Pretest #2A -- Academic Words 2.
    The guest teacher's 1)_____________ [a) conduct  b) authority  c) concept  d) approach  e) complex] to teaching didn't really work for this class.  First of all, the class didn't have much 2)__________ [a) significant  b) structure  c) feature  d) factor  e) aspect] or routine.  His style seemed to 3)______________ [a) consist  b) involve  c) authority  d) occur  e) require] of telling random stories; for example, about the time he was "jacked" by thugs, and explaining 4)_____________(s) [a) feature  b) conduct  c) available  d) concept  e) involve] that we already understood. Secondly, he wasted a 5)______________ [a) involve  b) significant  c) method  d) approach  e) complex] amount of time demonstrating his "superpower" of  learning all of our names. That was somewhat impressive, but I didn't really see the 6)______________ [a) positive  b) benefit  c) factor  d) available  e) require] of using almost half an hour of class time for it. He even made us sing some gospel song that 7)___________(ed) [a) feature  b) evidence  c) context  d) approach  e) factor] cheese as its main topic.
    He also didn't show much 8)_______________ [a) consist  b) authority  c) benefit  d) positive  e) evidence] or classroom management. For example, he didn't stop misbehavior when it 9)_______________(ed) [a) aspect  b) method  c) occur  d) significant  e) concept], and didn't have a 10)________________ [a) aspect  b) method  c) occur  d) significant  e) concept] for 11)_______________(ing) [a) require  b) method  c) authority  d) significant  e) context] us to pay attention.  He didn't use the help that was 12)_____________ [a) context  b) evidence  c) positive  d) involve  e) available], and I didn't see any 13)_____________ [a) context  b) evidence  c) positive  d) involve  e) available] that he was following Mr. Coward's lesson plan.
     However, there were some good 14)________________(s) [a) consist  b) authority  c) authority  d) positive  e) aspect] to his teaching.  First, she was funny. Even though his stories didn't have much to do with English, they were funny. For example, one story 15)_______________(ed) [a) consist  b) involve  c) authority  d) concept  e) aspect] his friend breaking a window, while trying to kill a spider with his shoe. Secondly, he was friendly, and treated everyone with respect. If you gave a wrong answer, he still gave you some sort of 16)_________________ [a) consist  b) complex  c) authority  d) positive  e) aspect] response, like "That's close, but..."  Lastly, if you were paying attention, he did a good job of explaining 17)______________ [a) context  b) authority  c) complex  d) positive  e) aspect] vocabulary word definitions by giving examples and what  18)_______________ [a) context  b) authority  c) complex  d) positive  e) aspect]  to use them in.
     In conclusion, though, the negative 19)_________________(s) [a) context  b) factor  c) positive  d) involve  e) available] outweighed the positive ones. Even though he was friendly and funny, she talked too much, wasted too much time, and didn't 20)_____________ class like he was in charge. [a) conduct  b) authority  c) concept  d) approach  e) complex
Vocabulary. grimace, delinquent (n/adj), circumvent, reminisce, juvenile (adj), siege, defunct, delirious, premonition, exploit (n/v)
  1. I was two weeks ___________ on my phone bill.  Synonym:
  2. Dally likes to find ways to ____________ the law.  Synonym:
  3. Two-Bit told Pony about one of his ______(s) while Pony did the dishes.   Synonym:
  4. The quarterback _________(ed) every weakness in the defense, and threw for 5 touchdowns.   Synonym:
  5. (2) Most people see greasers as  __________     ____________(s).  Synonym:
  6. Grandpa Simpson likes to ___________ about his days as a soldier.  Synonym:
  7. He was a bit _____________ after he got hit in the head during the rumble.  Synonym:
  8. He __________(ed) when he whacked his thumb.   Synonym:
  9. The company that made that toy is now ___________.   Synonym:
  10. The trapped soldiers had been under ___________ for days, and were running out of supplies.  Synonym:
  11. Ponyboy has a _________ at the end of chapter 4 that something bad might happen.  Synonym:
  12. Some people see comic books as being very ____________, and not real adult literature.  Synonym:
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