(1)show that crime in (2) areas is now rising faster than in the cities. The (3) when the countryside (4) safety and security haslong gone. No longer is it safe anywhere to go out leaving the door (5). We all feel (6) and seek to strengthen the (7) we use to hold criminals at bay. These can range from old fashioned bolts and bars to the latest (8) devices.A moment's (9) , however, is enough to bring us face to face with the following puzzle: we may have locked the evils out, but in doing so we have locked ourselves in. This hardly seems a (10) way of life.
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something is the state of not having something or not having enough of something.
A variety of
B. A lack of
C. A glimpse of
D. An account of
What does the "turn out to be " mean in "..it turned out to be much moreonline." ?
A. to make something move around a central point
B. to aim or point something in a particular direction
C. to fold something in a particular way
D. to be discovered to be or to prove to be
Which of the following has the word"justify" with the same meaning in "Anannual survey found students felt their fees and living costs were not justified..." ?
A. The Prime Minister has been asked to justify the decision to Parliament.
B. You're trying to justify your own weakness.
C. The low satisfaction ratings were justified by their poor performance.
D. Click on this icon to align or justify text at both the left and right margins.
Bus services will be tomorrow because of the bridge closure
A. discouraged
B. disrupted
C. distributed
D. disputed