NORTHSTAR 2e Listening and Speaking, Advanced

Vocabulary Exercise
Unit 5: Feng Shui: Ancient Wisdom Travels West
Circle the correct answer.

1. You need to straighten the two pictures on the wall. They are not properly .
a. skeptical b. hard-bitten c. aligned

2. Feng shui masters are often in magazine articles for their ideas on design
and decorating.
a. quoted b. frowned upon c. aligned

3. It is not obvious a room has been arranged according to feng shui, but often one can
a good energy and harmony in that space.
a. frown upon b. sense c. be caught off guard by

4. Many people regard feng shui . They are not convinced that it is a
reliable or consistent approach to design.
a. skeptically b. abundantly c. self-consciously

5. Without windows or a ventilation system, the air cannot .

a. make digressions b. circulate c. hold

6. Style changes with the times, but beauty is unchanging and .

a. transcendent b. anecdotal c. hard-bitten

7. I was his sudden anger. I had thought he had agreed with me.
a. pleased by b. comfortable with c. caught off guard by

8. People like the image of and limitless quantity. Stores keep their shelves
full because most customers will not buy an item if it’s the only one remaining on the shelf.
a. abundance b. scarcity c. transcendence

9. My grandfather tells these long rambling stories in which he to tell other

smaller stories.
a. frowns upon you b. makes digressions c. circulates

10. Some people feng shui because they think it is just a passing fashion and
has no real value.
a. are aligned with b. make digressions about c. frown upon

NorthStar, Second Edition, Listening/Speaking, Advanced: Vocabulary Exercise, Unit 5

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