Vocabulary & Idioms
Suggest without saying directly
Imply
Listen to the audio (7E-1) and choose the correct answer
1. (A) Carl said he would improve his grade.
(B) Carl had a great job.
(C) Carl’s grade wasn’t very good.
(D) Carl wasn’t happy about his grade
(D) Carl wasn’t happy about hi grade.
Listen to the audio (14) and choose the correct answer (True/False):
____1. I had a week’s vacation.
____2. It might be possible to have peace.
F. 1. I had a week’s vacation.
T. 2. It might be possible to have peace.
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
Choose the right meaning: (V-L2-10)
10. heyday
(A) agreement
(B) acclaim
(C) postponement
(D) popular
(D) popular
Example:
"In its heyday, the small café was the most popular spot in town, bustling with customers from morning till night.”
Listen to the audio (4D-4) and choose the correct answer.
A) The preacher was shocked when he opened the door.
(B) The teacher found chalk when she opened the drawer.
(C) Each of her talks was behind closed doors.
(D) The teacher was shocked when she opened the drawer.
(B) The teacher found chalk when she opened the drawer.
Listen to the audio (9A-21-22) and choose the correct answer (T/F):
____21. She isn’t lazy.
____22. We will certainly finish this soon.
F. 21. She isn’t lazy.
F. 22. We will certainly finish this soon.
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
Give two different examples using the idiom: (Roleplay).
Lend a hand.
Meaning:
To help or assist
Listen to the audio (7E-6) and choose the correct answer
(A) The results of the experiment
were incorrectly analyzed.
(B) The scientist accurately
interpreted the results of his
experiment.
(C)The scientist hasn’t had the time
to analyze the results of his
experiment.
(D) The scientist needs to re-analyze
the results of his experiment.
(B) The scientist accurately interpreted the results of his experiment.
Listen to the audio (9C-1) and choose the correct answer
(A) She didn’t find her watch.
(B) Her watch is worn out.
(C) She wore her watch today.
(D) She didn’t want to wear her watch.
(A) She didn’t find her watch
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
Choose the right meaning ( V-L2-5)
9. Appealing
(A) refined
(B) encouraging
( C) alluring
(D) popular
C. (Alluring)
Example:
“The new park design is very appealing, with its vibrant flowers and modern playground equipment.”
Listen to the audio (8B-9) and choose the correct answer:
(A) She will move at the beginning of
the month.
(B) She moved into the dormitory on
the fourth.
(C) She has lived in the dormitory
since the first of the month.
(D) She’s making her first move into a
dormitory.
(A) She will move at the beginning of the month.
Listen to the audio (9C-4) and choose the correct answer
(A) Jane’s hear problem makes her very anxious.
(B) Jane thinks stress is the cause of her ill health.
(C) For her part, Jane is not distressed.
(D) Jane probably feels she is not working hard enough
(B) Jane thinks stress is the cause of her ill health.
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
Give two different examples using: (Roleplay)
Take a rain check
Meaning:
Could we do this some other time?
Do not participate in an invitation.
Listen to the audio (8B-11) and choose the correct answer
(A) Irene is still a professor, but she
also sells real estate.
(B) Irene has changed professions.
(C) Irene inherited the professor’s
estate.
(D) Irene teaches courses on real
estate sales.
(B) Irene has changed professions.
Listen to the audio (9B-15-16) and choose the correct answer (Cause or Result).
____15. Don’t try to sell me a car
____16. My family lives in Montana
R. 15. Don’t try to sell me a car
C. 16. My family lives in Montana
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