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Meaning in Context 2 1-2022

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Employers who retire people who are willing and able to continue working should realize that _____

      age is not an effective ______ in determining whether an individual is that capable of working.

a)

physical – barrier

b)

advanced - method

c)

intellectual – factor

d)

deteriorating – value

e)

chronological – criterion

2.

Although the designers have not yet been able to solve the emission problems in the new automobile,

      their lack of _____ so far cannot be interpreted as final _____.

a)

success – failure

b)

alternative - confusion

c)

concern – defeat

d)

continuity - suspension

e)

motive - rejection

3.

According to Hume, it is not logic that determines what we say and do; if we decide to help a person in need,   

      we do so because of our _____ not our _____.

a)

concern – kindness

b)

duty - rights

c)

beliefs – convictions

d)

feelings - reason

e)

consciousness – emotions

4.

Working with an unbelievably _____ budget and an impossible schedule, the wedding planner somehow

      arranged an event that _____ the guests with its beauty and style.

a)

low – disappointed

b)

uneven – assumed

c)

inflated – distracted

d)

inadequate - surprised

e)

disproportionate – appalled

5.

No computer system is immune to a virus, a particularly malicious program that is designed to _____ and

      electronically _____ the disks on which data are stored.

a)

restore – disable

b)

invade - repair

c)

preserve – secure

d)

infect – damage

e)

prepare – improve

6.

There is a general _____ in the United States that the ethics are declining and that the moral standards are

      _____.

a)

feeling – normalizing

b)

idea – futile

c)

outlook - increasing

d)

complaint - deteriorating

e)

optimism – improving

7.

Despite global efforts to _____ malaria, this mosquito-borne disease continues to _____ : the World Health

     Organization estimates that it still affects up to 500 million people a year.

a)

foster – grow

b)

combat - reduce

c)

cure – weaken

d)

examine - prosper

e)

eradicate – flourish

8.

Some travelers from the United States experience culture shock when they suddenly find themselves in

      a place where "yes" may mean "no", where a fixed price is _____, and where laughter may signify _____.

a)

alterable – joy

b)

negotiable - anger

c)

incalculable – harmony

d)

unchangeable – insult

e)

necessary – amusement

9.

Explanations given to the patient by the anesthetist prior to surgery often _____ anxiety and _____

      the need for analgesics or painkillers.

a)

ignore – prevent

b)

relieve – reduce

c)

explore – prepare

d)

parallel – assume

e)

intensify – counteract

10.

Thousands of people  _____ as the result of this latest cholera _____.

a)

died - outbreak

b)

lived - outbreak

c)

died - outcome

d)

lived - outcome

e)

resigned - epidemic

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