In paragraph 2, “negated” is closest in meaning to _____.
A.made possible
B.made ineffective
C.reduced
D.paid for

In paragraph 7, “depleted” could be replaced by which of the following?
A.reduced
B.poor
C.decaying
D.decimated

He has hardly never given a more impressive performance than this
A.hardly never
B.impressive
C.performance
D.than

“We lost the last game because of the referee,” said the team captain.
A.The team captain blamed the referee for their loss in the last game.
B.The team captain refused to tell the referee about their loss in the last game.
C.The team captain said that without the referee, they might have lost the last game.
D.The team captain admitted to the referee that they had lost the last game.

Fiona has been typing the report for an hour.
A.It took Fiona an hour to type the report.
B.It is an hour since Fiona started typing the report.
C.Fiona finished the report an hour ago.
D.Fiona will finish the report in an hour.

Bill was about average in performance (B) in comparison (C) with other students in (D) his class.
A.about average in
B.in
C.with other
D.his

A professor of economy and history at our university developed a new theory of the relationship between historical events and financial crises.
A.economy
B.developed a new theory
C.between
D.financial crises

_________ (40)
A.construct
B.achieve
C.provide
D.produce

_________ (41)
A.curing
B.treating
C.healing
D.improving

_________ (43)
A.release
B.rid
C.loosen loosen
D.expel