Chiricahua National Monument Becomes America’s 64th National Park

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Practice level

C2. 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 meaning best matches “designation” as used in the article?

   1. An official title or classification conferred on a person, place, or institution.
   2. A temporary route selected by visitors
   3. A physical boundary surrounding a mountain
   4. A private agreement between organizations
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   Answer

   An official title or classification conferred on a person, place, or institution.

   Here, designation means an official status or classification.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

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

   1. A measurement of vertical distance above sea level
   2. The act of raising something to a higher rank, status, or position.
   3. A gradual decline in public recognition
   4. A technical survey of mountain slopes
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   Answer

   The act of raising something to a higher rank, status, or position.

   Here, elevation denotes advancement to a higher institutional status.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

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

   1. Located beneath the surrounding terrain
   2. Important, widely recognized, or conspicuously distinguished within a particular group or context.
   3. Protected only by local regulations
   4. Recently discovered by scientific researchers
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   Answer

   Important, widely recognized, or conspicuously distinguished within a particular group or context.

   The word describes a group with notable national importance.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

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

   1. Ideas, feelings, or cultural connections conventionally linked with something.
   2. Formal organizations governing public lands
   3. Physical links between mountain ranges
   4. Arguments exchanged during negotiations
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   Answer

   Ideas, feelings, or cultural connections conventionally linked with something.

   The term refers to ideas or cultural connections linked with names.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

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

   1. Precisely measured using geographical instruments
   2. Powerfully suggestive of particular images, emotions, memories, or ideas.
   3. Legally protected from public access
   4. Unrelated to surrounding environmental conditions
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   Answer

   Powerfully suggestive of particular images, emotions, memories, or ideas.

   The phrase strongly suggests images of distinctive elevated landscapes.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

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

   1. The coordinated effort of people or groups pursuing a shared objective.
   2. Competition between neighboring jurisdictions
   3. A unilateral change in administrative policy
   4. A symbolic disagreement over terminology
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   Answer

   The coordinated effort of people or groups pursuing a shared objective.

   It denotes coordinated effort across political lines toward a shared outcome.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

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

   1. Concerned with the practical functioning, management, or implementation of an organization or system.
   2. Related exclusively to symbolic historical meaning
   3. Describing a landscape’s visual elevation
   4. Established through cultural association alone
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   Answer

   Concerned with the practical functioning, management, or implementation of an organization or system.

   The word concerns practical functioning or management after redesignation.

8. Question 8 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

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

   1. Decorated for presentation to visitors
   2. Confirmed, recognized, or firmly accepted as valid or settled.
   3. Moved into a higher geographical position
   4. Connected with a nationally prominent group
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   Answer

   Confirmed, recognized, or firmly accepted as valid or settled.

   Here, established means confirmed or firmly settled by available information.

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.