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Advanced Lexical Resource and Collocations

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  1. Select the academic word that best completes the sentence:

    'The research team discovered a significant ______ between prolonged screen exposure and impaired sleep quality.'
  2. Choose the natural collocation to complete the sentence:

    'The implementation of strict vehicle emissions standards has ______ notable results in reducing urban smog.'
  3. Select the word that best fits the formal context:

    'The city council decided to ______ the historic building to prevent further structural degradation.'
  4. Choose the correct collocation:

    'Scientists have raised serious ______ regarding the long-term viability of geoengineering techniques.'
  5. Choose the most appropriate academic synonym for 'clear and unambiguous':

    'The contract contains ______ guidelines regarding copyright ownership.'
  6. Complete the sentence with the appropriate dependent preposition:

    'The government policy is fully compatible ______ international climate agreements.'
  7. Select the word that best completes the collocation:

    'Rapid urban expansion poses a substantial ______ to local biodiversity.'
  8. Select the academic word that best completes the sentence:

    'The company attempted to ______ the environmental damage by funding local reforestation initiatives.'
  9. Choose the correct phrase to indicate contrasting evidence:

    '______ initial predictions of economic stagnation, renewable energy investments rose by 15% last quarter.'
  10. Select the natural collocation:

    'The university has made a profound ______ to reducing carbon emissions across its campuses.'
  11. Choose the academic term that best completes the sentence:

    'The sudden surge in commodity prices was attributed to ______ shortages in critical raw materials.'
  12. Select the verb that correctly collocates with 'conclusions':

    'It is premature to ______ definitive conclusions before the third clinical phase is completed.'
  13. Select the appropriate word:

    'The government introduced tax incentives to ______ domestic manufacturing and innovation.'
  14. Choose the correct collocation for expressing widespread adoption:

    'Solar power has gained widespread ______ across both residential and industrial sectors.'
  15. Select the academic adjective meaning 'spread throughout every part':

    'Microplastic contamination has become ______ throughout aquatic food webs.'
  16. Choose the correct formal verb:

    'The new traffic regulations are designed to ______ traffic congestion during peak commuting hours.'
  17. Select the correct prepositional phrase for expressing responsibility:

    'The factory was held accountable ______ the chemical spillage into the municipal river.'
  18. Choose the adjective that best describes a trend that cannot be maintained over time:

    'Rapid consumption of groundwater reserves at current rates is ecologically ______.'
  19. Select the academic verb meaning 'to prove a statement or claim to be false':

    'The newly gathered seismic data served to ______ the long-standing geological hypothesis.'
  20. Choose the correct formal noun:

    'The rapid ______ of smartphones across developing nations has transformed mobile banking.'

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