1. Due adjective (doo, dyoo)
owed at present; having reached the date for payment
2. Scholarship noun (skol-er-ship)
a sum of money or other aid granted to a student, because of merit, need, etc., to pursue his or her studies
3. Agricultural adjective (ag-ri-kuhl-cher-uhl)
the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming
4. Objective noun (uhb-jek-tiv)
something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish
5. Groundwater noun (ground-waw-ter, wot-er)
water that collects or flows beneath the Earth's surface, filling the porous spaces in soil
6. Dependency noun (dih-pen-duhn-see)
state of relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
7. Asset noun (as-et)
a useful thing, or something of value
8. Offspring noun (awf-spring, of-)
children or young of a particular parent
9. Boundary noun (boun-duh-ree, -dree)
something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line
10. Ransom noun (ran-suhm)
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price
Give the word being asked for each number.
◼ groundwater
◼ due
◼ ransom
◼ agricultural
◼ offspring
◼ boundary
◼ scholarship
◼ objective
◼ dependency
◼ asset
__________ 1. children or young of a particular parent
__________ 2. water that collects or flows beneath the Earth's surface, filling the porous spaces in soil
__________ 3. the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price
__________ 4. something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish
__________ 5. the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming
__________ 6. owed at present; having reached the date for payment
__________ 7. a sum of money or other aid granted to a student, because of merit, need, etc., to pursue his or her studies.
__________ 8. state of relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
__________ 9. a useful thing, or something of value
__________ 10. something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line
Choose the correct words to complete the sentences below.
1) Like Japan, China has little land in proportion to its population, and its _________ sector is not internationally competitive. This is why it compensates in other areas like technology and manufacturing products.
a. Boundary
b. Agricultural
c. Dependency
d. Scholarship
2) _________ provides a third of the drinking water in England and Wales, and it also maintains the flow of many of its rivers. Some natives said that it is the source of life of all living things in the land.
a. Ransom
b. Groundwater
c. Scholarship
d. Asset
3) A mule is the hybrid _________ of a male donkey and a female horse. It resembles a donkey more because of its long ears, thin limbs, narrow hooves and thick head. However, its height and body resemble a horse more.
a. Offspring
b. Asset
c. Dependency
d. Objective
4) In October of 2006, Indonesia finished repaying all its debts, which were _________ , to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), ending an eight-year, up-and-down relationship with the global financial agency.
a. Objective
b. Revenues
c. Due
d. Dependency
5) Beijing reacted angrily against Washington’s claim that China’s_________ for increasing military might is to suppress peace efforts in the Asia-Pacific region.
a. Ransom
b. Asset
c. Boundary
d. Objective
6) Anyone who illegally dares to cross the Korean Demilitarized Zone, the strip of land that sets the _____________ between the north and the south, are likely be detained and questioned, die of land mine, or worse, be shot even before you set both your feet across.
a. Groundwater
b. Boundary
c. Ransom
d. Asset
7) Officials handling the kidnap for ransom case of Warren Rodwell did not agree in the payment of his _____________ because it could only trigger more abductions in the region. However, since the relatives of the victim agreed on giving the demanded amount to ensure the safety of their loved one, the “No Ransom” policy couldn’t be enforced.
a. Scholarship
b. Asset
c. Ransom
d. Boundary
8) The president’s reputation was tarnished when rumors about the president’s inability to make his own decisions and his ______________ on his advisers broke out in the media. Critics believe that a leader without a backbone leads a puppet government.
a. Dependency
b. Objective
c. Boundary
d. Scholarship
9) Lawmakers should submit their sworn statements of ___________ and liabilities annually. Failure to do so might cause an official to be impeached from his post.
a. Assets
b. Boundaries
c. Scholarships
d. Ransom
10) Despite his parents’ inability to give him a good education, he was able to attain his college degree through the ___________ granted to him by his university, which he maintained through diligence, hard work and perseverance.
a. Objective
b. Ransom
c. Asset
d. Scholarship