He sketched a little map for me on the back of my invitation.

A. stretch
B. skeptic
C. scratch
D. draw

I was just about to make my little bow of assent, when the meaning of these last words sank in, jolting me out of my sad reverie.

A. consent
B. ascent
C. descent
D. assurance

I was just about to make my little bow of assent, when the meaning of these last words sank in, jolting me out of my sad reverie.

A. jog
B. bolt
C. dolt
D. shock

…and the other that would like to get rid of everything, even the monument that waserected at the point of impact.

A. jerk
B. construct
C. ruin
D. erode

I thought somehow I had been spared.

A. spend
B. afford
C. be left over
D. remain

1.If you bear any visible scars of atomic burns, your children will encounterprejudice on the part of those who do not.

A. come up against
B. protest
C. pretext
D. commit

The few Americans and Germans seemed just as inhibited as I was.

A. live
B. dwell
C. suppress
D. unlock

Just as I was beginning to find the ride long, the taxi screeched to a halt, and the driver got out and went over to a policeman to ask the way.

A. stop
B. prevent
C. salute
D. alter

The rather arresting spectacleof little old Japan adrift amid beige concrete skyscrapers is the very symbol of the incessant struggle between the kimono and the miniskirt.

A. grandeur
B. sight
C. spectrum
D. prospect

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