The bus ran over the cliff because its _______ failed.

There was a _______ of parchment as the solicitor unrolled the will written on it.

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

 Because of the fine weather, we had all our classes in the ______ air.

Billy, come and give me a hand with cooking. (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.)

Lan has beautiful teeth. Her teeth are________.

The damage done to my house by the fire has now _______. 

The country has a system of ______, most of which date from the nineteenth century.

Because the company was doing more business, it was necessary to _____ the factory.

When the bill came, he had to _____ money from his brother to pay it.

You have to be highly ________ to do well in these subjects.

What's the weather like in the _______?

It's hot.

 She opened the packet and emptied the ______ into a saucepan.

 We paid  the shopkeeper _____ cash.

The computer allows us to work fast and _______.

Hugh is quite worried because he hasn’t ________for the end-of-term test.

Where is Jimmy? - He is ____ work. He is busy ____ his monthly report.

I sat near the entrance for a long time _____ him, but he didn’t arrive.

Wolves were _______ mournfully in the nearby forest.

Ann is very ______. She takes part in numerous activities outside of school.

Bill doesn’t _____ what people say about him.