- Peter: "What ___________ your flight?”  

     - Mary: “There was a big snowstorm in Birmingham that delayed a lot of flights."

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29  

KEEPING THE WORLD IN OUR POCKETS

     Faster processors and advances in memory technology have made today's smartphones much more powerful than a lot of computers from just a decade ago. With wireless technology, people can surf the internet, play online games, send e-mail, and do (25) ___________all the things they once could only do on a computer. (26) ___________they have the power to do things constantly at their fingertips. 

     Many people (27) ___________that while smartphones are powerful tools, they are making people reliant on them. Why would a person need to learn to read a map when he can get directions to anywhere by simply asking his phone a question? Who needs to learn Math when you have immense calculating power in your pocket at all times? What (28) ___________is there to memorize facts about history, art, or geography when that information is readily available from a portable Internet interface?  

     There are just some of the questions being asked and answered as smartphone usage continues to spread. Like any technology, smartphones have their advantages, but they do have disadvantages as well that we must (29) ___________an eye on.

By appearing on the soap powder commercials, she became a ___________ name.

Neither of the two candidates who had applied for admission to the Industrial Engineering apartment were eligible for admission.

The acoustics in the concert hall were very poor and it was necessary to ___________ performers' voices.

She agreed that all the present paperwork ___________ for everyone to have more time to socialize.

It was relatively easy for him to learn baseball because he had been a cricket player.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.  

The presentation by Dr. Dineen was self-explanatory.