CHS 2024 Prelim Vocabulary Cloze

5 questions from CHS 2024. Real examination questions for PSLE 2027/2028 preparation.

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For each question, choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Life in the past year has been very exciting for Shanti Pereira. Southeast Asia's fastest woman, Shanti Pereira, has become (1) a household name in Singapore lauded for her outstanding performance after 49 years at last year's Asian Games.

The 28-year-old track-and-field athlete, often (2) referred to as Singapore's sprint queen, (3) clinched her first gold medal in the women's 200-metre race and silver in the 100-metre race at the Asian Games. She then set her eyes on the Paris Olympics. However, the journey was not easy.

Pereira told CNBC that one of the most difficult times of her career was when she suffered a hamstring injury in 2018 that (4) derailed her training. As such, she could not progress beyond the Asian Games heats that year. The next few years were (5) a struggle for Pereira. However, she remained determined to achieve even greater success in her career. Adapted from https://www.cnbc.com

Question 1: What is the closest meaning of “a household name”?
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