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Basic Vocabulary#1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Indonesian government distributed 1.3 billion rupiah (about 99,251 U.S. dollars) in financial support for victims of recent flash floods and landslides in West Java.

a)

invested

b)

allotted

c)

authorized

d)

seized

e)

restricted

2.

The world's first baby has been born thanks to a controversial new technique employed by US scientists to include DNA from three parents in the embryo.

a)

incurable

b)

effective

c)

arguable

d)

extraordinary

e)

unpredictable

3.

The world's longest and highest glass bridge, in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province used to be closed for safety modifications due to the need for an internal system upgrade, as more than 10,000 people were visiting the site every day, exceeding the planned daily limit of 8,000.

a)

constructions

b)

declarations

c)

evacuations

d)

adjustments

e)

nourishments

4.

More than 14,000 people were evacuated to safety places due to Typhoon Megi attacking Taiwan and more than 72,000 homes were cut off from water supplies.

a)

nurtured

b)

massacred

c)

removed

d)

transformed

e)

contaminated

5.

Using its largest telescope, a Chinese astronomer predicted that the Earth might be hit by a gargantuan asteroid which is heading towards our planet.

a)

potential

b)

mysterious

c)

calamitous

d)

monstrous

e)

fatal

6.

It took a long time coming, but now it's officially out. Liev Schreiber and Naomi are splitting after living together for 11 years.

a)

inhabiting

b)

invading

c)

intimidating

d)

disputing

e)

separating

7.

Today, the top political polling organizations employ mathematical methods and computer analysis to collect responses from the best representative sample of the American voting public.

a)

compile

b)

segregate

c)

synthesize

d)

eliminate

e)

probe

8.

In response to North Korea's testing of nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles, U.S. and South Korean warships and planes display their military prowess.

a)

commence

b)

examine

c)

assault

d)

conceal

e)

show

9.

According to the Ukrainian association of alcohol makers "Ukrvodka." about half of liquor that is traded in the country is counterfeit which leads drinkers to severe illness or death.

a)

vivacious

b)

ridiculous

c)

spurious

d)

hilarious

e)

vulnerable

10.

According to the news, Jeffrey DeLaurentis was appointed as the first U.S. ambassador to Cuba since the two countries broke off relations 55 years ago.

a)

designated

b)

demoted

c)

prohibited

d)

assassinated

e)

banished

11.

At least 10 people went missing while 37 people were rescued after a boat capsized in the Koshi River in Prakashpur area of Sunsari district in eastern Nepal.

a)

floated

b)

annihilated

c)

captured

d)

overturned

e)

inspected

12.

South Korea's opposition party chiefs expressed objections to the deployment of a U.S. missile shield in their homeland.

a)

sacrifices

b)

disapprovals

c)

nominations

d)

supports

e)

deprivations

13.

A motorbike taxi company in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, only employs disabled people and hopes to empower the community.

a)

crippled

b)

paralyzed

c)

wounded

d)

distorted

e)

twisted

14.

Popular Maya beach in the Phi Phi islands closed to swimming when large numbers of the venomous Portuguese-man-of-war are discovered there.

a)

populous

b)

vigorous

c)

poisonous

d)

luminous

e)

commodious

15.

Approximately 47,000 rai of land in Phu Thap Boek area of Phetchabun province taken back from encroachers will be returned to the Social Development and Human Security Ministry for further development.

a)

invaders

b)

terrorists

c)

criminals

d)

hooligans

e)

troops