Vocab Questions 5-10

5. More than half a dozen million farmers in the tropics who grow the cacao trees from which cocoa is generated …………… the sales of the seeds to take care of themselves and their families.

a) rely on                               b) make up              

c) look after                          d) run out

e) hold up 

6. Ivory Coast produces two-fifths of the world’s cocoa, the farming of which …………… 15 percent of GDP and provides jobs for 5 percent of the households.

a) put off                                b) account for                     

c) depend on                        d) break down

e) turn up 

7. The government's agricultural policies are driving the farmers into …………… in the already miserable economic conditions.

a) notion                                b) reputation            

c) insolvency                         d) involvement

e) contribution 

8. Despite huge efforts by both parties, negotiations to terminate the demonstrations remain at a(n) …………….

a) growth                               b) disease                

c) progress                           d) convention

e) impasse 

9.  It has long been a source of curiosity how atoms first assembled to form the three essential molecular …………… of living beings, that is, RNA, DNA and proteins.

a) exceptions                       b) constituents                    

c) journeys                            d) apprentices

e) nauseas 

10. Some scientists argue that life as we know it may have started on the Red Planet before being …………… to planet Earth through certain space objects.

a) altered                               b) published            

c) worshipped                       d) conveyed

e) remained  

                                                        ANSWERS: 5.A 6.B 7.C 8.E 9.B 10.D