Column Poseidon
Please select the synonyms for the word in Italics.
They say it can be a rewarding, even life-changing experience.
A. fulfilling
B. beneficial
C. worthwhile
D. important
answers: ABC
rewarding adj: (of an activity) worth doing; that makes you happy because you think it is useful or important. An experience or action that is rewarding gives you satisfaction or brings you benefits.
fulfilling adj: making you happy and satisfied because you are doing interesting, useful, or important.
worthwhile adj: If something is worthwhile, it is enjoyable or useful, and worth the time, money, or effort that is spent on it.
important adj: significant, vital
Select the synonym(s) for the word in Italics:
As a college professor, I recognise that studying abroad enhances higher education.
1. recognise
A. identify
B. acknowledge
C. admit
D. take
2. enhance
A. improve
B. enrich
C. complement
answers:
1. B&C
2. ABC
complement: to complete, perfect, or go well with something else
Please choose the synonym(s) for the words in Italics.
A student in my class observed: “When I walked in that room and saw Michelangelo’s David standing at the other end, 14 feet tall, my eyes filled with tears. Happy tears.
A. remark
B. comment
C. say
D. mention
E. declare
F. announce
G. state
H. refute
answers: ABCDEFG
refute:prove that sth is wrong; say that sth is not true
Please choose the synonym(s) for the words in Italics.
Writing about what they see and do makes it easier for them to understand the overwhelming emotions they may feel.
A. over-weight
B. very strong
C. uncontrollable
D. forceful
answers: BCD
forceful=powerful
Please choose the synonym(s) for the words in Italics.
A fundamental component of learning is self-reflection, the process of thinking carefully about your values and beliefs.
1. fundamental
A. supreme
B. basic
C. rudimentary
D. elementary
E. important
answers: BCDE
supreme:highest in rank/position
Please select the synonym(s) of the words in Italics.
Colleges in the United States are promoting study-abroad programs, noting the language and cultural skills that participants gain.
Promote v: __1__
A. encourage B. give promotion to
note v: __2__
A. mention B. point out C. write down D. record
1 A
promote v: to help something to develop or increase
give promotion to : The boss gave him a promotion to be the sales manager in this department.
encourage v: If something encourages a particular activity or state, it causes it to happen or increase. To make something more likely to exist, happen, or develop.
2 A&B
note v: if you note something, you mention it in order to draw people's attention to it. To mention something because it is important.
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In addition, travel seems to sharpen the human senses – sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.
A. improve
B. better
C. enhance
D. decrease
answers: ABC
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An art student who contemplated a Velasquez painting in a museum after studying Spanish painting remarked: “I feel like I have lived through a textbook. I didn’t have to read everything; I was able to live everything.”
1. contemplate
A. look at B. gaze at
C. observe D. examine
E. taste
2. remark
A. comment B. observe
C. mention D. declare
3. live
A. experience B. alive
C. animate D. undergo
answers
1. ABCD
look at:to examine something closely
to think about, consider or study something
2. ABCD
3. AD
alive -adj.
animate:make sth full of energy
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To begin with, study-abroad participants have firsthand learning opportunities not offered through “book learning” in traditional classroom settings.
1. firsthand
A. close B. direct
C. immediate D. dear
2. offer
A. provide B. give
C. suffer D. furnish
answers
1. BC
2. ABD
suffer something to experience something unpleasant, such as injury, defeat or loss
The company suffered huge losses in the last financial year.
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Colleges in the United States are promoting study-abroad programs, noting the language and cultural skills that participants gain.
A. benefit B. reward C. yield D. return
answers: AC
when "gain" is a noun, the synonym of gain will be B&D
gain-to obtain an advantage or benefit from something or from doing something
eg. There is nothing to be gained from delaying the decision.
Please choose the synonym(s) for the word(s) in Italics.
No wonder more and more educators are trying to make the study-abroad experience available to as many students as they can.
A. obtainable
B. accessible
C. free
D. unoccupied
answers: A&B
unoccupied-empty, with nobody living there or using it eg.an unoccupied house
(of a region or country) not controlled by foreign soldiers eg.unoccupied territory
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Even when students traveling abroad encounter difficulties, they are learning important lessons.
A. experience
B. face
C. confront
D. bump into
answers: ABC
bump into somebody
to meet somebody by chance
eg. I bumped into Simon this morning.
Please fill in the blank with the correct form of the work in parentheses.
Hi, everyone! I've been meaning to call, but it's ___1___(hope)! I can't figure out how to use the phones here. There's always a long wait for ___2___ (wire) connection in the cafes, so I can't Skype. But anyway, I'm having a great time. I am picking up a lot of Italian, and it feels __3__ (effort) because I'm not studying it in a book.
1. hopeless
2. wireless
3. effortless
Please fill in the blank with the correct form of the work in parentheses.
My roommate went parachute jumping, which seemed scary to me, but he was absolutely __1__ (fear), so maybe I'll give it a try, too. Our room is pretty nice, but the other day we saw a big spider in the room! It looked scary, but they told us it was __2__ (harm). Anyway, can't wait to tell you more.
1. fearless
2. harmless
Please find one word which is synonym for "say, or speak".
page 10, paragraph 2
remark
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Philosopher David Hume (1711-1776) also suggested that experiencing beauty “enlarges the sphere both of our happiness and misery” and makes us sensitive to “pains as well as pleasures.
1. suggest
A. hint B. intimate
C. propose D. advocate
2. experience
A. undergo B. live
C. feel D. skill
3. enlarge
A. extend B. widen
C. broaden D. expand
4. sphere
A. area B. round C. field D. scope
5. misery
A. unhappiness B. distress
C. pain D. grief
6. sensitive
A. responsive to B. emotional
C. tearful D. sense
answers
1. CD
hint:something that you say or do in an indirect way in order to show somebody what you are thinking
eg.He gave a broad hint (= one that was obvious) that he was thinking of retiring.
intimate-having a close and friendly relationship
intimate friends
2. ABC
3. ABCD
4. ACD
5. ABCD
6. A
Please paraphrase the following sentences in English.
Even when students traveling abroad encounter difficulties, they are learning important lessons.
During their travelling, students might come across some difficulties. Through confronting and solving such problems, students are able to learn important lessons.
Please paraphrase the following sentences in English.
And of course, travel also makes students more sensitive to current events, opening their minds and helping them to understand the world’s challenges.
And naturally, travel helps students to become more responsive to what are happening around them. Travel can broaden their horizon and enable them to comprehend global issues.
Please point out the SVO of the following sentences and paraphrase it in English.
The philosopher St. Augustine (354 - 430) declared: "The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page."
SV(1) :"SVO(2), and SVO(3)"
SV(1): S - the philosopher V - declared
SVO(2): S - the world; V - is; O - a book
SVO(3): S - those (who do not travel); V - read; O - a page.
paraphrase: The philosopher compared the world to a book, and he believed that if you don't travel, you can only experience a tiny fraction of the world as if you only read a page of a whole book.
Please paraphrase the following sentences in English.
Writing about what they see and do makes it easier for them to understand the overwhelming emotions they may feel.
During their traveling, students will experience very strong emotions due to the things they experience and see. Writing about what they experience can help them to better understand such strong emotions.
Please find three word which is synonym for "speak".
page 10, paragraph 1
declare, note, say
Please find three word which is synonym for "speak".
page 11, paragraph 3, 4 and 5
suggest, observe, recognise
Who is Diego Velázquez?
He was a Spanish painter.
Who was David Hume?
He was a philosopher.
Who was Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni?
He was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence.