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1A

1. Learning a second language is a _______________, but with continued effort you can make continual progress.     challenge    :-)

2. You need to apply a proper system of _______________ to solve these problems.     logic    :-)

3. A _______________ of volunteers is working to distribute food and blankets to the homeless on this cold, winter night.     network    :-)

4. One of the poorest countries in the world, Yemen is struggling to build a _______________ government, and a strong economy.     stable    :-)

5. His parents sent him to a military _______________, because they thought he was getting a little too wild.     academy    :-)

6. The purpose of the trade deal is to _______________ the exchange of goods between the two nations.     facilitate    :-)

7. In the last 30 years, the average family size in Ukraine has _______________ from 5 members to 3.     declined    :-)

8. Gander, Newfoundland is an important _______________ point for international flights.     transit    :-)

9. Rents for _______________ office space in Central Tokyo are the highest in the world.     prime    :-)

10. The Soviet Union as a political _______________ ceased to exist in the late 1980s.     entity    :-)

1B

1. The government of East Timor faces great _______________ in rebuilding the country after years of war and occupation.     challenges    :-)

2. Recent studies suggest that the use of physical action when reviewing new vocabulary can _______________ second language learning.     facilitate    :-)

3. The traditional viewpoint of the family _______________ typically describes it as consisting of two parents of the opposite sex with one or more children.     entity    :-)

4. The number of houses sold in our city has _______________ by almost 10% in the past year due to rising interest rates.     declined    :-)

5. Chemical compounds which are not _______________ can be very dangerous.     stable    :-)

6. The _______________ way to reduce the number of cars on the road would be to make mass transit more attractive.     logical    :-)

7. The Earth's surface fluids are of _______________ importance in the origin and development of our planet's landscape.     prime    :-)

8. After taking classical ballet for years, Jennifer decided to try a jazz dance course at the _______________.     academy    :-)

9. The University of Victoria has its own computer _______________ which extends to all the buildings on campus.     network    :-)

10. If more people used public _______________, it would help to reduce air pollution in our cities.     transit    :-)

1C

1. The local high school has an excellent counselling program in which students give advice to each other on personal and _______________ issues.     academic    :-)

2. The old man was seriously ill when he was first admitted to hospital, but his condition has since _______________.     stabilized    :-)

3. Online communications can _______________ learning in many different ways.     facilitate    :-)

4. The elderly face numerous challenges presented by both physical _______________, and the attitudes of society in general.     decline    :-)

5. There is a _______________ of scientists working throughout the world to find a cure for cancer.     network    :-)

6. The ferry takes about 2 hours to make the _______________ between the two islands.     transit    :-)

7. I much prefer a _______________ job with lots of responsibility to an easy, boring job.     challenging    :-)

8. In the theory of relativity, space and time are not viewed as separate _______________.     entities    :-)

9. If you approach the situation _______________, rather than emotionally, you can make a much fairer decision.     logically    :-)

10. The federal government has asked the major television networks to find a way to reduce the number of scenes of sex and violence during the _______________ viewing hours.     prime    :-)

2A

1. Make sure you read all the different _______________ in the contract before signing it.     clauses    :-)

2. At the present time, one American dollar is _______________ to approximately $1.35 Canadian.     equivalent    :-)

3. The _______________ sound difference between the vowels /ou/ and /u/ in French can be difficult for English speakers to hear.      discrete    :-)

4. The students voted by a large _______________ to do an essay as homework rather than have a writing exam.     margin    :-)

5. Jerome studied _______________ at the University of Toronto because he is interested in working with people who have emotional problems.     psychology    :-)

6. Previous _______________ regarding the nature of intelligence have changed considerably over the years.     notions    :-)

7. Culture has been described as social tradition that is passed on to future _______________.     generations    :-)

8. It has taken me a long time to _______________ to life in North America.     adjust    :-)

9. The _______________ elements of our planet's environment are water and air.     fundamental    :-)

10. Teenagers put a lot of importance on wearing clothes that are in _______________.     style    :-)

2B

1. The hockey star had a _______________ inserted in his contract guaranteeing him 50% of his salary in the event that an injury ended his career.     clause    :-)

2. Jack had difficulty _______________ to life on his own after his wife passed away.     adjusting    :-)

3. In 1791, the U.S. Bill of Rights incorporated _______________ of freedom of speech, press, and fair trial into the new U.S. Constitution.     notions    :-)

4. The instruction manual for the software breaks down the installation process into a series of _______________ steps.     discrete    :-)

5. Studies show that regular exercise promotes _______________ well-being.     psychological    :-)

6. One of the _______________ values of democracy is that all people should be treated as equals.     fundamental    :-)

7. A 1995 vote in Ireland resulted in a _______________ of less than 1% in favour of removing the country's ban on divorce.     margin    :-)

8. Americans today use four times as much energy as their grandparents' _______________ did.     generation    :-)

9. Women will not be satisfied until their wages are _______________ to those of men doing the same kind of work.     equivalent    :-)

10. It seems to me that the women in Montreal dress more _______________ than women here on the West Coast.     stylishly    :-)

2C

1. The church is _______________ after ancient Greek temples of the Ionic period.     styled    :-)

2. I heard that when Jennifer Lopez married Ben Affleck, there was a _______________ in their marriage contract which said that he would have to pay her 3 million dollars if he ever cheated on her.     clause    :-)

3. It is not always possible to find an _______________ in one language for an idea expressed in another.     equivalence    :-)

4. Jean Piaget is famous for identifying and describing the _______________ steps in the development of intelligence in infants.     discrete    :-)

5. Some people seem to have this _______________ in their heads that there is some shortcut you can take to learn a language quickly, and it simply isn't true.     notion    :-)

6. The first _______________ of this software had a lot of bugs that have been eliminated in the newest version.     generation    :-)

7. Farming has always been _______________ to the economy of Kuwait, due to its hot, dry desert climate.     marginal    :-)

8. Dealing with the death of a family pet is often _______________ difficult, especially for children.     psychologically    :-)

9. In 1905, Albert Einstein published five scientific papers that _______________ changed our understanding of space, time, light and matter.     fundamentally    :-)

10. After a few simple _______________ to the engine, the car was ready to go.     adjustments    :-)

3A

1. In this recipe, you can use honey as a _______________ for sugar.     substitute    :-)

2. There are more than 4,000 different chemical _______________, including heavy metals and pesticides, found in tobacco smoke.     compounds    :-)

3. The city is _______________ a plan to expand the network of bike lanes in the region.     drafting    :-)

4. He enjoys reading journals which discuss new _______________ in language teaching.     trends    :-)

5. Most scientists believe that birds actually _______________ from dinosaurs.     evolved