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Based on 6 minute English:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/144_6minute/
then go to September 2008
1 Which of these is NOT another name for Bigfoot?
a) Sasquatch
b) Abominable Snowman
c) Loch Ness monster
d) Yeti
2 An artist's is a drawing based on what someone has described
a) compression
b) suppression
c) depression
d) impression
3 say the accident happened just before 3 pm
a) eye-witnesses
b) onlookers
c) sightseers
d) peepers
4 Which of these does NOT mean 'out of place', 'strange and unusual'?
a) bizarre
b) incongruous
c) irrefutable
d) odd
5 The word 'definite' is synonymous to which other word?
a) exclusive
b) reclusive
c) conclusive
d) inclusive
6 The prefix 'crypto' in cryptozoology originally comes from Greek, but what does it mean? a) unknown
b) hidden
c) mysterious
d) secret
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ANSWERS:
1 Which of these is NOT another name for Bigfoot?
a), b) and d) are all other names for Bigfoot, an ape-like hairy animal which stands and weighs nearly two times more than the average man
c) Loch Ness monster - this is the correct answer It is reputed to be a dinosaur-like water creature living in a very large lake in Scotland called Loch Ness
2 An artist's is a drawing based on what someone has described
d) impression - this is the correct answer
3 say the accident happened just before 3 pm
a) eye-witnesses - correct This means 'people who have seen something with their own eyes'
b) onlookers - this is not the best answer An onlooker is someone who watches something that is happening in a public place but is not involved in it
c) sightseers - wrong A sightseer is someone who is visiting interesting places, especially when they are on holiday
d) peepers - wrong A peeper is somebody who looks secretly at somebody or something
4 Which of these does NOT mean 'out of place', 'strange and unusual'?
c) irrefutable - this is the right answer It means 'impossible to prove wrong'
5 The word 'definite' is synonymous to which other word?
c) conclusive - this is the right answer
6 The prefix 'crypto' in cryptozoology originally comes from Greek, but what does it mean?
b) hidden - this is the right answer, well done
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