1.

The Eiffel Tower is such a distinctive have become synonymous. Your answer

feature

feature of Paris that the two

Correct answer

feature

engaged2.

I couldn't stop reading his new best-seller since I was so the characters. Your answer

engaged

in

Correct answer

engaged

3.

I hope for your

sake that you're not planning to make a surprise visit.

Correct answer

sake

analogy Your answer sake

4.

Did you really just make a(n)

between school and war? Correct answer analogy

Your answer analogy

distort5.

Please don't the truth—you made your decision and now you

Correct answer distort

theatricalhave to live with it. Your answer

distort

6.

Settle down and stop being so

; the world is not going to end. Correct answer

theatrical

Your answer theatrical

7.

It must've taken a lot of courage to

proclaim independence like that.

Your answer proclaim Correct answer proclaim

frustrate8.

It drives me crazy—Carla always knows exactly how to plan I make for the weekend. Your answer

frustrate

every

Correct answer

frustrate

rhythm9.

I love listening to Mexican music because the

is so infectious.

Your answer rhythm

waryCorrect answer rhythm

10.

I'm always

true.

of advertisements for deals that seem too good to be

Your answer wary Correct answer wary

Section B: Choose the best way to complete the sentences. 11. Next summer, the developers plan to _____ the old school into a museum.

A. convert

B. converse

C. converts

D. converge

12. Can you tell me what steps _____ a valid research proposal?

A. constitution

B. constitute

C. constituent

D. consist

13. The school received more money and _____ has been able to hire more teachers.

A. consequence

B. consequential

C. consequent

D. consequently

14. Different cultures' varying conceptions of _____ are visible in the types of clothes they

generally wear.

A. jealousy

B. modesty

C. notoriety

D. clarity

15. Unfortunately, I didn't practice enough so I failed to _____ for the team.

A. qualify

B. succeed

C. thrive

D. attempt

16. Her job is to gather the data and then _____ the results to determine their significance.

A. analysis

B. analyze

C. analytical

D. analyst

17. My _____ clouded my judgment and prevented me from acting rationally when I saw my girlfriend

with another man.

A. modesty

B. clarity

C. jealousy

D. notoriety

18. Jim is in Thailand on vacation; he loves to travel to _____ places.