There were s couple of men under the tarp with us, ___ with fever.

A. shaking
B. quaking
C. tearing
D. shivering

Robyn could ___ think, let alone string coherent words together to from an answer.

A. nearly
B. barely
C. almost
D. possibly

It would have been more ___ to save the money than to spend it all on clothes.

A. sentimental
B. sensible
C. sensitive
D. sensational

The quality of preservation is unbelievable, but what is more ___ is the number of fossils containing embryos.

A. impressive
B. beautiful
C. attractive
D. gracious

Every time the lights change to red, there are long queues of vehicles ___ while a few people ___ across the road.

A. waiting...walk
B. to be waiting...walking
C. waited... to be walking
D. wait... walk

Spiders can be found ___ in plants that grow on mountain rocks.

A. live
B. living
C. are living
D. having lived

He must have been to Scotland, ___ I once was some photos of him taken in Edinburgh wearing a tartan skirt.

A. now that
B. because of
C. for
D. since

“Did John ask you to play tennis this Saturday?” “Yes, but I wish it ___ before tomorrow.”

A. stopped raining
B. would stop raining
C. will stop raining
D. would stop to rain

On the street of the US, men always walk or cross the street at the side of the ladies which is ___ to the traffic.

A. close to
B. closest
C. the closest
D. closer

More than forty thousand readers told us what they looked for in close friendships, what they expected 1friends, what they were tilling to give in 2,and how satisfied they were with the quality of their friendships.Friendship 3to be a unique form of human bonding. Unlike marriage or the ties that 4parent and children, it is not defined or regulated by law. Unlike other social roles that we are expected to 5-- as citizens, employees, members of professional societies and other organizations -- it has its own principle, which is to promote 6of warmth, trust, love, and affection between two people.The survey on friendship appeared in the March issue of Psychology Today. The findings 7that issues of trust and betrayal are 8to friendship. They also suggest that our readers do not look for friends only among those who are most like them, but find many 9differ in race, religion, and ethnic background. Arguably the most important conclusion that emerges from the data, 10,is not something that we found -- but what we did not.