1. Increasing fuel prices will have dire consequences for the poor.

① terrible   ② beneficial   ③ desirable   ④ tangible   ⑤ superficial

2. Rumors  abound as to the reasons for her death.

① die out    ② occur    ③ bounce back    ④ are unreliable    ⑤ proliferate

3.Heading into the tunnel, he mumbles a prayer to the deity who rules the mountain and all the gold within.

① nature  ② king  ③ god   ④ghost   ⑤ animal

4. Gold is not vital to human existence; it has, in fact, relatively few practical uses.

① flamboyant    ② critical    ③ trivial    ④ perilous    ⑤ perpetual

5. The examples of the Hitler and Stalin regimes show us whit terrible clarity what can happen when men usurp the role of gods.

① divide    ② provoke    ③ deteriorate    ④ seize    ⑤ pretend