Unit 3
Part I:
Vocabulary and Structure
Section A:
Choose the best way to complete the sentences.
1.The researcher had a ____ that academic achievement was linked to culture.
A.
suspense
B. suspicion
C. suspect
D. suspicious
2.I would love to go to graduate school but the ____ cost is too great.
B.
finance
B. financing
C. financier
D. financial
3.It is absolutely ____ for children to learn foreign languages as early as possible.
C.
criticism
B. critic
C. critical
D. criticize
4.There is
no
one
I
____
more
than
Albert
Einstein.
He's
the
reason
I
began
studying
physics.
A. revere
B. reverent
C. reverential
D. revel
5. The human brain is capable of ____ thought, making us entirely different from any other
animal on Earth.
A. irrational
B. rational
C. ration
D. rationing
6.Studies have shown that computers are ____ learning tools.
A.effect
B. affect
C. affective
D. effective
7.Shawn's paintings are some of the most ____ I have ever seen!
A. create
B. creative
C. creativity
D. Creatively
8.Thomas
did
very
well
his
exam
and
is
taking
the
____
level
chemistry
class
next
semester.
A. advised
B. advantaged
C. advanced
D. advertised
9.Young children have a remarkable ability to ____ information they have learned.
A. recall
B. reveal
C. release
D. remain
10.She
couldn't
concentrate
on
her
test;
her
mother's
____
in
the
room
was
too
distracting.
A. presence
B. presents
C. present
D. prescience
11.The ____ of Newton's influence on nearly every field of science is incredible.
A. extend
B. extant
C. extent
D. extinct
12.He suggested that I ____ my lecture notes to the computer.
A. translate
B. transfer
C. transform
D. transit
13.Galileo was heavily criticized because many people thought his ____ ideas challenged
the authority of religion.
A. mundane
B. regular
C. routine
D. radical
14.Please ____ a list of questions to ask the scientist for an interview.
A. generate
B. general
C. generation
D. generic
15.Early
man
discovered
that
you
could
____
sticks
together
and
make
fire
from
the
friction.
A. touch
B. rub
C. push
D. pull
16.How many famous biologists can you ____?
A. exemplify
B. horrify
C. identify
D. intensify
17.Professor Clark's comment only makes sense if you understand the ____ of the entire
lecture.
A. context
B. subtext
C. pretext
D. textbook