| 1. Young children seem to be able to __________ languages so much more quickly than adults. | | |
| 2. Children who are well __________ and cared for in their earliest years are more likely to survive and grow in a healthy way. | | |
| 3. You must have a __________ excuse for missing an exam. | | |
| 4. The booming economy has __________ the government to reduce federal taxes for the second straight year. | | |
| 5. Newborn babies have an __________ ability to hold their breath under water and even swim, but lose these abilities as they grow older. | | |
| 6. I'm kind of __________ with my daughter. I keep asking her to clean up her room, but she never does it. | | |
| 7. Usain Bolt's 100 metre world record time of 9.58 seconds is an amazing physical __________. | | |
| 8. The victim was hit over the head with a __________ instrument of some kind. | | |
| 9. Details surrounding the incident at the bar are a little __________ at this time. Police are still interviewing witnesses to determine what happened. | | |
| 10. I usually rely on logic to make a decision, but my wife relies more on her __________. | | |
| 11. She lives in a __________ little fishing village on the coast, where nothing ever happens and no one ever seems to smile. | | |
| 12. We were quite __________ when we heard that our son had broken up with his girlfriend a week before their planned wedding. | | |
| 13. The driver of the car which was destroyed in the accident was found wandering the highway in a __________ state. | | |
| 14. My ex-wife __________ when I told her my new girlfriend had dumped me. | | |
| 15. This elite private school is extremely expensive, and as such, is only available to the children of the upper __________ of society. | | |
| 16. Our company is facing a real __________. We need to update our equipment if we want to increase sales, but we won't have the money to pay for new equipment unless our revenues increase. | | |
| 17. You can't always __________ success with how much money a person has. There's more to life than that. | | |
| 18. You'd better be careful. If the boss __________ the fact you're looking for a new job, he'll fire you. | | |
| 19. He is a real snob who treats people less fortunate than himself with total __________. | | |
| 20. Koala bears look like such loveable, __________ creatures. | | |