6 The popular show is known for its _____ profile guests like politicians, actors, and singers.
(A) high
(B) famous
(C) clear
(D) secret

2 This is the first time for a local organization to ________an international conference and to provide all the facilities and services for this special event. (A) halt (B) host (C) howl (D) hover

3 Every night, they go through the same _____ : He throws open the bedroom window, she closes it. (A) complex (B) phase (C) vein (D) routine

4 Susan writes for twenty minutes about _____ comes into her head about the subject. (A) whatever (B) however (C) wherever (D) whenever

5 In our company I am afraid there is very little _____ to work hard. (A) agreement (B) motivation (C) advantage (D) business

7 My mother was a devoted and religious woman who taught her children to believe in themselves and their ability to succeed _____ they faced poverty and prejudice. (A) so that (B) even though (C) as long as (D) as if

8 I would have gone with you to see the movie had it been at all possible, but I_____ fully occupied the whole of last week. (A) could have been (B) had been (C) had (D) was

9 These parents failed to have their children immunized_____ diphtheria. (A) for (B) against (C) toward (D) over

10 In the house where I grew up, it was our custom to leave the front door_____ , meaning that the door was closed but not locked. (A) on the spot (B) on and off (C) on an alert (D) on the latch

11 As an experienced globe-trotter, Louisa has a_____ outlook of life. She is certainly the best spokesperson for the United Nations. (A) cosmopolitan (B) diminutive (C) microscopic (D) prodigious

12 It angered the international media that certain industrialized countries_____ the issue of child labor in communist countries. Their ignorance put the lives of thousands of children in jeopardy. (A) knocked the bottom out of (B) laid their hands on (C) left their marks on (D) turned a blind eye to