IELTS Graduation, Unit 3

5 Written Questions

1. a difficult time when there is less trade, business activity etc
2. any combustible organic material, as oil, coal, or natural gas, derived from the remains of former life
3. suggest; to show that something is likely to be true
4. when there is not enough of something, or none of it
5. the act of starting to use a particular plan, method

5 Matching Questions

1. conventional
2. shortage
3. expansion
4. consumption
5. speculator

1. a growth; when something increases in size, range, amount
2. b a situation in which there is not enough of something that people need
3. c person who risks money in order to make a large profit
4. d has been used for a long time and is considered the usual type
5. e the act of buying and using products

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. growing or developing quickly
   1. refinery
   2. dwindling
   3. burgeoning
   4. prompt
2. a deep hole in the ground from which people take water
   1. imply
   2. panic
   3. lack
   4. well
3. to gradually become less and less or smaller and smaller
   1. finite
   2. dwindling
   3. burgeoning
   4. imply
4. money that is paid by a government or organization to make prices lower, reduce the cost of producing goods etc
   1. scarcity
   2. subsidy
   3. finite
   4. imply
5. having an end or a limit
   1. imply
   2. refinery
   3. finite
   4. panic

5 True/False Questions

1. scarcity → a situation in which there is not enough of something

   True        False

2. nascent → when there is not enough of something, or none of it

   True        False

3. alternative → a law or set of laws

   True        False

4. renewable → replaces itself naturally, or is easily replaced because there is a large supply of it

   True        False

5. legislation → a difficult time when there is less trade, business activity etc

   True        False