David had a reputation for being a prudent statesman. He took over his father's business and through his careful and prudent approach became very successful, growing wealthy quickly yet never being dishonest. His transactions were done with great intelligence and care.

1. TOEFL VOCABULARY

2. READING COMPREHENSION AND
VOCABULARY
The sentence has an underlined word or phrase.
There are four options under the sentence.
Choose the option that best suits the meaning of
the original word.
David had a reputation for being a prudent
statesman.
A) clever B) careful
C) wealthy D) dishonest

3. David took over the business from his father.
He was extremely clever in all his transactions.
He became wealthy in a very short period of
time.

4. He was never dishonest.
He was a very careful or prudent businessman.

5.  clever -------intelligent
 wealthy---- rich
 dishonest---cheat
 careful--- - prudent or skillful