Unit 2 Reading

Guess the definition of each word from Unit 2 Reading 1.  

• allure ^[1]
• assume ^[2]
• disclose ^[3]
• distinct ^[4]
• endorse ^[5]
• exaggerated ^[6]
• insight ^[7]
• obsession ^[8]
• put a premium on ^[9]
• resistance ^[10]
• tolerant ^[11]
• transparency ^[12]

Fill in the blanks with one word from below. You may need to change the word form so watch your spelling!

• assume
• allure
• distinct
• endorse
• disclose
• exaggerated
• insight
• obsession
• put a premium on
• resistance
• tolerant
• transparency

1. The new classroom rule of no cell phones allowed was surprisingly met with little ______________[Blank 1].^[37]
2. Many celebrities will publicly __________[Blank 1] a politician hoping to help persuade people and help the politician win votes.^[38]
3. He’s so arrogant. His accomplishments are always _______________[Blank 1].  For example, he said he was a doctor, but he’s actually a nurse.^[39]
4. You didn’t answer your phone so I ___________________[Blank 1] you weren’t home.^[40]
5. She’s not very _______________[Blank 1] of other people’s feelings. She often loses patience if someone gets emotional.^[41]
6. When purchasing products, women often ________________[Blank 1]  colour more than men do.^[42]
7. Pharmaceutical companies must _______________[Blank 1] all the side effects of each medicine.^[43]
8. The teacher gives complete _________________[Blank 1] to his students. He tells them exactly what they need to do to pass, and if they aren’t the reasons are never unclear or confusing.^[44]
9. Having grown up in a small town, there was an ______________[Blank 1]  to the big city of New York and she dreamed of moving there.^[45]
10. His _______________[Blank 1] accent made it obvious he was from eastern Canada.^[46]
11. I explained to my parents why I changed programs so that they could have more _____________[Blank 1]  into my passions and goals.^[47]
12. She has an ______________[Blank 1] with expensive handbags and has started spending too much money on her credit cards because of it.^[48]

Guess the definition of each word:

• activation^[49]
• align^[50]
• broadly speaking^[51]
• counter^[52]
• crave^[53]
• escalate^[54]
• essentially^[55]
• functional^[56]
• impulsive^[57]
• manipulate^[58]
• metric^[59]
• tactic^[60]

Fill in the blanks with one word from below. You may need to change the word form so watch your spelling!

• activation
• align
• broadly speaking
• counter
• crave
• escalate
• essentially
• functional
• impulsive
• manipulate
• metric
• tactic

1. I always ____________[Blank 1] chocolate when I’m studying intensively. Maybe my brain needs the sugar and energy.^[85]
2. Becoming successful at the English language ______________[Blank 1] means living in English all the time.^[86]
3. I want my cell phone to not just be ___________[Blank 1] but I want it to be white because I think the white ones are the prettiest.^[87]
4. The tensions between the two countries at the border are beginning to ______________[Blank 1] but we want to try and avoid a full out war.^[88]
5. The desks were perfectly _____________[Blank 1] in rows.^[89]
6. You can’t use the new credit card without ______________[Blank 1] by calling the company and confirming your identity and password.^[90]
7. _______________[Blank 1], don’t you think women drivers are better than men?^[91]
8. She was such a good arguer and made so many good points, I couldn’t really ______________[Blank 1] them.  She convinced me.^[92]
9. He was such a good liar.  He could _____________[Blank 1] people so easily into lending him money and investing in his ideas.^[93]
10. Her _______________[Blank 1] spending became a real problem when she received her credit card bill at the end of the month.  She just couldn’t stop herself.^[94]
11. The grading _____________[Blank 1] in our program is percentage.^[95]
12. A ______________[Blank 1] the students used to manipulate the teacher was to tell her they were too stressed and busy to do homework so that the teacher took pity on them and gave them the answers anyway.^[96]