nbsp;    B. minimizing      C. dwindling     D. dwelling    

2.  Later, parents urge high schools to adopt more_______ grading system, worried that the children's self-esteem will plummet when they find that the "satisfactory" of earlier years has now become a "C" or a "D".

A. lenient                B. prerequisite                 C. prominent                 D. subsequent

3. An obvious change of attitude at the top towards women's status in society will through     the current law system in Japan.

A. permeate             B. prevail                 C. group        D. tangle

4. Diamonds have little_________ value and their price depends almost entirely on their scarcity.

A. subtle                   B. permanent    C. intrinsic    D. intrigue

5.  These areas rely on agriculture almost_________ , having few mineral resources and a minimum of industrial development.

A. desperately            B. incredibly    C. exclusively   D. deliberately

6. This may be because of a view that there is a genuine change in trend or because of the dangerous propensity to    short-term experience to the future.

A. scrutinize                 B. exhortate            C. deteriorate                 D. extrapolate

7.  In later years, I helped my two sons find work in Ford plants so they could gain the appreciation for plant life and develop a sincere conviction      by hard work, to complete their college educations.      

A. engendered            B. verified    C. endowed       D. provoked

8. New sources of energy must be found, and this will take time, but it is not likely to result in any situation that will ever restore that sense of cheap and      energy we have had in the times past.

A. exquisite                B. resilient

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