Vocabulary Test About PLANTS Choose The Best Answer MCQ Exercise 139

Choose the word that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the capitalized word or phrase.

Vocabulary Test About PLANTS Choose The Best Answer MCQ Exercise 139

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Question 1

The walnut is a deciduous tree that BEARS valuable nuts.

A	enriches
B	hides
C	replaces
D	yields

Question 1 Explanation:

When a tree bears fruit or nuts, it produces them. Yields has the same meaning: The tree yields a lot of nuts every year.

Question 2

The orchid is an EXOTIC plant to see blooming in many European gardens.

A	a beautiful
B	a colourful
C	a common
D	an unusual

Question 2 Explanation:

Exotic means coming from a distant, often tropical country, so it seems unusual or strange. Not a common, because that is almost the opposite. Not a beautiful or a colourful, because an exotic plant can be beautiful or colourful, but that is not what the word means.

Question 3

The rose may grow as a low bush or as a tree, depending on how it is PRUNED.

A	nourished
B	planted
C	trimmed
D	watered

Question 3 Explanation:

To prune a plant means to cut off some of its branches so it grows into a better shape. Trimmed has the same meaning: He trimmed the hedge.

Question 4

The flowers will WITHER in a few hours.

A	bloom
B	dry up
C	open
D	revive

Question 4 Explanation:

When flowers wither, they become dry and weak and start to die, so they dry up. Bloom, open and revive all describe healthy flowers, which is the opposite.

Question 5

The needle-like leaves of the giant redwood tree are MINUSCULE, each scarcely a quarter of an inch long.

A	pretty
B	thorny
C	tiny
D	wiry

Question 5 Explanation:

Minuscule means extremely small, so it means tiny. The clue is in the sentence: each leaf is scarcely a quarter of an inch long.

Question 6

Leeks are CULTIVATED throughout much of the world.

A	cooked
B	dried
C	grown
D	seen

Question 6 Explanation:

To cultivate plants means to grow them on farms or in gardens: Rice is cultivated in Asia.

Question 7

The principal areas inhabited by marine algae are rocky SHORES, salt marshes, and shallow water.

A	cliffs
B	coasts
C	pools
D	rivers

Question 7 Explanation:

A shore is the land along the edge of the sea, so the closest word is coasts. Not cliffs, because a cliff is a high wall of rock, and a shore can be low and flat.

Question 8

Soot STICKS TO anything it touches.

A	blackens
B	clings to
C	points to
D	streaks

Question 8 Explanation:

If something sticks to a surface, it holds on to it and is hard to remove. Clings to has the same meaning. Not blackens, because soot does make things black, but that is not what sticks to means.

Question 9

The flower is the MOST ATTRACTIVE, most colourful and most fragrant part of many plants.

A	prettiest
B	rarest
C	softest
D	strongest

Question 9 Explanation:

The most attractive means the nicest to look at, so it means the prettiest. Rarest, softest and strongest have different meanings.

Question 10

Roses are POPULAR flowers in Polish gardens.