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C1 Reading and Use of English Part 1 (Game 1)

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  • Online traders must also adjust. Amazon, for one, is ______ turning from being primarily a bookseller to the go to shop for everything.
    rapidly
    secretly
    unreasonably
    mistakenly
  • Many separate fires ______ in the humus of the forest floor.
    smouldered
    sank
    extinguished
    engulfed
  • Online shoppers now read not only the sales _______ but also reviews from previous purchasers.
    bubble
    blurb
    blare
    message
  • The 1,904-seat Venetian-style Hershey Community Theater has played _________ since 1933 to touring Broadway shows and to music, dance, and opera performances.
    host
    housing
    hosting
    homogeneously
  • Historically, the weather has ________ as harsh a chord in people's lives as any we feel today.
    punched
    pinched
    played
    struck
  • In October 2003, NEFF _______ financing at a highly competitive rate and purchased the property.
    tightened
    possessed
    attached
    secured
  • The most effective way to feel wealthy may not be to try to make more money. It can be to ______ ourselves - practically and emotionally
    single
    dispute
    distance
    vary
  • The elaborate system of pagan worship, expressed in chants, sacrifices, sand painting, and dances, make the Navajo ______ very religious.
    assume
    apply
    appear
    arise
  • Most of the new buildings were strikingly ________.
    opulent
    impoverished
    poor
    unattractive
  • French immigrants came in from Francophone ________ like San Domingue.
    colonies
    industries
    pasts
    continents
  • The Navajo believe in a hereafter ______ of a life of happiness with the people of the lower worlds.
    containing
    blending
    incorporating
    consisting
  • Slavery was not the only _______ of life in New Orleans that would have been unfamiliar to men like Captain Amos Stoddard.
    look
    aspect
    view
    position
  • These suggestions will save you a ________ amount of money on petrol.
    negotiable
    measurable
    negligible
    considerable
  • They are _______ believers in their faith system.
    drastic
    flimsy
    firm
    obstinate
  • The ocean is capable of removing carbon, and quickly, but this natural _____ can be too much.
    bulk
    competence
    capacity
    intelligence
  • The town has protected significant acreage at Long Lake Park and along the _______ of Long Lake across from the Prouty property.
    shore
    verge
    coast
    hem
  • It seems the Earth's climate passes a _______ beyond which climate change accelerates with the help of positive feedbacks - vicious circles of warming.
    perimeter
    threshold
    verge
    barricade
  • Zachos is a leading ______ on the episode of global warming known as the palaeocene-eocene thermal maximum.
    administrator
    authority
    proprietor
    autocrat
  • If customers are disappointed, a few _____ of the mouse will take them to places where they can let the world know.
    clicks
    taps
    prods
    clucks
  • The paper's editor, was ______ by the burning of the telegraph line.
    cut off
    chased
    burnt
    dismissed
  • The arid character of the Navajo Indian´s country forces them to _______ a nomadic life.
    escort
    serve
    hold
    lead
  • Other transformations in the retail business are ______ to follow the trend of Amazon.
    tied
    fastened
    bound
    secured
  • Zachos warned that studies of global warming events in the geological past _______ we are reaching dangerous new levels.
    mark
    compliment
    comment
    indicate
  • Hershey and delivered wages to more than 600 workers. He admitted that his ________, were partly selfish.
    objections
    preoccupation
    intentions
    pretentions
  • It is ________ that over 8,000 people and most of the animals died that day, victims of one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history.
    anticipated
    estimated
    forecast
    predicted
  • In what might _______ readers today as a particularly chilling reminder of the city's previous masters, two pillories stood on Chartres Street.
    present
    instill
    strike
    inspire
  • Thomas Jefferson, the American President, purchased Louisiana and brought about the _______ of control that occurred on December 20.
    ownership
    transfer
    hand-over
    transaction
  • Smoke sometimes ______ the sun, which was often visible only at midday.
    exposed
    burnt
    illuminated
    obscured
  • According to ______, however, responsibility was placed on one slovenly cow who kicked over a lantern in her barn somewhere in the southwest corner of Chicago.
    culture
    tradition
    legend
    phenomenon
  • No matter what the media _______ at us, we must remain realistic in our goals and expectations.
    exploits
    throws
    delivers
    sends
  • Navajos have little of the sullen, reticent disposition ______ to Indians generally, and are cheerful, friendly, hospitable and industrious.
    contributed
    donated
    attributed
    blamed
  • Amazon is swiftly becoming a ______ retailer by letting other companies sell products on its site.
    mass
    block
    lump
    chunk
  • Smarter consumers know which products have a good _______ and which do not.
    resolution
    reputation
    distinction
    opinion
  • 0n September 30, flames came within three miles of the town of Green Bay, _________, 1,200 cords of wood stored at a charcoal kiln.
    damaging
    consuming
    licking
    avoiding
  • A solution to ________ desires and expectations perhaps lies in the recognition that wealth does not involve having many things,
    curving
    spiralling
    coiling
    revolving
  • Though missionaries have lived among the Navajo since the early 1600s, few Navajo have been _______ to Christianity.
    modified
    converted
    exchanged
    confessed
  • James Zachos, a professor in Santa Cruz California, said the speed of the present buildup of greenhouse gases is far greater than during the global warming after the ______ of the dinosaurs.
    demise
    demolition
    detachment
    dementia
  • _________ are some suggestions which could give you some ideas.
    Below
    After
    Coming
    Later
  • By October 4, the smoke was so thick on Green Bay that ships had to use their foghorns and ______ by compass.
    guess
    navigate
    drive
    steer
  • We must not allow ourselves to be _______ into a life of materialism.
    investigated
    quarantined
    brainwashed
    liberated
  • The ocean is capable of removing carbon, and quickly, but this natural process can be easily ______.
    overshadowed
    overstated
    overcharged
    overwhelmed
  • The _____ we have paid for expecting to be so much more than our ancestors is the permanent feeling that we are far from being all we might be.
    fee
    charge
    price
    fund
  • Despite the continued _______ of those early town perks, it wasn't until the Depression that modern Hershey started to take shape.
    resilience
    elasticity
    rigidity
    flexibility
  • The town has purchased a conservation restriction on 85 acres of Prouty Woods Community Forest, further increasing the conservation ________ of this property.
    value
    treasure
    prize
    fee
  • Captain Amos Stoddard, a New Englander became one of the _______ of the new lands.
    slave traders
    governers
    many
    numbers
  • On a yearly _______, the United States is afflicted by numerous natural disasters.
    foundation
    theory
    institution
    basis
  • Pueblo lndians were eventually adopted into the tribe, are responsible for a number of clans. As a ______ there is nothing like a pronounced or a prevailing Navajo type.
    condition
    connection
    sequel
    consequence
  • Valued in ________ of f3 million, the family's generous offer demonstrated their commitment to conserving the property.
    excess
    over
    profit
    extra
  • Drive at a ________ speed on the motorway.
    substantial
    mild
    considerate
    conservative
  • Zachos´ research into the deep ocean _______ suggests at this time that about 4.5 billion tons o{ carbon entered the atmosphere over 10,000 years.
    dusts
    dirt
    sediments
    powder
  • Consider _______ an automobile which gets the best petrol mileage.
    trading
    purchasing
    preferring
    inquiring
  • The arched ceiling is tiled in gold, the tire curtain bears a painting of Venice, and the ceiling is ________ with 88 tiny lightbulbs to recreate a starlit night.
    magnified
    supported
    holed
    studded
  • During America's last Thanksgiving weekend, Amazon's sales of consumer electronics in the United States ________ its book sales for the first time in its history.
    excluded
    receded
    repressed
    exceeded
  • At least the smoke had greatly reduced the mosquito population had been _______ to the respectable citizens.
    frequented
    open
    obnoxious
    ignorant
  • "This will be the same amount of carbon released into the atmosphere from cars and industrial emissions over the next 300 years if present ____ continue", Zachos said.
    trends
    fads
    gadgets
    crazes
  • Instead he _________ a massive building boom that gave rise to the most visited buildings in today's Hershey.
    trusted
    stocked
    accounted
    funded
  • Every time we feel satisfied with what we have, we can be _______ as rich, however little we may actually own.
    counted
    thought
    accounted
    added
  • Far from becoming ______ online shoppers are very demanding.
    competent
    complacent
    compassionate
    dissatisfied
  • There are two ways to make people richer: to give them more money or to _______ their desires.
    restrain
    reassure
    refer
    recline
  • If we have smaller companions next to us, our own size will not ________ us.
    trouble
    console
    brood
    fret
  • New Orleans still _________ in some forms, its odd cultural mix to this day.
    relinquishes
    replaces
    refrains
    retains
  • Stoddard might have been ________ by the odd cultural mix that New Orleans represented.
    humoured
    perplexed
    frightened
    interested
  • The Louisiana Purchase opened a new ________ in American history and closed the old one.
    piece
    paragraph
    book
    chapter
  • Their superstitions, ceremonies and customs are diligently kept alive by an extraordinarily large number of medicine men who ______ a powerful influence among them.
    wield
    hang
    process
    fetch
  • The Navajo women weave the renown Navajo blankets, _______ for their durability, beauty and variety of design.
    notorious
    obscure
    famous
    conspicuous
  • Landvest recognized the opportunity to protect a significant tract of forestland within the rapidly _______ U.S. Route 495 corridor,
    deviating
    developing
    devising
    deriving
  • With the ________ inner foyer, Hershey thumbed his nose even harder at the ravages of the Depression.
    gaudy
    dazzling
    bland
    dizzying
  • Ask yourself every time you ________ to use your car, truck, SUV, or van, "ls this trip really necessary?"
    arrange
    need
    plan
    think
  • Their local chiefs are men of temporary and ill-defined authority, whose power ______ largely upon their personal influence.
    determines
    reckons
    depends
    trusts
  • The Prouty family generously agreed to a bargain sale price in order to preserve the property and avoid a likely ________ war among developers.
    bidding
    proposing
    letting
    summoning
  • As a further _______ of the territory's past governments, the Louisiana State Legislature met in the former palace of the Spanish governors,
    plunder
    reminder
    examination
    reference
  • Hershey was perhaps the only town in the country actually to _______ during the 1930s.
    get on
    prosper
    decline
    flower
  • There can be no ______ that online shopping is of huge benefit to the consumer.
    proposal
    examination
    question
    query
  • Rather than trying to become bigger fish, we should concentrate our energies on ______ around us smaller companions.
    distributing
    loading
    heaping
    gathering
  • Chicago's ´storm‘ of 1871, although _______ to the hurricanes of the southeastern coast, was described by poet John Greenleaf Whittier as a 'fiery hurricane.'
    unrelated
    unaccustomed
    disconnected
    discredited
  • Signs that the city was beginning to heal became ________ everywhere.
    obscure
    concealed
    evident
    notorious
  • 0n September 30 the Marinette reported hopefully that "the fires have nearly _______ now in this vicinity."
    diminished
    increased
    flared
    died out
  • The settlements in the area were becoming increasingly _______ from both the outside world and one another.
    frightened
    isolated
    lonely
    inundated
  • He seems to have _________ no expense.
    spared
    spent
    justified
    allowed
  • The fires seemed to wax and wane, _______ on the wind and chance.
    waiting
    depending
    from
    independent
  • The winds circling it would turn the smoldering forest of northeastern Wisconsin into ______ on earth.
    peace
    paradise
    heaven
    hell
  • A study comparing the rate at which carbon dioxide and methane are being _______ now, 55 has found dramatic differences in the speed of release.
    incorporated
    exhaled
    emitted
    digested
  • Soon new buildings were ________ the burned, and the lifeblood of the ravaged city was beating.
    refurbishing
    designing
    rebuilding
    replacing
  • ________ from Fay Park to Long Lake, the 107-acre Prouty property is a truly unique and significant tract of woodland within minutes of Route 495.
    Stretching
    Multiplying
    Pushing
    Swelling
  • ln 2002, Donald Prouty, former Littleton town Moderator and town counsel ________ .
    gave away
    passed away
    gave over
    passed off
  • Many people are looking for ways to reduce the _________ of higher prices while still doing the driving necessary to their work and other activities.
    occurrence
    burden
    danger
    chance
  • Check the "fuel economy" labels ________ to the windows of new automobiles to find the lowest average estimated miles per gallon.
    selected
    held
    attached
    stretched
  • Galveston, Texas with its over 30,000 citizens in the early 1900s were generally economically successful and comfortable with _______ conditions.
    staying
    existing
    enduring
    remaining
  • The net effect of these societies may be to _______ us because they keep open a permanent gap between what we want and what we can afford.
    enrich
    augment
    redeem
    impoverish
  • The NEFF (New England Forestry Foundation) still needs to ________ £2.2 million to complete the capital campaign.
    elevate
    raise
    promote
    lift
  • Every mile you drive your vehicle will cost you at least an _________ of 36 cents.
    amount
    equivalent
    increase
    average
  • Chicago´s 'fiery hurricane' struck the great city with such ________ that two days later, half of the city had been destroyed and 300 lives lost.
    force
    charisma
    constraint
    stimulus
  • Greenhouse gases are being released into the atmosphere 30 times faster than the time when the Earth experienced a ______ episode of global warming.
    fundamental
    premier
    prearranged
    previous
  • The stores run by Sony and Apple, for instance, are there for people to try out _______ and to ask questions to knowledgeable staff.
    emblems
    schemes
    devices
    tools
  • Only a few years before, he had rejected a proposal for a national bank by _______ that the Constitution didn't empower the US. government to create such an institution.
    registering
    bickering
    demanding
    arguing
  • The floors in the _______ named Grand Lobby are polished Italian lava rock, surrounded by marble walls and capped with a has-relief ceiling showing sheaves of wheat, beehives, and swans.
    seemingly
    aptly
    inappropriately
    frightfully
  • As petrol prices continue to ________, many people are looking for ways to slow the inevitable.
    accelerate
    escalate
    crash
    fly
  • Decrease the number of short trips you make. Short trips _________ reduce petrol mileage.
    exclusively
    intensively
    drastically
    extensively
  • NEFF now provides public _______ throughout the property and educational opportunities at the William A. King Education Center.
    acclaim
    passage
    access
    entrant
  • These disasters provide a(n) _______ of the havoc nature's storms have wrecked on humanity, and our reactions to them.
    ingredient
    scent
    recipe
    flavour