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3. The marriage was really "on the rocks" (Paragraph 1
sentence 4)
The phrase "on the rocks" means that the beckhams
marriage is in a …. condition.
New Horizon a. bad
b. good
c. strong
d. happy
letters, or public notices. 4. The Beckhams' huge income (Paragraph 2 sentence 1)
e. strange

The word huge means ….
a. large
b. high

c. wide
sophisticated system d. big
for circulating written
news. Its publishing
e. small
practises centered on 5. David almost had a nervous breakdown because of
acta diurna (daily events)
Source: Microsoft arguments with his wife (Paragraph 2 sentence 3)
The word arguments means ….
a. fight
b. angry

c. marriage
d. discussion

e. exercise

Activity Read the following words taken from text and find
6
the synonyms.

1. former
2. court
3. article
4. tensions
5. insist
6. lawyer
7. pretend
8. convince
9. contracts
10. advertise

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