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1. Education is the current focus of public ___________.

(1) debate (2) bonus (3) promotion (4) delegation
2. The company hopes to ___________ the new drug by next October.
(1) accumulate (2) launch (3) challenge (4) precede
3. They have put a/an ___________ on imports of clothing.
(1) integrity (2) embargo (3) seizure (4) cone
4. A great deal of anger was ___________ by Campbell’s decision.
(1) convinced (2) prescribed (3) aroused (4) gauged
5. Please remain ___________ at all times and report anything suspicious.
(1) ignorant (2) unpleasant (3) vigilant (4) dependent
6. If the law is to be effective it must be applied ___________.
(1) ultimately (2) eventually (3) finally (4) equitably
7. Preparations for the festival are now ___________ smoothly.
(1) producing (2) proceeding (3) protecting (4) prohibiting
8. In the ___________ 3x - 3 = 15, x = 6.
(1) equation (2) delegation (3) negotiation (4) clarification
9. The car was designed, developed, and ___________ in collaboration with Honda.
(1) renounced (2) gauged (3) convinced (4) manufactured
10. It is now possible to ___________ babies for diabetes.
(1) screen (2) arouse (3) accommodate (4) surrender
11. Let me give you a ___________ of how the camera works.
(1) prohibition (2) demonstration (3) negotiation (4) equation
12. Her eyes took a while to ___________ to the darkness.
(1) adopt (2) renounce (3) accommodate (4) gauge
13. They would rather die than ___________ to the invaders.
(1) surrender (2) sabotage (3) blame (4) disperse
14. She answered all the questions ___________ one.
(1) persuade (2) convince (3) save (4) prescribe
15. Advertising is the ___________ of newspapers.
(1) equation (2) commencement (3) lifeblood (4) hygiene
16. Unfortunately, he ___________ speaking before all the guests had finished eating.
(1) commenced (2) convinced (3) proceeded (4) preceded
17. The state wants to ___________ control of food imports.
(1) accumulate (2) devote (3) precede (4) retain
18. It’s amazing how closely Brian and Steve ___________ each other.
(1) tell apart (2) discriminate (3) differentiate (4) resemble
19. They ___________ him to join the company by offering him a large salary and a company car.
(1) dissuaded (2) tempted (3) deterred (4) prevented
20. I ___________ that we wait until the budget has been announced before committing ourselves to
any expenditure.
(1) propose (2) supposed (3) opposed (4) disagreed
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21. Everything will ___________ depend on what is said at the meeting with the directors next week.
22. We're trying to bring out the ___________ artistic talents that many people possess without
realizing it.
23. Poor standards of ___________ mean that the disease spreads fast.
24. No one doubted that the president was a man of the highest ___________.
25. Firefighting is an ___________ dangerous occupation.
26. Children need plenty of good fresh food to ___________ them.
27. He left government to ___________ more time to his family.
28. The rebels had tried to ___________ the oil pipeline.
29. Mechanics was one of the most highly developed sciences ___________ in the Middle Ages.
30. The exact details of the agreement are still under ___________.
31. The first chapter describes the strange ___________ of events that led to his death.
32. The new law is designed to protect people's ___________.
33. Often there's no clear evidence one way or the other and you just have to base your judgment on
___________.
34. He managed to ___________ the jury of his innocence.
35. Their decision could be ___________ to the future of the company.
36. I tried to ___________ (= guess) the weight of the box.
37. He lacked the ___________ skills for the job.
38. His reply to my question was somewhat ___________.
39. As people ___________ more wealth, they tend to spend a greater proportion of their incomes.
40. All the money raised by the concert will go to ___________.