Pennsylvania Reports Third Measles-Related Death in Less Than Three Weeks

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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 “concentrated” as used in the article?

   1. Distributed across unrelated periods
   2. focused within a limited area, period, or group
   3. Explained through extensive evidence
   4. Reduced through preventive intervention
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   Answer

   focused within a limited area, period, or group

   The article uses it to describe fatalities occurring within a limited period.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

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

   1. Deliberate medical interventions
   2. Unresolved transmission patterns
   3. instances in which relevant information has been left out
   4. Official confirmations from authorities
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   Answer

   instances in which relevant information has been left out

   The term refers to relevant information that the announcement leaves out.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

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

   1. Related to legal responsibility
   2. relating to the study of diseases, their causes, and their spread
   3. Related to individual financial circumstances
   4. Related to journalistic style
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   Answer

   relating to the study of diseases, their causes, and their spread

   It concerns disease patterns, causes, and transmission within populations.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

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

   1. Nevertheless
   2. Previously
   3. as a result of something previously stated
   4. For example
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   Answer

   as a result of something previously stated

   It introduces a result that follows from the preceding lack of information.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

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

   1. Already disproved
   2. not yet settled, explained, or answered
   3. Publicly investigated
   4. Medically confirmed
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   Answer

   not yet settled, explained, or answered

   The chronology and relationship among deaths have not yet been settled.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

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

   1. According to a single authority
   2. In a highly concentrated sequence
   3. separately and without relying on the same source or influence
   4. With limited medical detail
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   Answer

   separately and without relying on the same source or influence

   The required information must be verified separately and without relying on one source.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

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

   1. important enough to deserve attention or consideration
   2. Too uncertain to report
   3. Broadly representative of all cases
   4. Entirely explained by available evidence
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   Answer

   important enough to deserve attention or consideration

   The announcement is important despite its deliberately narrow scope.

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.