E x e r c i s e
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Choose the one that is similar in meaning to the given word.
b. enough
1. adequate
a. smart
2. facilitate
a. to make easier
b. to do first
3.
elaborate
a. beautiful
4. dilemma
a. two parts
5. inflate
a. to fill with air
6. innate
a. strong
7. saturated
a. wet
8. pouch
a. a costume
9. nausea
a. improvement
10. fleet
a. shipbuilder
E x e r c i s e 4
b. small
b.
contradiction
b. to enter
b. natural
b. likely
b. an animal
b. strength
b.
structure
c. new
c. to try once
c. detailed
c. problem
c. to put away
c. evil
c. uncommon
c.
a bag
c. lost
c. group
d. safe
d. to find out
d. welcoming
d. rescue
d. to utilize
d. full
d. unable to change
d.
a part
d. sickness
d. underwater
Write C if the italicized word is used correctly. Write I if the word is used incorrectly.
1.
The
cardboard box was made from a tough metal.
_The man had an
acquisition for being mean to the people that he met.
3.
.The man helped the old woman
infer the large object on the shelf.
4.
We used the
grid on the map to help us locate the museum.
. The painting was
elaborate. The artist paid attention to every detail.
The
Big Ship
I
I
Ernest looked at his
fleet of ships. Usually, he used them for his firm, which
imported
marble statues from other countries. But today he was going fishing. And the ship he chose
was his favorite. It had an
elaborate painting on the side that showed a
naval battle. It also
had some new
updates to its computer system. His favorite ship’s latest
acquisition was a
device with
a small grid to show the ship’s exact location. This new
accessory kept Ernest
from getting lost.
At daybreak, Ernest happily sailed the temperate waters until he was far from land. Then
he saw a small boat in the distance. There was an old man standing next to its
mast. He was
waving his arms in the air. There was also a boy with his head hanging over the boat’s edge.
Ernest
inferred that the boy was suffering from
nausea. Both of their clothes were
saturated
with sea water. Ernest assumed that they were in trouble. Most people never realized, but
Ernest had an
innate desire to help people. He began sailing toward them, eager to
facilitate
their rescue and thus solve their
dilemma.
As he got closer to the boat, he was shocked by its simplicity. The boat’s wood
looked
no stronger than
cardboard, and the equipment was old. Still, there were several large fish
in a
pouch in the boat.
Ernest threw a large package onto the boat. He yelled, “Here! You can
inflate this boat to
get you back to land.”
“Get out of here!” screamed the old man.
Ernest was confused. “Don’t you need help?” he asked. “Your ship doesn’t seem
adequate
enough to sail so far away from land.”
“You’ve just scared away a huge fish,” the boy said. “We waved to let you know you were
too close to us.”
Ernest turned around and headed home. He learned that it’s better not to help unless asked
to. Otherwise, you might not help anyone at all.