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7. Although the professor’s lectures were 12. The news about toxic waste dumping
regarded by many as so wearisome that they aroused the anger of the many listeners of a
regularly put students to sleep, he ignored all news broadcast.
criticism and refused to make any changes. a. informed
a. modest b. appeased
b. unpleasant c. provoked
c. boring d. deceived
d. objectionable
13. The spokesperson must articulate the
8. When Katya refused to lie to her parents philosophy of an entire company so that
about where she was spending the night, she outsiders can understand it completely.
was completely ostracized by her usually a. trust
loyal friends, who had never shunned her b. refine
before. c. verify
a. excluded d. express
b. hurt
c. cheered 14. The new shipping and receiving building is
d. helped an expansive facility, large enough to meet
our growing needs.
9. You cannot become a certified teacher a. obsolete
without completing the prerequisite student b. meager
teaching assignment. c. spacious
a. required d. costly
b. optional
c. preferred 15. The emotional fallout from a natural disaster
d. advisable can adversely affect the residents in a
community for years.
10. Even though she’d read her supervisor’s a. conflict
memo four or five times, she still found his b. issues
rambling message ambiguous. c. relationship
a. profound d. consequences
b. inspiring
c. ridiculous
d. unclear