VOCABULARY Welcome to your VOCABULARY Name Email Phone 1. I can’t stand people who are always ______ just say what you mean and make it clear! ambiguous stable ambiguity stability 2. Since the 1990’s, the _______of cancer among children has decreased, due to better knowledge on the subject. incidence acquired miracle substantial 3. . I was _______a large export company before I retired three years ago – I am enjoying my new freedom! charge charging in charge of in charging of 4. He _______ a huge amount of money when he sold his farm – now he’s living in a luxurious house in the Bahamas. donated acquired exploited lost 5. . The sailor was not ______to the dangers of the sea, and got into huge difficulty during the storm. biased alert concentrated creative 1 out of 2 6. Choose the appropriate word from the options below to complete each gap according to the context. What are the (41) _______of people getting to do their dream job? Most of us would say very small, right? Well I would disagree with that, and here’s why. Two years ago, I was working in a boring office job, which I hated. As a result, I became really unhappy and my health started to (42) _______. Even though I knew that paying my rent and living expenses would become difficult and a(n) (43) _______if I left my job, I knew I couldn’t stay there. When I told my boss, he was angry and really (44) _______ towards me, but I didn’t care. I walked out of the office and tried to remember the (45) ______ I had of what I wanted to be when I was a child – it was a writer. The next day, I took my laptop to a local café and started writing with (46) ______ - it was great doing something I loved again. One day, I had a chance (47) ______ with a book agent, who asked to read some of my material. With a lot of his (48) ______, he helped me improve my (49) ______ to the topics I wanted to write about, and he told me not to always show (50) ______towards one point of view – in his opinion, giving a balanced opinion is really valuable! Now, I am writing my first book and I hope to publish it next year. You can achieve your dreams! Never give up! 7. 41 disadvantages encounters odds facilities 8. 42 deteriorate increase flourish devastate 9. 43 environment assumption source burden 10. 44 stable hostile practical rational 11. 45 image imagination approach dilemma 12. 46 encouraging fatal moral enthusiasm 13. 47 occasion concept encounter individual 14. 48 guidance obligation reaction conservation 15. 49 approach conflict hurdle trait 16. 50 motive ethics bias conversion 2 out of 2
