His speech was careful and ... but his words seemed to make no sense.

A. distinguished

B. distinct

C. distinctive

D. distinguishable

Students sometimes support themselves by... of the evening jobs

A. ways

B. means

C. efforts

D. methods

Before the children at the day care center can have their snacks, they must ... all the crafts and toys ... in the plastic bins.

A. put/ away

B. break/off

C. hand/back

D. pack/ off

Before the children at the day care center can have their snacks, they must ... all the crafts and toys ... in the plastic bins.

A. put/ away

B. break/off

C. hand/back

D. pack/ off

The whole building collapsed, but fortunately there were no ....

A. victims

B. casualties

C. wounded

D. hurt

Nobody could have predicted that the show would arouse so much interest and that over two hundred people ... away.

A. would turn

B. would have turned

C. would have to be turned

D. had been turned

Mario has now.... to the point where his English is almost fluent.

A. arrived

B. approached

C. advanced

D. reached

The increased pay offer was accepted although it ... short of what the employees wanted

A. arrived

B. ended

C. came

D. fell

 We believe that these animals could be saved if our plan were ....

A. taken up

B. adopted

C. practiced

D. carried

- Do you want to go skiing with us

• Oh,no! Just ...skiing down a mountain terrifies me.

a. the thinking of

b. the thought of

c. a thought on

d. about thinking of