1. Architectural pressure groups fought unsatisfactorily to save a terrace of 18th century houses from —— .
A) construction
B) evolution
C) maturation
D) enlargement
E) demolition
ANSWER: E

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2. A complete reconstruction of the origin and development of the atmosphere would include details of its size and composition at all times during the 4,500,000,000 years since the —— of the Earth.
A) formation
B) distribution
C) hesitation
D) redemption
E) occurrence
ANSWER: A

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3. Some analysts —— that a U.S.-led invasion of Iraq without Turkey would not only substantially weaken administration claims of international support but also do critical long-term damage to relations with an important NATO and Muslim-populated ally.
A) maintain
B) disapprove
C) compliment
D) finalize
E) validate
ANSWER: A

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4. The government has recently made one million dollars —— for research grants concerning the prediction of earthquake.
A) condition
B) available
C) suitable
D) consideration
E) vulnerable
ANSWER: B

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5. The ozone layer may still act like a protective blanket, but scientists continue to worry about the sun’s —— lethal effects.
A) potentially
B) equivalently
C) indifferently
D) approximately
E) abruptly
ANSWER: A

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6. They have had to agree to provide free lunches, but obviously they have done so —— .
A) faultlessly
B) precisely
C) exceedingly
D) reluctantly
E) extraordinarily
ANSWER: D

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7. Unfortunately, few children behave in such a —— manner towards the elderly and infirm.
A) ridiculous
B) considerate
C) restricted
D) fragile
E) progressive
ANSWER: B

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8. The development of the experimental method to verify theories had the —— effect and there was a rapid increase in scientific knowledge.
A) adverse
B) reluctant
C) appropriate
D) erroneous
E) partial
ANSWER: C

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9. We will have to hire more workers soon; we can’t put it off —— .
A) plainly
B) supremely
C) emphatically
D) intensely
E) indefinitely
ANSWER: E

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10. When births outnumber deaths, the population increases; when the —— occurs, then it falls.
A) opposite
B) growth
C) share
D) rate
E) decrease
ANSWER: A

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11. Industry is slowly realising that the manner in which waste products are —— of is of vital importance to the environment.
A) forwarded
B) exposed
C) composed
D) disposed
E) restored
ANSWER: D

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12. Discourse analysis is —— labour intensive and time consuming, transcription of audio tapes alone being a challenging task.
A) extremely
B) radically
C) reluctantly
D) coherently
E) incessantly
ANSWER: A

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13. People from rural Asia, where breast and colon cancers are rare, —— get more likely to contract those diseases after moving to the United States.
A) widely
B) totally
C) gradually
D) extensively
E) exceedingly
ANSWER: C

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14. In 1990, the —— of HIV infection in South Africa and Thailand were both less than one percent; however, today, Thailand’s rate is 2.15 percent; South Africa’s is 19.94 percent.
A) measurement
B) derivation
C) establishment
D) extension
E) frequency
ANSWER: E

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15. Champions of the green movement regard the internal combustion machine as one of the biggest —— in history.
A) disasters
B) rejections
C) admissions
D) denials
E) sensations
ANSWER: A

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16. It shouldn’t be forgotten that, notwithstanding the great prosperity of the people, Canada’s initial political problem remains the relationship between her English and French speaking —— .
A) surroundings
B) combinations
C) circumstances
D) communities
E) personalities
ANSWER: D

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17. The general feeling in the court was that several of the witnesses were —— information that could have a direct bearing upon the case.
A) expressing
B) avoiding
C) withholding
D) disrupting
E) declining
ANSWER: C

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18. The river Danube rises in Germany and —— through central Europe and into the Black Sea.
A) cruises
B) spreads
C) flows
D) conducts
E) covers
ANSWER: C

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19. Today, a wide spectrum of biological scientists are needed to develop the biotechnology of the next millenium and to ensure the —— of life on our planet.
A) explanation
B) process
C) exhaustion
D) duration
E) conservation
ANSWER: E

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20. The distinction between a language and a dialect is a —— difficult one.
A) precisely
B) notoriously
C) compulsively
D) suitably
E) flexibly
ANSWER: B

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