Pretest 4A -- Academic Words IV -- framework, constant, criteria, emphasis, philosophy, equate, element, institute, tradition, adequate, approximate, attribute, hence, concentrate, confer  contrast, despite, dimension, emerge, promote

1. If you look very carefully at the story, the theme will ____________. a) attribute  b) emerge  c) hence  d) approximate  e) promote




2. The plot of a story is like the ______________. All the other parts of the story should be built on it.  a) tradition  b) dimension  c) institute  d) framework  e) criteria




3. What are your ______________ for a good book? Suspense? Action?  Good characters?  a) emphasis  b) tradition  c) confer  d) contrast  e) criteria




4. With all the changes in her life, the one ________________ was her friend Sydney, who was always there for her.  a) promote  b) element  c) constant  d) attribute   e) concentrate




5. He has many fine _______________(s), but he is also rather lazy.  a) attribute  b) hence  c) tradition  d) emphasis  e) institute




6. Time is sometimes referred to as the fourth ________________.  a) emerge  b) philosophy  c) element  d) criteria  e) dimension




7. He tried to live his life by the _______________ of the so-called "Golden Rule."  a) confer  b) framework  c) emphasis  d) philosophy  e) dimension




8. Beer commercials try to _________________ drinking their brand of beer with being sophisticated and sexy. a) equate  b) concentrate  c) emphasis  d) hence  e) promote




9. The airline investigators tried to ____________________ the cause of the crash from the wreckage, but they could never be sure exactly what happened.  a) concentrate  b) approximate  c)  adequate  d) contrast  e) emerge




10. Mr. McCheese's style _________________(s) sharply with that of Mrs. ElQueso. He  never lets us jabber like that.  a) emerge  b) promote  c) contrast  d) despite  e) emphasis




11. The Red Cross volunteers decided to _____________________ their efforts on the worst-hit areas first.  a) framework  b) institute  c) hence  d) confer  e) concentrate




12. After the disputed call, the referees all _________________(ed), and they finally decided the play would stand.  a) emerge  b) despite  c) promote  d) confer  e) concentrate




13. Sometimes, ______________ our best efforts, things still go wrong.  a) despite  b) contrast  c) equate  d) confer  e) concentrate




14. Television commercials often __________________ terrible eating habits.  a) equate  b) emerge  c) criteria  d) promote  e) element




15. Mr. Coward _________________(ed) a new fine of a dollar for failing to bring your homework.  a) adequate  b) emerge  c) institute  d) emphasis  e) tradition




16. The ancients believed that there were only four ______________(s) that made up all of nature; fire, water, air, and earth.  a) philosophy   b) element   c) dimension  d) criteria  e) tradition




17. The tea ceremony was a __________________ handed down through his family for generations.  a) philosophy  b) criteria  c) tradition  d) framework  e) institute




18. After Christmas break, this class will feature an increased _______________ on writing.  a) philosophy  b) emphasis  c) element  d) criteria  e) dimension




19. Ouch! From the looks of the grade, it doesn't look like you did  ______________ preparation for the test. a) framework  b) emphasis c) adequate  d) tradition  e) concentrate




20. "He always had to get his two-bits' worth in. _____________ his name."  a) attribute  b) criteria  c) approximate  d) hence  e) tradition

 

Vocabulary. solace, permeate, languid, frazzle, dejected, meticulous, assuage, assimilate, petulant, admonish

1. The man finally ________(ed) his intense thirst with a drink from the fountain. POS:____  Synonym:
2. When the little girl gets tired, she gets ____________, and pouts about everything.   POS:____  Synonym:
3. The smell of brownies __________ the house.   POS:____  Synonym:
4. My dad gently __________ me when he arrived home to find I still had not cleaned my room.   POS:____  Synonym:
5. After he missed the tying field goal, the kicker was ___________. He was depressed for days.   POS:____  Synonym:
6. The Korean boy tried to __________ into the new culture.  POS:____  Synonym:
7. Whenever she was down about something, she always seemed to find __________ in her music. It always made her feel better.  POS:____  Synonym:
8. The model was _____________(ly) built, with every detail exactly like the original.   POS:____  Synonym:
9. Having four kids to watch out for, my mom was always ________(ed) by the end of the day.   POS:____  Synonym:
10. Because my sister had been ill for so long, she was very ________ and unmotivated.  POS:____  Synonym: