In the CONTEXTUAL VOCABULARY below, fill in each blank with the correct answer A, B, C or D.


(1) After an hour's lunch break, the workers ______ their work.

A.prolonged　B.acquired　C.activated　D.resumed


(2) If there are not enough people to ______ the products in the market, things will be cheaper.

A.consume　B.retain　C.secure　D.ponder


(3) Any act of danger will ______ a person's life.

A.decline　B.deprive　C.shrink　D.jeopardise


(4) Do you like to see people ______ their wealth or something others cannot easily possess?

A.subscribing　B.flaunting　C.obstructing　D.pondering


(5) More and more people ______ the possibility of becoming well-known.

A.strive　B.strengthen　C.explore　D.signify


(6) Many answers were ______; no wonder you failed in the test.

A.erroneous　B.unique　C.error-prone　D.sketchy


(7) The maid gathered the broken plates and ______ them completely.

A.forshook 　B.abandoned 　C.discarded 　D.betrayed


(8) As the birth rate is decreasing, our population has been ______.

A.deducting 　B.diminishing 　C.worsening 　D.sprouting


(9) Though Nancy seems to be very confident, she is actually not; appearances are sometimes ______.

A.imaginative 　B.objective 　C.deceptive 　D.deniable


(10) When a skill is ______, not many people can imitate it.

A.savage 　B.primitive 　C.adaptable 　D.novel


(11) Whenever there is a shortage of goods, people will be ______ into buyinging daily necessities in great quantities.

A.threatened 　B.spearheaded 　C.stamped　D.instigated


(12) This new model of personal computer is difficult to operate. Can you ______ for me.

A.crash　B.demonstrate　C.examplify　D.expose


(13) Where did the birds sing? They did so after ______ on the tree branch.

A.perching　B.gesticulating　C.persisting　D.ascending


(14) It is good to ______ a person's virtues at an opportune time.

A.extol　B.inscribe　C.exhibit　D.prescribe


(15) Charles Darwin was noted for his study of the ______ of man.

A.exposition　B.evolution　C.exploration　D.extinction

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(1)D　
(2)A　
(3)D　
(4)B　
(5)C　
(6)A　
(7)C　
(8)B　
(9)C　
(10)D　
(11)D　　
(12)B　
(13)A　
(14)A　
(15)B