More Than $6 Billion in Cryptocurrency Stolen From Binance in Record Cyber Heist

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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 option best defines consequential as used in the article?

   1. Having significant effects or importance, especially beyond the immediate event
   2. Occurring frequently within unstable markets
   3. Being difficult to describe in financial terms
   4. Involving physical currency rather than digital assets
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   Answer

   Having significant effects or importance, especially beyond the immediate event

   Consequential describes an event whose significance extends beyond an ordinary market movement.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best defines qualification as used in the article?

   1. A professional credential required for trading
   2. A limitation or clarification that makes a statement more precise
   3. A prediction about future cryptocurrency prices
   4. A formal accusation issued by investigators
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   Answer

   A limitation or clarification that makes a statement more precise

   Here, qualification means a limitation that makes the valuation more precise.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best defines diminish as used in the article?

   1. To measure an asset’s changing monetary value
   2. To make something seem less important, serious, or valuable
   3. To transfer ownership through a computer network
   4. To establish responsibility beyond reasonable doubt
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   Answer

   To make something seem less important, serious, or valuable

   To diminish something is to make its importance or seriousness appear less substantial.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best defines tangible as used in the article?

   1. Clear and real rather than abstract or merely theoretical
   2. Legally established through a public investigation
   3. Capable of fluctuating within short periods
   4. Protected by advanced digital encryption
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   Answer

   Clear and real rather than abstract or merely theoretical

   Tangible consequences are concrete and real rather than merely abstract.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best defines safeguards as used in the article?

   1. Records documenting previous cybercrimes
   2. Protective measures designed to prevent harm, misuse, or loss
   3. Algorithms that determine cryptocurrency prices
   4. Claims concerning an attacker’s identity
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   Answer

   Protective measures designed to prevent harm, misuse, or loss

   Safeguards are protective measures intended to prevent loss or misuse.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best defines misrepresent as used in the article?

   1. to present something inaccurately or deceptively
   2. To authorize a legitimate digital transfer
   3. To calculate the value of stolen holdings
   4. To compare two kinds of financial crime
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   Answer

   to present something inaccurately or deceptively

   Misrepresent means presenting information inaccurately or deceptively.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best defines unresolved as used in the article?

   1. Not yet settled, explained, or brought to a definite conclusion
   2. Unable to affect financial institutions materially
   3. Already confirmed by technical evidence
   4. Reduced through institutional safeguards
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   Answer

   Not yet settled, explained, or brought to a definite conclusion

   Unresolved matters have not yet been settled or conclusively explained.

8. Question 8 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best defines attribution as used in the article?

   1. The act of identifying who caused or was responsible for an event
   2. The calculation of a cryptocurrency’s market price
   3. The protection of digital assets from volatility
   4. The comparison of physical and virtual currencies
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   Answer

   The act of identifying who caused or was responsible for an event

   Attribution concerns identifying who caused or directed an event.

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.