Estudando para o TOEFL - LESSON 1

LESSON 1 -  FOOD CROPS

IMPROVING VOCABULARY
Target Words:
Abandon
Adversely
Aggregate
Cultivation
Fertilize
Intensify
Irrigation
Obtain
Photosynthesis
Precipitation

PREP 1.
1. Through PHOTOSYNTHESIS, green plants create organic materials with the help of chlorophyll.
2.The coastal city gets half of its PRECIPITATION during the months of January, February, and March.
3. Farmers use various methods of land CULTIVATION.
4. When they heard the hull crack, all but two of the sailors ABANDONED ship.
5. Inexperienced gardeners may not realize how important it is that they FERTILIZE their plants

PREP 2.
Find the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the opposite of each word.
1. obtain
2. intensify
3. irrigation
4. aggregate
5. adversely

a. weaken
b. separate
c. lose
d. drainage
e. positively

1 - c
2 - a
3 - d
4 - b
5 - e

PREP3. Reading.
1.c
2.a


*Notes for myself: I had 1 mistake in this lesson, instead of answer a for #2 PREP3, I put c.

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Estudo baseado no livro: 400 MUST-HAVE WORDS for the TOEFL de Lynn Staffor-Yilmaz and Lawrence J. Zwier, como todos direitos reservados The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.