Unit Two Vocabulary Test - يوسف العمري

1. Part Two: Vocabulary & Idiomatic Usage

   Read the following sentences, and choose the correct answer.

   1-Prolonged exposure to blistering heat can give rise to serious health issues, such as heat exhaustion and dehydration.

   The underlined phrase give rise to best mean ___.

   • look a head
   • result from
   • lead to
   • due to

2. 2- The word that describes an imaginary place where life is extremely difficult and many bad things happen is _______.

   • dystopia
   • utopia
   • country
   • toxic

3. 3- Experiments proved that ______ pollute the atmosphere, and that’s why scientists are looking for healthier alternatives.

   • acid rain
   • water scarcity
   • Ozone layer
   • fossil fuels

4. 4- It is common knowledge that ______ happens when areas that are home to animals disappear.

   • climate change
   • wind turbine
   • soil erosion
   • habitat loss

5. 5- Choose the opposite word for the underlined phrase.

   The research team faced sub-zero temperatures as they conducted their experiments in the Arctic.

   • torrential
   • heavy
   • scorching
   • gale-force

6. 6- During the summer, the _____ humidity levels often rise, making the heat feel even more oppressive.

   • high
   • flood
   • soaring
   • heavy

7. 7- Snakes are the ______ predators of rodents, birds, and other reptiles.

   • neutral
   • natural

8. 8- Lama: We have all the documents of the case now.

   Batûl: So, let’s make _______ the most critical issues.

   • a decision over
   • a decision on
   • a point on
   • a point over

9. 9- Yazїd: High Note 4 is a good series, but it has to be customised to our time.

   Umayyah: You’re ______!

   • on the fence
   • grab me
   • wrong track
   • spot on

10. 10- Choose the sentence that expresses ‘indecision’.

    • I’m having great thoughts.
    • I can’t make up my mind.
    • That’s what I was going to say!
    • Okay, shall we go with the other option?

11. 11- Muhammad is worried that some sheep in the enclosure will die because of the freak weather conditions.

    The underlined word is synonymous to ______.

    • concerned
    • banned
    • estimated
    • expressed

12. 12- All sorts of mental and physical health problems can ______ lack of sleep.

    • be due to
    • as a result of
    • result in
    • cause

13. 13- If you don't bring an umbrella, you will get _____ in the heavy rain.

    • viable
    • soaked
    • pressing
    • upward

14. 14- The weather is really weird. It’s ____ cold one minute and then boiling hot the next.

    • blistering
    • pouring
    • contributing
    • freezing

15. 15- Choose the best word that collocates with the following structure.

    One ______ solution to water scarcity is rainwater harvesting.

    • complex
    • workable
    • significant
    • major