Choose the right vocabulary to complete the sentences.

1. Some plant species —- a warm and humid environment to grow well.

2. Thousands of animal species around the globe are —- with extinction today.

3. After the Ottoman Empire ended, the Republic of Turkey was —- with its capital in Ankara.

4. If a volcano is considered as active, it means that it may —- at any time.

5. Today, people have to pay a certain amount of fee to —- the Internet in many parts of the world.

6. Mr Smith, the head of our department, was forced to —- early at his forty because of his ill health.

7. It was possible that many more passengers could have —-, but the ship didn’t have enough lifeboats.

8. The newspaper reports that the team made heroic efforts to —- the crew of the sinking ship the previous night

9. As the hotel can —- up to five hundred guests, our boss wants to hold the annual meeting there next month.

10. The president —- the importance of attracting foreign investors to the country in his last speech.

11. If you are late to the meeting, it will be really difficult to —- the subjects which have been discussed.

12. Since my brother is not experienced in computers I have —- all important files in case he may delete any of them.

13. Whether you are in love with her or not, I will never —- to this marriage.

14. G. Bell’s —- knowledge of the nature of sound enabled him to conjecture the possibility of transmitting multiple messages over the same wire at the same time.

15. Until he won a great amount of money from the lottery, he had been living in —- for more than 30 years

16. Your lawyer’s being present in the court room is —- since he may prevent your chance of being misdirected.

17. The police officer confessed that shooting the burglar was a(n) —- made decision and he regretted that.

18. When the U.S. and England proclaimed war against Iraq, the anti war protesters all around the world —- practically all the roads to the famous squares.

19. It is strange that the Americans, who calculate so carefully on the possibilities of military victory, do not realize that in the process they are —- to deep psychological and political defeat.

20. Working at a box office, I was told that selling forty tickets a day was —-, but when I sold more than fifty I would get an extra payment.

21. Skepticism is a belief that all beliefs can be proved false; thus, to avoid the —- of being wrong, it is best to believe nothing.

22. It is commonly thought that a tree standing alone is more —- struck, though in some forest areas, lightning scars can be seen on almost every tree.

23. Eagles locate and catch dead fish much more rapidly and efficiently than live fish, because dead fish —- with their light underside up, making them easier to see.

24. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, W.E.B. Du Bois became the most —- and effective spokesperson for the full rights of African Americans before World War II.

25. Contrary to popular belief, present-day historians see the Renaissance as an economic —- and argue that a lot of peasants and urban poor, the majority of the population, worsened during this period.

26. Egypt, the Arab world’s most populous country, has gone on high alert after a warning from the UN that the —- bird flu could hit North Africa and the Middle East.

27. Great earthquakes usually begin with slight tremors but —- take the form of one or more violent shocks, and end in vibrations of gradually diminishing force called aftershocks.

29. At least 2,000 domestic and international flights were disrupted by the storm, when it knocked out electricity and —- roofs, towers, fences and other equipment.

28. The rebels —- the police station killing twenty-three police officers and freeing about fifty prisoners.

30. over the past decade the energy —- of America has increased by more than 12 percent, while its production has increased by less than 1 percent.