PREPARATION 4

Exercise 1. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to each of the following questions and write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. The issue is too important to over.
A. Amalgamate B. quibble C. Alleviate D. Respite
Quibble: to argue about, or say you disapprove of, something that is not important
Amalgamate: to join or unite to form a larger organization or group, or to make separate organizations
do this
Respite: a pause or rest from something difficult or unpleasant
2. The lyrics are easier to understand and less than her previous albums.
A. cryptic B. Anomalous C. Antediluvian D. frivolous
Cryptic: mysterious and difficult to understand
Anomalous: different from what is usual, or not in agreement with something else and therefore not
satisfactory
Antediluvian: extremely old-fashioned
Frivolous: behaving in a silly way and not taking anything seriously
3. I know her avaricious and acrimonious disposition—her love of wealth, and her anxiety to her
family.
A. aggrandize B. Appease C. Reproach D. Intensify
Aggrandize: to make someone more powerful or important
Appease: to prevent further disagreement in arguments or war by giving to the opposing side an
advantage that they have demanded
Reproach: to criticize someone, especially for not being successful or not doing what is expected
Intensify: to criticize someone, especially for not being successful or not doing what is expected
4. The reasons for the change in weather conditions have been by several scientists.
A. Retorted B. Recalcitrated C. Illustrated D. elucidated
Retort: to answer someone quickly in an angry or funny way
Recalcitrance: the quality of being determined not to do what other people, especially people in
authority, want or expect to be done
Elucidate: to explain something or make something clear
5. He suggested the story seemed to be the product of a rather imagination.
A.querulous B. Unscathed C. sophomoric D. Peripheral
Querulous: often complaining, especially in a weak high voice
Unscathed: without injuries or damage being caused
Sophomoric: silly and behaving like a child
Peripheral: Something that is peripheral is not as important as something else
6. There are lots of really apartments in the city's poorer areas.
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A. Expedient B. sordid C. Ludicrous D. Stagnant
Expedient : helpful or useful in a particular situation, but sometimes not morally acceptable
Sordid : dirty and unpleasant
Stagnant: (of water or air) not flowing or moving, and smelling unpleasant
7. He filed for bankruptcy, which permitted the of all contracts.
A. abrogation B. Heist C. Lampoon D. Deal
Abrogation: the act of formally ending a law, agreement, or custom
Heist: a crime in which valuable things are taken illegally and often violently from a place or person
8. Have you considered all the of changing careers at this stage of your life?
A. Hindrance B. Paucity C. Ramifications D. Enmity
Enmity: a feeling of hate
Ramification: the possible results of an action
Paucity: the fact that there is too little of something
9. They are bravely resisting by their more powerful neighbours.
A. Infraction B. Censure C. Cacophony D. subjugation
Infraction : an occasion when someone breaks a rule or law
Censure : strong criticism or disapproval
Cacophony : an unpleasant mixture of loud sounds
Subjugation : the act of defeating people or a country and ruling them in a way that allows them no
freedom
10. This policy goes against common of decency.
A. Levity B. precepts C. Libertine D. Intransigence
Levity: humour or lack of seriousness, especially during a serious occasion
Precepts: a rule for action or behaviour, especially obtained from moral thought
Libertine: a person, usually a man, who lives in a way that is not moral, having sexual relationships with
many people
Intransigence: the quality of refusing to change your opinions or behaviour:
11. We are a non-profit agency that provides legal services to clients.
A. Intractable B. indigent C. Ingenuous D. Imperturbable
Intractable: very difficult or impossible to control, manage, or solve:
Indigent: very poor
Ingenuous: honest, sincere, and trusting, sometimes in a way that seems silly
Impertubable: always staying calm and controlled, even in difficult situations that would cause other
people to worry
12. Loss of memory is a natural of old age.
A. Covetous B. Conciliatory C. Capricious D. concomitant
Covetous: wanting to have something too much, especially something that belongs to someone else
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 Capricious: changing mood or behaviour suddenly and unexpectedly
Concomitant: something that happens with something else and is connected with it
13. Several villages suffered serious during their long isolation during the war.
A. privations B. Revelation C. Dolorousness D. Mournfulness
Privation: a lack of the basic things that are necessary for an acceptable standard of living
Dolorous: sad, or causing sadness or emotional suffering
14. The new manager succeeded in putting the business back .
A. The wrong way B. On his side C. On an even keel D. On the breadline
On an even keel: regular and well-balanced and not likely to change suddenly
The breadline: the level of income people have when they are extremely poor
15. I poured him and then he told all his friends what I'd said.
A. My head out to B. My mind out to C. My emotions to D. my heart out to
Pour one’s heart out to sb: to tell someone your secret feelings and things that worry you, usually
because you feel a strong need to talk about them
Exercise 2. Write the correct form of each word in brackets in the numbered spaces provided in the
column on the right.
16. The flower buds and immature fruit frequently drop off; researchers have tried to determine the
role
growth hormones play in this abscission . (SCISSOR)
Abscission: the separation or falling off of part of a plant
17. He displayed great sportsmanship in the match and everybody admired him. (SPORT)
18. Mr Zakir said the region had been facing the "three evil forces" of terrorism, extremism
and separatism since the 1990s, so the government had taken action to tackle the "root causes”.
(EXTREME)
19. They see themselves as culturally and ethnically close to Central Asian nations, and
their language is similar to Turkish. (ETHNIC)
20. The rules aim to “ standardize proper etiquette" for the anthem, Xinhua news agency
said,
citing the authorities. (STANDARD)
Exercise 3. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word
in each space. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
One of the most exciting mass movements today is crowd mapping: sharing data collectively to (21)
Develop a visualization on map giving almost-instant information on current events. Crowd
mapping produces a picture of events on the ground as they (22) form by taking text messages
and social media feeds together with geographic data to distribute real-time, interactive information
on events such as revolutions, wars, humanitarian crises and natural disasters. This new (23) type
of social networking can bring fresh insights into events, which can be nearly
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impossible to cover through traditional methods of journalism where individuals report into a central
newsroom. It has the additional (24) ability of mapping longer-term trends that fall in and out of the
news.
(25) Media like mobile phones and the world wide web have made it possible for
those people caught up in a war or natural disaster to broadcast information from the affected area and
for this information to be collected in a way that emergency aid (26) agencies can use and act on. In a
disaster situation the most current information is essential because the needs of, for example, flood
victims change minute by minute. It enables response organizations to get an understanding of a crisis
situation (27) (thus it is sometimes called crisis mapping), give targeted aid to
people most in need and form a network of reliable reporters on the ground to check information
going to the live (28) interactive map. When an emergency situation arises, a small army of
volunteers comes together to collect incoming information and put it on the map. Some of the
information comes from official sources such as the United Nations, but the most powerful aspect of
data collection is the ability to pull information from Twitter (29) feeds , emails and text
messages. Once this information is available, volunteers collaborate via the Internet to put data on to a
map, which is updated every second to build a comprehensive picture of the scale and severity of the
disaster. (30) Volunteers from all over the world translate the messages coming in from the
disaster zone into English and lot the information on the live interactive map.

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