91. The main road through Pitsburgh was blocked for three hours today after an accident _________ two trucks.
A) connecting B) combining C) including D) involving
92. Some people believe that proficiency in a foreign language is not achieved through teaching and learning but _________ through actual use.
A) received B) accepted C) derived D) acquired
93. While you pedal away on the exercise bicycle, a machine will be _________ your breathing and pulse.
A) reviewing B) screening C) surveying D) monitoring
94. I hoped to get the house but a rich man was _________ against me.
A) bidding B) disputing C) betting D) testifying
95. Though you stay in the sea for weeks, you will not _________ contact with the outside world.
A) fail B) miss C) fall D) lose
96. The branches could hardly _________ the weight of the fruit.
A) retain B) sustain C) maintain D) remain
97. We _________ Edison’s success to his intelligence and hard work.
A) subject B) attribute C) owe D) refer
98. She once again went through her composition carefully to _________ spelling mistakes from it.
A) withdraw B) diminish C) abandon D) eliminate
99. The car accident was ___________ to the driver’s violation of the traffic regulations.
A) assigned B) contributed C) attributed D) transferred
100. I have devoted four weekends to writing papers and now I feel I _________ a rest.
A) deserve B) preserve C) conceive D) receive
101. He _________ his job in order to engage in full-time writing.
A) upheld B) resigned from C) undertook D) took over
102. Mrs. Lackey was awakened by the ringing of the bedside phone 12 hours after her husband’s boat had been _________.
A) wrecked B) collapsed C) decayed D) fired
103. A good teacher must know how to _________ his ideas.
A) convey B) display C) consult D) confront
104. To call the music of another music-culture “primitive” is _________ one’s own standards on a group that does not recognize them.
A) putting B) emphasizing C) forcing D) imposing
105. They are sure they have all the facts they need to _________ the existence of a black hole.
A) obtain B) maintain C) verify D) display
106. He had been completely exhausted but felt considerably _________ after a meal and a rest.
A) renewed B) recreated C) reshaped D) refreshed
107. Humidity is so intense in some parts of the tropics that Europeans find they are unable to _________ it.
A) maintain B) persist C) endure D) sustain
108. Louis was asked to _________ the man who stole her purse.
A) confirm B) recognize C) claim D) identify
109. Scientists believe that there is not enough oxygen on Mars to _________ human life.
A) last B) sustain C) reserve D) remain
110. Prohibition had the __________ effect of making alcohol more attractive to many Americans.
A) limited B) conditioned C) desired D) unexpected
111. When young, we tend to view aging as something exciting, eagerly ________ growing up.
A) intending B) anticipating C) realizing D) convincing
112. A shadow temporarily _________ her blue eyes.
A) dimmed B) splashed C) brightened D) encircled
113. The people who objected to the new approach were told that since work had already started there was no point in ___________.
A) denying B) upsetting C) protesting D) competing
114. The secret agent concealed her real mission, therefore many local people were _________ into thinking that she was a good person.
A) betrayed B) driven C) deceived D) convinced
115. When business is _________, there is usually an obvious increase in unemployment.
A) degraded B) depressed C) reduced D) lessened
116. The plane __________, its bombs exploding as it hit the ground.
A) smashed B) crushed C) plunged D) crashed
117. The local government leaders are making every effort to _________ the problem of poverty.
A) abolish B) tackle C) remove D) encounter
118. By moving the radar beam around slowly in circles, we can ___________ the surroundings.
A) explore B) expose C) exploit D) expand
119. We managed to reach the top of the mountain, and half an hour later we began to __________.
A) ascend B) descend C) decline D) plunge
120. Competition, they believe, __________ the national character than corrupt it.
A) enforces B) confirms C) intensifies D) strengthens