1.( )susan — to explain why she was late.

a.subsidized b.hasted c.parachuted d.sack

2.( )helen’s family was an — from the royal family.

a.bulletin b.offset c.aisle d.bacterium

3.( )the whole — of society was changed by the revolution.

a.eternal b.fabric c.stagnation d.awe

4.( )paula’s unhappy married life — in divorce.

a.terminated b.stagnant c.inclined d.foamed

5.( )— songs have long been a feature of kuwaiti life.

a.communal b.prosperous c.patriotic d.immense

6.( )bessie — on falling apart at the news of the death of her son.

a.roamed b.harbored c.verged d.evolved

7.( )we asked jason to write an — about his hometown and about his place in it.

a.discourse b.dissertation c.hypothesis d.essay

8.( )as my wife,i think you should — me this favor.

a.poke b.illuminate c.grant d.sermonize

9.( )that old herbalist doctor extracted — medicines from the bitter herbs.

a.illuminating b.wholesome c.ethnic d.comic

10.( )the courts made him a — of his uncle.

a.ward b.guard c.vowel d.cement

11.( )the fat in goat’s milk is more easily — and digested.

a.arise b.suppressed c.compatible d.assimilated

12.( )the layer of hay in the kitchen was finally — out of the house.

a.hooked b.hauled c.filtered d.retreated

13.( )she was so — with bananas that she would not even look at one.

a.ostentatious b.satiated c.gallant d.cynical

14.( )do you consider the wild behavior of the crowd



was enough of a — for the police to use force?

a.presentiment b.warrant c.ailment d.remnant

15.( )we shall not — our thoughts with his reproaches.

a.decree b.cumber c.slump d.slash