UNIT2
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Part I: Vocabulary and Structure
Section A: Choose the best way to complete the sentences.
1. When was the last time you were in _______ with your childhood friends?
A. context
B. contact
C. control
D. content
2. Like a boat at sea, his mind started to _______ when he wasn't interested.
A. float
B. soar
C. sink
D. drift
3. Mrs Jones didn't trust Jack, so she was very _______ to let him cut her grass.
A. reluctant
B. reluctantly
C. enthusiastic
D. enthusiastically
4. My house seems to be in a _______ state of disrepair—something is always broken!
A. perpetually
B. perpetual
C. perpetuity
D. perpetuate
5. The problem needs to be looked at from a historical _______ .
A. prospective
B. directive
C. perspective
D. executive
6. Dr. Carter has written _______ about the brain and its influence on our emotions.
A. extensively
B. intensively
C. extensive
D. intensive
7. The accident of last week _______ a review of school safety policy.
A. prompted
B. prompt
C. prompting
D. prompts
8. I am easily _______ by ice cream, so it's probably the best if I don't look at the dessert
menu.
A. tempt
B. tempts
C. tempting
D. tempted
9. Wouldn't it be _______ if we didn't need to worry about money?
A. predictable
B. marvellous
C. astonishing
D. depressing
10. Researchers claim that there is a _______ link between caffeine and headaches.
A. definite
B. definitely
C. definition
D. defined
11. It's incredible to see how newborn babies are completely _______ on other people for
everything.
A. depending
B. dependence
C. dependent
D. dependents
12. The criminal devised an _______ plan to escape from prison.
A. intrinsic
B. intricate
C. intrepid
D. intrusive
13. The court brought a _______ against the escaped prisoner.
A. persecution
B. persecute
C. prosecution
D. prosecute
14. Thank you for the offer to stay for dinner, but we don't want to _______.
A. pose
B. compose
C. propose
D. impose
15. Pedro's friends organized a friendly _______ to help him deal with his alcohol abuse.
A. contravention
B. invention
C. intervention
D. prevention
16. It's impossible to not be impressed by the Taj Mahal and _______ at its beauty.
A. respect
B. flaunt
C. marvel
D. admire