1.
1) on balance
5) illustrated
9) involved
2) resist
6) budget
10) economic
3) haul
7) lowering
11) blasting
4) wicked
8) boundary
12) just about
2.
1)cut back/ down
2) pick up
3) getby
4) get through
5)face up to
6) turnin
7) making upfor 8) think up

1.
1) decades
5) slender
9) on the side
2) historic
6) web
10) authorized
3) imposed
7) bade
11) terminal
4) religious
8) site
12) make the best of
2.
1) went through
2) stood up for
3) laiddown
4) take on
5) let (us) down
6) drawon
7) fallinto
8) pass for

I.
1.1) threatens
2) by a small margin
3)civilize
4)closed up
5)wandered
6) paste
7) without so much as
8) sideways
9) hook up to
10) universal
11) chart
12) Bathed in
2. 1)narrowed down
2)looked back on
3)cut off
4)fit into
5)wear(the other) down
6)lies in
7)put up
8)stand for
1. Cloze
1.
1) Statistics
2)rural
3)era
4)stood for
5)on the latch
6)vulnerable
7)barrier
8)electronic
9)reflection
10)civilized
2.
1) together
2)liable
3)shift
4)electric
5)cautious
6)sophisticated
7)thieves
8)break
9)chances
10)signs

Language sense enhancement
1. decades
2. undergoing
3. had done wrong
4. welcome reassurance
5. appreciated
6. brought back
7. relatives
8. accomplish
9. consume
10. representing
Vocabular
1.
1) sprinkled
2) in turn
3) reversed
4) repay
5) at sea
6) traditional
7) statement
8) longed for
9) in secret
10) unloaded
11) weep
12) under way
2.
1) stretch out
2) make out
3) hope for
4) turns (it) over
5) put away
6) brings back
7) got to
8) go about

i)
1. masterpieces
2. fragile
3.fancy
4.nonsense
5. lingto
6. endure
7.acute
8. whistle
9.mock
10.subtracted
11. Sin
12. flutter/fluttering
ii)
1. give in/ giveup
2. figureup
3. sizedup
4. wipedout
5. pulling up
6. wearaway
7. situp
8. hear of / about

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