1. When any non-human organ is transplanted into a person, the body immediately recognizes it as ____.
novel remote
distant foreign
2. My favorite radio song is the one I first heard on a thick 1923 Edison disc I ____ at a garage sale.
trifled with scraped through
stumbled upon thirsted for
3. Some day software will translate both written and spoken language so well that the need for any common second language could ____.
descend decline
deteriorate depress
4. Equipment not ____ official safety standards has all been removed from the workshop.
conforming to consistent with
predominant over providing for
5. As an industry, biotechnology stands to ____ electronics in dollar volume and perhaps surpass it in social impact by 2020.
contend contest
rival strive
6. Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith will ____ in looking after their baby.
alternate alter
change differ
7. Every manager needs a secretary that he can ____ to take care of something that may occur in his absence.
count on count off
count for count out
8. If banks on the city failed in one day, there would be a ____ among businessmen.
fear terror
dread panic
9. Sometimes manufacturers can not sell a product because it does not ____ the expectations of potential customers.
confine to conform to
confer with confide to
10. It is commonly held that language problems are very often ____ by cultural misunderstanding.
decreased solved
compounded overlooked
11. Her letter was in such a casual scrawl, and in such pale ink, that it was ____.
unintelligible vague
obscure illegible
12. A legend is a popular story ____ history, but which has been elaborated beyond the point of verification.
rooted in confined to
cherished by lost in
13. Thomas Edison considered genius to be ____ one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
composed of constituted in
consisted of comprised in
14. Labor unions in some western countries are ____ a 35-hour week in order to create more jobs.
advocating attacking
opposing praising
15. Its been decided as a rule that our faculty gives travelling ____ to those who travel in the course of their work.
allowances alliances
appliances allotments
16. Both military and ____ personnel attended the conference to confer on the defense budget of the country.
civilian civil
common ordinary
17. Our show features consist of fifty ____ dancing girls, all of whom have attended recent years beauty contest.
gloomy luxurious
gorgeous glorious
18. We shook hands and then embraced each other as a ____ of our friendship.
reason significance
proof token
19. Can one color ____ into another? If yes, what color will it result?
connect merge
associate attach
20. This intervention in another nations affairs has set a ____ which we hope other countries will not follow.
precedent precedence
priority presentation
21. Some scientists believe that soon it will be ____ for people to travel to the moon.
classic commonwealth
commonplace commonsense
22. His ____ in English, French and Italian made him a prominent interpreter in the country.
proficiency diversion
immersion involvement
23. The police ____ that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.
allege pledge
promise proclaim
24. He makes a living by ____ tobacco and sweets in a small shop.
wholesaling retailing
retaining reserving
25. It would be nice to have another holiday, but weve got to be ____ --we cant really afford one.
real idealistic
realistic reasonable
26. The lack of manners and common politeness is not ____ to business deals. Its a social blank.
exclusive inclusive
elusive impassive
27. In the Christian religion, the unlucky number 13 ____ back to the Last Supper.
tracks traces
dates tails
28. If you are not ____ enough in your home language, you cant handle abstract thought.
literary literate
illiterate intelligent
29. A professional novelist ____ the hopes of amateur rivals when he won the Second World One-Day Novel Cup.
abashed dashed
gashed crashed
30. The girl was so ____ that they could fool her easily.
incredible credible
credulous creditable
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