Once she got home, she wondered why it hadn't occurred _______so.

• her saying

• to say

• her to say

• to her to say

The facts suggest that Europe is not ________ the global financial storms well.

• standing

• riding out

• weathering

• supporting

The chairman of the Federal Reserve said his chief concern was the ________ economy.

• bolstering

• sagging

• buoyant

• flowering

According to the International Energy Agency, the world will be consuming 115 _________ of oil a day by 2030, up from 85 million today.

• million gallons

• million barrels

• millions of tons

• millions tons

The old lab has been ________ to make room for a state-of-the-art one.

• erected

• knocked down

• refurbished

• erased

A rare Picasso, painted when the artist was just 24, is the most expensive painting ever sold __________.

• by auction

• out auction

• in auction

• for auction

Children need to know that it is not safe to enter _______ where animals are kept.

• elevators

• pens

• granaries

• stables

The _______ of mad cow disease was a tragic blow to dairy farmers.

• outbreak

• bout

• eruption

• breakout

I ____________ you. I saw you at the theater last week.

• am remembering

• remembered

• remember

• remind

If the reactor ________, radiation would not have leaked out.

• had not been sealed

• were sealed

• had been sealed

• is sealed