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AWL 8B

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Question 1

Many people believe that ___ power is harmful to the earth.

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A	unclear
B	nuclear
C	occular
D	muscular

Question 2

It is hard to ___ small objects by hand.

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A	mentor
B	manipulate
C	march
D	motivate

Question 3

She bought the book at a sale, ___ saving ¥500.

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A	closely
B	thereby
C	whereby
D	normally

Question 4

You need to borrow a ___ so you can travel from here to there.

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A	vestibule
B	debate
C	vehicle
D	liberal

Question 5

They worked together to ___ their damaged home.

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A	remind
B	refute
C	generate
D	restore

Question 6

The building's ___ was weak, so it fell apart in the storm.

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A	comfort
B	infrastructure
C	instruction
D	conjecture

Question 7

We must ___ the risk of illness by washing our hands often.

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A	mislead
B	minimize
C	attain
D	misunderstand

Question 8

The school ___ is not very popular with the students.

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A	uniform
B	formality
C	release
D	status

Question 9

The doctor was a ___ of natural health care.

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A	tactition
B	pensioner
C	exporter
D	practitioner

Question 10

They must ___ our building for any problems.

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A	improvise
B	introduce
C	inspect
D	interfere

Question 11

She has a very busy ___ today.

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A	schedule
B	wedge
C	reaction
D	skittle

Question 12

The surprise party ___ my bad day at work.

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A	compressed
B	offset
C	restrained
D	reset

Question 13

If you break the rules we may ___ your position in the company.

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A	tease
B	tabulate
C	tempt
D	terminate

Question 14

My sister was ___ during the flight from New York to Los Angeles.

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A	temporary
B	tangible
C	tenuous
D	tense

Question 15

Your group will play a ___ part in the new business plan.

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A	image
B	violate
C	estate
D	predominant

Question 16

Liza receives all her work ___ e-mail.

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A	onto
B	via
C	into
D	under

Question 17

Todd won a free dinner ___ two tickets to the new film.

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A	outside
B	despite
C	plus
D	against

Question 18

The company made ___ changes to its line of products.

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A	radical
B	resonant
C	ragged
D	radial

Question 19

We need to ___ the walls in this building to make the place safer.

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A	release
B	retrieve
C	review
D	reinforce

Question 20

Love is a common ___ in all of his stories.

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A	theme
B	gleam
C	seam
D	steam

Question 21

The doctor said my medicine will ___ sleep.

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A	instruct
B	install
C	impress
D	induce

Question 22

The film was famous for its ___ effects.

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A	venomous
B	vacuous
C	visual
D	casual

Question 23

The system produced a ___ list of names.

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A	robust
B	rampant
C	receptive
D	random

Question 24

I must ___ my report. It's still not clear enough.

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A	sparkle
B	revise
C	reflect
D	puncture

Question 25

Poverty is becoming a ___ problem.

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A	weathered
B	wonderful
C	windswept
D	widespread

Question 26

Death is ___ for all living things.

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A	imaginary
B	ignorant
C	illustrious
D	inevitable

Question 27

I'm very excited at the ___ of meeting my favorite singer.

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A	introspection
B	perspective
C	prospect
D	respect

Question 28

The book described a ___ world where animals could talk.

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A	nutritious
B	petite
C	various
D	virtual

Question 29

I have memorized my speech except for the last ___.

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A	chronograph
B	autograph
C	phonograph
D	paragraph

Question 30

The heat of the fire was very ___.

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A	innocent
B	incompetent
C	impolite
D	intense

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