Whatever happened to the measles outbreak that shocked Bangladesh this year

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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 word means “a meaningful difference between apparently equivalent things”?

   1. A meaningful difference between two things that might otherwise be treated as equivalent.
   2. threshold
   3. urgency
   4. contain
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   Answer

   A meaningful difference between two things that might otherwise be treated as equivalent.

   The noun denotes a significant difference requiring careful analytical separation.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which word describes a point marking entry into a significant new condition?

   1. premature
   2. A point marking the beginning of a new state, condition, or significant level.
   3. unspecified
   4. distributed
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   Answer

   A point marking the beginning of a new state, condition, or significant level.

   The noun identifies a boundary or level whose crossing has significance.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which adjective means “not stated or made precise”?

   1. Not stated, identified, or made precise in the available information.
   2. premature
   3. distributed
   4. urgent
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   Answer

   Not stated, identified, or made precise in the available information.

   It characterizes information whose extent or identity remains unstated.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which adjective describes something spread across places or categories?

   1. diminished
   2. contained
   3. Spread or allocated across different places, groups, or categories.
   4. specified
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   Answer

   Spread or allocated across different places, groups, or categories.

   It refers to allocation or spread among multiple locations or groups.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which adjective means “unjustifiably early or insufficiently supported”?

   1. Occurring or expressed before sufficient evidence or time makes it justified.
   2. urgent
   3. extensive
   4. grave
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   Answer

   Occurring or expressed before sufficient evidence or time makes it justified.

   It describes a conclusion reached before adequate evidence becomes available.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which verb means “make something seem less serious or important”?

   1. contain
   2. surpass
   3. To make something seem less important, serious, or valuable, or to become less so.
   4. establish
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   Answer

   To make something seem less important, serious, or valuable, or to become less so.

   The verb concerns reducing perceived significance rather than eliminating a problem.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which noun refers to the need for immediate attention or action?

   1. The quality of requiring immediate attention or action.
   2. threshold
   3. distinction
   4. toll
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   Answer

   The quality of requiring immediate attention or action.

   It denotes pressing importance that demands timely attention.

8. Question 8 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which verb means “prevent something harmful from spreading”?

   1. attribute
   2. To prevent something harmful from spreading, increasing, or becoming unmanageable.
   3. surpass
   4. convey
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   Answer

   To prevent something harmful from spreading, increasing, or becoming unmanageable.

   The verb describes restricting an outbreak’s growth or further transmission.

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.