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ENG 097 Vocabulary Quiz 2 Practice Quiz



True/False
Read the sentence carefully. Decide if the underlined word is correct according to the context of the sentence. If the underlined word is used correctly in the sentence, choose True. If it is not, choose False.
 

 1. 

The comics (cartoons) are featured on the first page in the newspaper.
A.
True
B.
False
 

 2. 

He was able to interpret into Chinese what the man was saying in Chinese.
A.
True
B.
False
 

 3. 

He had learned his principles from his parents.
A.
True
B.
False
 

 4. 

I need to buy only a few items at the Sultan Center.
A.
True
B.
False
 

Word Forms
Choose the correct word form to complete the sentence.
 

 5. 

I don’t agree with the decision made by the ___.
 A.
administration
 C.
administrative
 B.
administer
 D.
administratively
 

 6. 

I had no ___ that she was angry with me.
 A.
indication
 C.
indicative
 B.
indicate
 D.
indicatively
 

 7. 

It doesn’t matter if parents are strict or lenient as long as they are ___.
 A.
consistency
 C.
consistent
 B.
consist
 D.
consistently
 

 8. 

I cannot ___ on him coming on time.
 A.
reliance
 C.
reliant
 B.
rely
 

Completion
Complete each sentence with a word from the list. No changes need to be made to the words. One word from each group will not be used.
 
 
A.
complex
D.
previous
B.
distinction
E.
resources
C.
economic
 

 9. 

The ___ between differing opinions is often based on eiither the desire to use resources for economic gain or on the desire to conserve the resources for the good of generations to come.
 

 10. 

How should a country’s natural ___ be used?
 

 11. 

This is a ___ problem because government officials and citizens often have different opinions.
 

 12. 

In ___ times, it seemed that trees, oil, water, and animals would always be plentiful.
 

 13. 

Should our resources be used for ___ gain?
 
 
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A.
administration
D.
interpretation
B.
indicates
E.
legal
C.
items
 

 14. 

Our company exports ___ items such as wood, oil, and beef.
 

 15. 

Stealing from someone is not ___.
 

 16. 

They rely on these exports to sustain their governments, which support the ___ of basic services to the community.
 

 17. 

Their government’s ___ of the problem is simple.
 

 18. 

Some research ___ that this is not true.
 
 
Matching Definitions
Match each definition with a word from the list.
A.
authority
D.
consistent
B.
complex
E.
specific
C.
computer
 

 19. 

complicated
 

 20. 

in accord with, repeated in the same way
 

 21. 

control of business, management
 

 22. 

exact, definite, unique
 

 23. 

an electronic device that stores and processes information
 



 
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