Welcome to your Eiken Pre 1 style test.

When Paul dropped his plate on the floor, it broke into many small ___________. He cleaned them all up carefully so that he would not stepp one and hurt his foot.

The couple decided not to buy the house in the countryside because it was so ___________. The nearest town was over three hours away by car.

Jeff would love to go on vacation in Europe, but his low salary makes it ___________ impossible for him to save enough money for such a trip.

Striking Schoolchildren

Reports of the initial strike state that it began because of the unfair punishment of a student at the school. However, some historians suggest the reason ___________, during which the strike followed many months of public unrest in the United Kingdom, during which workers worked many months of improved public unrest in the United Kingdom and many industrial strikes occurred. The schoolchildren would have seen members of their families participate in these protests, which historians believe inspired them to stand up for their own rights as well.

School authorities attempted to play down the importance of the school strikes by pointing out that only a small percentage of the national school population participated. While this was true, it ___________ did not lessen the significance of the protests. For one thing, they represented one of the first times that schoolchildren in the United Kingdom had felt sufficiently empowered to stand up for their rights. The strikes also provided the stimulus for societal reforms that would end up improving child welfare in the United Kingdom.

Shota's boss, Jenny, was angry with him when the client canceled the contract, but his colleagues ___________ him. They told the boss it was not his fault.

After his retirement from office, the former mayor started an NPO dedicated to the ___________ of homelessness from his city.

The data-security consultant warned that the company's computers were ___________ to virus attacks and needed to be made safer.

Chris's boss asked him to ___________ to finish the work he was given more quickly. He promised that he would do his best.

Dogs have excellent hearing compared to humans. There are many sounds that cannot be heard by people but are ___________ to dogs.

The couple was awoken in the night by an ___________ who broke a window and entered their home. Whoever it was had left by the time the police arrived.

The government adopted new environmental regulations and stated that the companies that fail to ___________ will be fined.

Many students complained the book was very difficult to understand in places, so the teacher tried to ___________ those sections using simpler language.