57.The party’ s reduced vote was（ ）of lack of support for its policies.

23.The Foreign Secretary tried to（ ）doubts about his handling of the crisis.

22.The police department came under strong criticism for both the death of an unarmed man and its handling of the（ ）.

21.The Attorney General ordered a federal autopsy of Brown’s body, seeking to（ ）the family and community there would be a thorough investigation into his death.

20.The sentence “I wish I had been more careful in spending money” expresses the speaker’s（ ）.

19.（ ）your advice, I would have made the wrong decision.

18.The audience（ ）excited on seeing（ ）favorite star glide onto the stage.

17.This is one of the issues that deserve（ ）.

16.There has been an increasing number of（ ）in primary schools in the past few years.

15.I can’t put up with（ ）.

14.Nobody heard him sing,（ ）?