As a way of ________ the mails while they were away, the Johnsons asked the cleaning lady to send little printed slips asking the senders to write again later.

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• 1People who live in small towns often seem more friendly than those living in ________ populated areas.

  A.densely

  B.intensely

  C.abundantly

  D.highly

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• 2Poverty is not ________ in most cities although, perhaps because of the crowded conditions in certain areas, it is more visible there.

  A.rare

  B.temporary

  C.prevalent

  D.segmental

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• 3The American dream is most ________ during the periods of productivity and wealth generated by American capitalism.

  A.plausible

  B.patriotic

  C.primitive

  D.partial

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• 4In education there should be a good ________ among the branches of knowledge that contribute to effective thinking and wise judgment.

  A.distribution

  B.balance

  C.combination

  D.assignment

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• 5Life insurance is financial protection for dependents against loss ________ the bread-winner’s death.

  A.at the cost of

  B.on the verge of

  C.as a result of

  D.for the sake of

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• 6Tom’s mother tried hard to persuade him to ________ from his intention to invest his savings in stock market.

  A.pull out

  B.give up

  C.draw in

  D.back down

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• 7An increasing proportion of our population, unable to live without advanced medical ________, will become progressively more reliant on expensive technology.

  A.interference

  B.interruption

  C.intervention

  D.interaction

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• 8These causes produced the great change in the country that modernized the ________ of higher education from the mid-1860’s to the mid-1880’s.

  A.branch

  B.category

  C.domain

  D.scope

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• 9Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the ________ in the financial system will drag down the economy.

  A.shallowness

  B.shakiness

  C.scantiness

  D.stiffness

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• 10Crisis would be the right term to describe the ________ in many animal species.

  A.minimization

  B.restriction

  C.descent

  D.decline

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