WorksheetsMeaning in Context 2 1-2022
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
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.
physical – barrier
advanced - method
intellectual – factor
deteriorating – value
chronological – criterion
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 _____.
success – failure
alternative - confusion
concern – defeat
continuity - suspension
motive - rejection
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 _____.
concern – kindness
duty - rights
beliefs – convictions
feelings - reason
consciousness – emotions
Working with an unbelievably _____ budget and an impossible schedule, the wedding planner somehow
arranged an event that _____ the guests with its beauty and style.
low – disappointed
uneven – assumed
inflated – distracted
inadequate - surprised
disproportionate – appalled
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.
restore – disable
invade - repair
preserve – secure
infect – damage
prepare – improve
There is a general _____ in the United States that the ethics are declining and that the moral standards are
_____.
feeling – normalizing
idea – futile
outlook - increasing
complaint - deteriorating
optimism – improving
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.
foster – grow
combat - reduce
cure – weaken
examine - prosper
eradicate – flourish
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 _____.
alterable – joy
negotiable - anger
incalculable – harmony
unchangeable – insult
necessary – amusement
Explanations given to the patient by the anesthetist prior to surgery often _____ anxiety and _____
the need for analgesics or painkillers.
ignore – prevent
relieve – reduce
explore – prepare
parallel – assume
intensify – counteract
Thousands of people _____ as the result of this latest cholera _____.
died - outbreak
lived - outbreak
died - outcome
lived - outcome
resigned - epidemic
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