FreeRice.com is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Program (UNWFP). It aims to provide education to everyone for free and help end world hunger. Join us and have fun with our vocabulary game. For each vocabulary word you get right, we donate free rice through UNWFP to those hungry people.

How do you play the vocabulary game?

Click on the answer that is closest in meaning to the word. If you get it right, you get a harder word. If wrong, you get an easier word. For each word you get right, we donate 20 grains of rice to UNWFP.

How does the vocabulary game help you?

This game may make you smarter. While learning new vocabulary, it can help you:

★Present your ideas better

★Write better papers, e-mails and business letters

★Speak more accurately and influentially

★Read faster because you understand better

★Get better grades in high school and college

★Perform better at job interviews

★Be more effective and successful at your job

After you have done FreeRice for a couple of days, you may notice a phenomenon. Words that you have never consciously used before will begin to pop into your head while you are speaking or writing. You will feel yourself using and knowing more words.

How does the FreeRice vocabulary program work?

FreeRice has a database containing thousands of words at different levels of difficulty. There are words proper for people just learning English and words that will challenge the most learned professors. In between are thousands of words for students, business people, doctors, truck drivers… everyone!

FreeRice adjusts to your level of vocabulary. It starts by giving you words at different levels of difficulty and then, based on how you do, designs a proper starting level for you. When you get a word wrong, you go to an easier level. When you get three words in a row right, you go to a harder level. There are 60 levels in all, but it is rare for people to get above Level 50.

Sign up now and you will have fun as well as help end world hunger.

56. According to the passage, the purpose of the vocabulary game is to ______.

A. combine English learning with helping hungry people

B. make it popular in English-speaking countries

C. encourage people to produce more rice

D. provide English learning for poor areas

57. Playing the vocabulary game enables you to ______.

A. develop some new ideas                  B. increase chances of job interview

C. be admitted to a university                       D. perform better in a speech competition

58. People of different vocabulary levels can play the game because ______.

A. it is free of charge

B. it offers fair chances to everyone

C. it changes levels with their performance

D. it meets the needs of people in different fields

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that I struggled with for most of my middle school years and a part of my high school years.

At Riverview, 　36 was usually a nightmare (噩夢) for me. As I 　37 the dining hall, all the eyes would be fixed upon my bony figure. I would take my place at a table full of friends and 　38 to enjoy a “normal” lunch. The 　39 was that I would not always eat lunch, and that greatly 　40 my friends. They would watch to make sure that I was eating properly, almost 　41 food into my mouth.

And then, I transferred to Madison High School. I decided not to tell anyone at that school about my eating disorder since I had almost 　42 by that time. Strangely, I stopped fearing lunch when I started at Madison. No one knew that I had an eating disorder, 　43 they did not care what I ate. This 　44 a huge amount of stress from my life. It was still hard for me to eat in front of others, which is 　45 for an anorexic, but I was able to put some of my 46　 aside.

I was thankful for the students at Riverview, but they knew me only as an anorexic. My friends cared about my health, but they 　47 to care about me as a person. Truthfully, all I wanted was for them to 　48 me and not to fix on my eating disorder.

The students at Madison took the time to know who I 　49 was. They had no idea that I had been an anorexic, so that a particular label (標簽) did not 　50 their opinions of me. I was finally 　51 for my talents and achievements, not my failures. I was honored as a good student. I was no longer afraid to show my true 　52 .

My days as an anorexic taught me many lessons that I would never 　53 . They taught me about life and how to be a better friend. I learned about the joy of 　54 tasks such as eating lunch. I appreciated the people who helped me to see that there is more 　55 life than having an eating disorder.

36. A. learning　　　　　　　　 B. exercise　　　　　　　 C. lunchtime　 　　　 D. homework

37. A. left 　　　　　　　　　　　 B. cleaned 　　　　　　 C. crossed　　 　　 D. entered

38. A. try　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. offer　　 　　　　　 C. remember　　 　 D. stop

39. A. purpose　 　　　　　 B. attempt　 　　　　　 C. problem　　　 　 D. excuse

40. A. surprised　　　　　　　 B. worried　　　　　　　　 C. puzzled　　　　　　　　 D. bored

41. A. allowing 　　　　　　　 B. forcing　　 　　　　 C. providing　　　　　　 D. dropping

42. A. succeeded　　　　　　 B. lost　 　　　　　　　　 C. recovered　　　　　　 D. quit

43. A. but 　　　　　　　　　　　 B. unless　 　　　　　　 C. so 　　　　　　　　　　 D. though　

44. A. lifted　　　　　　　　　　 B. created　 　　　　　 C. caused　　　　　　　　 D. developed

45. A. serious　　　　　　　　　 B. unbelievable　　 C. relevant　 　　　　 D. common

46. A. fears 　　　　　　　　　 B. desires 　　　　　　 C. beliefs　　　　　　　　 D. doubts

47. A. refused　　　　　　　　　 B. failed　　 　　　　　 C. pretended　 　　　 D. promised

48. A. select　　　　　　　　　　 B. forgive　 　　　　　 C. love　　 　　　　　 D. affect

49. A. really　　　　　　　　　　 B. probably　 　　　 C. eventually　 　　　 D. merely

50. A. express　　　　　　　　 B. color　 　　　　　　 C. share　 　　　　　　 D. confirm

51. A. determined 　　　　 B. identified　　　　　　　 C. envied 　　　　　　　 D. recognized

52. A. responsibility　　　　　 B. personality　 　　　 C. appreciation　　 D. ambition

53. A. forget 　　　　　　　　　 B. review　　　　　　　　 C. skip　　 　　　　　　 D. draw

54. A. tough　　　　　　　　　　 B. complex　 　　　　 C. specific 　　　　　　　 D. routine

55. A. during　　　　　　　　　 B. to 　　　　　　　　　　　 C. of 　　　　　　　　　　　 D. through

––Do you think it wise for parents to do everything for their children?

––No. That’s ______ they’re mistaken.

　　 A. whether 　　　　　　　 B. when　 　　　　　　 C. what　　 　　　　　　 D. where

Jane was elected chairman of the committee. This is the first time that a woman ______ to the post.
A. has appointed　 B. had appointed C. has been appointed　 D. had been appointed

 He is quite strange, for everything he does is opposite to _____ is considered normal behavior.

    A. whether            B. that                C. what                 D. which

 We must read between the lines, and sometimes _____ the lines, to fully understand the writer.

    A. within                 B. among              C. besides               D. beyond

––Have you seen my e-mail about our TESL project?
––Yes. Luckily I checked my e-mails yesterday. Normally I ______ my e-mail box for days.
　　 A. haven’t opened　 B. didn’t open　 　　　 C. hadn’t opened　　 D. don’t open

 There are many examples throughout the world ______ talented players are ignored by their national managers.

     A. when                   B. where             C. which              D. whose

 The seats ______ for children and seniors are right at the front of the buses.

    A. reserved              B. reserving            C. to reserve          D. having reserved

 ______ valuable experience, he asked to be sent to remote areas.

     A. To gain               B. Gaining             C. Gained             D. Being gained