The United States discovered in 1982 that about one-fifth of its farmland ______ topsoil at a rate likely to diminish the soils productivity.
A. is losing
B. to be lose
C. was losing
D. being lost
I will ______ to this opinion until proof that I am wrong is presented.
A. comply
B. confirm
C. adhere
D. accord
The ______ of the U.S.S.R. has been the most momentous event of the last quarter of the 20th century.
A. solution
B. resolution
C. distillation
D. dissolution
Because these lines are taken out of context, they do not ______ the message the author intended.
A. convert
B. transfer
C. exchange
D. convey