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    Please check my answers to the following multiple-choice test.

    1. When you travel, you need to become more aware of __________ around you and what people are doing.
    (A) communication (B) nuances (C) floor (D) circumstances

    2. Spectators were _____________ by the referee’s decision.
    (A) incensed (B) unsecured (C) ignored (D) indifferent

    3. The Bubble Tea Café is a pretty good restaurant, and so is the fruity beverage with “bubbles” that _____________.
    (A) follow the name (B) give it its name (C) after its name (D) naming after it

    4. When you interview for a job, _________ not to ask about wages.
    (A) being a good idea (B) it’s a good idea (C) to be a good idea (D) is a good idea

    5. I think that the environment ___________ more incidents of cancer in people around the world.
    (A) have contributed in (B) is contributed as
    (C) being contributed to (D) has contributed to


    My answers are below.

    1. D
    2. A
    3. D
    4. B
    5. D

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    Default Re: incensed by

    Quote Originally Posted by Ashiuhto View Post
    Please check my answers to the following multiple-choice test.

    1. When you travel, you need to become more aware of __________ around you and what people are doing.
    (A) communication (B) nuances (C) floor (D) circumstances

    2. Spectators were _____________ by the referee’s decision.
    (A) incensed (B) unsecured (C) ignored (D) indifferent

    3. The Bubble Tea Café is a pretty good restaurant, and so is the fruity beverage with “bubbles” that _____________.
    (A) follow the name (B) give it its name (C) after its name (D) naming after it

    4. When you interview for a job, _________ not to ask about wages.
    (A) being a good idea (B) it’s a good idea (C) to be a good idea (D) is a good idea

    5. I think that the environment ___________ more incidents of cancer in people around the world.
    (A) have contributed in (B) is contributed as
    (C) being contributed to (D) has contributed to


    My answers are below.

    1. D
    2. A
    3. D
    4. B
    5. D
    The only one I see a problem with is 3. However, the main problem is that, as written, none of the four choices is correct. Can you check that you have copied A, B, C and D down absolutely correctly? Check every letter of each word. If you have, then there is a mistake in the book. One of the answers would be correct with one tiny amendment (that answer is not D, by the way).
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    Quote Originally Posted by emsr2d2 View Post
    Check every letter of each word. If you have, then there is a mistake in the book.
    If there is a mistake, then it's probably because the person who wrote the question was led astray by 'bubbles'
    Context is always important; labelling is rarely important.


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    Quote Originally Posted by 5jj View Post
    If there is a mistake, then it's probably because the person who wrote the question was led astray by 'bubbles'
    Yes, I also assumed that to be the case.

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