Materials Engineering _ Part 1

1. When the heater is turned on in a car that is cold, internal water condensation on the cold parts can cause a sliding component inside the pedal assembly to stick instead of moving smoothly.

In this sentence, COMPONENT means:

• one of the individual parts making up a larger entity

• the image of something as it appears in a mirror

• a small valley between mountains

• an electronic device representing information in visual form

2. 2. A man is not justified in drawing the profits from an advantageous agreement nor free to spend the profits of a speculation as he will.

3. In this sentence, ADVANTAGEOUS means:

• giving a benefit

• not busy; not otherwise committed

• beyond ordinary understanding

• advanced in years

2. 3. It's the difference between trying to actually legislate and simply grandstanding.

3. In this sentence, LEGISLATE means to:

• speak loudly and forcefully

• improve the condition of something

• make laws or bills

• revise errors in a text

2. 4. The exhaust emission from the hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles was unadulterated water vapor.

3. In this sentence, EMISSION means:

• allowance

• impurity

• discharge

• regulation

2. 5. Butler and Stone CONCUR that the war threw people's lives into a moral relief, which means they have the same opinion for that issue.

• Agree

• Disagree

• Change

• Argue

2. 6. Tex leather-like materials, such as food waste, shellfish waste is not as DURABLE as synthetic petroleum-based leather.

• harmful

• stay in good condition for a long time

• environmental

• polluted

2. 7. Body temperature can FLUCTUATE if you are ill. For example, it can rise up to 40 in the morning and then fall down to 38.5 at noon and turn to 39 in the late afternoon.

• maintain

• stabilize

• up and down irregularly

• level off

2. 8. These problems may FRACTURE the unity of the two parties.

• Break

• Reunite

• Connect

• Gather

2. 9. They also argue that fracking is distracting energy firms and governments from investing in………… sources of energy, and encouraging continued reliance on fossil fuels.

• extravagant

• casual

• renewable

• kindred

2. 10. PROMISING things are encouraging or hopeful - they give you every sign that they'll be successful in the future. A PROMISING early spring hints that the rest of the season will be warm and full of flowers.

• not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

• likely to have a successful outcome or positive results

• distinctive of the ways of living of a group of people

• occurring at the same time, along with, or as a consequence