PTE Snacks V6 13 Flashcards
1201 If a species is described as venomous, what substance does it has?
venom ; poison
1202 What is the section in the library called where you can only read but cannot bring the books out of the library?
Reserve collection
1203 When trains or cars need to go through a mountain, where do they enter the mountain?
Tunnel
1204 What do people with claustrophobia fear?
Confined space
1205 What are buses, trains, and cars used for?
Travel ; Transport ; Transportation
1206 If a meeting is scheduled on Wednesday, and today is Tuesday, then will the meeting be held tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or next week?
Tomorrow
1207 What protects birds on the outside of their bodies?
Feather
1208 What is the job title of someone who works at the beach and saves people’s lives when they are in danger in the sea?
Lifesavers
1209 Which tool is not considered to be the modern general transportation tool?
Car; carriage; airplane Carriage
1210 Which word is different from the others?(Decrease, increase, and Decline)?
Increase
1211 Where is the habitat of this fish?
(an image is shown) Seawater; ocean
1212 What is the name of birds’ regular seasonal movement, often north and south along a flyway?
Migration
1213 Some doctors deal with bones; some deal with the heart. Which doctor deals with teeth?
Dentist
1214 What do you call the person who is guilty in law terms?
Criminal
1215 Where would you normally expect to find equipment like microscopes, Bunsen burners, beakers, and Petri dishes?
Laboratory
1216 Which is the longest: a decade, a millennium, or a century?
A millennium
1217 What is the main harmful instance in tobacco that is often discouraged by a doctor?
Nicotine
1218 What do we call three children born at the same time to the same mother?
triplets
1219 What do we call a car that needs to be charged?
: electric car
1220 What do we call a person whose responsibility is to correct others’ mistakes?
corrector
1221 What do we call a person who does things with the left hand?
left-handed
1222 What do we call a photo of a person’s face taken from the side?
profile
1223 Where is basketball played?
basketball court
1224 What do we call comments in a movie given by a person unseen on the screen?
voice over
1225 What do we call an experienced person who advises and helps less experienced people?
mentor
1226 What do we call a child who will soon be a teenager?
preteen ; tween
1227 What do we call a sudden shake of the Earth’s surface?
earthquake
1228 What do you call a person from Netherlands?
dutch
1229 What is the heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine called?
headline
1230 How do we call a person who writes his own story?
autobiographer
1231 What is fake money called?
counterfeit money ; fake note
1232 How do you call the money that you pay in advance for receiving newspapers or journals?
subscription
1233 What do you call a seat with legs but nothing to support your arms or back?
Stool
1234 What do we call a horse-like animal with a single horn on the head?
Unicorn
1235 What do workers get by working overtime?
Overtime pay / overtime payment
1236 Who prescribe patients medicine?
Doctors
1237 What do we call a material that helps to insulate the burn?
Fireproof material
1238 What do we call a set of answers to exercises or problems?
Key
1239 What is the verb that describes traveling on boat?
Cruise
1240 Who is a person who gives evidence in court?
Witness
1241 What do you call the daughter of your sister or brother?
Niece
1242 Where do passengers stand waiting for a train in the railway station?
Platform
1243 What is the process of choosing a person for a position by voting?
election
1244 What are the imaginary lines that run around the earth vertically?
Meridian
1245 What do we call the list of times when classes in school happen?
curriculum table
1246 What do you pay when you park in a wrong place?
fine / parking fine
1247 What do we call a large building with a square base and triangular sides?
pyramid
1248 What is the opposite of horizontal?
vertical
1249 What do we call a person undergoing treatments in hospital?
patient
1250 What do we call a person who takes care of children when their parents are at work?
babysitter / nanny
1251 What is the opposite of introvert?
extrovert
1253 What fruit category includes orange, mandarin and lemon?
citrus
1254 What do we call a line of people waiting to do something?
queue
1255 What is the mark used to show that one or more letters have been left out?
apostrophe
1256 What do we call an underground train system?
metro / subway
1257 What is the punctuation used at the end of a sentence?
full stop / period
1258 What is the shape of the earth’s orbit?
oval / ellipse
1259 What is the psychology fear after an accident called?
ptsd (post-traumatic stress disorder)
1260 What do you call the facts, signs or objects that make you believe something is true?
evidence
1261 How many days are there in one year?
three hundred and sixty- five
1262 What do we call a person who pays rent to the landlord?
lessee / tenant
1263 What do we call a person who is hurt in a criminal case?
victim
1264 What object do we open a window or a door by?
handle
1265 If any experiment is duplicated, how many times it is performed?
two / twice
1266 What do we call a person who does a job without being paid?
volunteer
1267 What is the process of breaking down plastic and glass and using it again?
recycling
1268 What do we call a person who is registered for the election?
candidate
1269 What do we call a reward paid to an employee at the end of the year?
year-end bonus
1270 What do you call the case you use to carry documents?
briefcase
1271 What do we use to get to the third floor when the elevator is broken?
stairs
1272 How many legs does a tripod have?
three
1273 What is the opposite of maximum?
minimum
1274 What do we call a person who fights against the government?
rebel
1275 What do we call the joint that joins the leg to the rest of the body?
hip joint
1276 What do we call a group of mountains such as the Himalayas?
range
1277 In winter, what activities do people usually do on snow mountains by standing on long, thin boards?
skiing
1278 What do we call a person who buy things in a shop?
customer / buyer / shopper
1279 What is the storyline or the series of scenes of novels, movies, short stories or plays?
plot
1280 What is the adjective opposite to ‘rural’?
urban
1281 Where do passengers wait for airplanes?
terminal / airport
1282 What is the opposite of “dangerous”?
safe
1283 We call numbers like one, three, five odd numbers, then what do we call numbers like two, four, six?
even numbers
1284 What do we call a dream that is very frightening or unpleasant?
nightmare
1285 What is the opposite of majority?
minority
1286 What do we call one of four equal parts of something?
quarter
1287 What do you call a flight that you buy for going and return?
round trip
1288 What do we call a car that needs to be charged?
electric car
1289 What do they call it when they turn up the volume?
amplification / amplify
1290 What do they call the pieces of puzzle which players try to piece together?
jigsaw
1291 What is the low land between two hills or mountains?
valley / canyon
1292 We call a person used to using the right hand a right-hander, and what do we call a person if the left hand?
left-hander
1293 What is a mass of ice floating in the sea?
iceberg
1294 What is the opposite of ‘wet’?
dry
1295 What do you call a person who lives next to your house?
neighbor
1296 How do you call a place where trains or buses regularly stop so that passengers can get on and off?
station
1297 If knees are located in your legs, where are elbows located?
arms
1298 If Monday is the first day, what day is the forth day?
Thursday
1299 What is the study of religion called?
theology
1300 What do people usually use to cut food?
knife