Academic Words in Context
RI.5.4
NameDate
Tick the right meaning.
1.She kept meticulous notes of every measurement. What does "meticulous" mean here?
- A.extremely brief
- B.extremely careful about detail
- C.very cheerful
- D.careless and rushed
2.Farmers anticipate the first frost each autumn. What does "anticipate" mean here?
- A.to expect something before it happens
- B.to describe afterwards
- C.to measure exactly
- D.to forget entirely
3.The committee reached a consensus after two hours. What does "consensus" mean here?
- A.a formal complaint
- B.a sharp disagreement
- C.a written record
- D.general agreement among a group
4.The instruction was ambiguous, so half the class did it differently. What does "ambiguous" mean here?
- A.able to be understood in more than one way
- B.recently written
- C.perfectly clear
- D.extremely long
5.Adverse weather delayed the launch by a week. What does "adverse" mean here?
- A.unfavourable; working against you
- B.helpful and favourable
- C.long expected
- D.completely neutral
6.The two species have a reciprocal relationship. What does "reciprocal" mean here?
- A.lasting a short time
- B.going one way only
- C.given and received in return
- D.happening by accident
7.Scientists scrutinise the data before publishing it. What does "scrutinise" mean here?
- A.to throw away
- B.to copy out
- C.to examine very closely
- D.to glance at briefly
8.The arduous climb took them nine hours. What does "arduous" mean here?
- A.requiring no effort
- B.needing a lot of hard effort
- C.extremely short
- D.very entertaining
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