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    English tuition (16 March 2011)

    Practice your vocabulary!

    Exercise A: Fill in the right word. You may change the word form. The words may be repeated.

    Smuggle Unfounded Accede Attempt


    Adversity Quash Routine Stale
    Don Vintage Precaution Oblivious

    1. Charles was so focused on his work that he was __________________ to the pitiful cries of his
    baby girl in the bedroom.

    2. The children staying in the refugee camps had to live on ____________ bread while they
    waited for fresh supplies of food and water.

    3. Frustrated by the ____________ news on the radio, Tom decided to search for the latest
    updates on the earthquake on the internet.

    4. How could you be _______________ to your brother’s struggles? He has lost his home in the

    earthquake but is facing the ______________ with courage. You should lend him a helping
    hand.

    5. She ____________ her most expensive gown, complete with an elegant pearl necklace, for the
    charity ball last night.

    6. In the troubled capital of Libya, troops were sent in to _____________ the rebellion.

    7. “Take some extra medicine for ________________,” Mrs. Sung told her daughter who was
    going away on a long trip to France.

    8. Our fears about the weather proved totally ______________ – look at how sunny it is! Not a
    single drop of rain.

    9. Grandma gets upset if we change her __________________. She is very used to her lifestyle
    and doesn’t wish to move to a new environment.

    10. The job at the supermarket will be easier once you settle into a _____________. Don’t give up!

    11. In a desperate ________________ to prevent a meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear reactor,


    plant operators injected seawater into the reactor to cool it down.

    Exercise B.1: Fill in a word or phrase with the opposite meaning

    1. Oblivious: ______________________
    2. Unfounded: ______________________
    3. Vintage: ______________________
    4. Accede: ______________________
    5. Routine: ______________________
    6. Counterfeit: ______________________

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    English tuition (16 March 2011)

    Exercise B.2: Fill in a word or phrase with a similar meaning

    1. Don: ______________________
    2. Routine: ______________________
    3. Epidemic: ______________________
    4. Precaution: ______________________
    5. Adversity: ______________________
    6. Attempt: ______________________

    Exercise C: Complete the sentences in your own words, using the vocabulary given. You may
    change the word form.

    1. Despite our repeated pleas, ___________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________________(accede).

    2. In contrast to
    _________________________________________________________(epidemic), the situation
    is still under control in the neighbouring countries.

    3. _________________________________________________________________(attempt) and

    refused to give up, whereas______________________________________________________.

    4. Although Michael was reluctant to cancel the trip, he _________________________________

    ___________________________________________________(caution/ precaution).

    5. “I don’t want to ________________________________________________(routine),” Natasha

    said in a tired and frustrated voice. “I want


    to_______________________________________.”

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    Exercise D: Write the correct form of the word.

    1. Mr. Prakesh is a _______________(retire) doctor. Now in his seventies, he still joins the
    Doctors without Borders team on humanitarian missions to disaster-hit areas.

    2. After his _______________(retire), Grandpa felt a sudden loss of identity as he was no


    longer a part of the tight-knit organization where he had worked for thirty years.

    3. In many countries, drug ________________(smuggle) carries a severe penalty.

    4. The tiny fishing village was bulldozed into ______________(oblivious) to make way for the
    airport.

    5. You should keep the cookies in an airtight container to prevent _______________(stale).

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