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commemorative stamps every year. A. issues

B. distributes

C. contributes

D. dispatches

14. There is no immediate ________________ of peace. People

living at the boarders will have to continue suffering. A. opportunity

B. chance

C. prospect

D. promise

15. She doesn't like the ________________ of living alone.

A. prospect

B. future C. hope

D. perspective

16. This system is extremely ________________ because it runs

on half price electricity.

A. economic

B. economical

C. thrifty

D. saving

17. We are willing to make any concessions to that

________________. A. purpose B. goal C. aim D. end

18. The local government ________________ a campaign

against waste. A. established

B. launched

C. initiated

D. developed

19. Their research appears in the October 19 ________________

of the journal Nature.

A. version

B. edition

C. series D. issue

20. The scientist ________________ that nuclear power was a

safe and unpolluted energy source. A. assured

B. asserted

C. assumed

D. assaulted

21. He had hoped to set a new world record, but was

________________ by bad weather. A. defeated

B. destroyed

C. disappointed

D. frustrated

22. Have you seen the latest ________________ of the

periodical?

A. copy B. issue

C. version

D. edition

23. In recent years a number of ________________ satellites

have been put into orbit. A. communication

B. transportation

C. transportations

D. communications

24. The ________________ from the balcony was breathtaking.

A. perspective

B. prospective

C. prosperity

D. prospect

25. He hopes to ________________ this city into a centre for

trade and tourism in the Middle East.