IMF-World Bank Meetings Examine Global Risks and AI’s Potential Benefits

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Practice level

C1. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.

Question formats

Single choice

How to approach this practice

Use the surrounding sentence to identify the meaning and word form needed. Check which words naturally go together.

1. Question 1 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best defines “safeguards” as used in the article?

   1. Measures designed to prevent harm, misuse, or undesirable outcomes
   2. Predictions about future technological markets
   3. Systems that generate artificial content
   4. Arguments opposing international cooperation
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   Answer

   Measures designed to prevent harm, misuse, or undesirable outcomes

   Safeguards are preventive measures intended to reduce harm or misuse.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best defines “innovation” as used in the article?

   1. The restriction of experimental technologies
   2. The development or introduction of new ideas, methods, or technologies
   3. The supervision of automated decisions
   4. The measurement of economic inequality
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   Answer

   The development or introduction of new ideas, methods, or technologies

   Innovation involves introducing new ideas, methods, or technologies.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best defines “malfunction” as used in the article?

   1. A successful technological breakthrough
   2. A formal regulatory requirement
   3. A failure to operate correctly or as intended
   4. A disagreement between institutions
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   Answer

   A failure to operate correctly or as intended

   A malfunction occurs when something fails to operate as intended.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best defines “deployed” as used in the article?

   1. Put into practical use or operation
   2. Removed from public discussion
   3. Tested only in theoretical settings
   4. Designed without institutional approval
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   Answer

   Put into practical use or operation

   Deployed systems have been placed into practical operation.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best defines “accountability” as used in the article?

   1. The rapid expansion of technological capacity
   2. Responsibility for actions, decisions, and their consequences
   3. The ability to process large quantities of information
   4. The distribution of benefits among institutions
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   Answer

   Responsibility for actions, decisions, and their consequences

   Accountability means accepting responsibility for actions and their effects.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best defines “oversight” as used in the article?

   1. careful supervision intended to ensure that actions remain responsible and compliant
   2. A temporary failure in a computer system
   3. An unexpected advantage of automation
   4. A strategy for accelerating technological change
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   Answer

   careful supervision intended to ensure that actions remain responsible and compliant

   Oversight is supervision intended to keep actions responsible and compliant.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best defines “consequences” as used in the article?

   1. Methods for recognizing patterns
   2. Results or effects that follow from an action or situation
   3. Barriers preventing technological development
   4. Institutions responsible for international lending
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   Answer

   Results or effects that follow from an action or situation

   Consequences are results or effects that follow actions or situations.

What to review next

Keep a short list of unfamiliar words with their meanings and example sentences. Practise recalling them later, then use them in a sentence of your own.

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Before you practise: a worked example

Read the whole sentence before choosing a word. Check both its meaning and the words it naturally combines with.

Please make an appointment before visiting the clinic.

Make an appointment is a natural word combination. Knowing a dictionary meaning alone may not tell you which verb fits.

This teaching example is separate from the scored questions. After your test, compare any mistakes with the explanation and revisit the topic before trying again.