11. Only one-fifth of Americans saw oil as the chief reason that the U.S. made a war on Iraq, but 75 percent of the French and of the Russians believed _____.

A. to

B. so

C. go

D. do

12. Sadly, while the academic industry thrives, the practice of translation continues to _____.

A. stack

B. stage

C. stagnate

D. stamp

13. Your blunt treatment of disputes would put other people in a negative frame of _____, with the result that they would not be able to accept your proposal.

A. mind

B. idea

C. intention

D. wish

14. If you are an energetic person with strong views as to the right way of doing things, you find yourself _____ under pressures.

A. variably

B. invariably

C. invaluably

D. invalidly

15. Uncle Vernon, quite unlike Harry Potter who looked nothing like the rest of the family, was large, very fat, and _____, with an enormous black mustache.

A. neck-less

B. neck-lace

C. reckless

D. rack-less

16. Home to _____ and gangsters, officials and laborers, refugees and artists, the city was, in its prime, a metropolis that exhibited all the hues of the human character.

A. magnates

B. magnets

C. machines

D. magnitudes

17. His _____ behavior made everyone nervous. He was always rushing to open doors and perform other small tasks, apologizing unnecessarily for any inconvenience that he might have caused.

A. oblivious

B. observant

C. obsequious

D. obsolescent

18. He was completely __________ by her tale of hardship.

A. taken away

B. taken down

C. taken in

D. taken up

19. Americans who consider themselves _____ in the traditional sense do not usually hesitate to heap criticism in domestic matters over what they believe is oppressive or wasteful.

A. pedestrian

B. penchant

C. patriarch

D. patriotic

20. As technological advances put more and more time between early school life and the young person's final access to specialized work, the stage of _____ becomes an even more marked and conscious period.

A. adolescence

B. adjacency

C. advantage

D. adventure