AWL 3.3

Falling profits and increasing costs were given as a (reason/excuse) **** for reducing workers� wages.

• justification
• proportion
• registration
• outcome

It is believed that there is a strong genetic (connection) **** between dinosaurs and modern birds.

• link
• partnership
• outcome
• layer

The (place/position) **** for the new office building has not yet been decided.

• location
• layer
• proportion
• physical

Scientists were surprised by the unexpected (results/products) **** of their experiment.

• outcomes
• minorities
• philosophy
• partnership

The (ratio/balance) **** of women to men at my university was about five to one.

• proportion
• partnership
• link
• registration

The (opposite of minimum) **** file size for Turnitin documents is 20MB.

• maximum
• maximal
• maximise
• minimise

There has been a very (opposite of positive) **** reaction to our recent advertising campaign.

• negative
• position
• negation
• negetive

Hispanic and Latino Americans are the largest ethnic (opposite of majority groups) **** (17% of the US population).

• minorities
• minoriitees
• moniritess
• minorrities

Although the woman did not have any **** injuries, she was very upset and shocked by the accident.

• physical
• philosophical
• miximal
• negative

Doctors follow the **** that, if they cannot aid a patient, they should avoid causing any further problems.

• philosophy
• link
• registration
• justification