He spoke ________ to her, and she began crying immediately.

A. insensitivity B. insensitiveness C. insensitively D. insensitive

Sport is sometimes used by governments as a tool of foreign _________.

A. political B. policy C. politics D. politician

The love for books is helpful in _________the pupils’ knowledge.

A. developing B. development C. developed D. being developed

How _________!

A. the room is dirty B. is the room dirty C. dirty the room is D. the dirty room is

What_________!

A. an exciting story B. is an exciting story C. a story exciting D. the exciting story

She is _______ to understand the matter.

A. enough intelligent B. so intelligent C. intelligent enough D. very intelligent

Health care _______ have been rising but so has the quality.

A. cost B. costs C. costing D. costly

The day was so _______ that we decided to take a picnic lunch to the beach.

A. clear and warmly B. clearly and warmly C. clearly and warm D. clear and warm

We need __________information before we can decide.

A. far B. further C. farther D. farthest

You must place these events in their __________context.

A. history B. historical C. historic D. historian