There was a time when human beings worried that all of the earth's surface would be ..... covered with lava were a giant meteor to hit the planet.

A. thickly

B. fully

C. densely

D. totally

President Gorbachev demanded and got more and more personal power, although he was .... able to use it effectively

A. rarely

B. scantly

C. faintly

D. hardly

 So... seemed the news that everyone hold their breath to wait for it.

A. nerve- wracking

B. panic- stricken

C. Hot-tempered

D. easy-going

It was ten-year-old students on his way home that was .... injured in the road accident this morning.

A. seriously

B. perilously

C. gravely

D. harmfully

They ... oppose killing dogs for food; therefore; you shouldn't talk about dog meet in front of them

A. bitterly

B. really

C. fairly

D. extremely

The company's productivity has increased ... for the last 3 months

A. highly

B. entirely

C. largely

D. markedly

The .... dressed woman in the advertisement has a posed smile on her face.

A. modernly

B. stylishly

C. newly

D. stylistically

The situation has become... worse, and it is now impossible to handle.

A. progressively

B. continuously

C. frequently

D. constantly

The fire has been extinguished and the house has been ... damaged

A. extensively

B. intensively

C. expansively

D. intentionally

All the characters in his fiction are.... imaginary, but readers can always find them familiar

A. wholly

B. utterly

C. barely

D. purely