Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the forms where necessary. 1) The government declared a state of _____________ because of the natural disaster. 2) It is ____________ impossible to finish the task in such a short time. 3) The chairman of the IMF was ________ to resign after the scandal(丑闻). 4) Your quick action has ____________ a serious accident. 5) The earlier the ________ receives treatment, the better the chances he will have of recovering from the disease. 6) Behind any successful event lie months or even years of _____________. 7) Sports clothes are not _____________ for a formal wedding. 8) Trade soon ____________ from the effects of the war. 9) This new traffic regulation _________ to everybody, no matter whom. 10) We both felt ____________ after a talk with the surgeon. 11) The security forces had to intervene to prevent the situation from ____________. 12) We can live without clothes, but food and drink are __________ to life. 13) Cats and dogs have quite different ________ — dogs like company, cats are independent. 14) How did he ever get into such a bad financial __________? 15) What’s the ____________ for opening a bank account? 16) Though everybody knows smoking is _________ to health, many people still choose to do it.