Your work falls well ..... the required standard.

A. under

B. below

C. short

D. off

There is every... of things going horribly wrong

A. opportunity

B. probability

C. chance

D. opening

Even though they don't agree with what's happening , they' re too.... to protest

A. apathetic

B. subdued

C. quiet

D. outgoing

The only means of .... to the station is through a dark subway.

A. arrival

B. admission

C. access

D. approaching

Mary lost one running shoe, but won the race despite this....

A. feat

B. disaster

C. handicap

D. awkwardness

I ... doubt whether he will actually carry out his threats

A. highly

B. deeply

C. seriously

D. absolutely

 I... hope there won't be a repetition of these unfortunate events

A. deeply

B. sincerely

C. strongly

D. thoroughly

Don't tell Anna about Paul and Jane breaking up- you know what a (an) .... she is; it will be all over the town in no time.

A. talker

B. liar

C. informer

D. gossip

I think access to cinemas and theaters is the main... of city life.

A. amenity

B. attraction

C. leisure

D. recreation

This young author has already received the sort of... that many older and wiser heads have had to strive a lifetime for

A. attentiveness

B. note

C. recognition

D. motoriety