12. It is very discourteous to be _____ during someone's conversation.
A. in the way B. in a way C. leading the way D. giving way
13. Australians launched into a shopping spree to ____ the country's economic excess.
A. oppress B. curb C. disturb D. lay down
14. Only a _____ of these huge stocks need to go missing to cause havoc.
A. piece B. fragment C. fraction D. fracture
15. The outward ________ may increase as anti-immigrant fever spreads in the United States.
A. departure B. exodus C. contagion D. fade
16. Sales of personal computers are _____ on both sides of the Atlantic. They have become
one of the hottest-selling consumer electronics items.
A. plumping B. buoyant C. sluggish D. feeble
17. The consumer felt ___ in asking for $10,000 compensation for two months without getting
a reliable television.
A. hypocritical B. meticulous C. justified D. satisfied
18. His employers could not complain about his work because he was _______ in the performance
of his duties.
A. derelict B. penetrating C. diversified D. assiduous
19. The body and mind are _____ interwoven in all of us; they cannot be separated.
A. inaptly B. inextricably C. inaccurately D. inadequately
20. As the sky darkened it soon became obvious that a violent thunderstorm was _____.
A. immediate B. eminent C. imminent D. instantaneous
21. If you are hard-up, you are _____.
A. callous B. short of money C. quick-tempered D. harsh
22. Some journalists often overstate the situation so that their news may create a great
_____.
A. explosion B. sensation C. exaggeration D. stimulation
23. He is holding a ______ position in the company and expects to be promoted soon.
A. subordinate B. succeeding C. successive D. subsequent
24. 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
25. I was unaware of the critical points involved, so my choice was quite _____.
A. arbitrary B. rational C. mechanical D. unpredictable
26. Everyone in the auditorium was weeping by the time he finished the _____ tale.
A. perpetual B. vigorous C. ultimate D. pathetic
27. They could not go to the theater together because his free time never _____ with hers.
A. collide B. comply C. coincide D. cope
28. At first my friend refused to fall in with scheme we had suggested, but eventually I
managed to _____.
A. speak him around B. show him around
C. come him around D. talk him around
29. As the tide _____ from the shore, we were able to look for shells.
A. preceded B. proceeded C. acceded D. receded
30. That part of the town is completely _____ of interest for visitors. There is no scenery