Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

120 practice makes perfect Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

3. intensity, intense, intensify
   Sunlight is most at the equator.


4. recovery, recoverable, recover
   Economists expect to see a in the global economy by the end of the
   year.


5. Reinement, Reined, Reine
   lour is not as healthy as whole wheat lour.


6. variation, variable, vary
   Tastes and preferences in music greatly with age.


7. equivalence, equivalent
   One mile is to 1.6 kilometers.


8. prohibition, prohibitive, prohibits
   The law smoking in public buildings.


9. concentration, concentrated, concentrate
   Most of a country’s population tends to be in urban areas.


10. promotion, promotional, promote
    The rock band is going on tour to its new CD.

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EXERCISE

Nonacademic vocabulary Match each nonacademic word in column 1 with its

deinition in column 2. Then, indicate each item’s part of speech (n., v., or adj.).

1. advancement


2. combustion


3. depletion


4. harness


5. install


6. absorb


7. pioneer


8. relentless


9. renewable
   10. spur

a. soak up, take in

b. inexhaustible, replenishing

c. develop, break new ground

d. progress, improvement

e. stimulate, induce

f. exhaustion, reduction

g. persistent, never-ending

h. burning

i. place, put

j. utilize, make use of