Lesson Five

A: Vocabulary    

1. Her           …         dream became a reality when she entered the medical school.

a. childhood          b. apprentice         c. vacation             d. poverty

2. Pollution has reached high levels in most         …       areas.

a. adult                  b. urban                c. economical        d. developmental

3. A: "Did you visit my website?"        B: "No, I thought it's still under        …               ."

a. function             b. construction      c. vacation             d. electrician

4. The number of people out of work has made the government take action to      …     more job losses.

a. prefer                b. prepare              c. provide              d. prevent

5. People in rural areas depend on           …         for most of their income.

a. union                 b. trade                 c. poverty              d. agriculture

6. The fear is that this heavy rain may        …        into a big flood.

a. develop             b. face                   c. create                d. follow

7. Making a lot of money is         …          to us- the only important thing is to make the book available to the largest possible audience.  

a. developmental    b. irrelevant           c. domestic           d. international

8. His father works for a company that           …       car parts.

a. encourages        b. follows              c. earns                 d. manufactures

9. A: "How do those terrorists provide money?"  B: "Perhaps by        …        banks."

a. supporting         b. trading               c. robbing             d. stopping

10. In 1991 almost 36 million Americans were living below the        …        line.

a. production         b. emotion             c. poverty              d. labor

11. The police searched the house from top to bottom, but they found no sign of the stolen   …                .

a. unions               b. services             c. labors                d. goods

12. His father is a worker and they live in one of those tiny          …        houses behind the factory.

a. form                  b. brick                 c. carpet                d. tool

13. Pollution is still an unimportant           …         compared to the other problems that we're facing.

a. strategy              b. business            c. issue                  d. individual

14. Her relationship isn't good with her father, but she is very         …         to her mother.

a. quiet                  b. social                c. close                 d. talkative

15. Their youngest child is at the stage where she can say        …       words but not full sentences.

a. international       b. industrial           c. efficient             d. individual

16. Most of the children         …        from going to school will have a poor life in future.

a. supported                    b. prevented                    c. introduced                   d. disagreed

17. The film is about his         …        life, but it keeps jumping back to when he was a child.

a. industrial            b. adult                  c. irrelevant            d. developmental

18. A: "Do you have any job experience?"   B: "Yes, I worked as a / an         …        electrician for 18 months."

a. buyer                 b. laborer              c. apprentice                   d. employer

19. His decision was made on the        …         of incorrect information.

a. basis                  b. income              c. practice             d. production

20. His mother's death when he was aged six had a / an         …         effect on him.

a. extreme              b. irrelevant           c. appropriate        d. close

21. In most cases, it's the        …         of poverty that makes parents sent their children to work.

a. plan                   b. strategy             c. production         d. pressure

22. The choice depends on how much money you're         …       to spend.

a. handling             b. preparing                    c. willing                d. estimating

23. My family has always         …       me in whatever I have wanted to do.

a. hired                  b. estimated                    c. employed                    d. supported

24. The first mobile phones were heavy to use, but nowadays they are much easier to       …             .

a. rob                              b. prepare              c. guarantee           d. handle