Vocabulary & Idioms
Suggest without saying directly
Imply
Listen to the audio (A209) and choose the correct answer
(A) It was very happy.
(B) It was exciting.
(C) It was unhappy.
(C) It was unhappy.
Listen to the dialog (14) and choose the correct answer
(A) The plane hasnʼt taken off yet.
(B) The cost of flying has increased.
(C) More flights will soon be scheduled.
(D) He hasnʼt changed his vacation plans.
(C) More flights will soon be scheduled.
Geysers have often been compared to volcanoes________ they both emit hot liquids from below the Earth’s surface.
(A) due to
(B) because
(C) in spite of
(D) regardless of
(B) because
_________ is more interested in rhythm than in melody is apparent from his compositions.
(A) That Philip Glass.
(B) Philip Glass, who
(C) Philip Glass
(D) Because Philip Glass
(A) That Philip Glass
Fascinating
Extremely interesting
Listen to the audio (A2-17) and choose the correct answer
(A) Heʼd like her to go away.
(B) She can read his magazine.
(C) He hasnʼt finished reading
(B) She can read his magazine.
Listen to the dialog (15) and choose the correct answer
(A) The bucket has been broken.
(B) The water was spilled.
(C) They still need more money.
(D) They have run out of time.
(A) The bucket has been broken.
In physics,_________ "plasma" refers to a gas which has a nearly equal number of positively and negatively charged particles.
(A) the term
(B) by the term
(C) is termed
(D) terming
(A) the term
Barbara Mcclintock__________for her discovery of the mobility of genetic elements.
(A) known
(B) who knows
(C) knowing
(D) is known
(D) is known
Lend a hand
To help or assist
Listen to the audio (A2-18) and choose the correct answer
(A) He hasnʼt seen the letters.
(B) He doesnʼt know the right answers.
(C) He doesnʼt want to respond to the letters.
(C) He doesnʼt want to respond to the letters.
Listen to the dialog and choose the correct answer
(A) He is surprised that Matthew changed his mind.
(B) He wishes he had asked Matthew before.
(C) Matthew wanted to leave in the morning.
(D) Matthew planned the party himself.
(A) He is surprised that Matthew changed his mind.
Carbohydrates, of the
three principal constituents
of food, form the bulk of the
average human diet.
(A) are one
(B) one that
(C) one
(D) which one
(C) one
Perhaps even more important
than the accuracy and reliability
of a meteorological instrument __________
(A) that positioning it is correct
(B) is positioned correctly
(C) that its correct position
(D) is that it be positioned
correctly
(D) is that it be positioned
correctly
Adjacent
Close to or next to.
Listen to the audio (A2-29) and choose the correct answer
(A) He doesnʼt have Phyllisʼs address.
(B) Heʼs upset with Phyllis.
(C) He doesnʼt have a stamp.
C) He doesnʼt have a stamp.
Listen to the long conversation and choose the correct answer
(A) To ask the professor to be the math club adviser
(B) To learn about tutoring opportunities
(C) To ask a question about a math assignment
(D) To find out about joining the math club
(D) To find out about joining the math club
Throughout the animal kingdom, ________ bigger than the elephant.
(A) whale is only the
(B) is the whale only
(C) only whale is the
(D) only the whale is
(D) only the whale is
_________granted by the Patent Office, it becomes the inventorʼs property and he or she can
keep it, sell it, or license it to someone else.
(A) Once a patent is
(B) When a patent
(C) A patent, once
(D) A patent, whenever it
(A) Once a patent is
Can I take a rain check?
Could we do this some other time?
Listen to the audio (A2-24) and choose the correct answer
(A) The flashlight had needed batteries.
(B) There had been some other problem with the flashlight.
(C) The woman hadnʼt changed the batteries.
(A) The flashlight had needed batteries.
Listen to the mini-talk and choose the correct answer
(A) How icebergs form
(B) How icebergs affect animals
(C) The difference between an iceberg and a glacier
(D) The migration habits of penguins
(B) How icebergs affect animals
During the early period of ocean navigation, any need for sophisticated
instruments and techniques.
(A) so that hardly
(B) when there hardly was
(C) hardly was
(D) there was hardly
(D) there was hardly
Ellis Island in Upper New York
Bay was the principal reception
center the United States
from 1892 to 1943.
(A) immigrants entered
(B) which immigrants entered
(C) through which immigrants
entered
(D) which immigrants who
entered
(C) through which immigrants
entered