18. In spite of the ______economic forecasts, manufacturing output has risen slightly.
A) gloomy
B) miserable
C) shadowy
D) obscure

19. Body paint or face paint is used mostly by men in pre?literate societies in order to attract good health or to _______ disease.
A) set aside
B) ward off
C) shrug off
D) give away

20. The international situation has been growing _____difficult for the last few years.
A) invariably
B) presumably
C) increasingly
D) dominantly

21. The prisoner was ______ of his civil liberty for three years.
A) discharged
B) derived
C) deprived
D) dispatched

22. Small farms and the lack of modern technology have ______ agricultural production.
A) blundered
B) tangled
C) bewildered
D) hampered

23. The Japanese scientists have found that scents ______ efficiency and reduce stress among office workers.
A) enhance
B) amplilf
C) foster
D) magnify

24. All the students have to ______to the rules and regulations of the school.
A) confirm
B) confront
C) confine
D) conform