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Unit 7 Language Quiz: Part A Key Vocabulary

This document provides a language quiz with two parts - key vocabulary and language development. Part A contains a fill-in-the-blank exercise with words like "concentration", "disparity", and "properties". Part B focuses on using words like "so" and "such" to combine sentences and make them more cohesive. It also has students identify adjectives that show strong disapproval, such as "outraged", "dreaded", and "deplorable". The quiz aims to improve students' vocabulary and language skills.

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Unit 7 Language Quiz: Part A Key Vocabulary

This document provides a language quiz with two parts - key vocabulary and language development. Part A contains a fill-in-the-blank exercise with words like "concentration", "disparity", and "properties". Part B focuses on using words like "so" and "such" to combine sentences and make them more cohesive. It also has students identify adjectives that show strong disapproval, such as "outraged", "dreaded", and "deplorable". The quiz aims to improve students' vocabulary and language skills.

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UNIT 7 LANGUAGE QUIZ

Name: _______________________________  Date: ______________

PART A KEY VOCABULARY


1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.

concentration  deprive  disparity  disproportionately  federal  intervene  minimal  properties

1 In this hospital, when two doctors disagree about the patient’s care, a third supervising doctor
____________________ and makes the decision.

2 Many reporters feel that ____________________ attention has been given to political corruption, and
they are trying to raise awareness of this problem.

3 The ____________________ government of the United States has three distinct branches: executive,
legislative, and judicial.

4 Two noticeable ____________________ of water are that it is odorless and colorless. When these
qualities are not present, the water is probably not safe to drink.

5 Certain paints are no longer allowed to be used in homes because they were found to have a high
____________________ of lead, which is very dangerous to people’s health.

6 In past wars, prisoners were not given food or water. Nowadays, it is illegal to ____________________
any prisoner of food or water.

7 Statistics show that people without access to basic healthcare die at ____________________ higher
rates compared with people who live in countries that provide healthcare to all citizens.

8 There is a great ____________________ between the rich and the poor across the globe. Some have so
much while others have so little.

2 Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the words in the box.

compromise  contaminated  correlation  hygiene  incidence  ironically  protocol  proximity

Clean water is necessary for life. (1) __________________, though, there are still many places on
earth where people do not have access to clean water. Sometimes this is because they do not live in
(2)
__________________ to fresh water sources and sometimes because the water available to them is
(3)
__________________ or polluted. Unclean water leads to a higher (4)
__________________ of water-
borne diseases, which (5)
__________________ overall health and well- being. Another problem is that
some water treatment facilities do not have or follow established (6)
__________________ to ensure the
safety of the water going through their system. Researchers have found a direct (7)

__________________ between shorter life expectancy and poor water facilities. Additionally, when
communities do not have access to clean water, there is a greater occurrence of poor (8)

__________________, due to a lack of bathing and brushing teeth. In short, all humans need access to
clean water for a healthy life.
UNIT 7 LANGUAGE QUIZ

Name: _______________________________  Date: ______________

PART B LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT


ESTABLISHING COHESION WITH SO AND SUCH
3 Use so or such to combine and/or reduce the sentences, making them more cohesive.
1 Water pollution can affect one’s health. Poor eating habits can affect one’s health.

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

2 Researchers are planning to investigate new water purification systems. The work of these researchers
can aid developing countries.

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

3 The organization has reduced the death rate in many countries. By reducing the death rate in many
countries, the organization has made a huge difference around the world.

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

4 Doctors initially believed that a lack of access to vaccines was causing the outbreak. Scientific studies
never established a connection between a lack of access to vaccines and the outbreak of the disease.

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

5 Volunteer teams have reduced the number of people who do not have access to clean water. By reducing
this number, they have also reduced the transmission of water-borne diseases.

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

ADJECTIVES SHOWING STRONG DISAPPROVAL


4 Circle the correct adjective for each sentence.
1 The founders of Doctors without Borders were outraged / outrageous when they discovered people did
not have access to medical care.
2 They found the situation in many places dreaded / dreadful and wanted to help change it.
3 The doctors were especially shocked / shocking by how children were not receiving the basic nutrition
they needed to live.
4 Engineers who arrived to help with water sanitation and water purification commented on the aghast /
deplorable conditions in which the residents had been living.
5 Many volunteers shared pictures with government officials in their home countries to raise awareness
of this appalled / appalling situation.

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