3 . Direction: Fill in the blanks with one word from the box.

A. eye-witness   B. mutual   C. underlying   D. restore   E. achieving   F. afford G. penalty   H. implication   I. industrial   J. occasional   K. mixed   L. assessing

1. Our organization is committed to ________ its aims through peaceful means. We totally reject violence as a means of political change.
2. The students in my class are of ________ ability, so I teach them in groups according to their level.
3. The police only believed me after a(n) ________ corroborated my accounts of the accident.
4. Air traffic controllers are threatening to take ________ action if their pay demands aren’t met.
5. Doctors tell us that regular exercise is better than ________ bouts of strenuous activity.
6. The plan is to our ________ advantage. We will all benefit greatly from it.
7. Matt knows what he’s talking about. He has a lot of experience in dealing with this kind of situation so we can’t ________ to ignore his advice.
8. It was not a binding agreement in their view, so they feel they can break it without ________.
9. Although the President is here on an official visit, I think the ________ aim is to promote trade.
10. When the settlers cut down all the trees, they failed to consider the wider ________ of their actions, so the area became a desert.
11. Examinations are not the only means of ________ someone’s ability. There are other ways of measuring potential.
12. The army has been given full powers take whatever action is necessary to ________ order to the streets of the capital.