ESOL 830 Practice Test Chapter 3 Reading/Vocab Name:_________________

adequate

radically

a breadwinner

a trend

to poll

advantageous

well-to-do

flex-time

to portray

a personal ad

(a) marriage

criteria (pl)

a barrier

a dating agency

a divorce

job sharing

a criterion

to divorce

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words above. (one point word, one point form)

1. One ___________ for buying a new car is cost.

2. In the country on a farm it can be ___________________ to have a big family. In the city it is not.

3. The government puts up _____________ such as taxes to stop people smoking.

4. The movie ______________ the evil general as sad and confused.

5. One _____________ in population is that three-kid families are getting rarer.

6. When the World Trade Center collapsed, a lot of families lost their _____________ .

7. The laws for marriage are not _____________ different in most countries of the world.
8. Before 9/11, US airports security was not ______________ .

9. Most of the members of the Bush government come from ___________ families.

10. One way to handle the problem of kids and work is working ____________ .