Social Terms and Issues

1. We covered a wide ________ of topics in the interview.

2. After the outbreak of a mysterious illness, investigation revealed ________ of the town’s water supply.

3. The country’s mineral resources have been ______ by foreign powers.

4. Since 1945 the rivalry in military strength between the world’s great powers has produced a ________ balanced peace.

5. The Prime Minister made an excellent ______ in the House yesterday.

6. If you are interested in becoming a ________ of the club, telephone the secretary during office hours.

7. I am never free on Thursday evenings as I have a ________ arrangement to play chess with a friend.

8. All the crops on that farm have been ________ with insecticide.

9. Corruption in the running of the city’s largest bank was ________ in the local newspaper.

10. The townspeople held a celebration when work on the ________ of the ancient building had been completed.

11. The use of plastic for shoes ________ of leather has ruined shoe repairing as a business.

12. Although nobody ________ his presence, Mr. Smith knew he had been recognized.

13. This church was ________ by the famous architect Archibald Sparrow.

14. During the war there was so little food that it had to be ________.

15. Hopes of finding the missing climbers are now beginning to ________.

16. The explorer ________ all the way to the source of the river by boat.

17. Will you ________ Peter to bring his camera tomorrow?

18. The farmer put a ________ in his field to frighten the birds away from his crops.