Summary Completion Exercise

Complete the following passage with correct answer.

During the final years of the revolution of the United States, the Articles of Confederation government was established in America. This government (1) _____ badly from a lack of power. Each state distrusted (2) _____ and allowed very little authority to the central government. The Articles of Confederation (3) _____ a federal government which was unable to raise money (4) _____ taxes and force the British Empire out (5) _____ the US.

1. (A) destroyed
   (B) suffered
   (C) failed
   (D) minimized
   (E) reacted
2. (A) other
   (B) the other
   (C) others
   (D) the others
   (E) another
3. (A) produced
   (B) made
   (C) obtained
   (D) collected
   (E) manufactured
4. (A) with
   (B) from
   (C) for
   (D) to
   (E) none of these
5. (A) to
   (B) from
   (C) for
   (D) since
   (E) of

ANSWERS: SUMMARY COMPLETION EXERCISE

1. (B) suffered
2. (D) the others
3. (A) produced
4. (B) from
5. (E) of