READING UNIT 10A

VOCABULARY REVIEW
Designed by Phan Anh - Thành Trung - Trực Cường

I. Choose the word which has the closest meaning to the underlined word.
1. A helicopter landing can cause disturbance to residents"
A. Euphoria B. Mutation C. Transformation D. Disruption
2. The government's interference in the strike has been widely criticized.
A. Promise B. Intervention C. Nuke D. Campfire
3. Well, you've made a miraculous recovery since last night!
A. Foreseeable B. Magical C. Obvious D. Unicorn
4. The shampoo has a light fragrance of herb and plant extracts.
A. Stain B. Resonate C. Aroma D. Part
5. Evaluation of this new treatment cannot take place until all the data has been
collected.
A. Grading B. Speculation C. Expectation D. Assessment

II. Choose the best word to fill in the blank.

6. Personally, I found some parts of the book a little too __________ to follow.
A. Technical B. Magical C. Credible D. Menacing
7. The school is trying to improve its pupil-teacher __________.
A. ratio B. percentage C. proportion D. Number
8. __________ speaking, you're more likely to die from a bee sting than win the
lottery.
A. Scientifically B. Statistically C. Generally D. Ironically

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9. The evening was very pleasant, __________ a little quiet
A. Albeit B. Despite C. Maybe D. Therefore
10. Over the following three years, the use of the drug will be __________.
A. Phased off B. Phased in C. Phased over D. Phased out

III. Fill in a blank using a word in Unit 10A.

11. Looking at the state of his car, it's a __________ he wasn't killed!
12. The forensic __________ reported that traces of the drug were found in the
blood of crew members.
13. The ultimate goal is to understand the mind by characterizing the __________
that can do rapid information integration.
14. With a __________ from the National Foundation for Infant Paralysis, he
went to work on a polio vaccine.
15. It was an interesting conversation, __________ one-way.

IV. Fill in the blank using the correct form of the word in brackets.
16. Square root of five is an (RATE) __________ number.
17. Joe is an (INTERNAL) __________, he has to deal with adult diseases.
18. Jo had many (NEUROLOGIST) __________ disorders, including amnesia.
19. Remember to leave room for (EVALUATE) __________ and be flexible as
situations evolve over time.
20. The (TOXIC) __________ of the cobra venom has been calculated to be
sixteen times that of the European viper.