Vocabulary

review
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THE BOARD
1. At that time, Wake County schools
were dealing with 5 COVID clusters and
1,500 ________ jobs.
A. potential
B. vacant
C. affordable
D. contemporary
1. At that time, Wake County schools
were dealing with 5 COVID clusters and
1,500 ________ jobs.
A. potential
B. vacant = open/ unfilled
C. affordable
D. contemporary
2. “Who questions much, shall learn
much, and ________ much.”

A. commit
B. convey
C. extend
D. retain
2. “Who questions much, shall learn
much, and ________ much.”

A. commit
B. convey
C. extend
D. retain = remember
3. Apple has ________ by relying on
Chinese companies as part of its supply
chain.
A. prospered
B. devoted
C. withdrawn
D. fluctuated
3. Apple has ________ by relying on
Chinese companies as part of its supply
chain.
A. prospered = do well/ be successful
B. devoted
C. withdrawn
D. fluctuated
4. “When you have ________ the
impossible, whatever remains, however
improbable, must be the truth.”
A. maintained
B. recovered
C. accumulated
D. eliminated
4. “When you have ________ the
impossible, whatever remains, however
improbable, must be the truth.”
A. maintained
B. recovered
C. accumulated
D. eliminated = remove/rule out/take out
5. Public Universities in the US are ____ by
the State and funded through the tax and
subsidies collected from their citizens.

A. practiced
B. regulated
C. guaranteed
D. associated
5. Public Universities in the US are _______
by the State and funded through the tax and
subsidies collected from their citizens.

A. practiced
B. regulated = control/oversee/run
C. guaranteed
D. associated
6. The highly competitive pricing makes
Facebook Ads a very appealing _______ for
small businesses and companies with limited
resources.
A. transition
B. criterion
C. proposition
D. facility
6. The highly competitive pricing makes
Facebook Ads a very appealing _______ for
small businesses and companies with limited
resources.
A. transition
B. criterion
C. proposition = proposal/scheme/plan
D. facility
7. In the final half-decade of the Vietnam War, the
military faced the widest and deepest wave of
soldiers’ _______ and disobedience in decades.

A. dissent
B. depart
C. decline
D. detention
7. In the final half-decade of the Vietnam War, the
military faced the widest and deepest wave of
soldiers’ _______ and disobedience in decades.

A. dissent = objection/protest
B. depart
C. decline
D. detention
8. TikTok has _______ since lockdown began
and recently passed the 2 billion downloads
mark.

A. boasted
B. prompted
C. surged
D. thrived
8. TikTok has _______ since lockdown began
and recently passed the 2 billion downloads
mark.

A. boasted
B. prompted
C. surged
D. thrived = grow/prosper
9. Temperature is a key driver of
_______ of mosquito-borne diseases.

A. prompt
B. stimulation
C. transmission
D. incentive
9. Temperature is a key driver of
_______ of mosquito-borne diseases.

A. prompt
B. stimulation
C. transmission = spread
D. incentive
10. Plastic face shields do not provide
adequate protection from COVID-19 when used
by themselves as a(n) _______ to cloth face
masks.
A. extension
B. barrier
C. component
D. alternative
10. Plastic face shields do not provide
adequate protection from COVID-19 when used
by themselves as a(n) _______ to cloth face
masks.
A. extension
B. barrier
C. component
D. alternative = replacement
 10 minutes

Break time
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Ielts reading
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Summary: first paragraph
 much the same size as

noun
 much the same size as

sheep
a kind of animal/prey

noun
shellfish
a body part

noun
(sharp) beak
noun
rock
noun
school
 QUESTIONS TYPES READING SKILLS

Matching headings Skimming

True/False/Not given Scanning

Summary completion Skimming → Scanning

Multiple choices Scanning

Completing diagrams/ charts/ tables Scanning

 TIPS AND STRATEGIES
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