Choosing the Correct Definition for a Context

The following five words or phrases are important for your understanding of the selection.

Practice the skill of recognizing correct definitions of new words by selecting the meaning that best fits each italicized word from the list of definitions in the second column.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

________ The plant went into

operation a year ago but its products are world-known now.

________ The little boy likes to

go to the amusement park (Disne­yland). Among all the attractions he likes shoot-the- chutes best of all.

He was a witness of an

accident in the street when one car rammed the other one.

________ The children were

playing with a little ball in the yard. One of them tossed the ball and broke the window in the neighbouring house.

________ In big European

countries there are a lot of main railroads tracks that connect big cities and spur-lines to the small towns and villages.

a. crashed, struck

b. threw

c. started to produce

d. railroad branches

e. an amusement ride consis­
ting of steep incline down
which you can slide into a
pool at the bottom

Chapter Five

Reading For a Specific Purpose

Use the following selection to practice reading for a specific purpose. Do not be distracted by words or sentences you do not understand. Remember that many times an important idea will be repeated in different words. Read as quickly as possible only to get to know some facts from the history of oil transportation. Then test your comprehension by doing the quiz at the end.