The finance minister has not been so _____since he raised taxes to such a high level.

Her husband felt it would be silly to ______ the colour of the curtains before they had painted the room.

It is parents' duty and responsibility to _______ hands to take care of their children and give them a happy home.

Doctors are supposed to _______ responsibility for human life.

Tell your brother to come _____ because it’s going rain in a minute or two.

Bill doesn’t _____ what people say about him.

The United States has a ............. of around 250 million.

Spies may have a number of _____ names and papers.

_________ is a building in which movies are shown.

Several prisoners _______ from their guards and escaped.

 When can the students _____ for next year’s evening classes?

The businessman proved to be an apparently well-behaved ______ middle-aged man.

 Is anyone _______ to fish in this river?

 The farmer had to wear heavy boots in the winter because the fields were so wet and _______.

This tape stry has a very complicated pattern. (Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.)

She tried to ______ out of the window to see the procession more clearly.

I believe that he was concerned ______ all those matters which his wife mentioned.

Apart from those three very cold weeks in January, it has been a very _____ winter.

My dad …. worked for this company ….. 20 years.

The bicycle was moving so fast that its rider could not ______ an accident.

She is leaving her husband because she cannot ______ his bad temper any longer.