Academic Vocabulary Sublist 1 - Exercise 17

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY- SUBLIST 1- EXERCISE 17

Complete the sentences below with the right word from the box. 

distribute

authority

export

varies

context 

1- One's values should be viewed in the _______________ of one's culture.

2- Every Christmas, she works hard to _______________ food and blankets to the homeless.

3- The diet of brown bears _______________ depending on what foods are available in that particular season or habitat.

4- Oman's economy is based on petroleum, which accounts for 99 percent of _______________ revenues.

5- Studies show that women are much less likely than men to occupy positions of _______________ at work.

 

 

significant

export

labour

percentage

income

6- Visas are not _______________ for Americans who plan to stay in England for less than three months.

7- Our family _______________ was lower than usual last year because my wife quit work in August to have our baby.

8- Huang and van Naerssen have found that reading outside class is the most _______________ predictor of speaking ability in a second language.

9- She invests a certain _______________ of her earnings in the stock market each month.

10- Employers want to keep skilled ____________ because of the cost of training.

 

 

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1- context

2- distribute

3- varies

4- export

5- authority

6- required

7- income

8- significant

9- percentage

10- labour