English Questions – Fill in the Blanks Set 95

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1. The US president will not be able to pass any of the_____________growth policies he has _____________; and any policy changes that he does make will have a limited impact.
   1) freedom, coincidental
   2) unbound, inadvertent
   3) nonessential, fortuitous
   4) extrinsic, intrinsic
   5) radical, proposed
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5)
   Explanation: radical, proposed
   radical – (especially of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough.
   proposed – put forward (a plan or suggestion) for consideration by others.
   
   
2. The administration could still pursue protectionist measures that would precipitate a trade war, and it has already imposed migration_____________that will likely reduce growth, by_____________the labor supply.
   1) superficial, fluky
   2) sloppy, adventitious
   3) restrictions, eroding
   4) enlargement, conceiving
   5)  expansion,  causation
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: restrictions, eroding
   restrictions – a limiting condition or measure, especially a legal one.
   eroding – (of wind, water, or other natural agents) gradually wear away (soil, rock, or land).
   
   
3. A related risk is that increasing rates too slowly could lead to an asset price_____________and all the dangers – frozen credit markets, soaring unemployment, plummeting consumption, and more – implied by its_____________deflation.
   1) bubble, inevitable
   2) release, contingent
   3) bonded, incidental

   4) slack, avoidable
   5) compelled, inducement
   

   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: bubble, inevitable
   bubble – a thin sphere of liquid enclosing air or another gas.
   inevitable – certain to happen; unavoidable.
   
   
4. Indeed, the global economy could be_____________by any number of scenarios involving the US. A military confrontation between the US and North Korea now seems_____________.
   1) incumbent, random
   2) hampered, random
   3) fettered, fortuitous
   4) floating, preventable
   5) destabilized, plausible
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5)
   Explanation: destabilized, plausible
   destabilized – upset the stability of (a region or system); cause unrest or instability in.
   plausible – (of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable.
   
   
5. And because growth and economic stability will top the agenda at the Chinese Communist Party’s National Congress later this year, discussions about how to_____________growth and_____________structural reforms will take a back seat.
   1) liable, unforeseen
   2) bound, escapable
   3) rebalance, implement
   4) censurable, object
   5) detached, restraint
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: rebalance, implement
   rebalance – restore the correct balance to; balance again or differently.
   implement – a tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment that is used for a particular purpose.
   
   
6. In the next year, a more_____________and persistent global recovery will depend largely on whether policymakers avoid mistakes that could_____________it.
   1) pledged, antecedent
   2) robust, derail
   3) susceptive, incitement
   4) asunder, mainspring
   5) hanging, necessity
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)

   Explanation: robust, derail
   robust – strong and healthy; vigorous.
   derail – cause (a train or tram) to leave its tracks accidentally.

   
   
7. Britons will have to hope that EU leaders are willing to show some_____________: after all, the one clear message from voters was their lack of confidence in the_____________on offer.
   1) in authority, obligation
   2) flaccid, constraint
   3) harshness, compulsion
   4) compassion, alternatives
   5) obligated, discover
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: compassion, alternatives
   compassion – sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.
   alternatives – one of two or more available possibilities.
   
   
8. In principle, declining labor-force_____________should be a problem in the eurozone, too, given the _____________period of very high unemployment that many European workers have faced.
   1) tyranny, concluded
   2) participation, prolonged
   3) antagonism, observe
   4) disunion, labelled
   5) slackened, regained
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: participation, prolonged
   
   
9. The heated discussions about_____________of recent years have been_____________, with both critics and official cheerleaders overestimating the amount of austerity applied.
   1) mercilessness, gestated
   2) meanness, ascertain
   3) indifference, acquired
   4) flabby, regained
   5) austerity, misplaced
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5)
   Explanation: austerity, misplaced
   austerity – sternness or severity of manner or attitude.
   
   
10. With austerity – that is, reducing the deficit, once the recession has ended recovery might take longer to become_____________; but once it is, economic performance is even more stable, because the government’s accounts are in a_____________position.
    1) rebellion, witness
    2) separation, conceptualise
    3) estrangement, determine
    4) discord, detect
    5) consolidated, sustainable
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 5)
    Explanation: consolidated, sustainable
    consolidated – make (something) physically stronger or more solid.