Choose the best answer:
A slower-than-expected financial quarter has put some investors ______________ guard.

Choose the best answer:
When the robbery ____, the safeguard ____!

Choose the best answer:
Many of those old buildings will soon be pulled ____________

Choose the best answer:
She’s hoping a vacancy will ...... at the local college.

Choose the best answer:
But everything he had intended to pass ____________ to his 19-year-old daughter

Choose the best answer:
Must I lock the door before I leave? - No, you ___________Someone can do it for you."

Choose the best answer:
He’s still sleeping, ________

Choose the best answer:
We ______ house three years ago

Choose the best answer:
The school nurse looked me __________ and said I was fine to go back to class

Choose the best answer:
Open communication among parents and children can help create ____ trust

Choose the best answer:
I've had Jennie on my _____________ lately. Do you know how she is?

Choose the best answer

This is Mai. _________house is new.

Choose the best answer:
Many animals in the wild are suspicious and fearful of human beings. Many animals would take escape instantly (20)_____a human approaches. Man, however, soon discovered that some animals can be tamed or domesticated. Unlike animals in the wild, these animals would (21)_____ man to come close to them. They would even allow their owners to stroke or pet them. In the early times man would domesticate animals by setting traps to catch their young. A young animal is (22) _____ easily domesticated than an adult one. From young,the animal learns to trust and obey its owner. Many different kinds of animals have been domesticated. Some common examples are animals like horses, elephants, chickens and pigs. The dog, which is also (23)_____ as "man's best friend", is one of the first animals to have been domesticated. In England, long ago, the pig was a wild animal. It was a ferocious and aggressive (24)_____which was not easily captured. Yet nowadays, the domesticated pig is no longer the lean and tough than creature it used to be

Choose the best answer:
I finally ________________ a break when a big Hollywood producer asked me to audition for a part in a movie

Choose the best answer:
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. At the Earth's surface, earthquakes are recognized (25) _____ vibration, shaking and sometimes displacement of the ground. The vibrations may vary in (26) _____. They are caused mostly by slippage within geological faults, but also by other events such as volcanic activity, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear tests. The underground point of (27) _____ of the earthquake is called the focus. The point directly above the focus on the surface is called the epicenter. Earthquakes by themselves rarely kill people or wildlife. It is usually the secondary events (28) _____ they trigger, such as building collapse, fires, tsunamis (seismic sea waves) and volcanoes, that are actually the human disaster. Many of these could possibly be avoided by better construction, safety systems, early warning and (29) ____ planning

Choose the best answer:
The warming of the Pacific Ocean has created weather patterns (31)__________ strongly affect the world. When the water is warm, the (32)__________ of rainfall in Indonesia and the surrounding regions decreases. Australia could even experience a drought in many parts. On the other hand, Chile (which borders the Pacific Ocean) is preparing for severe rainstorms. In Pakistan and northwestern India, the weather pattern makes the rainy season weaker and makes the area much drier. This happening is called El Nino and is used by weather forecasters to make long-range weather predictions. They also know that El Nino will (33)__________ unusually heavy rains to the southwestern part of the United States and make the central part of the country drier at the same time. According to research, weather forecasters (used to know about the coming weather with certainty. Now everything has become (34)__________ different. El Nino itself used to be (35)__________ . It would occur every two to seven years. But now, this weather pattern is becoming more frequent. We cannot say when and how often tornadoes or cyclones occur. Scientists are unsure of the reason for this change on a global scale either

Choose the best answer

 There are five people in ________family.

Choose the best answer:
_______ the huge hole in the road, Carlos hit the brakes

Choose the best answer:
Most accidents in the home can be prevented by ................. elimination of hazards

Choose the best answer:
The number of people joining the volunteer group ____ to nearly 300

Choose the best answer:
What time do we set ___________ tomorrow?