_______(38)
A.lie
B.exist
C.show
D.lay

_______(41)
A.growing
B.developing
C.poverty
D.miserable

_______(42)
A.discharging
B.charged
C.recharged
D.discharged

-Teacher: "Jon, you've written a much better essay this time." - John: " _______"
A.You're welcome.
B.Thank you. It's really encouraging.
C.Writing? Why?
D.What did you say? I'm so shy.

Too many factories dispose _______their waste by pumping it into rivers and the sea.
A.away
B.of
C.out
D.off

_______of popular expressions in our language have interesting backgrounds.
A.A sum
B.A large number
C.A great deal
D.The large number

Scientists and engineers have invented devices to remove _______from industrial wastes.
A.pollute
B.polluting
C.pollutions
D.pollutants

Unfortunately, your letter arrived after the final date for application. _______, we cannot consider you for the post.
A.To this
B.That is because
C.As result
D.Consequently

Only 65 per cent of people voted in the local election; the rest were completely ________.
A.disinterested
B.interested
C.uninteresting
D.uninterested

Everybody in the house woke up when the burglar alarm ______ .
A.came about
B.went out
C.went off
D.rang off