The school’s ______ reason for changing the timetable was to give students more study time.

• minor

• principal

• small

• weak

The meeting was held ______ to discuss the budget.

• principally

• suddenly

• rarely

• secretly

Farmers usually ______ coffee beans in October.

• harvest

• acquire

• dismiss

• recover

If you want your bike to work well, you must ______ it regularly.

• abandon

• maintain

• anticipate

• issue

The car is very old, but with good ______ it still runs smoothly.

• maintenance

• petition

• collapse

• consumption

She managed to ______ three foreign languages before she turned 20.

• acquire

• crush

• dismiss

• utilize

His most valuable ______ was the company he bought last year.

• acquisition

• anticipation

• collapse

• delegation

It was ______ a personal decision, not pressure from others.

• not this but rather that

• both this and that

• never this nor that

• only this not that

He works for a charity that helps with ______ problems.

• social

• solid

• sacred

• socialist

My uncle is a strong ______ who believes in equality for all workers.

• socialist

• patient

• manager

• delegate