Vocabulary in Context - 2 (Reading)

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Laborious

Directions: Some words in the passage below have been highlighted. Select the best meaning for the corresponding word.

Primitive man was probably more concerned with fire as a source of warmth and as a means of cooking food than as a source of light. Before he discovered less laborious ways of making fire, he had to preserve it, and whenever he went on a journey he carried a firebrand with him. His discovery that the firebrand from which the torch may well have developed, could be used for illumination, was probably incidental purpose of preserving a flame.

Lamps too, probably developed by accident. Early man may have had his first conception of a lamp while watching a twig of fibre burning in the molten fat dropped from roasting carcass. All he had to do was to fashion a vessel to contain fat and float a lighted reed in it. Such lamps, which were made of hollowed stones or sea-shells, have persisted in identical form up to quite recent times

Difficult
Working
Painful
Lengthy

Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Incidental

Directions: Some words in the passage below have been highlighted. Select the best meaning for the corresponding word.

Primitive man was probably more concerned with fire as a source of warmth and as a means of cooking food than as a source of light. Before he discovered less laborious ways of making fire, he had to preserve it, and whenever he went on a journey he carried a firebrand with him. His discovery that the firebrand from which the torch may well have developed, could be used for illumination, was probably incidental purpose of preserving a flame.

Lamps too, probably developed by accident. Early man may have had his first conception of a lamp while watching a twig of fibre burning in the molten fat dropped from roasting carcass. All he had to do was to fashion a vessel to contain fat and float a lighted reed in it. Such lamps, which were made of hollowed stones or sea-shells, have persisted in identical form up to quite recent times

Happening
Secondary
Main
Sudden

Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Reed

Directions: Some words in the passage below have been highlighted. Select the best meaning for the corresponding word.

Primitive man was probably more concerned with fire as a source of warmth and as a means of cooking food than as a source of light. Before he discovered less laborious ways of making fire, he had to preserve it, and whenever he went on a journey he carried a firebrand with him. His discovery that the firebrand from which the torch may well have developed, could be used for illumination, was probably incidental purpose of preserving a flame.

Lamps too, probably developed by accident. Early man may have had his first conception of a lamp while watching a twig of fibre burning in the molten fat dropped from roasting carcass. All he had to do was to fashion a vessel to contain fat and float a lighted reed in it. Such lamps, which were made of hollowed stones or sea-shells, have persisted in identical form up to quite recent times

Twig
Stick
Splint
Design

Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Conception

Directions: Some words in the passage below have been highlighted. Select the best meaning for the corresponding word.

Primitive man was probably more concerned with fire as a source of warmth and as a means of cooking food than as a source of light. Before he discovered less laborious ways of making fire, he had to preserve it, and whenever he went on a journey he carried a firebrand with him. His discovery that the firebrand from which the torch may well have developed, could be used for illumination, was probably incidental purpose of preserving a flame.

Lamps too, probably developed by accident. Early man may have had his first conception of a lamp while watching a twig of fibre burning in the molten fat dropped from roasting carcass. All he had to do was to fashion a vessel to contain fat and float a lighted reed in it. Such lamps, which were made of hollowed stones or sea-shells, have persisted in identical form up to quite recent times

Dream
Flame
Idea
Recognition

Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Prestige

Directions: Some words in the passage below have been highlighted. Select the best meaning for the corresponding word.

I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill among nations, and that if only the common people of the world could meet one another at football or squash, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn't know from concrete examples that international sporting contests lead to celebration of hatred, one could deduce it from general principles.

Nearly all the sports practiced nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun of it and exercise, but as soon as the question of the prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this.

Influence
Advantage
Power
Reputation

Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Deduce

Directions: Some words in the passage below have been highlighted. Select the best meaning for the corresponding word.

I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill among nations, and that if only the common people of the world could meet one another at football or squash, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn't know from concrete examples that international sporting contests lead to celebration of hatred, one could deduce it from general principles.

Nearly all the sports practiced nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun of it and exercise, but as soon as the question of the prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this.

Subtract
Gather
Reduce
Conclude

Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Savage

Directions: Some words in the passage below have been highlighted. Select the best meaning for the corresponding word.

I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill among nations, and that if only the common people of the world could meet one another at football or squash, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn't know from concrete examples that international sporting contests lead to celebration of hatred, one could deduce it from general principles.

Nearly all the sports practiced nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun of it and exercise, but as soon as the question of the prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this.

Rescued
Cruel
Tame
Tough

Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Concrete

Directions: Some words in the passage below have been highlighted. Select the best meaning for the corresponding word.

I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill among nations, and that if only the common people of the world could meet one another at football or squash, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn't know from concrete examples that international sporting contests lead to celebration of hatred, one could deduce it from general principles.

Nearly all the sports practiced nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun of it and exercise, but as soon as the question of the prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this.

Actual
Substantial
Cemented
Compact

Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Carcass

Directions: Some words in the passage below have been highlighted. Select the best meaning for the corresponding word.

Primitive man was probably more concerned with fire as a source of warmth and as a means of cooking food than as a source of light. Before he discovered less laborious ways of making fire, he had to preserve it, and whenever he went on a journey he carried a firebrand with him. His discovery that the firebrand from which the torch may well have developed, could be used for illumination, was probably incidental purpose of preserving a flame.

Lamps too, probably developed by accident. Early man may have had his first conception of a lamp while watching a twig of fibre burning in the molten fat dropped from roasting carcass. All he had to do was to fashion a vessel to contain fat and float a lighted reed in it. Such lamps, which were made of hollowed stones or sea-shells, have persisted in identical form up to quite recent times

Food
Fat
Animal
Corpse

Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Instincts

Directions: Some words in the passage below have been highlighted. Select the best meaning for the corresponding word.

I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill among nations, and that if only the common people of the world could meet one another at football or squash, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn't know from concrete examples that international sporting contests lead to celebration of hatred, one could deduce it from general principles.

Nearly all the sports practiced nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun of it and exercise, but as soon as the question of the prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this.

Desire
Need
Inclination
Belief

Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Amazed

Directions: Some words in the passage below have been highlighted. Select the best meaning for the corresponding word.

I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill among nations, and that if only the common people of the world could meet one another at football or squash, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn't know from concrete examples that international sporting contests lead to celebration of hatred, one could deduce it from general principles.

Nearly all the sports practiced nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun of it and exercise, but as soon as the question of the prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this.

Puzzled
Surprised
Angered
Amused

Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Inclination

Directions: Some words in the passage below have been highlighted. Select the best meaning for the corresponding word.

I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill among nations, and that if only the common people of the world could meet one another at football or squash, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn't know from concrete examples that international sporting contests lead to celebration of hatred, one could deduce it from general principles.

Nearly all the sports practiced nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun of it and exercise, but as soon as the question of the prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this.

Desire
Time
Mood
Necessity

Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Utmost

Directions: Some words in the passage below have been highlighted. Select the best meaning for the corresponding word.

I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill among nations, and that if only the common people of the world could meet one another at football or squash, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn't know from concrete examples that international sporting contests lead to celebration of hatred, one could deduce it from general principles.

Nearly all the sports practiced nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun of it and exercise, but as soon as the question of the prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this.

Extreme
Bit
Maximum
Least

Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Combative

Directions: Some words in the passage below have been highlighted. Select the best meaning for the corresponding word.

I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill among nations, and that if only the common people of the world could meet one another at football or squash, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn't know from concrete examples that international sporting contests lead to celebration of hatred, one could deduce it from general principles.

Nearly all the sports practiced nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun of it and exercise, but as soon as the question of the prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this.

Fighting
Competitive
Sporting
Supplementary

Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Aroused

Directions: Some words in the passage below have been highlighted. Select the best meaning for the corresponding word.

I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill among nations, and that if only the common people of the world could meet one another at football or squash, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn't know from concrete examples that international sporting contests lead to celebration of hatred, one could deduce it from general principles.

Nearly all the sports practiced nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simply for the fun of it and exercise, but as soon as the question of the prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this.

Raised
Stimulated
Thrilled
Served

Vocabulary in Context - 2 (Reading)

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