Choose the best word to complete the sentences. 1. Do not try to practise ___________ on the public. People have the right to know the truth. A. reception B. deception C. description D. prescription 2. If you waste money on ___________, you’ll become poor someday. A. fortune B. cash C. trash D. treasure 3. I’ll have another ___________ to visit the car exhibition held in London next year. A. possibility B. occasion C. bliss D. opportunity 4. He was ___________ very nervous and for some minutes stood awkwardly before the microphone. A. naturally B. obviously C. similarly D. curiously 5. The word “thou” (=you) is no longer in ___________ use. A. current B. occasional C. effective D. personal 6. Tom tried to___________ his pole from the mud after the rain. A. exaggerate B. explore C. extract D. explode 7. It was hard to believe that he had ___________ such a crime because he was only 17 years old at that time. A. prosecuted B. produced C. protested D. perpetrated 8. It was reported that the passengers on the disabled ship were in great ___________. A. safe B. risk C. peril D. revenge 9. Negative feelings such as anger, worry and depression are ___________ to the mind. A. positive B. offensive C. sensitive D. repetitive 10. I would have been here an hour ago, but ___________ I missed the train. A. coincidently B. unhappily C. undoubtedly D. unfortunately