Japan has to employ an increasing number of overseas workers because there is no easy solution to its labor _____.

　　 A. decline    B. rarity    C. vacancy    D. shortage

Deserts, dry areas with _____ no vegetation, cover more than one-third of the Earth's land surface.

　　A. surprisingly    B. eventually  C. permanently     D. virtually

Can you _____ me _____ two hundred copies of this article by tomorrow.

　　A. give .. out     B. send .. in  C. write .. off    D. run .. off

This year the farmers were just able to gather in the _____ before the fine weather came to an end.

　　A. collection    B. harvest    C. flower    D. plant

What a terrible experience! _____ , you are safe, that's the main thing.

　　A. Somehow  B. Anyhow  C. Somewhat  D. Anywhere

The book seems to have been _____ from various books and articles.

　　A. pieced together    B. taken off  C. broken away        D. pulled out

So far as he could, John had always tried to _____ the example he saw in Lincoln.

　　A. live up to B. set forth C. call for  D. cut out

She is making herself ill with _____ over her son's future.

　　A. trouble    B. annoyance    C. disgust    D. worry

We won't know whether it will be successful. We won't know whether there will be good _____.

　　A. ends    B. results    C. effects    D. causes

The managing director promised that he would _____ me as soon as he had any further information.

　　A. communicate    B. notice    C. notify    D. note