1. Improved consumer confidence is …….. to an economic recovery.

2. The ……… from their porch encompassed a large part of the Rocky Mountains.

3. Women must …………….. working and taking care of the household and the family.

4. Unfortunately, a cure for the disease has proven to be ……… .

5. The earthquake caused widespread ………. throughout the region.

6. The academic year ……… at the beginning of October.

7. The youngster ………. without a trace one day and has never been found.

8. He had all the ……….. of a great manager: charisma, energy, discipline, and resourcefulness.

9. A/An ……….. is by definition someone whose behavior is abnormal; someone who refuses to conform to the accepted norms of his society.

10. I’m not a bit ………… and wouldn’t change any of my plans just because Friday 13th is supposed to be unlucky.

11- The recent flood ……… memories of the great flood of 1972.

12- I’ll need to think carefully before deciding what short ……… to take to succeed in the entrance exam.

13- Facing strong opposition from immigrants, the government ……… the anti-immigration law.

14- A(n) ……… is a short piece of writing or music that is taken from a Longer piece.

15- The exhibition offers a fascinating ……… at life beneath the wavs.

16- Bad weather has continued to ……… the search for survivors.

17- Being unemployed does not affect one’s ……… to tax.

18- This correlational research seems to be lacking in ………, so its findings are not reliable.

19- Blood tests ……… an infection as the cause of the symptoms.

20- We have closely ……… our research and development work with our business need.

21- The clouds ……… as quickly as they had gathered.

22- If you show trust to somebody, that trust will be ……… by him/her.

23- In some industrialized countries, there has been a ……… away from traditional ideas of family life.

24- A ……… is a small change in the regular motion of an object.

25- Five years ago, the country carried out ……… reforms to modernize its economy and now it has a prosperous economy.

26- Our planet cannot easily ……… more than 6 billion people.

27- Descartes’ famous ………: “I think; therefore, I am.”

28- A language course should be ……… by a sound theoretical basis.

29- This paper is said to ……… our standard, so it will not get published.

30- The president said the country could not be ……… to observe the treaty signed by the previous regime.

31- The government’s popularity has dropped alarmingly because it failed to ……… unemployment.

32- These matters are significant because they ……… ethics in research.

33- If this part of the report is wrong, ……… it ……… and write It again.

34- Many papers were presented at the conference, but one ……… .