Unit 2

Name Level D, Unit 2

Quiz

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence or answers the question.

1. If a business’s reputation has been 4. If you are visiting a desert for the first time,
tarnished, it
has been:
the
landscape might seem:

A improved A alien
B advertised B familiar
C sullied C fictitious
D misrepresented D lush
2. Someone who decides to move ahead 5. The opposite of homely is:

without fear
or hesitation is:
A uncomfortable
A uninformed B scruffy
B unflinching C comely
C insensitive D dreadful
D unready
6. Another word for recompense is:

3. Which of the following is the opposite of A conserve

distinguished?
B compensate
A confused
C falsify
B mediocre
D compare
C outstanding
D murky

When my group first chose the American justice system as the topic of our presentation, all of
us had a
serious attitude. As we began brainstorming, however, it became increasingly clear
that television courtroom
dramas were acting as fodder for just about every situation that we
proposed. Kelly suggested that we act out a
trial focused on a lucrative lawsuit with millions of
dollars at stake. Noah was inspired to describe an entire set
of untrustworthy and dissolute
witnesses whose greedy motives could be exposed during an intense
cross-examination. By
the time the jury, made up of a group of our classmates, adjourned to reach a decision,
they
would certainly have seen plenty of colorful characters and heard many questionable
statements.

7. In line 3, fodder is used to refer 9. In line 5, dissolute is used to:

to:
A convey a sense of corruption
A food for farm animals B suggest that the witnesses are completely
B the name of a television show honest
C a source of ideas C suggest that the witnesses are uncooperative
 D a set of rules D clarify a legal term
8. In line 4, lucrative means:
10. In line 6, adjourned means:

A unimportant A replaced some of its members

B serious B moved to another room
C profitable C asked for clarification
D complex D argued loudly

Level D

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