Unit 1 1.
Leave it to Carlos to think of a(n)
Your answer ingenious
obstacleingenioussolution to our most difficult problem!
Correct answer ingenious
2.
For me, the biggest
to becoming an astronaut is my poor math skills.
Correct answer obstacle
elapsedYour answer obstacle
3.
I have no idea how much time
Your answer elapsed
since she left—I fell asleep.
Correct answer elapsed
impressive4.
After college, I travelled through Europe, and the most Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Chronologicallything I saw was the Your answer impressive
Correct answer impressive
5.
, which of the following events happened first? Your answer Chronologically
ambitious
Correct answer Chronologically
people I know; he wants to own his own business by 6.
Steve is one of the most the time he's 25.
Your answer ambitious
adolescentCorrect answer ambitious
and thinks everything is a game.
Correct answer adolescent
skip7.
Jack still acts like a(n)
Your answer adolescent
8.
A newspaper reader can select what he is interested in and what he thinks is boring.
Your answer skip
Correct answer skip
impromptu9.
After his plane landed, the prime minister gave a(n) warming.
Your answer
speech about global Correct answer
impromptu impromptu
10. I told my parents I wanted to take a year off before going to college, and my suggestion
surprisingly met with little
resistance.
Correct answer resistance
Your answer resistance
untimely11.
The world was shocked by the
Your answer untimely
defydeath of the young singer.
Correct answer untimely
12.
\
a direct order? You're a soldier now!\
Correct answer defy
disfigured by the fire, but it soon came to represent her Your answer defy
permanently13.
She was
determination to succeed in life.
Your answer permanently
attendanceCorrect answer permanently
in class was down because everyone stayed at home 14.
During the World Cup, to watch television.
Your answer attendance
Correct answer attendance
15.
I had five exams last week—it was like one long,
Your answer continuous
allotcontinuousnightmare.
Correct answer continuous
16.
Normally, we
one vote to each member, but this is a special case.
Correct answer
Your answer
allot allot
17. I can remember feeling very insecure when I was young; I was desperate for my classmates'
acceptance.
Your answer acceptance
Correct answer acceptance
uncertainty
18.
Her final year of school was marked by considerable out what to do next.
Your answer uncertainty
as she tried to figure Correct answer uncertainty
productive19.
I've tried working in the morning, but I find that I'm most
Your answer productive
late at night.
Correct answer productive
impose20.
Ernie is a really decent guy; he would never try to
Your answer impose
his beliefs on someone else.
Correct answer impose
Section B: Complete each sentence with a suitable word.
21.
We don't have the budget to do everything, so I'm afraid your plan will have to go the back burner.
on