The other day, Mum and I went to St. J...

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The findings paint a unique picture of the shopping habits of customers, plus their motivation and______.

A) privileges
B) possibilities
C) possessions
D) preferences

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The old paper mill has been ______ to make way for a new shopping centre.

A) cut down
B) kept down
C) tom down
D) held down

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As an actor he could communicate a whole ______of emotions.

A) frame
B) range
C) number
D) scale

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The ______ that exists among nations could certainly be lessened if misunderstanding and mistrust were removed.

A) tension
B) strain
C) stress
D) intensity

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It ______ you to at least 50% off the regular price of either frames or lenses when you buy both.

A) presents
B) entitles
C) credits
D) tips

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Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the fiftieth ______ of American Independence.

A) ceremony
B) occasion
C) occurrence
D) anniversary

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Showing some sense of humor can be a(n) ______ way to deal with some stressful situation.

A) effective
B) efficient
C) favorable
D) favorite

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There is already clear______ to show that plants and animals are being affected by climate change.

A) witness
B) certification
C) identity
D) evidence

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If you don't like to swim, you ______ as well stay at home.

A) should
B) may
C) can
D) would

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American college students are increasingly ______ with credit card debt and the consequences can be rather serious.

A) boosted
B) burdened
C) discharged
D) dominated

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Ten days ago the young man informed his boss of his intention to ______.

A) resign
B) reject
C) retreat
D) replace

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The other day, Mum and I went to St. James's Hospital, and they did lots and lots of tests on me, most of them ______ and frightening.

A) cheerful
B) horrible
C) hostile
D) friendly

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As one of the world's highest paid models, she had her face ______ for five million dollars.

A) deposited
B) assured
C) measured
D) insured

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Though she began her______ by singing in a local pop group, she is now a famous Hollywood movie star.

A) employment
B) career
C) occupation
D) profession

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People's expectations about the future may have more influence on their sense of well- being than their ______state does.

A) current
B) initial
C) modern
D) primitive

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All the arrangements should be completed ______ your departure.

A) prior to
B) superior to
C) contrary to
D) parallel to

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The native Canadians lived in ______ with nature, for they respected nature as a provider of life.

A) coordination
B) acquaintance
C) contact
D) harmony

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An important factor in determining how well you perform in an examination is the______ of your mind.

A) state
B) case
C) situation
D) circumstance

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Most people agree that the present role of women has already affected US society. ______, it has affected the traditional role of men.

A) Above all
B) In all
C) At most
D) At last

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Mr. Smith says: "The media are very good at sensing a mood and then ______ it."

A) overtaking
B) enlarging
C) widening
D) exaggerating

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The company is trying every means to ______ the wholesale price of its products.

A) pull down
B) put down
C) set down
D) bring down

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The writer was so ______ in her work that she didn't notice him enter the room.

A) absorbed
B) abandoned
C) focused
D) centered

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In the US, 88 percent of smokers had started before they were 18, despite the fact that it is ______to sell cigarettes to anyone under that age.

A) liable
B) liberal
C) inational
D) illegal

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The machine looked like a large,______ old-fashioned typewriter.

A) forceful
B) clumsy
C) intense
D) tricky

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His temper and personality show that he can become a soldier of the top ______.

A) circle
B) rank
C) category
D) grade

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Although they lost their jobs, savings and unemployment benefits allow the couple to ______their comfortable home.

A) come in for
B) catch up with
C) look forward to
D) hold on to

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Companies are struggling to find the right ______ between supply and demand, but it is no easy task.

A) equation
B) formula
C) balance
D) pattern

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______ recent developments we do not think your scheme is practical.

A) In view of
B) In case of
C) In memory of
D) In favor of

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Dr. Smith was always ______ the poor and the sick, often providing them with free medical care.

A) reminded of
B) absorbed in
C) tended by
D) concerned about

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There is a fully ______ health center on the ground floor of the main office building.

A) installed
B) equipped
C) provided
D) projected

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It may be necessary to stop ______ in the learning process and go back to the difficult points in the lessons.

A) at a distance
B) at intervals
C) at case
D) at length

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Being ignorant of the law is not accepted as an ______ for breaking the law.

A) excuse
B) intention
C) option
D) approval

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Politically these nations tend to be ______, with very high birth rates but poor education and very low levels of literacy.

A) unstable
B) reluctant
C) rational
D) unsteady

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The chairman was blamed for letting his secretary ______ too much work last week.

A) take to
B) take out
C) take away
D) take on

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We have arranged to go to the cinema on Friday, but we can be ______ and go another day.

A) reliable
B) probable
C) feasible
D) flexible

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Within two days, the army fired more than two hundred rockets and missiles at military ______in the coastal city.

A) goals
B) aims
C) targets
D) destinations

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Most laboratory and field studies of human behavior ______ taking a situational photograph at a given time and in a given place.

A) involve
B) compose
C) enclose
D) attach

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Research shows that there is no ______ relationship between how much a person earns and whether he feels good about life.

A) successive
B) subsequent
C) significant
D) sincere

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Many people are asking whether traditional research universities in fact have any future______.

A) at all
B) so far
C) in all
D) on end

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Many personnel managers say it is getting harder and harder to ______ honest applicants from the growing number of dishonest ones.

A) distinguish
B) disguise
C) dissolve
D) discount

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"You try to get some sleep. I'll ______ the patient's breakfast," said the nurse.

A) see to
B) stick to
C) get to
D) lead to

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I must congratulate you ______ the excellent design of the new bridge.

A) with
B) of
C) at
D) on

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Mrs. Gmith was so ______ about everything that no servants could please her.

A) specific
B) special
C) precise
D) particular

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Sadly, as spending on private gardens has ______, spending on public parks has generally declined.

A) heightened
B) lifted
C) flown
D) soared

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Deserts and high mountains have always been a ______ to the movement of people from place to place.

A) barrier
B) fence
C) prevention
D) jam

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With the increasing unemployment rate, workers who are 50 to 60 years old are usually the first to be______.

A) laid off
B) laid aside
C) laid out
D) laid up

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Only those who can ______ to lose their money should make high-risk investments.

A) maintain
B) sustaint
C) endure
D) afford

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Lung cancer, like some other cancers, often doesn't produce ______ until it is too late and has spread beyond the chest to the brain, liver or bones.

A) trails
B) therapies
C) symptoms
D) symbols

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Mr. Smith asked his secretary to ______ a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing.

A) inject
B) install
C) invade
D) insert

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The situation described in the report ______ terrible, but it may not happen.

A) inclines
B) maintains
C) sounds
D) remains

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Some research workers completely ______ all those facts as though they never existed.

A) ignore
B) leave
C) refuse
D) miss

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Mass advertising helped to ______ the emphasis from the production of goods to their consumption.

A) vary
B) shift
C) lay
D) moderate

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For professional athletes, ______ to the Olympics means that they have a chance to enter the history books.

A) access
B) attachment
C) appeal
D) approach

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It was the first time that such a ______ had to be taken at a British nuclear power station.

A) presentation
B) precaution
C) preparation
D) prediction

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______ that he wasn't happy with the arrangements, I tried to book a different hotel.

A) Perceiving
B) Penetrating
C) Puzzling
D) Preserving

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According to the key witnesses, a peculiarly big nose is the criminal's most memorable facial

A) feature
B) hint
C) spot
D) signature

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There has been a collision ______ a number of cars on the main road to town.

A) composing
B) consisting
C) involving
D) engaging

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Can you give me even the ______ clue as to where her son might be

A) simplest
B) slightest
C) least
D) utmost

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It is said in some parts of the world, goats, rather than cows, serve as a vital ______ of milk.

A) storage
B) reserve
C) resource
D) source

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The ______ at the military academy is so rigid that students can hardly bear it.

A) convention
B) confinement
C) principle
D) discipline

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At yesterday's party, Elizabeth's boyfriend amused us by ______ Charlie Chaplin.

A) copying
B) following
C) imitating
D) modeling

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These overseas students show great______ for learning a new language.

A) enthusiasm
B) authority
C) convention
D) faith

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In the long ______, the new information technologies may fundamentally alter out way of life.

A) view
B) distance
C) jump
D) run

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We don't know why so many people in that region like to wear dresses of such______ colors.

A) low
B) humble
C) mild
D) dull

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John cannot afford to go to university, ______ going abroad.

A) nothing but
B) anything but
C) not to speak of
D) nothing to speak of

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Almost all job applicants are determined to leave a good ______ on a potential employer.

A) illusion
B) reputation
C) impression
D) reflection

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This is what you should bear in mind: Don't ______ a salary increase before you actually get it.

A) hang on
B) draw on
C) wait on
D) count on

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The most successful post-career athletes are those who can take the identity and life skills they learned in sports and ______ them to another area of life.

A) utilize
B) employ
C) apply
D) exert

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The board of the company has decided to ______ its operations to include all aspects of the clothing business.

A) multiply
B) lengthen
C) expand
D) stretch

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Salaries for ______ positions seem to be higher than for permanent ones.

A) legal
B) optional
C) voluntary
D) temporary

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Now in Britain, wines take up four times as much ______ in the storehouse as both beer and spirits.

A) block
B) land
C) patch
D) space

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He never arrives on time and my ______ is that he feels the meetings are useless.

A) preference
B) conference
C) inference
D) reference

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The London Marathon is a difficult race. ______, thousands of runners participate every year.

A) Therefore
B) Furthermore
C) Accordingly
D) Nevertheless

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Many women still feel that they are being______ by a male culture, particularly in the professional services sector.

A) held back
B) held forth
C) held on
D) held out

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Considering your salary, you should be able to______ at least twenty dollars a week.

A) put forward
B) put up
C) put out
D) put aside

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Please ______ dictionaries when you are not sure of word spelling or meaning.

A) seek
B) inquire
C) search
D) consult

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______ quantities of water are being used nowadays with the rapid development of industry and agriculture.

A) Excessive
B) Extensive
C) Extreme
D) Exclusive

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Norman Davis will be remembered by many with ______ not only as a great scholar but also as a most delightful and faithful friend.

A) kindness
B) friendliness
C) warmth
D) affection

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This is not an economical way to get more water; ______,it is very expensive.

A) on the other hand
B) on the contrary
C) in short
D) or else

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Jessica was ______ from the warehouse to the accounting office, which was considered a promotion.

A) delivered
B) exchanged
C) transferred
D) transformed

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The more a nation's companies ______ factories abroad, the smaller that country's recorded exports will be.

A) lie
B) spot
C) stand
D) locate

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A study shows that students living in non-smoking dorms are less likely to ______ the habit of smoking.

A) make up
B) turn up
C) draw up
D) pick up

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The bank refused to ______ him any money, so he had to postpone buying a house.

A) credit
B) borrow
C) loan
D) lease

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He found the ______ media attention intolerable and decided to go abroad.

A) sufficient
B) constant
C) steady
D) plenty

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Because of his excellent administration, people lived in peace and ______ and all previously neglected matters were taken care of.

A) conviction
B) contest
C) consent
D) content

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"This light is too ______ for me to read by. Don't we have a brighter bulb somewhere" said the elderly man.

A) mild
B) dim
C) minute
D) slight

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The mayor ______ the police officer a medal of honor for his heroic deed in rescuing the earthquake victims.

A) rewarded
B) awarded
C) credited
D) prized

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The group of technicians are engaged in a study which ______ all aspects of urban planning.

A) inserts
B) grips
C) performs
D) embraces

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Mrs. Morris's daughter is pretty and ______, and many girls envy her.

A) slender
B) light
C) faint
D) minor

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Actually, information technology can ______ the gap between the poor and the rich.

A) link
B) break
C) ally
D) bridge

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Brarll's constitution ______ the military use of nuclear energy.

A) withdraws
B) forbids
C) interrupts
D) objects

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Critics believe that the control of television by mass advertising has ______ the quality of the programs.

A) lessened
B) declined
C) affected
D) effected

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______ elephants are different from wild elephants in many aspects, including their tempers.

A) Cultivated
B) Regulated
C) Civil
D) Tame

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A word processor is much better than a typewriter in that it enables you to enter and ______your text more easily.

A) register
B) edit
C) propose
D) discharge

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We need to create education standards that prepare our next generation who will be with an even more competitive market.

A) tackled
B) encountered
C) dealt
D) confronted

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Computer power now allows automatic searches of fingerprint files to match a print at a crime______.

A) stage
B) scene
C) location
D) occasion

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Tom, did it ever______ to you that you would be punished for cheating on exams

A) happen
B) occur
C) reflect
D) strike

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His business was very successful, but it was at the ______ of his family life.

A) consumption
B) credit
C) exhaustion
D) expense

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Numerous studies already link the first meal of the day to better classroom ______.

A) performance
B) function
C) behavior
D) display

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When carbon is added to iron in proper______, the result is steel.

A) rates
B) thicknesses
C) proportions
D) densities

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Now that spring is here, you can ______ these fur coats till you need them again next winter.

A) put over
B) put away
C) put off
D) put down

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Being out of work, Jane can no longer ______ friends to dinners and movies as she used to.

A) urge
B) treat
C) appeal
D) compel

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To speed up the ______ of letters, the Post Office introduced automatic sorting.

A) treatment
B) delivery
C) transmission
D) departure

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These teachers try to be objective when they______ the integrated ability of their students.

A) justify
B) evaluate
C) indicate
D) reckon

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For more than 20 years, we've been supporting educational programs that ______ from kindergartens to colleges.

A) move
B) shift
C) range
D)spread

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Although many experts agree that more children are overweight, there is debate over the best ways to ______ the problem.

A) relate
B) tackle
C) file
D) attach

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Some people believe that since oil is scarce, the ______ of the motor industry is uncertain.

A) terminal
B) benefit
C) fate
D) estimate

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She keeps a supply of candles in the house in case of power______.

A) failure
B) lack
C) absence
D) drop

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The physical differences between men and women can be ______ directly to our basic roles as hunters and child-bearers.

A) pursued
B) traced
C) switched
D) followed

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There's the living room still to be______, so that's my next project.

A) abandoned
B) decorated
C) dissolved
D) assessed

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During the lecture, the speaker occasionally ______ his point by relating his own experiences.

A) illustrated
B) hinted
C) cited
D) displayed

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I was so ______ in today's history lesson. I didn't understand a thing.

A) amazed
B) neglected
C) contused
D) amused

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The lecture which lasted about three hours was so ______ that the audience couldn't help yawning.

A) tedious
B) bored
C) clumsy
D) tired

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I know you've got a smooth tongue, so don't talk me ______ buying it.

A) away
B) down
C) out
D) into

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Tomorrow the mayor is to ______ a group of Canadian businessmen on a tour of the city.

A) coordinate
B) cooperate
C) accompany
D) associate

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Doctors warned against chewing tobacco as a______ for smoking.

A) relief
B) revival
C) substitute
D) succession

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The technological advances made it possible for the middle classes to enjoy what had once been ______ only to the very rich.

A) manageable
B) measurable
C) acceptable
D) affordable

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The defense lawyer was questioning the old man who was one of the ______ of the murder committed last month.

A) observers
B) witnesses
C) audiences
D) viewers

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Some people argue that the death ______ does not necessarily reduce the number of murders.

A) plot
B) practice
C) penalty
D) pattern

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My grandfather had always taken a ______ interest in my work, and I had an equal admiration for the stories of his time.

A) splendid
B) weighty
C) vague
D) keen

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I went along thinking of nothing ______, only looking at things around me.

A) in particular
B) in harmony
C) in doubt
D) in brief

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The most basic reason why dialects should be preserved is that language helps to ______ a culture.

A) retain
B) relate
C) remark
D) review

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A special feature of education at MIT is the opportunity for students and faculty to ______ together in research activities.

A) specialize
B) participate
C) consist
D) involve

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It is obvious that this new rule is applicable to everyone without______.

A) exception
B) exclusion
C) modification
D) substitution

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______by the superstars on television, the young athletes trained hard and played intensely.

A) Imitated
B) Imposed
C) Insured
D) Inspired

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Last night he saw two dark ______ enter the building, and then there was the explosion.

A) features
B) figures
C) sketches
D) images

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Nancy is only a sort of______ of her husband's opinion and has no ideas of her own.

A) sample
B) reproduction
C) shadow
D) echo

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The little girl was so frightened that she just wouldn't ______ her grip on my arm.

A) loosen
B) remove
C) relieve
D) dismiss

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Many people believe we are heading for environmental disaster ______ we radically change way we live.

A) but
B) although
C) unless
D) lest

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It's good to know that quite a few popular English expressions actually______ from the Bible.

A) acquire
B) obtain
C) derive
D) result

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The test results are beyond（）；they have been repeated in labs all over the world.

A.negotiation
B.conflict
C.bargain
D.dispute

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I was impressed ______ the efficiency of the work done in the company.

A) in
B) about
C) with
D) for

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The ship's generator broke down, and the pumps had to be operated ______ instead of mechanically.

A) artificially
B) automatically
C) manually
D) synthetically

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You can hire a bicycle in many places. Usually you'll have to pay a ______

A) fare
B) fund
C) deposit
D) deal

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In order to make things convenient for the people, the department is planning to set up some ______ shops in the residential area.

A) flowing
B) drifting
C) mobile
D) unstable

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After working all day, he was so tired that he was in no ______to go to the party with us.

A) taste
B) mood
C) sense
D) emotion

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Within two weeks of arrival, all foreigners had to ______ with the local police.

A) inquire
B) consult
C) register
D) profession

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I'm ______ enough to know it is going to be a very difficult situation to compete against three strong teams.

A) realistic
B) conscious
C) aware
D) radical

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As he has______ our patience, we'll not wait for him any longer.

A) tom
B) wasted
C) exhausted
D) consumed

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You should try to ______ your ambition and be more realistic.

A) reserve
B) restrain
C) retain
D) replace

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First published in 1927, the charts remain an______ source for researchers.

A) identical
B) indispensable
C) intelligent
D) inevitable

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It is clear that the dog has a much greater ______ of its brain devoted to smell than is the case with humans.

A) composition
B) compound
C) percent
D) proportion

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In the Mediterranean seaweed is so abundant and so easily harvested that it is never of great ______

A) fare
B) payment
C) worth
D) expense

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Science and technology have ______ in important ways to the improvement of agricultural production.

A) attached
B) assisted
C) contributed
D) witnessed

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Joe is not good at sports, but when it ______ mathematics, he is the best in the class.

A) comes to
B) comes up to
C) comes on to
D) comes around to

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In the late seventies, the amount of fixed assets required to produce one vehicle in Japan was ______ equivalent to that in the United States.

A) rudely
B) roughly
C) readily
D) coarsely

The other day, Mum and I went to St. James's Hospital, and they did lots and lots of tests on me, most of them ______ and frightening.

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The findings paint a unique picture of the shopping habits of customers, plus their motivation and______.

The old paper mill has been ______ to make way for a new shopping centre.

As an actor he could communicate a whole ______of emotions.

The ______ that exists among nations could certainly be lessened if misunderstanding and mistrust were removed.

It ______ you to at least 50% off the regular price of either frames or lenses when you buy both.

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the fiftieth ______ of American Independence.

Showing some sense of humor can be a(n) ______ way to deal with some stressful situation.

There is already clear______ to show that plants and animals are being affected by climate change.

If you don't like to swim, you ______ as well stay at home.

American college students are increasingly ______ with credit card debt and the consequences can be rather serious.

Ten days ago the young man informed his boss of his intention to ______.

The other day, Mum and I went to St. James's Hospital, and they did lots and lots of tests on me, most of them ______ and frightening.

As one of the world's highest paid models, she had her face ______ for five million dollars.

Though she began her______ by singing in a local pop group, she is now a famous Hollywood movie star.

People's expectations about the future may have more influence on their sense of well- being than their ______state does.

All the arrangements should be completed ______ your departure.

The native Canadians lived in ______ with nature, for they respected nature as a provider of life.

An important factor in determining how well you perform in an examination is the______ of your mind.

Most people agree that the present role of women has already affected US society. ______, it has affected the traditional role of men.

Mr. Smith says: "The media are very good at sensing a mood and then ______ it."

The company is trying every means to ______ the wholesale price of its products.

The writer was so ______ in her work that she didn't notice him enter the room.

In the US, 88 percent of smokers had started before they were 18, despite the fact that it is ______to sell cigarettes to anyone under that age.

The machine looked like a large,______ old-fashioned typewriter.

His temper and personality show that he can become a soldier of the top ______.

Although they lost their jobs, savings and unemployment benefits allow the couple to ______their comfortable home.

Companies are struggling to find the right ______ between supply and demand, but it is no easy task.

______ recent developments we do not think your scheme is practical.

Dr. Smith was always ______ the poor and the sick, often providing them with free medical care.

There is a fully ______ health center on the ground floor of the main office building.

It may be necessary to stop ______ in the learning process and go back to the difficult points in the lessons.

Being ignorant of the law is not accepted as an ______ for breaking the law.

Politically these nations tend to be ______, with very high birth rates but poor education and very low levels of literacy.

The chairman was blamed for letting his secretary ______ too much work last week.

We have arranged to go to the cinema on Friday, but we can be ______ and go another day.

Within two days, the army fired more than two hundred rockets and missiles at military ______in the coastal city.

Most laboratory and field studies of human behavior ______ taking a situational photograph at a given time and in a given place.

Research shows that there is no ______ relationship between how much a person earns and whether he feels good about life.

Many people are asking whether traditional research universities in fact have any future______.

Many personnel managers say it is getting harder and harder to ______ honest applicants from the growing number of dishonest ones.

"You try to get some sleep. I'll ______ the patient's breakfast," said the nurse.

I must congratulate you ______ the excellent design of the new bridge.

Mrs. Gmith was so ______ about everything that no servants could please her.

Sadly, as spending on private gardens has ______, spending on public parks has generally declined.

Deserts and high mountains have always been a ______ to the movement of people from place to place.

With the increasing unemployment rate, workers who are 50 to 60 years old are usually the first to be______.

Only those who can ______ to lose their money should make high-risk investments.

Lung cancer, like some other cancers, often doesn't produce ______ until it is too late and has spread beyond the chest to the brain, liver or bones.

Mr. Smith asked his secretary to ______ a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing.

The situation described in the report ______ terrible, but it may not happen.

Some research workers completely ______ all those facts as though they never existed.

Mass advertising helped to ______ the emphasis from the production of goods to their consumption.

For professional athletes, ______ to the Olympics means that they have a chance to enter the history books.

It was the first time that such a ______ had to be taken at a British nuclear power station.

______ that he wasn't happy with the arrangements, I tried to book a different hotel.

According to the key witnesses, a peculiarly big nose is the criminal's most memorable facial

There has been a collision ______ a number of cars on the main road to town.

Can you give me even the ______ clue as to where her son might be

It is said in some parts of the world, goats, rather than cows, serve as a vital ______ of milk.

The ______ at the military academy is so rigid that students can hardly bear it.

At yesterday's party, Elizabeth's boyfriend amused us by ______ Charlie Chaplin.

These overseas students show great______ for learning a new language.

In the long ______, the new information technologies may fundamentally alter out way of life.

We don't know why so many people in that region like to wear dresses of such______ colors.

John cannot afford to go to university, ______ going abroad.

Almost all job applicants are determined to leave a good ______ on a potential employer.

This is what you should bear in mind: Don't ______ a salary increase before you actually get it.

The most successful post-career athletes are those who can take the identity and life skills they learned in sports and ______ them to another area of life.

The board of the company has decided to ______ its operations to include all aspects of the clothing business.

Salaries for ______ positions seem to be higher than for permanent ones.

Now in Britain, wines take up four times as much ______ in the storehouse as both beer and spirits.

He never arrives on time and my ______ is that he feels the meetings are useless.

The London Marathon is a difficult race. ______, thousands of runners participate every year.

Many women still feel that they are being______ by a male culture, particularly in the professional services sector.

Considering your salary, you should be able to______ at least twenty dollars a week.

Please ______ dictionaries when you are not sure of word spelling or meaning.

______ quantities of water are being used nowadays with the rapid development of industry and agriculture.

Norman Davis will be remembered by many with ______ not only as a great scholar but also as a most delightful and faithful friend.