Vocab Quiz

The Honda Soichiro Story Chapter 1

Ms. Lee
August 23rd, 2013
TOEFL iBT Foundation
Name:
Part 1: Definitions
Write the definitions of the following words either in English or in Japanese.
words definitions words definitions
equipment beloved
recovery bother
heir entrepreneur
apprentice transport
linger predecessor
Part 2: Word Fuse
Instructions: Draw a line between each fragment in the left column and one fragment in the
right column to create a word.
inter

vate
conscrip

gret
confi

mantle
capti

fere
trans

port
dis

tion
ridicu

easy
re

ment
un

dent
predica

lous
Part 3: Fill-Ins
Instructions: Fill in the blank in each sentence below with one of the words from the
following list.
manufacture, tributary, oblivious, predicament, mull, enormous, recovery, occur, precious,
undergo
1. I am sometimes to what is happening around me when Im watching a
movie.
2. Automobile companies cars.
3. She loves shopping. She usually spends an amount of money.
4. Since 3.11, Japan has been ing a lot of social and political changes.
5. Marie made a such great since the car accident. She got so much better!
6. The Honda company was in such a . It was not able to pay its employees
because they run out of money.
7. I was very curious about how engines work, so I started over the
mechanism.
8. I love my family so much. Theyre to me.
9. The two rivers become one big river. These two small rivers are called .
10. The Hanshin earthquake ed during the day.
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Part 4: Word Scramble
Instructions: unscramble each of the following words. Use the hints below as needed.
1)
A N R A I C T O E P P I
2)
T P E R E M
3)
J E O Y D R V E O
4)
C A L E R D E
5)
R C R E Y E O V
6)
R C O P V N I E
7)
R N G L I E
8)
B O U V S L I O I
9)
R H I E
10)
E U S Y A N

hints:
1) deep understanding of something
2) a persons state of mind
3) extremely happy
4) to announce
5) progress made after being destroyed
6) state/ prefecture
7) to remain for a long time
8) blind to outside things
9) a person who inherits things
10) feeling uncomfortable
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Part 5: Matching
Draw a line between words that have the same meaning.
fierce

sad happenings
heir

intervene
transport

to get smaller by number
confident

try to tell somebody that

something is right
interfere

mandatory obligation to join the

military
persuade

move something
decline

inheriter
timid

certain about ones ability
conscription

aggressive
tragedy

frightened
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