NORTHSTAR 2e Listening and Speaking, Advanced. Vocabulary Exercise. Unit
2: Celebration, Florida: Disney's Utopia. Circle the correct answer. 1.
NORTHSTAR 2e Listening and Speaking, Advanced Vocabulary Exercise Unit 2: Celebration, Florida: Disney’s Utopia Circle the correct answer. 1. Many people find city life communities in small towns. a. high-tech b. callous
and lonely. They seek kinder and more personal c. sprawling
2. He didn’t plan to say anything at the wedding party, but at the last minute he stood up and gave a lovely speech. a. compulsive b. unscripted c. empty
3. Many urbanites like to live in the city because life is so excitement, and something interesting to do. a. compulsive b. peaceful c. vibrant
. There is always energy,
4. She does not have a paying job, but every day she works on town projects such as the arts festival and the public library. She contributes enormously to the life of her town. a. private b. personal c. civic
5. The town plans to hire several a. Disneyphiles b. engineers
to design and develop a new bridge. c. doctors
6. When cities grow rapidly and without much planning, they often grow too large. Residents of these communities need to drive a car for even their simplest needs. a. thwarted b. sprawling c. self-selecting
7. The city officials her plan to build a homeless shelter downtown. No matter how she tried to make the plan work, the city officials would find a problem. a. put together b. presented c. thwarted
8. The admissions committee reads each student application with tremendous want to make sure they select only the best students. a. scrutiny b. callousness c. vibrancy
9. The urban a. boardroom
. They
is one of streets, buildings, cars, people, and shops. b. technology c. landscape
10. The plan to start a small, 40-house neighborhood with a few shops more comprehensive plan to build an entire town. a. evolved b. thwarted c. self-selected
into a larger,
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