Wisconsin congressman describes swimming to safety after small plane makes emergency landing in Lake Wausau

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Work through the material below, or start the interactive practice above to complete an attempt. Try the exercises before opening any answer or transcript sections, then use them to review your work.

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 matches “consequential” as used in the article?

   1. Technically accurate
   2. Having significant effects or implications, especially beyond its apparent scale.
   3. Physically hazardous
   4. Emotionally confusing
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   Having significant effects or implications, especially beyond its apparent scale.

   Here, consequential means significant because circumstances magnified its importance.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best matches “immediate” as used in the article?

   1. Unavoidable eventually
   2. Existing or requiring attention without delay; directly pressing.
   3. Broadly foreseeable
   4. Historically significant
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   Answer

   Existing or requiring attention without delay; directly pressing.

   The danger required attention at once and remained directly pressing.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best matches “gradually” as used in the article?

   1. By degrees, through a slow and progressive change rather than suddenly.
   2. Without warning
   3. With deliberate force
   4. At regular intervals
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   Answer

   By degrees, through a slow and progressive change rather than suddenly.

   The aircraft descended progressively rather than disappearing instantaneously.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best matches “approximately” as used in the article?

   1. Precisely
   2. Roughly or nearly, indicating an estimate rather than an exact measurement.
   3. Indefinitely
   4. Exceptionally
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   Answer

   Roughly or nearly, indicating an estimate rather than an exact measurement.

   The measurement is an estimate rather than an exact figure.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best matches “establish” as used in the article?

   1. Suggest casually
   2. To demonstrate or determine something convincingly through reliable evidence.
   3. Record chronologically
   4. Investigate privately
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   Answer

   To demonstrate or determine something convincingly through reliable evidence.

   The accounts do not convincingly determine the landing’s cause.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best matches “contrasting” as used in the article?

   1. Mutually reinforcing
   2. Markedly different in character, appearance, or emotional quality.
   3. Temporally connected
   4. Socially inappropriate
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   Markedly different in character, appearance, or emotional quality.

   Laughter and tears differ markedly while expressing related emotional responses.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best matches “decisive” as used in the article?

   1. Having the power to determine an outcome or settle an uncertain situation.
   2. Emotionally vivid
   3. Carefully documented
   4. Physically strenuous
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   Answer

   Having the power to determine an outcome or settle an uncertain situation.

   The actions materially determined how the men moved toward safety.

8. Question 8 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Which option best matches “unanswered” as used in the article?

   1. Unnoticed
   2. Not resolved, explained, or given a satisfactory response.
   3. Unimportant
   4. Unanticipated
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   Answer

   Not resolved, explained, or given a satisfactory response.

   The questions remain unresolved because the accounts provide no explanation.

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.