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 The students, ____ reading their books, did not observe me enter the classroom.
A:deficient in
B:adequate for
C:short of
D:intent on
Foreign disinvestment and the ________ of South Africa from world capital markets after 1985 further weakened its economy.
A:displacement
B:elimination
C:exclusion
D:exception
James has just arrived, but I didn’t know he _________ until yesterday.
A:will come
B:was coming
C:had been coming
D:came
Preliminary estimation puts the figure at around $110 billion, _____ the $160 billion the President is struggling to get through the Congress.
A:in proportion to
B:in reply to
C:in relation to
D:in contrast to
The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible on the grounds that it was _____ to the issue at hand .
A:irrational
B:unreasonable
C:invalid
D:irrelevant
_______ to some parts of South America is still difficult ,because parts of the continent are still covered with thick forests .
A:Orientation
B:Access
C:Procession
D:Voyage
The very ____ of justice lies in the right of every man to a fair trial.
A:content
B:essence
C:threshold
D:texture
He knows the regulations, and if he refuses to ____ with them he must take the consequence.
A:accord
B:assist
C:confirm
D:comply
Their marriage came to an end because they were simply not ____ with each other.
A:comparable
B:compatible
C:competitive
D:complacent
The director tried to get the actors to _________ to the next scene by hand
signals.
A:move on
B:move off
C:move out
D:move along
For the new country to survive, ________ for its people to enjoy prosperity, new economic policies will be required.
A:to name a few
B:let alone
C:not to speak
D:let’s say
I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat ______ .
A:disapproval
B:rejection
C:refusal
D:decline
The Chinese diplomatic envoys were sent who should strengthen our international position and strive for world peace and friendly____ among peoples.
A:collaboration
B:harmony
C:coordination
D:intercourse
You don’t have to install this radio in your new car . It’s an _______ extra.
A:excessive
B:optional
C:additional
D:arbitrary
He is planning another tour abroad ,yet his passport will ______ at the end of this month.
A:expire
B:exceed
C:terminate
D:cease
I know he failed his last test, but really he’s _________ stupid.
A:something but
B:anything but
C:nothing but
D:not but
Thousands of people turned out into the streets to _________ against the
local authorities’ decision to build a highway across the field.
A:contradict
B:reform
C:counter
D:protest
To his great joy he discovered that his ear was becoming ____.
A:sensational
B:sensitive
C:sentimental
D:sensible
Each individual is requested to state the ____ on which his judgments are based.
A:requirements
B:measures
C:legislations
D:criteria
The chairman was blamed for letting his secretary ________too much work last week.
A:take away
B:take out
C:take to
D:take on
The mayor is a woman with great _______ and therefore deserves our political and financial support.
A:intention
B:instinct
C:integrity
D:intensity
Although the arguments were ____, he was not convinced.
A:rational
B:universal
C:apparent
D:exceptional
________ you _______ further problems with your printer, contact your dealer
for advice.
A:If, had
B:Have, had
C:Should, have
D:In
case, had
_________ conscious of my moral obligations as a citizen.
A:I was and always will be
B:I have to be and always will be
C:I had been and always will be
D:I have been and always will be
I am not______ with my roommate but I have to share the room with her ,because I have nowhere else to live.
A:concerned
B:compatible
C:considerate
D:complied
The wealth of a country should be measured ________ the health and happiness of its people as well as the material goods it can produce.
A:in line with
B:in terms of
C:in regard with
D:by means of
Politically these nations tend to be ______,with very high birth rates but poor education and very low levels of literacy.
A:unsteady
B:unstable
C:rational
D:reluctant
His contribution to the program was ____ because 99 percent of the work was completed by his colleagues.
A:invisible
B:negligible
C:appreciable
D:considerable
The meeting was put off because we __________ a meeting without John.
A:objected having
B:were objected to having
C:objected to have
D:objected to having
She hit the chair and ____ the coffee.
A:spoiled
B:poured
C:spilled
D:splashed
.________quantities of water are being used nowadays with the rapid development of industry and agriculture.
A:Extreme
B:Exclusive
C:Extensive
D:Excessive
An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by ____ buyers.
A:perspective
B:prospective
C:prosperous
D:profitable
"This light is too______ for me to read by. Don’t we have a brighter bulb some where": said the elderly man.
A:dim
B:slight
C:mild
D:minute
It was no _____ that his car was seen near the bank at the time of the robbery .
A:coincidence
B:convention
C:certainty
D:complication
Mr. Smith had an unusual _______ : he was first an office clerk , then a sailor , and ended up as a school teacher.
A:profession
B:occupation
C:position
D:career
"You try to get some sleep. I‘ll _____the patient‘s breakfast, "said the nurse.
A:get to
B:see to
C:lead to
D:stick to
I went there in 1984, and that was the only occasion when I ________ the
journey in exactly two days.
A:must take
B:must have made
C:was able to make
D:could make
Poverty is not ______ in most cities although ,perhaps because of the crowded conditions in certain areas , it is more visible there.
A:rare
B:temporary
C:prevalent
D:segmental
At first, the _____ of color pictures over a long distance seemed impossible ,but , with the painstaking efforts and at great expense ,it became a reality.
A:transaction
B:transmission
C:transformation
D:transition
Because fuel supplies are finite and many people are wasteful, we will have
to install _________ solar heating device in our home.
A:some type of
B:some types of a
C:some type of a
D:some types of
A system of strict discipline has a ____ effect on conduct.
A:automatic
B:deliberate
C:beneficial
D:customary
Most laboratory and field studies of human behavior ______taking a situational photograph at a given time and in a given place.
A:attach
B:compose
C:involve
D:enclose
The house has remained ____ since its owner left for a foreign country
four years ago.
A:ruined
B:haunted
C:uninhabited
D:locked
When workers are organized in trade unions, employers find it hard to lay them ________.
A:off
B:aside
C:out
D:down
Her hair was wet from the ____ tossed up by the huge waves.
A:surf
B:lather
C:foam
D:spray
He promised to put ____ a word for me.
A:out
B:down
C:forward
D:in
His remarks were ________ annoy everybody at the meeting.
A:so as to
B:such as to
C:such to
D:as much as to
She worked hard at her task before she felt sure that the results would ________ her long effort.
A:justify
B:testify
C:rectify
D:verify
We have arranged to go to the cinema on Friday, but we can be _______and go another day.
A:probable
B:reliable
C:flexible
D:feasible
They had the greatest difficulties ____ during the journey to Antarctica.
A:imaginary
B:imaginative
C:imaginable
D:imaginal
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