Part V 1. The recent ___________ by the government that they have secured gas supplies for an additional year is a very encouraging sign. (A) annexation (B) announcement (C) legislation (D) procurement 2. We train our service technicians not only to be ___________ thorough, but also to be to be very efficient and particularly polite to the customer. (A) extreme (B) extremely (C) more extreme (D) extremity 3. The latest quarterly business ____________ predicts sluggish economic growth, higher interest rates and a pick-up in the rate of inflation. (A) forecast (B) oversight (C) enactment (D) detection