Overwhelm

1. Nowadays many rural people flock to the city to look for jobs on the assumption that the streets there are ＿＿＿with gold.
A) overwhelmedB) stockedC) pavedD) overlapped1

2. You cannot imagine how ______ I feel with my duties sometimes.
A) overflowedB) overthrownC) overwhelmedD) overturned

3. Students are expected to be quiet and ____ in an Asian classroom.
A) obedientB) overwhelmingC) skepticalD) subsidiary

4. Their claims to damages have not been convincingly ________.
A)refutedB)overwhelmedC)depressedD)intimidated

5. While nuclear weapons present grave _____ dangers, the predominant crisis of overpopulation is with us today.
A) inevitableB) constantC) overwhelmingD) potential

6. Of the thousands of known volcanoes in the world, the _______ majority are inactive.
A) tremendousB) demandingC) intensiveD) overwhelming

Distinction

1. In spite of the ________, it seemed that many of the invited guests would still show up.
A) deviationB) distinctionC) controversyD) comparison

2. It is one thing to locate oil, but it is quite another to ____ and transport it to the industrial centers.?
A) permeateB) extractC) distinguishD) concentrate

3. While a full understanding of what causes the disease may be several years away, ________ leading to a successful treatment could come much sooner.
A) a distinctionB) a breakthroughC) an identificationD) an interpretation2

4. We should make a clear_______ between the two scientific terms for the purpose of ourdiscussion.
A) separationB) discriminationC) deviationD) distinction

Distract

1. Although we tried to concentrate on the lecture, we were ＿＿＿by the noise form the next room.
A) distractedB) displacedC) dispersedD) discarded

2. Although he was on a diet, the delicious food ___ him enormously.
A) distractedB) stimulated3 C) inspiredD) tempted4

3. Please do not be ________ by his offensive remarks since he is merely trying to attract attention.
A) distractedB) disregardedC) irritatedD) intervened

4. Put on dark glasses or the sun will ______ you and you won' t be able to see.
A) discernB) distortC) distractD) dazzle

Delicate

1. Since our knowledge is __ none of us can exclude the possibility of being wrong.
A) delicateB )restrainedC) controlledD) finite

2. A most ______ argument about who should go and fetch the bread from the kitchen was going on when I came in.
A) trivialB) delicateC) minorD) miniature

3. One of his eyes was injured in an accident, but after a _____ operation, he quickly recovered his sight.
A) delicateB) considerateC) precise D) sensitive

Demonstration

1. Many novels that attempt to mirror the world are really _______ of the reality that they represent.
A) reflections B) demonstrationsC) illuminationsD) reproductions

2. The ______ of a cultural phenomenon is usually a logical consequence of some physical aspect in the life style of the people.
A) implementationB) manifestationC) demonstrationD) expedition