1. In the Mediterranean seaweed is so abundant and so easily harvested that it is never of great ________.
A) fare B) payment C) worth D) expense
2. The writer was so ________ in her work that she didn’t notice him enter the room.
A) absorbed B) abandoned C) focused D) centered
3. Actually, information technology can ________ the gap between the poor and the rich.
A) link B) break C) ally D) bridge
4. Some research workers completely ________ all those facts as though they never existed.
A) ignore B) leave C) refuse D) miss
5. Computer power now allows automatic searches of fingerprint files to match a print at a crime ________.
A) stage B) scene C) location D) occasion
6. The most basic reason why dialects should be preserved is that language helps to ________ a culture.
A) retain B) relate C) remark D) review
7. Companies are struggling to find the right ________ between supply and demand, but it is no easy task.
A) equation B) formula C) balance D) pattern
8. Mass advertising helped to ________ the emphasis from the production of goods to their consumption.
A) vary B) shift C) lay D) moderate
9. Because of his excellent administration, people lived in peace and ________and all previously neglected matters were taken care of.
A) conviction B) contest C) consent D) content
10.I know you’ve got a smooth tongue, so don’t talk me ________ buying it.
A) away B) down C) out D) into
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