Choose the best word or phrase to fill in the blank.

1. I'm a___basketball player. I only play on weekends in the park.

• a. painstaking

• b. recreational

• c. professional

• d. avid

2. In order to___the damage to the mountain,the government prevented people from hiking there.

• a. steer

• b. touch up

• c. brakes

• d. halt

3. There is___damage to this painting. It cannot be restored.

• a. no longer

• b. pressing

• c. irregular

• d. extensive

4. This project is___. It must be done as soon as possible.

• a. pressing

• b. careful

• c. effective

• d. accumulated

5. Look at the___on your window. Wash it right away!

• a. fresco

• b. oral

• c. grime

• d. approach

6. Dirt___if you don't clean very often.

• a. accumulates

• b. maintains

• c. sequences

• d.stimulates

7. Researchers___that coffee is not harmful to your health.

• a. maintain

• b. associate

• c. summarize

• d. persuade

Choose the correct form of the word to fill in the blank.( 8-10 )

8. He is a good actor. He speaks very___.

• a. drama

• b. dramatic

• c. dramatically

9. Her___surprised everyone. No one was expecting that news.

• a. revealed

• b. revelation

• c. revealing

10. Which work of art will the museum___next?

• a. restore

• b. restoration

• c. restoring