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As a result of careless washing, the jacket _____ to a child’s size. A. contracted B. compressed C. shrank D. decreased 2. Franklin’s ability to learn from observations and experience _____ greatly to his success in public life. A. contributed B. owed C. attributed D. related 3. I’m not sure whether I can gain any profit from this investment, so I can’t make a _____ promise to help you. A. refined B. defined C. confined D. definite 4. It is _____ impossible to find a good educational computer program in this part of the country. A. barely B. hardly C. merely D. nearly 5. Grain production in the world is _____ but still millions go hungry. A. staggering B. shrinking C. soaring D. suspending 6. The ball _____ two or three times before rolling down the slope. A. swayed B. bounced C. hopped D. leapt 5. Grain production in the world is _____ but still millions go hungry. A. staggering B. shrinking C. soaring D. suspending 6. The ball _____ two or three times before rolling down the slope. A. swayed B. bounced C. hopped D. leapt 9. He didn’t have time to read the report word for word: he just _____ it. A. skimmed B. observed C. overlooked D. glanced 10. Your advice would be _____ valuable to him, who is at present at his wit’s end. A. excessively B. exceedingly C. extensively D. exclusively 11. No one had told Smith about _____ a lecture the following day. A. there being B. there be C. there would be D. there was 12. The teacher doesn’t permit _____ in class. A. smoke B. to smoke C. smoking D. to have a smoke 13. After _____ for the job, you will be required to take a language test. A. being interviewed B. interviewed C. interviewing D. having interviewed 14. Your hair wants _____. You’d better have it done tomorrow. A. cut B. to cut C. cutting D. being cut 15. I would appreciate _____ it a secret. A. you to keep B. your keeping C. that you keep D