1. When the police caught up with him, Mr. Foster had to ____ that he’ d broken the speed limit.

2. Whenever my boss makes a decision that I don’t agree with, I tell him  what I really think, though it’s ____ to make him happy by telling him his ideas are always right.

3. As can be probably perceived, a manned trip to Mars may soon ____ since scientists have achieved the manned moon mission.

4. A number of countries are ____ their efforts to send out food to the area worst affected by the flood.

5. State governments and the colleges themselves have ____ financial help to students with special abilities and those with financial needs.

6. The committee agreed that his papers ____ a wider circulation because of their essential and fundamental interest to a larger audience.

7. The anger and frustration ____ by the local people who do not understand what is happening to them will be a terrible and dangerous force.

8. Americans defend the right to obtain a gun, and they have ____ been willing to turn a blind eye to the harm that people owning guns have caused.

9. As the finance ministry rejected the deal for its “lack of clarity”, it ____ a complaint with the European Commission that this deal was against the law.

10. Dogs cannot distinguish the color of traffic lights, so the master must make the decision of when it is safe to ____ across the road.

Direction: Fill in the blanks with the expressions given below. Change the form where necessary. Each expression can be used only once.

1. She authorized her partner to carry out the daily responsibilities ____ when she was on her business trip.

2. On hearing the latest news about your mother’s ill, I ____ canceling your reservation at the Sheraton.

3. There was an obvious indication that the police who have to enforce the new law were not ____ the general discontent.

4. When she heard of he failure in the experiment, her eyes ____ tears; whether it was of shame, frustration, or grief was difficult to tell.

5. Roses knows that continuous letters from John, together with countless roses, are aimed at making her _____ him.

6. _____ public school for drinking and smoking and then failing in show business as a singer, she joined her father’s business 10 years ago.

7. Since the great scandals in banking, many people in the country have ____ the prospects of economic recovery within a few years.

8. The parents were quite happy to ____ our suggestion because it had taken their most important concerns into consideration.