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SELECT TWO ANSWER CHOICES THAT, WHEN USED TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCE, FIT THE MEANING OF THE SENTENCE AS A WHOLE AND PRODUCE COMPLETED SENTENCES THAT ARE SIMILAR IN MEANING.

1. But taking a bigger role in a vast and unprecedented cleanup may also be a political gamble for the President, especially if the government proves as unable as TEXON-the failing company- to ____________ the unending leaks of radioactive materials from the devastated plant.

A. Contain 

B. Peddle

C. Depict

D. Distort

E. Mirror

F. Restrain 

2. Tepco’s leadership has been particularly ____________, critics say, since it remains enmeshed in the collusive ties between the government and the industry that many say made the plant vulnerable.

A. Worrisome

B. Justified

C. Warranted

D. Troublesome

E. Dearth

F. Famine

3. Although the advisers said the company was doing a good job cleaning up, other experts and some regulators have _____________ the company’s ability to handle the highly complex decommissioning of reactors.

A. Praised

B. Accolade

C. Questioned 

D. Grilled

E. Recuperate

F. Recover

4.  The amounts of some radioactive materials, like cancer-causing strontium, flowing into the ocean are above safety limits, but experts say that given the size of the plant’s previous releases, the new ones are relatively _____________.

A. Robust

B. Swarthy

C. Trivial

D. Inconsequential

E. Callous

F. Stout 

5. Indeed, the proposed ice wall is seen here as a symbol of both the daunting technological challenges posed by the cleanup, and the ________________— critics say desperation — for creative solutions as the plant, which already stores enough contaminated water to fill 160 Olympic-size swimming pools, is faced with having to store hundreds of more tons every day.

A. Need

B. Brevity

C. Conciseness

D. Necessity

E. Fearsome

F. Voluminous

6. The evidence of decline of fish is _______________ ;  unprecedented blooms of algae blanketed the estuary’s northern reaches for months, killing vast number of fishes that are the essential components of the estuary ecosystem.

A. Tepid

B. Compelling 

C. Lukewarm

D. Penitential

E. Rueful

F. Undeniable

7. In 1979, the Ramones were recording at a studio with the producer Phil Spector, whose work with the Ronettes, the Righteous Brothers and the Beatles had earned him a reputation as both a musical genius and an ____________, combustible egomaniac.

A. Exacting

B. Edifice

C. Exemplar

D. Acerbic

E. Atrocious

F. Incendiary 

8. Although the scientists are renowned to be unerring species to the ordinary people-who hardly take effort to justify the fact they hear, they are hardly ______________.

A. Immoral

B. Rogue

C. Infallible

D. Fail-safe

E. Mistakable

F. Incorrect

9. Even though the critics publish voluminous reviews deriding the current system that is employed to find fault, they give anything but ___________solutions.

A. Convincing

B. Thoroughly

C. Warranted

D. Pragmatic

E. Trifling

F. Trivial

10. The exacting musician discouraged anything excessive, yet his followers had received with__________accolade written in play-card.

A. Euphoric

B. Fulsome

C. Enthusiastic

D.Acerbic

E. Bitting

F. Extraneous

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ANSWERS OF SENTENCE EQUIVALENCE DRILL-1