BYV 18 T4P2 Boost Your Vocabulary Cambridge 18 Test 4 Passage 2

Which word is a synonym for TAKE ROOT in this sentence? Over the past century, a powerful idea has TAKEN ROOT in the educational landscape.

• visible

• archaeologist

• establish

• assemble

Which word is a synonym for LANDSCAPE in this sentence? Over the past century, a powerful idea has taken root in the educational LANDSCAPE.

• boulder
• sophisticated
• roughly
• setting

Which word is a synonym for INTELLIGENCE in this sentence? Psychologist Alfred Binet, the developer of the first INTELLIGENCE tests, was one of many 19th-century scientists who held that earlier view and sought to quantify cognitive ability.

• intellect
• shadowy
• unearth
• crescent

Which word is a synonym for INNATE in this sentence? Then, in the early 20th century, progressive thinkers revolted against the notion that INHERENT ability is destiny.

• natural

• deliver

• cluster

• artefact

Which word is a synonym for SUPPLANT in this sentence?
The concept of intelligence as something innate has been SUPPLANTed by the idea that intelligence is not fixed.

• replace

• astronomer

• massive

• scholar

Which word is a synonym for COGNITIVE in this sentence? Psychologist Alfred Binet, the developer of the first intelligence tests, was one of many 19th-century scientists who held that earlier view and sought to quantify COGNITIVE ability.

• critic
• mental
• fashion out of
• shadowy

Which word is a synonym for CAPABILITY in this sentence? The concept of intelligence as something innate has been supplanted by the idea that intelligence is not fixed, and that, with the right training, we can be the authors of our own cognitive CAPABILITIES.

• sceptical

• monument

• archaeologist

• capacity

Which word is a synonym for SOUGHT in this sentence? Psychologist Alfred Binet, the developer of the first intelligence tests, was one of many 19th-century scientists who held that earlier view and SOUGHT to quantify cognitive ability.

• desired
• indigenous
• dig
• ditch

Which word is a synonym for QUANTIFY in this sentence? Psychologist Alfred Binet, the developer of the first intelligence tests, was one of many 19th-century scientists who held that earlier view and sought to QUANTIFY cognitive ability.

• religious
• iconic
• haul
• measure

Which word is a synonym for PROGRESSIVE in this sentence? Then, in the early 20th century, PROGRESSIVE thinkers revolted against the notion that inherent ability is destiny.

• forward-thinking
• corresponding to
• circular
• raft