Paramount completes Warner Bros takeover after yearlong fight

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Practice level

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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 meaning best matches “tumultuous” as used in the article?

   1. Highly profitable
   2. Characterized by prolonged disorder, conflict, or intense disruption.
   3. Entirely predictable
   4. Brief and uncomplicated
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   Answer

   Characterized by prolonged disorder, conflict, or intense disruption.

   The word describes a prolonged process marked by conflict and disruption.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which meaning best matches “transaction” as used in the article?

   1. A formal business agreement or exchange, especially involving companies or assets.
   2. An informal public statement
   3. A creative disagreement
   4. A government investigation
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   Answer

   A formal business agreement or exchange, especially involving companies or assets.

   Here, it refers to the formal corporate combination involving two companies.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which meaning best matches “contested” as used in the article?

   1. Widely celebrated
   2. Disputed or opposed by people who do not readily accept its legitimacy or outcome.
   3. Financially profitable
   4. Legally finalized
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   Answer

   Disputed or opposed by people who do not readily accept its legitimacy or outcome.

   The takeover process was disputed rather than smoothly accepted.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which meaning best matches “concentrates” as used in the article?

   1. Spreads influence across competitors
   2. Removes influence from executives
   3. Brings control, influence, or resources together in fewer hands or places.
   4. Transfers ownership to audiences
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   Answer

   Brings control, influence, or resources together in fewer hands or places.

   The deal gathers greater influence among fewer corporate groups.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which meaning best matches “landscape” as used in the article?

   1. A physical studio location
   2. The overall environment or range of conditions in which an activity occurs.
   3. A company’s artistic style
   4. A sequence of contractual steps
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   Answer

   The overall environment or range of conditions in which an activity occurs.

   It denotes the broader industry environment in which companies operate.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which meaning best matches “determine” as used in the article?

   1. To conceal completely
   2. To establish or decisively influence an outcome, result, or course of action.
   3. To postpone indefinitely
   4. To criticize publicly
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   Answer

   To establish or decisively influence an outcome, result, or course of action.

   The context concerns establishing or decisively influencing consequences.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which meaning best matches “pronounced” as used in the article?

   1. Especially noticeable, marked, or clearly expressed.
   2. Privately negotiated
   3. Temporarily suspended
   4. Broadly distributed
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   Answer

   Especially noticeable, marked, or clearly expressed.

   The pattern becomes more noticeable or strongly marked after the deal.

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.

A focused practice result shows how you did on these tasks. Use several activities across skills to decide what to study next; one practice score does not certify an overall CEFR level.

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.