A) pertinent B) appropriate C) acute D) persistent 2. Among all the changes resulting from the ______ entry of women into the work force, the transformation that has occurred in the women themselves is not the least important.
A) massive B) quantitative C) surplus D) formidable 3. Mr. Smith became very ______ when it was suggested that he had made a mistake.
A) ingenious B) empirical C) objective D) indignant 4. Rumors are everywhere, spreading fear, damaging reputations, and turning calm situations into ______ ones.
A) turbulent B) tragic C) vulnerable D) suspicious 5. The ______ cycle of life and death is a subject of interest to scientists and philosophers alike.
A) incompatible B) exceeding C) instantaneous D) eternal 6. She remains confident and ______ untroubled by our present problems. A) indefinitely B) infinitely C) optimistically D) seemingly 7. Fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations ____. A) simultaneously B) spontaneously C) homogeneously D) contemporarily
8. The police were alerted that the escaped criminal might be in the ____.
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A) vain B) vicinity C) court D) jail
9. Whether you live to eat or eat to live, food is a major ______ in every family's budget.
A) nutrition B) expenditure C) routine D) provision 10. Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from ______ on earth rather than bacteria on Mars. A) configuration B) constitution C) condemnation D) contamination
11. There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the ______ from fall to winter. A) transmission B) transformation C) transition D) transfer
12. I think we need to see an investment ______ before we make an expensive mistake.
A) guide B) entrepreneur C) consultant D) assessor
13. The ______ on this apartment expires in a year's time. A) treaty B) lease C) engagement D) subsidy
14. The elderly Russians find it hard to live on their state ______. A) pensions B) earnings C) salaries D) donations 15. There is supposed to be a safety ______ which makes it impossible
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for trains to collide.
A) appliance B) accessory C) machine D) mechanism 16. After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally ______. A) deteriorated B) dispersed C) dissipated D) drained 17. No one can function properly if they are _______ of adequate sleep. A) deprived B) ripped C) stripped D) contrived
18. For years now, the people of that faraway country have been cruelly ______ by a dictator.
A) depressed B) immersed C) oppressed D) cursed 19. Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ______ towards producing workers.
A) harnessed B) hatched C) motivated D) geared 20. The prospect of increased prices has already ______ worries. A) provoked B) irritated C) inspired D) hoisted
21. The suspect ______ that he had not been in the neighbourhood at the time of the crime.
A) advocated B) alleged C) addressed D) announced 22. Although the colonists ______ to some extent with the native Americans, the Indians' influence on American culture and language was not extensive.
A) migrated B) matched C) mingled D) melted
23. E-mail is a convenient, highly democratic informal medium for
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conveying messages that _______ well to human needs. A) adheres B) reflects C) conforms D) satisfies 24. The wings of the bird still ______ after it had been shot down. A) slapped B) scratched C) flapped D) fluctuated
25. The disagreement over trade restrictions could seriously ______ relations between the two countries.
A) tumble B) jeopardize C) manipulate D) intimidate 26. When you put up wallpaper, should you ______ the edges or put them next to each other?
A) coincide B) extend C) overlap D) collide
27. Under the present system, state enterprises must ______ all profits to the government.
A) turn down B) turn up C) turn out D) turn in
28. Oil companies in the U.S. are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery
workers
and
petroleum-equipment-manufacturing
employees are being _______.
A) laid out B) laid off C) laid down D) laid aside
29. We'll ______ you for any damage done to your house while we are in it.
A) compensate B) remedy C) supplement D) retrieve 30. She cut her hair short and tried to ______ herself as a man. A) decorate B) disguise C) fabricate D) forge
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