Pretest #3A -- Academic Words.
approach, conduct, authority, available, benefit, concept, consist, evidence, positive, context, involve, structure, feature, factor, significant, occur, method, aspect, require, complex
     The guest teacher's 1)_____________  [a) conduct  b) authority  c) concept  d) approach  e) complex] to teaching didn't really work for this class.  First of all, the class didn't have much 2)__________ [a) significant  b) structure  c) feature  d) factor  e) aspect] or routine.  His style seemed to 3)______________ [a) consist  b) involve  c) authority  d) occur  e) require] of telling random stories; for example, about the time she was "jacked" by thugs, and explaining 4)_____________(s) [a) feature  b) conduct  c) available  d) concept  e) involve] that we already understood. Secondly, he wasted a 5)______________ [a) involve  b) significant  c) method  d) approach  e) complex] amount of time demonstrating his "superpower" of  learning all of our names. That was somewhat impressive, but I didn't really see the 6)______________ [a) positive  b) benefit  c) factor  d) available  e) require] of using almost half an hour of class time for it. He even made us sing some gospel song that 7)___________(ed) [a) feature  b) evidence  c) context  d) approach  e) factor] cheese as its main topic.
    He also didn't show much 8)_______________ [a) consist  b) authority  c) benefit  d) positive  e) evidence] or classroom management. For example, he didn't stop misbehavior when it 9)_______________(ed) [a) aspect  b) method  c) occur  d) significant  e) concept], and didn't have a 10)________________ [a) aspect  b) method  c) occur  d) significant  e) concept] for 11)_______________(ing) [a) require  b) method  c) authority  d) significant  e) context] us to pay attention.  He didn't use the help that was 12)_____________ [a) context  b) evidence  c) positive  d) involve  e) available], and I didn't see any 13)_____________ [a) context  b) evidence  c) positive  d) involve  e) available] that he was following Mr. Coward's lesson plan.
     However, there were some good 14)________________(s) [a) consist  b) authority  c) authority  d) positive  e) aspect] to his teaching.  First, she was funny. Even though his stories didn't have much to do with English, they were funny. For example, one story 15)_______________(ed) [a) consist  b) involve  c) authority  d) concept  e) aspect] his friend breaking a window, while trying to kill a spider with his shoe. Secondly, he was friendly, and treated everyone with respect. If you gave a wrong answer, he still gave you some sort of 16)_________________ [a) consist  b) complex  c) authority  d) positive  e) aspect] response, like "That's close, but..."  Lastly, if you were paying attention, he did a good job of explaining 17)______________ [a) context  b) authority  c) complex  d) positive  e) aspect] vocabulary words by giving examples and what  18)_______________ [a) context  b) authority  c) complex  d) positive  e) aspect]  to use them in.
     In conclusion, though, the negative 19)_________________(s) a) context  b) factor  c) positive  d) involve  e) available] outweighed the positive ones. Even though he was friendly and funny, she talked too much, wasted too much time, and didn't 20)_____________ class like he was in charge. [a) conduct  b) authority  c) concept  d) approach  e) complex



Vocabulary.
bona fide, diligent, incognito, deduce, diffident, dire, cordial, privy, moiling, compelling
  1. She was rather __________ at the party, too shy to talk to anyone.
  2. When Pony and Johnny cut their hair, they were trying to go _____________.
  3. The situation was ________, there was nowhere to run, and danger was closing in.
  4. Pony and Johnny are __________  heroes; they're the real deal.
  5. The ship was caught in the storm, and was sucked into the ___________ whirlpool.
  6. As an ambassador, he was __________ to all sorts of government secrets.
  7. The detective ___________(ed) the criminal's identity from the clues he left behind.
  8. His performance in the drama was _____________, and the audience couldn't take their eyes off of him.
  9. He gave us a very warm and _____________ greeting when we arrived.
  10. If you are __________ about your homework, you will do well.