Maya ________ me deeply when I read her writing, but she touches me most of all when I hear her speak.

  A. controls               B. affects              C. amuses           D. confuses

 A decline in electricity output forces industrial estates and cities to burn more coal and give out more carbon to _________ the shortfall.

   A. make out          B. make up          C. bring out            D. bring up

 Paris________ be a wonderful city but it’s not somewhere I’d like to live.

   A. might             B. would                C. must             D. can

 — I phoned you at 7 yesterday evening but nobody answered.

   — Oh, I ________ my dog in the park then.

A. walked           B. was walking      C. had walked       D. would walk

 Although many people view conflict as bad, conflict is sometimes useful _______ it forces people to test the relative merits of their attitudes and behaviors.

A. by which      B. to which     C. in that       D. so that

 We are        faced with the necessity to recognize that having more people implies a lower standard of living.

A. readily         B. smoothly        C. unavoidably           D. deliberately  

 According to some doctors, one of the ways to prevent us from growing old is to make sure that our brains get enough___.

A. performance     B. exercise       C. experience    D. sport    

 In the years        , the city government will take effective measures to bring the price of the house under control.

A. following       B. followed        C. follow           D. to follow  

 Nearly a month had gone by        they showed some sign of giving up the price for which they had held out.

A. until          B. while        C. before         D. so that       

 I did not accept any of the many offerings, because I found         satisfactory.

A. neither of them    B. none of them       C. either of them      D. all of them not