| 1. Some animals in factory farms spend their lives confined to concrete _______________ and metal cages, terrified and suffering in such unnatural conditions. | | |
| 2. She was angry because her boss increased her _______________ in her job, but he didn't increase her salary. | | |
| 3. It takes a lot of communication _______________ to successfully manage a large staff of personnel. | | |
| 4. The company fired him only a week after _______________ him because he was such a lazy worker. | | |
| 5. She has _______________ her mother's good looks. | | |
| 6. The _______________ use of pesticides has become a leading source of water pollution in our country. | | |
| 7. The mining industry contributes over 90% to Zambia's export _______________. | | |
| 8. Many Japanese corporations are known for their _______________ management practices. | | |
| 9. We _______________ a computer rather than buying it for our home business so that we could deduct the cost from our income tax. | | |
| 10. I just got a _______________ of over 50 cents an hour. | | |
| 11. He believes that private _______________ is the only vehicle which can properly stimulate our economy. | | |
| 12. Disney is the largest media corporation in the world, with _______________ worth over 37 billion dollars in 1997. | | |
| 13. Since the downturn in the economy, we have had to cut _______________ in the office by about 5 people. | | |
| 14. The symphony is _______________ entirely through donations by local businesses. | | |
| 15. There is presently some concern over the security of credit card _______________ which take place over the Internet. | | |
| 16. This year's _______________ of grapes is expected to produce the finest wine in a decade. | | |
| 17. He had an old coin that he thought was valuable, but actually it was _______________ because it was in such bad condition. | | |