Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 13

Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know (MCQ Test + PDF) Week 13 - Day 2

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Question 1

THE ULTIMATE WEAPON TAKES SHAPE

Enrico Fermi designed a device that could eventuate in a chain reaction. It consisted of layers of graphite, alternated with chunks of uranium. The uranium emitted neutrons, and the graphite slowed them down. Holes were left for long cadmium safety rods. By withdrawing those control rods Fermi could speed up the production of neutrons, thus increasing the number of uranium atoms that would be split (fission). When the rods were withdrawn to a critical point, then the neutrons would be produced so fast that the graphite and cadmium could not absorb them. In that manner a chain reaction would result. Slowly, Fermi’s first atomic pile began to grow in a subterranean room at Columbia University. The big question remained—was it viable?

Sample Sentences: Use the new words in the following sentences.

A thorough investigation _____ in a comprehensive* report.

A	subterranean
B	viable
C	eventuated
D	emit
E	ultimate

Question 2

After two years of confinement in a _____ dungeon, the prisoner was thin and wan.*

A	subterranean
B	viable
C	eventuated
D	emit
E	ultimate

Question 3

The mayor issued a diatribe* against companies whose smokestacks _____ poisonous fumes.

A	subterranean
B	viable
C	eventuated
D	emit
E	ultimate

Question 4

Gaining better housing for all was the _____ goal of the zealous* reformer.

A	subterranean
B	viable
C	eventuated
D	emit
E	ultimate

Question 5

When the schism* in the company was healed, a _____ arrangement was worked out.

A	subterranean
B	viable
C	eventuated
D	emit
E	ultimate

Question 6

Definitions: Match the new words with their meanings.

ultimate

A	underground
B	final
C	practicable, workable
D	to give off
E	o result finally

Question 7

eventuate

A	underground
B	final
C	practicable, workable
D	to give off
E	o result finally

Question 8

emit

A	underground
B	final
C	practicable, workable
D	to give off
E	o result finally

Question 9

subterranean

A	underground
B	final
C	practicable, workable
D	to give off
E	o result finally

Question 10

viable

A	underground
B	final
C	practicable, workable
D	to give off
E	o result finally

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NEW WORDS

ultimate [ul´ tə mit]

“The ultimate possibility for hero and chorus alike is stated in Father Mapple’s sermon, and it is to become a saint.” W. H. Auden, “The Christian Tragic Hero”

eventuate [i ven´ chü āt]

“Her illness following the chemotherapy eventuated in death.” Terrence Foy, St. Louis Blues

emit [i mit´]

“The smoke that was emitted when the bomb went off made some think it was a firecracker but I thought it was a revolver shot.” Journal of Andre Gide, Vol. I

subterranean [sub´ tə rā´ nē ən]

“Another celebrity expected during the three games at Madison Square Garden is Ed Norton—the actor, not the subterranean sanitation professional.” Richard Sandomir, “N.B.A. Finals,” New York Times, 6/21/99