Venus, (the second) planet (from) the Sun, is (exactly almost) the (same size) as the Earth

It is (undoubtedly) true that the Watergate scandal was the worst
in U.S political history
A. Considerably
B. arguably
C. indecisively
D. without question

The evidence that carbon dioxide levels are rising is _______
A. inevitable
B. unavoidable
C. undeniable
D. indelible

Aerobic bacteria transforms wastes in water into less (dangerous)
substances
A. Stable
B. precarious
C. tender
D. harmless

They haven’t beaten me yet . I still have one or two _______ up
my sleeve
A. traps
B. jokes
C. tricks
D. defences

Mary felt quite certain that her sister would stand by her, but in the
end she didn’t
A. Mary had hoped that her sister would come to her aid, but she never did
B. Mary didn’t expect her own sister to let her down like that
C. Mary was confident that she would have her sister’s support, but as it turned
out she let her down
D. It came as a terrible shock to Mary when her own sister turned against her like
that

Transfer taxes are (imposed) on the (sell) or (exchange of) stocks (and) bonds

City governments are (belatedly) taking steps to revitalize
downtown areas
A. Endlessly
B. impatiently
C. finally
D. recently

The confidence trickster _________ the old lady out of her life
savings
A. deceived
B. robbed
C. swindled
D. misled

No matter how hard he tried, Mike could not make sense of his economics textbook
A. If Mike had studied harder, he would have been able to comprehend what was in his economics textbook
B. In spite of his efforts, Mike was unable to understand the contents of his economics textbook
C. Mike could not understand his economics textbook because he hardly tried to at all
D. It was impossible for Mike to understand his economics textbook without making a great effort