A SHORT HISTORY OF THE MEXICO
CITY (READING) QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
to date back - Correct Answers -to have existed for a particular length of time or since a
particular time:
This tradition dates back to medieval times.
eventually - Correct Answers -в кінці кінців
to take shape - Correct Answers -take form
to expand - Correct Answers -become or make larger or more extensive.
their business expanded into other hotels and properties
refill - Correct Answers -an act of filling a container again.
he proffered his glass for a refill
causeway - Correct Answers -a raised road or track across low or wet ground.
The ceremonial centres included temples, pyramids, ball-courts, palaces, and plazas,
usually linked by causeways or wide paved roads.
prosperous - Correct Answers -successful in material terms; flourishing financially.
prosperous middle-class professionals
uprising - Correct Answers -an act of resistance or rebellion; a revolt.
an armed uprising
briefly - Correct Answers -for a short time; fleetingly.
he worked briefly as a lawyer
stretching - Correct Answers -(of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of
being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.
my sweater stretched in the wash
synonyms: be elastic, be stretchy, be tensile
straighten or extend one's body or a part of one's body to its full length, typically so as to
tighten one's muscles or in order to reach something.
CITY (READING) QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
to date back - Correct Answers -to have existed for a particular length of time or since a
particular time:
This tradition dates back to medieval times.
eventually - Correct Answers -в кінці кінців
to take shape - Correct Answers -take form
to expand - Correct Answers -become or make larger or more extensive.
their business expanded into other hotels and properties
refill - Correct Answers -an act of filling a container again.
he proffered his glass for a refill
causeway - Correct Answers -a raised road or track across low or wet ground.
The ceremonial centres included temples, pyramids, ball-courts, palaces, and plazas,
usually linked by causeways or wide paved roads.
prosperous - Correct Answers -successful in material terms; flourishing financially.
prosperous middle-class professionals
uprising - Correct Answers -an act of resistance or rebellion; a revolt.
an armed uprising
briefly - Correct Answers -for a short time; fleetingly.
he worked briefly as a lawyer
stretching - Correct Answers -(of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of
being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.
my sweater stretched in the wash
synonyms: be elastic, be stretchy, be tensile
straighten or extend one's body or a part of one's body to its full length, typically so as to
tighten one's muscles or in order to reach something.
