1.In the Mediterranean seaweed is so abundant and so easily harvested that it is never of great ________.

A) fare
B) payment
C) worth
D) expense


2.The writer was so ________ in her work that she didn’t notice him enter the room.

A) absorbed
B) abandoned
C) focused
D) centered


3.Actually, information technology can ________ the gap between the poor and the rich.

A) link
B) break
C) ally
D) bridge


4.Some research workers completely ________ all those facts as though they never existed.

A) ignore
B) leave
C) refuse
D) miss


5.Computer power now allows automatic searches of fingerprint files to match a print at a crime ________.

A) stage
B) scene
C) location
D) occasion


6.The most basic reason why dialects should be preserved is that language helps to ________ a culture.

A) retain
B) relate
C) remark
D) review


7.Companies are struggling to find the right ________ between supply and demand, but it is no easy task.

A) equation
B) formula
C) balance
D) pattern


8.Mass advertising helped to ________ the emphasis from the production of goods to their consumption.

A) vary
B) shift
C) lay
D) moderate


9.Because of his excellent administration, people lived in peace and ________ and all previously neglected matters were taken care of.

A) conviction
B) contest
C) consent
D) content


10.I know you’ve got a smooth tongue, so don’t talk me ________ buying it.

A) away
B) down
C) out
D) into