1.Showing some sense of humor can be a(n) ________ way to deal with some stressful situation.

A) effective
B) efficient
C) favorable
D) favorite


2.The situation described in the report ________ terrible, but it may not happen.

A) inclines
B) maintains
C) sounds
D) remains


3.The company is trying every means to ________ the wholesale price of its products.

A) pull down
B) put down
C) set down
D) bring down


4.The mayor ________ the police officer a medal of honor for his heroic deed in rescuing the earthquake victims.

A) rewarded
B) awarded
C) credited
D) prized


5.The native Canadians lived in ________ with nature, for they respected nature as a provider of life.

A) coordination
B) acquaintance
C) contact
D) harmony


6.Many people are asking whether traditional research universities in fact have any future ________.

A) at all
B) so far
C) in all
D) on end


7.I was impressed ________ the efficiency of the work done in the company.

A) in
B) about
C) with
D) for


8.Now in Britain, wines take up four times as much ________ in the storehouse as both beer and spirits.

A) block
B) land
C) patch
D) space


9.His hand shook a little as he ________ the key in the lock.

A) squeezed
B) inserted
C) stuffed
D) pierced


10.For professional athletes, ________ to the Olympics means that they have a chance to enter the history books.

A) access
B) attachment
C) appeal
D) approach