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Reading News group

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“Blew-up” means

a)

Cut bursting, exploding

b)

reduction

c)

a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium

2.

“ advocate” means

a)

a person who expects the worst.

b)

Support or promote

c)

displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity.

3.

"Renaissance" means revival or renewal of something

a)

True

b)

False

4.

“ Proponent” means

a)

a person who disagrees with something and speaks against it or tries to change it

b)

a person who is nonpartisan.

c)

Supporter, raising idea

5.

“comparative” means: perfect or complete or pure.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Choose the wrong word with “fabrication”

a)

Verity

b)

Manufacture, to produce

c)

Construction

7.

“disastrous” means extremely bad or unsuccessful

a)

True

b)

False

8.

“Paradoxically” means

a)

Logically

b)

Explicably

c)

In contradiction

9.

“Malfunction” means

a)

an event that accomplishes its intended purpose.

b)

Not work properly

c)

Success

10.

“designate” means

a)

Appoint to specific position

b)

Criticize

c)

assign to a lower position; reduce in rank.

11.

A person that does the same job or has the same function as a person in a different organization

a)

businessman

b)

 counterpart

c)

assistant

12.

 “ diminish” means

a)

reduce

b)

develop

c)

average

13.

“ disrupt ” = prevent

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What is the meaning of “inequity”

a)

to respect or think well of someone or something

b)

embodying principes of justice

c)

something that is not fair in a situation

15.

To cause something bad to happen in the future

a)

 spell trouble

b)

obvious

c)

 fortunate

16.

“empowerment” (n) means

a)

not feeling sympathy or emotions

b)

refuse to accept

c)

the process of giving a group of people more freedom or rights

17.

 “shake sth off” = get rid of

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Believing that all people are equally important and should have the same rights and opportunities in life

a)

inequality

b)

egalitarian

c)

distribution

19.

What is the meaning of “reinforce”

a)

To strengthen

b)

To stop

c)

To reduce

20.

“discriminate ” means the ability to see the similarity between two things or people

a)

True

b)

False

21.

" Heartthrob" means

a)

a famous man, often a singer or an actor, who is attractive to many women

b)

feeling very sad

c)

the person who is responsible for managing an organization

d)

a type of explosive

22.

"Confrontation" means a fight or argument

a)

relaxed and free from pain

b)

one of the first pages in a book

c)

the part of a vehicle that is nearest to its direction of movement

d)

a fight or argument

23.

Which of the following is a synonym for "manifestation"

a)

Disappear

b)

Appearance

c)

Unlike

d)

Festival

24.

"Brunette" means a white woman or girl with dark hair

a)

b)

c)

d)

25.

involving people of several different ethnicities (= groups of people with a shared culture, tradition, language, history, etc.)

a)

variety

b)

multiethnic

c)

artist

d)

immigration

26.

1. Which of the following words describes the picture below?

a)

Baby

b)

Adult

c)

Old person

d)

Preteen: a boy or girl between the ages of about nine and twelve

27.

"Prestigious" means

a)

very much respected and admired, usually because of being important.

b)

the force you produce when you press something.

c)

the act of trying to make someone else do something by arguing, persuading, etc.

d)

the position of something, especially a town, building, etc.

28.

The act or process of officially making something holy and able to be used for religious ceremonies

a)

Consecration

b)

Church

c)

Christian

d)

Mainstream

29.

"reminiscent " means making you remember someone/something.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Which one is one of the virtues : behavior showing high moral standards

a)

Hot temper

b)

Greedy

c)

Patience

31.

"Gritty" means:

a)

weak and scared in dealing with an unpleasant situation

b)

strong and determined to deal with an unpleasant situation.

c)

strong and determined in dealing with a pleasant situation.

32.

"Loneliness" means the state of being lonely

a)

b)

33.

"resemblance" = "difference"

a)

True

b)

False

34.

"Reeling" means:

a)

Happy, full of energy

b)

Having an unsettling feeling

c)

Feel very confused or shocked and unable to act

35.

"Ambivalence" means:

a)

Agreement, unison

b)

Carelessness, negligence

c)

Confusion, indecision

36.

"Forum" means a place on the internet where people cannot leave messages or discuss particular subjects with other people at the same time

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Which is the synonym of "repertoire"

a)

Nothingness

b)

Collection

c)

Lack

38.

"Attribute" means

a)

Regard something as being caused by something/someone.

b)

See something/someone as useless, worthless.

c)

Consider something as the cause of something/someone.

39.

"Conventional" does not mean

a)

Normal

b)

Unique

c)

Common

40.

Which of the following is a synonym for giddy

a)

Sick

b)

Disaster

c)

Dizzy

d)

Headache