Unit 1
Kimmy has not broken up with her boyfriend, even when she has had _____ opportunities to do so.
a. in public
b. countless
c. depressed
b. countless
Our country's actions are ____ changing the impact of Climate Change. We need to do something serious about it now.
a. barely
b. artificially
c. mentally
a. barely
Can you please throw this pillow to Jenny? She totally ____ everyone when she is with her cell phone.
a. potential
b. focuses on
c. tunes out
c. tunes out
A: But there were so many good ones. It was hard for me to choose. B: ____. There were a lot of interesting ones.
Which expression to agree or disagree completes the conversation?
a. That's true
b. I don't know
c. In a way
a. That's true
If you want to study Arts you have to have a lot of _____. Otherwise you are going to have a hard time with the projects.
a. private
b. community
c. creativity
c. creativity
When she heard the news that her mother had passed away, she immediately ____ into tears.
a. depressed
b. burst
c. dramatically
b. burst
We had to take a _____ to get home because the highway was closed. We got there super late.
a. consensus
b. definitive
c. detour
c. detour
Which sentence expresses a cause-effect relationship?
a. Lewis Pugh swam in the freezing waters in a 5-minute practice.
b. The below-freezing water keep the glaciers from melting.
c. Pugh's fingers froze as a result of the below-freezing water
c.
The ____ to the wall Chang made were very positive, and many people travel just to write something on them.
a. responses
b. heartbreaking
c. data
a. responses
At the ____ rate of infection, we will get to the 2000 ill people soon.
a. artificial
b. protection
c. current
c. current
Some people are so lucky! If they live and work in Cartago their _____ to work probably takes them only some minutes.
a. commute
b. significance
c. detour
a. commute
A person with divergent thinking...
a. consider many solutions to a problem
b. have a direct way of thinking
c. they notice things everyone else notices
Frank Warren has receive thousands of postcards with secrets. ______, people want to share their secrets anonymously.
a. Obviously
b. Selfishly
c. Creatively
a. Obviously
She was walking when she heard something that ____ her attention. It was the voice of her mother.
a. drew
b. put in perspective
c. gasped
a. drew
When she told me the truth, a sense of ____ overcame me. I had misunderstood everything!
a. dramatic
b. shame
c. definitive
b. shame
I would like to train my mind in order to have a more divergent way of thinking.
A way to check your understanding can be to use which expression?:
a. How can you do that?
b. To have a more what?
c. I understand
Our neighbor told us the ______ events of the accident. I was so miserable when he told me.
a. depressed
b. silly
c. heartbreaking
c. heartbreaking
It is not a secret that some ____ are being affected more than others during this crisis.
a. conditions
b. regions
c. consequences
b. regions
Do not let selfish and cruel people to ____ you ___ your peace of mind. Do not pay attention to what they say.
a. in a way
b. focus on
c. rob of
c. rob of
What can you infer from this sentence?:
My 5-year old is very creative, and she can see things I cannot.
a. The person speaking believes kids and adults are both capable of divergent thinking.
b. The person speaking values how creative the child is.
c. The person talking believes kids are better at divergent thinking than she is.
c.