Verbal ability questions. Test 05

Directions (1-10): In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each four words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

The U.S. is in the …1… of a cleanup of toxic financial waste that will …2… taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars, at the very least. The primary manufacturers of these hazardous products …3… multimillion- dollar paychecks for their efforts. So why shouldn’t they …4… to pay for their mopup ? This is, after all, what the U.S. Congress …5… in 1980 for …6… of actual toxic waste. Under the Superfund law …7… that year, polluters …8… for the messes they make. Environmental lawyer E. Michael Thomas sees no …9… lawmakers couldn’t demand the same of financial polluters and …10… them to ante up some of the bank bailout money.

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