Choose the answer among A, B, C, D to complete each of the sentences below:
After nine months without any rain, the country was facing one of the worst _______ in the last fifty years.
A.eruptions
B.floods
C.draughts
D.droughts

Choose the answer among A, B, C, D to complete each of the sentences below:
These ____ suggest that there is not direct link between unemployment and crime.
 
A.outputs.
B.findings
C.readings
D.discoveries

Choose the answer among A, B, C, D to complete each of the sentences below:
Can you take the day off tomorrow?- Well, I’ll have to get _________ from my boss.
A.permit
B.permission
C.allowance
D.licence

Choose the answer among A, B, C, D to complete each of the sentences below:
Let's hope that the new year will _____ in a period of prosperity for everyone.
A.introduce
B.usher
C.show
D.admit

Choose the answer among A, B, C, D to complete each of the sentences below:
Megan solved her computer problem quite _______ as she happened to mention it to a friend who had had the same problem and told her what to do.
A.attentively
B.occasionally
C.clumsily
D.accidentally

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It’s a shame that these two plans are ____ exclusive. Implementing one will automatically rule out the other
A.exhaustively
B.respectively
C.mutually
D.imperceptibly

Choose the answer among A, B, C, D to complete each of the sentences below:
People can become very___when they are stuck in traffic for a long time.
A.nervous
B.stressful
C.pressed
D.bad-tempered

Choose the answer among A, B, C, D to complete each of the sentences below:
In some countries environmental organizations have been...... to inform people and gain their support.
A.made up
B.set up
C.brought up
D.taken up

Choose the answer among A, B, C, D to complete each of the sentences below:
_____ of all the staff, I would like to wish you a happy retirement.
A.Instead
B.In place
C.On account
D.On behalf

Choose the answer among A, B, C, D to complete each of the sentences below:
Many _______ men remarry and have second families.
A.divorced
B.married
C.family
D.single