8. Over the past ten years, natural gas production has remained steady, but__has risen steadily. A. dissipation B. disposal C. consumption D. expenditure ...

2. The school board listened quietly as John read the demands that his followers__for. A. be demonstrating B. demonstrate C. had been demonstrating D. have demonstrated ...

37. An increasing proportion of our population, unable to live without advanced medical__, will become progressively more reliant on expensive technology. A. interference B. interruption C. intervention D. interaction ...

32. We'd like to_____a table for five for dinner this evening. A. preserve B. reserve C. retain D. sustain ...

25. Reading__the mind only with materials of knowledge, it is thinking that makes that we read ours. A. accommodates B. affords C. furnished D. gives ...

19. The medicine__his pain but did not care his illness. A. activated B. alleviated C. mediated D. deteriorated ...

13. __seeing the damage he had done, the child felt ashamed. A. By B. ON C. At D. For ...

8. Fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations__. A. simultaneously B. spontaneously C. homogeneously D. contemporarily ...

2. Sex is not a dirty word. Problems in our________ relationships should be discussed openly. A. sexual B. sexy C. sexist ...

37. He is the only person who can__in his case, because the other witnesses were killed mysteriously. A. testify B. charge C. accuse D. rectify ...