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END-OF-THEME TEST 8

For the questions 1–10, choose the best word
or expression to fill the space.

1. Those who suffer from paranoid ‑‑‑‑ often 6. Globally, millions of people are ---- housed
experience intense fear and suspicion towards and live in unstable conditions, such as
others, believing that they are being watched, crowded and crumbling apartments, makeshift
followed, or plotted against. shelters, or even on the streets.
A) concepts B) outcomes A) inordinately B) expansively
C) scarcities D) delusions C) deliberately D) satisfactorily

E) conventions E) insecurely

2. The lack of exposure to diverse perspectives 7. The educational system of a country begins
and new ideas may contribute to cultural to ‑‑‑‑ provided that critical investments in
‑‑‑‑, which hinders societal progress and teacher training and resources are neglected.
innovation. A) escalate B) persist
A) coherence B) existence
C) fluctuate D) function
C) stagnation D) mentality
E) deteriorate
E) literacy

3. ---- learning refers to the process by which 8. Employing various teaching methods in
an organism acquires knowledge and skills the classroom ‑‑‑‑ a dynamic and engaging
without demonstrating them immediately, learning environment where students are
often revealing itself later when needed. actively involved in the learning process.
A) Formal B) Latent A) impede B) populate
C) Deviant D) Urgent C) distort D) facilitate
E) Inclusive E) perceive

4. An ---- distribution of wealth can cause social 9. Melancholy often manifests when one spends
unrest and economic instability since it too much time ‑‑‑‑ the past or getting lost in
widens the gap between the rich and the poor. bittersweet memories of days gone by.
A) inequitable B) unequivocal A) dwelling on B) putting aside
C) irreciprocal D) augmented C) attending to D) fading away
E) incessant E) taking over

5. ---- acceptable behaviours are those that align 10. The excessive exploitation of natural
with societal norms and values, most of which resources ---- the principles of sustainable
have been established through cultural and development and poses a significant threat to
historical influences. our planet’s future.
A) Morally B) Individually A) phases in B) springs from
C) Bleakly D) Empirically C) looks after D) goes against

E) Sanitarily E) roots out

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