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Book Four Exercises Unit 1 2 6 7 8 1. Taxes are a(n) __________ which may fall on everybody. obligation 2. We __________ the authority’s decision not to close the hospital. applauded 3. The doctor’s instructions must be __________ exactly; the sick man’s life depends on it. fulfilled 4. Do these opinion polls really __________ what people are thinking? mirror 5. I prefer to think of memorization as a stepping-stone to __________ in use of words and phrases. flexibility 6. In her office memos she tended to __________ the work done by her staff. devalue 7. The history of railroad transport has partly been a history of __________ for greater efficiency and profit. striving 8. He took on the new post without having the faintest idea of what it __________. entailed 9. He is __________ one of the greatest experts in that field. supposedly 10. Absolute secrecy is essential. __________, the fewer who are aware of the project the better. Consequently 11. This period is usually ___________ the postwar period. referred to as 12. It would be a setback ___________ if we were denied the use of their software. at best 13. We make people mentally old by retiring them, and we may even ___________ make them physically old. by the same token 14. I know that the public ___________ aren’t interested in this issue. at large 15. My sister was always ___________ to me ___________ a model child. held up ... as 16. Some people do, and some people do not, believe in ___________ of opportunity. equality 17. He bravely ___________ a great loss from the death of his father. sustained 18. Police have still found no ___________ as to the whereabouts of the missing woman. clue 19. In designing a bridge, one must allow for ___________ in hot weather. expansiveness 20. One of the workmen was ___________ for his always being drunk. sacked 21. When boundaries between countries are not clearly ___________, there is usually trouble. defined 22. Gardening is outside the ___________ of my activities