Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
He was admirably voted the most ___________ production manager of the year. 
A. adequate                
B. efficient                    
C. inept                  
D. feeble

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Since their appearance, books are a previous _____________ of knowledge and pleasure. 
A. source                    
B. pile                     
C. amount                     
D. sum

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
 Under federal law, it is illegal to ______________ women.
 
A. discriminate between
B. differentiate from
C. differentiate against
D. discriminate against

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
He developed his own project in ____________ with some Australia experts. 
A. kinship                  
B. leadership                  
C. partnership                   
D. membership

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
_____________ I like her, I think she is rather mean.
A.  Although
B. Even  
C. Despite 
D. In spite

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
At certain times of the day, incidentally at all times when the house ______________ by him, a small figure ___________ at the bottom of the stairs.
A. was only occupied - appeared
B. was occupied only - appeared
C. only occupied - appeared
D. is only occupied ... appeare

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
During the flood, people had to live in misery due to the _____________ of food and medicine. 
A. short                     
B. shorting                     
C. short cut                     
D. shortage

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
The novel has had a tremendous impact on _______________ and publishing markets. 
A. entertain                      
B. entertainer                    
C. entertainment                    
D. entertainingly

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
To ______________ the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life. 
A. acquire                  
B. enter                   
C. learn                     
D. start

Choose the best answer for the following sentence:
Mr. Scott has a garage. The garage is ____________________.
A.  to him             
B. of him                
C. of his                   
D. his