Synonym-TOEFL-Lesson 13 pot

Elizabeth Blackwell founded an academy to train women physicians in 1868.. Honeybees live in a complicated society of ten to fifty thousand members... When students do not have time to

Synonym-TOEFL-Lesson 13

1 Elizabeth Blackwell founded an academy to train

women physicians in 1868

C

(A) a philosophy

(B) a clinic

(C) a school

(D) a company

2 Honeybees live in a complicated society of ten to fifty

thousand members

B

(A) concealed

(B) complex

(C) cooperative

(D) congested

3 When students do not have time to read a novel before

class, they read an outline of the plot instead

B

(A) an article

(B) a synopsis

(C) a critique

(D) an essay

4 Collections of opals and quartz are featured at the City

Museum’s annual exhibition of precious stones

C

(A) coins

(B) loot

(C) gems

(D) shells

5 The “Mona Lisa” is the portrait of a woman with a very

enticing smile

C

(A) oblivious

(B) luminous

(C) alluring

(D) elusive

6 Martin Luther King detested injustice

D

(A) recognized

(B) confronted

(C) suffered

(D) abhorred

7 Ethnocentrism prevents us from putting up with all of

the customs we encounter in another culture

D

(A) experiencing

(B) adopting

(C) comprehending

(D) tolerating

8 The landscape can change abruptly after a rainstorm in

the desert Southwest

A

(A) quickly

(B) sharply

(C) favorably

(D) slightly

9 The new suit he has bought is unfortunately made of

synthetic material

(A) blended

(B) silken

(C) artificial

(D) natural

10 Embroidery depicting scenic views became popular in

the United States toward the end of the eighteenth

century

C

(A) distorting

(B) commemorating

(C) portraying

(D) emphasizing