1.  (A) allude (B) elude

a. The bank robber has failed to ____ the police and is now behind bars.

b. In his speech the President will ____ to the valuable contribution immigrants

have made to America.

2.  (A) dateline (B) date line (C) deadline

a. Please do not miss the ____ for claiming re-imbursement for lost

baggage. Otherwise the airline can refuse to pay.

b. When flying westbound from San Francisco to Beijing you will cross

the International ____. You must set the calendar forward by one day.

c. A ____ is a journalism phrase which indicates the date and location

of a story, and is normally placed at the top of an article.

3.  (A) definite (B) definitive

a. I cannot give you a ____ answer until I have spoken to the boss.

b. The Origin of Species is a ____ work by Charles Darwin.

It lays the foundation for the theory of evolution.

4.  (A) deprived (B) depraved

a. Only someone with a ____ mind can commit such a horrific crime.

b. Many children from the third world are ____ the basic necessities of life.

5.  (A) discrete (B) discreet

a. People who are rude have never learned to be ____ and courteous.

b. The American flag is composed of three ____ colors: red, white,

and blue. These three colors are completely separate from one another.

6.  (A) disinterested (B) uninterested

a. The passersby are ____ in the commotion and continued on

with their business.

b. There were many ___ citizens who simply did not bother to vote.

c. Only those who are truly ____ can vote in this resolution.

7.  (A) economic (B) economical

It is (a) un____ to buy one subway ticket for $3 when you can buy 6

for $15, but traveling by subway is till the most (b) ____way to

move about in New York City.

8.  (A) emigrate (B) immigrate

My parents have decided to (a) ____ from China, they have chosen to

(b) ____ to the USA.

9.  (A) fictitious (B) fictional

a. Most people use ____ names when commenting on newspaper articles.

b. The movie “The South Pacific” is based on ____ characters.

10.  (A) formally (B) formerly

a. Writing the speech was ____ the job of the executive assistant,

but she quit, so the boss now has to do it himself.

b. Mary will be ____ presented with the award when she returns from her vacation.

11.  (A) fortunate (B) fortuitous

a. Many immigrants know they are very ____ to be living in Canada.

b. It was ____ that no one was around when the bomb went off.

12.  (A) imminent (B) eminent

a. Harvard Law School has many ____ legal scholars in their ranks

who will move on to become top judges.

b. I know from a reliable source that an announcement of the award is ____.

13.  (A) incident (B) incidence

a. Three recent ____ of road rage have made many people nervous

about driving in the city.

b. Following the flag-burning ____ there was a riot in the streets of San Mateo.

c. Increased ____ of malnutrition has raised fear of a rickets epidemic in Haiti.

14.  (A) lose (B) loose

a. It was a ____ screw which caused the door to become unhinged.

b. Your brain: use it or ____ it!