the underlined word:

"...the peak in fisheries coincides with the period of lowest agricultural stocks..."

a)

to differ markedly

b)

to differ in size, amount, degree

c)

to be unlike or dissimilar

d)

to happen at the same time

13.

What does "contradictory" mean?

a)

not likely to change or fail, firmly established

b)

acting or done in the same way over time

c)

mutually opposed or inconsistent

d)

goods that have been imported or exported illegally

14.

What does "ascertain" mean?

a)

to find something out for certain

b)

to identify differences between

c)

to prove that something is false

d)

to state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of

15.

Which of the following means "appropriate to the current time, period, or circumstances, of contemporary interest"?

a)

trivial

b)

improper

c)

relevant

d)

unrelated

16.

Choose two correct synonyms for "monumental".

a)

passive

b)

gigantic

c)

insignificant

d)

monolithic

e)

small

17.

Choose the correct meaning for the underlined word:

"The scales of the ruins testify to the former wealth and power of their builders."

a)

to deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite

b)

to prove that something is false

c)

to serve as evidence something's existing or being the case

d)

to mention or allude to

18.

What does "utilisation" mean?

a)

the action of making practical and effective use of something

b)

the state of being useful, profitable, or beneficial

c)

to make it possible to do easily or conveniently

d)

to imagine something and grasp mentally

19.

Which of the following means "use up the supply or resources of"?

a)

brandish

b)

increase

c)

augment

d)

deplete

20.

What does "naive" mean?

a)

having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgment

b)

having knowledge or skill in a particular field

c)

showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment

d)

to have a little bit knowledge in almost every field