For each question, choose the correct answer.
Nettie Polano
Nettie Polano is an unusual university student. So what makes her (1)…………… from other university students? Nettie is amazing – she started university when she was 14! Nettie is a teenage genius – a teenager who is (2)…………… clever.
She completed primary school in four years and secondary school in only three years! Her teachers saw she was much (3)…………… than other students her age when she was seven years old. They (4)…………… Nettie’s parents how brilliant she was.
Two years later, Nettie’s parents decided to take her out of school. Nettie (5)…………… her school studies at home with teachers who came to her house. Nettie studies science at university. She chose this (6)…………… because she dreams of one day becoming the youngest person to travel into space.
1 A strange B different C alone
2 A especially B immediately C exactly
3 A older B bigger C better
4 A spoke B told C said
5 A finished B made C took
6 A level B term C subject
Answer
1 B: The other words do not make sense in this context.
2 A: The other words do not make sense in this context.
3 C: The other words do not make sense in this context.
4 B: The other verbs need to be followed by a preposition.
5 A: The other verbs do not collocate with ‘studies’.
6 C: This is the only noun that can be used to describe science in this context.