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AFTER READING Vocabulary Exercises for Unit 4

AFTER READING Vocabulary Exercises for Unit 4. 1. Charles Darwin, the famous biologist, was deeply interested in the _____ of animals and plants. A) specific B) characteristic C) peculiar D) particular 2. Many of the earliest _____ into the United States established large plantations.

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AFTER READING Vocabulary Exercises for Unit 4

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  1. AFTER READINGVocabulary Exercises for Unit 4 1. Charles Darwin, the famous biologist, was deeply interested in the _____ of animals and plants. A) specific B) characteristic C) peculiar D) particular 2. Many of the earliest _____ into the United States established large plantations. A) emigrants B) emigrations C) immigrants D) migrants 3. These goods are _____ for export, though a few of them may be sold on the home market. A) essentially B) completely C) necessarily D)remarkably 4. Failure usually comes in _____ with misfortunes. A) combination B) relation C) connection D) association 5. High interest rates _____ people from borrowing money. A) dissuade B) disturb C) distract D) discourage

  2. Vocabulary Exercises for Unit 4 6. A _____ speaker, the senator often persuades her colleagues to change their votes. A) energetic B) dynamic C) vigorous D) lively 7. The new government follows a(an) foreign policy. A) bellicose B) pugnacious C) contentious D) aggressive 8. The climber was _____. A) paralyzed B) numbed C) deadened D) desensitized 9. He finished his _____for master’s degree last month. A) thesis B) treatise C) discourse D) disquisition 10. Mr. Thompson gave all the _____ papers of his grandfather to the public library according to this grandfather’s will. A) history B) historic C) historical D) historically

  3. Vocabulary Exercises for Unit 4 11. He cannot go for he has a _____ engagement. A) previous B) prior C) preceding D) foregoing 12. It’s very difficult to understand the _____of people who say such things. A) heart B)mind C) head D) mentality 13. The day before her accident, she had a(an) _____ of something horrible. A) auspice B) boding C) premonition D) portent 14. We should _____ every opportunity to learn more. A) use B) grasp C) exploit D) make 15. He has given us lots of ______ suggestions,from which we benefited a lot. A) helpful B) useful C) destructive D) constructive

  4. Vocabulary Exercises for Unit 4 16. Hurricanes are killer winds, and their _____ power lies in the physical damage they can do. A. cumulative B. destructive C. turbulent D. prevalent 17. They tossed your thoughts back and forth for over an hour, but still could not make _____ of them. A. impression B. comprehension C. meaning D. sense 18. Someday software will translate both written and spoken language so well that the need for any common second language could _____ . A. descend B. decline C. deteriorate D. depress 19. We must learn to see things in their right _____ and avoid making mistakes. A. prospective B. prosperity C. perspective D. permissive 20. The talk dwells too much _____ the economic aspects of the problem. A. on B. in C. to D. for

  5. Vocabulary Exercises for Unit 4 21. _____ popular belief that classical music is too complex, it achieves a simplicity that only a genius can create. A. Subject to B. Contrary to C. Familiar to D. Similar to 22. They’re being very _____ about their holiday plans. A. mysterious B. ethnic C. arbitrary D. obvious 23. The residents in the neighborhood all _____ the council’s decision to close the small dye factory. A. certified B. accredited C. applauded D. ratified 24. My memory of the devastating earthquake is only a _____. A. shady B. shadowy C. obscure D. blur 25. I don’t want to lend any money to him; he’s already in debt _____ me. A. to B. for C. of D. with

  6. Vocabulary Exercises for Unit 4 26. He _____ other dramatists. A. shortens B. dwarfs C. smalls D. fights 27. The use of steam _____ many other reforms. A. originate B. originate in C. originate from D. originate to 28. Many English words are _____ from Latin. A. got B. obtained C. acquired D. derived 29. There is a _____ of cruelty in his character. A. characteristic B. quality C. feature D. streak 30. I don’t think it is wise of you to _____ your greater knowledge in front of the director, for it may offend him. A. show up B. show out C.show off D. show in

  7. Key to Vocabulary Exercise for Unit 4 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. D 6. B 7. D 8. A 9. A 10.C 11. A 12.D 13.C 14.C 15.C 16. B 17.D 18.B 19.C 20.A 21. B 22.A 23.C 24.D 25.A 26. B 27.A 28.D 29.D 30.C

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