第三单元
1. The researcher had a ____ that academic achievement was
linked to culture.
A. suspense B. suspicion C. suspect D. suspicious
2. I would love to go to graduate school but the ____ cost
is too great.
A. finance B. financing C. financier D. financial
3. It is absolutely ____ for children to learn foreign
languages as early as possible.
A. criticism B. critic C. critical D. criticize
4. There is no one I ____ more than Albert Einstein. He's the
reason I began studying physics.
A. revere B. reverent C. reverential D. revel
5. The human brain is capable of ____ thought, making us
entirely different from any other animal on Earth.
A. irrational B. rational C. ration D. rationing
6. Studies have shown that computers are ____ learning tools.
A. effect B. affect C. affective D. effective
7. Shawn's paintings are some of the most ____ I have ever
seen!
A. create B. creative
C. creativity D. creatively
8. Thomas did very well his exam and is taking the ____ level
chemistry class next semester.
A. advised B. advantaged C. advanced D. advertised
9. Young children have a remarkable ability to ____
information they have learned.
A. recall B. reveal C. release D. remain
10. She couldn't concentrate on her test; her mother's ____
in the room was too distracting.
A. presence B. presents C. present D. prescience
11. The ____ of Newton's influence on nearly every field of
science is incredible.
A. extend B. extant C. extent D. extinct
12. He suggested that I ____ my lecture notes to the computer.
A. translate B. transfer C. transform D. transit
13. Galileo was heavily criticized because many people thought
his ____ ideas challenged the authority of religion.
A. mundane B. regular C. routine D. radical
14. Please ____ a list of questions to ask the scientist for
an interview.
A. generate
B. general C. generation D. generic
15. Early man discovered that you could ____ sticks together
and make fire from the friction.
A. touch B. rub C. push D. pull
16. How many famous biologists can you ____?
A. exemplify B. horrify C. identify D. intensify
17. Professor Clark's comment only makes sense if you
understand the ____ of the entire lecture.
A. context B. subtext C. pretext