Choose the answer which best completes the sentence.

1. He .......... the house without paying any rent.

a) occurs b) remains c) occupies d) obtains
2. He may be prosecuted for .......... secrets about the security agency.
a) revealing b) concealing c) relieving d) emphasizing
3. The .......... 9.0-magnitude offshore earthquake that struck Japan set off a tsunami that killed
hundreds of people.
a) astonishing b) amazing c) soothing d) devastating
4. In August we were .......... that our article had been rejected.
a) requested b) announced c) notified d) revealed
5. The rules .......... employers to provide safety training.
a) let b) demand c) necessitate d) require
6. The public has already .......... getting the police and uniformed officers off the streets.
a) evaluated b) accomplished c) delivered d) acknowledged
7. In this illustrated novel, clueless aliens .......... on a quiet town.
a) descend b) ascend c) rise d) derive
8. The report .......... the importance of improving safety standards.
a) minimizes b) emphasizes c) focuses d) insists
9. He .......... a large sum of money by buying and selling houses.
a) obtained b) maintained c) renounced d) possessed
10. Although the effects may not surface for years, memory starts to .......... around age 25.
a) improve b) declare c) decline d) destroy
11. The factor that .......... this company from the competition is customer service.
a) identifies b) differs c) derives d) distinguishes
12. Even die-hard optimists now .......... that the ad market is a mess.
a) respond b) ignore c) acknowledge d) reject
13. This fabric can .......... steam and high temperatures.
a) withstand b) resemble c)emerge d) decsend
14. The Society .......... 3000 members worldwide.
a) neglects b) boasts c) occupies d) reveals
15. He .......... from his studies that equality between the sexes is still a long way off.
a) concluded b) perceived c) emerged d) declined
16. Nothing .......... murdering another human being.
a) defends b) justifies c) clarifies d) exemplifies
17. The witness statements .......... each other and the facts remain unclear.
a) support b) agree with c) contradict d) disagree
18. She smoked and drank, .......... the children, and left the clothes unmended.
a) took care of b) rejected c) remembered d) neglected
19. Parents have the right to .......... their children from religious education lessons if they wish.
a) persist b) withdraw c) attend d) extract
20. It could be .......... from his expression that he wanted to leave.
a) resembled b) inferred c) asked d) referred
21. Children feel abandoned or .......... if they don't see their parents regularly.
a) infected b) relied c) rejected d) deflected
22. A secretary was hired to .......... her of some of the administrative work.
a) relax b) relieve c) assure d) perceive
23. Later it .......... that the judge had employed an illegal immigrant.
a) became b) found out c) emerged d) submerged
24. It is said that by some strange quirk of biology, dog owners and their pets come to ..........
each other.
a) resemble b) resign c) remain d) distinguish

25. I wish he could afford to .......... his plan.
a) carry out b) leave out c) acknowledge d) conclude
26. The group .......... petitions calling for a federal law to ban handguns.
a) flowed b) ran c) developed d) circulated
27. It's increasingly difficult to recruit and .......... good staff.
a) release b) retain c) contain d) remember
28. The immune system .......... with both the nervous system and the hormones.
a) affects b) interacts c) deals d) goes
29. A .......... to the dictionary is to be published next year.
a) supply b) part c) supplement d) support
30. Our company has a .......... to quality and customer service.
a) promise b) commitment c) hope d) respect
31. It is just three months since we received official .......... to go ahead with the project.
a) complaint b) approval c) accommodation d) admiration
32. Dealing with people is the most important .......... of my work.
a) aspect b) appearance c) plan d) content
33. The .......... of the occasion was to raise money for charity.
a) purpose b) reason c) impact d) joint
34. She felt undermined by the .......... criticism.
a) placed b) designed c) implied d) ashamed
35. New drugs have been approved by the .......... authority.
a) obligatory b) explanatory c) compulsory d) regulatory
36. A .......... is someone who does part of the work of another person or company.
a) supplier b) party c) subcontractor d) outsource
37. The project has been set up .......... the art department.
a) liasion to b) in liasion with c) relation with d) in response to
38. Higher mortgage rates have already had a major .......... on spending.
a) impact b) shock c) consequence d) outcome