background

 background

= personal and professional history

During the job interview, Mark highlighted his background in the IT industry and his track record of scaling tech startups.

Mark’s strong background in endurance running allowed him to comfortably complete the charity marathon without prior specialized preparation.

As a university student from a small town, Susan often uses her unique cultural background as inspiration for her creative writing assignments.

Susan explained that her foodie adventures started early due to her multicultural family background and frequent international travels.

Some synonyms and antonyms for "background":

Synonyms:

history

resume

record

upbringing

Antonyms:

ignorance

amnesia

forgetting

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Question: What does “background” mean in “personal and professional history”?

A) Past experiences and education

B) Only job responsibilities

C) Current schedule

D) Future plans

The Red Rocket and the Honda Honey

Mark, a successful businessman, and his girlfriend Chloe were enjoying their coffee at the weekend. Mark talked about his new sports car a lot, bragging about its speed and curves. When buying his new sports car, Mark mentioned that his engineering background helped him appreciate the vehicle's advanced aerodynamics.

Chloe, however, was not interested in it at all. Taking a sip of her latte, she rolled her eyes and said, "You are just driving at 50 kilometers per hour in city traffic. There is no need to drive your red shiny sports car! A tiny Honda S660 is already the best for you, my honey!"

Mark suddenly agreed with her on the parking nightmare, but, you know, Mark would never sell his precious sports car and buy a micro Honda S660.

After chatting a lot, they felt tired and finally drove back to his house. On the highway, Mark happily pressed the gas pedal. Suddenly, he saw a police car struggling to chase a speeding white hatchback. The police car was simply not fast enough to catch the clever escapee. Desperate, the officer leaned out of the window and shouted to Mark for help.

"Please block that front white car! We need to catch him now! This is an order!" the officer yelled.

Mark replied with total confidence, "Yes, sir!"

Channeling his inner race car driver, Mark chased the runaway vehicle, swerved gracefully, and blocked the road so that the police could catch the thief immediately.

Later, Mark received a shiny good citizen reward from the local government. And Chloe? Well, she finally understood the difference between a roaring sports supercar and a Honda S660—mostly because Mark talked about his heroics for the next three months.

Questions

According to the story, why did Mark appreciate the advanced aerodynamics of his new sports car?

A. Because a police officer explained it to him on the highway.

B. Because his engineering background helped him understand it.

C. Because Chloe read about it in a car magazine.

D. Because the Honda S660 manual recommended it.

Based on the definition provided in the text (background = personal and professional history), which sentence uses the word background with the same meaning?

A. She painted the kitchen wall with a blue background to match the curtains.

B. The suspect was standing in the background of the security camera footage.

C. His background in computer science helped him fix the software bug easily.

D. The photographer blurred the background to make the portrait stand out.