The researcher had a ___ that academic achievement was linked to culture. A. suspense B. suspicion C. suspect D. suspicious 12. I would love to go to graduate school but the ___ cost is too great. A. finance B. financing C. financier D. financial 13. It is absolutely ___ for children to learn foreign languages as early as possible. A. criticism B. critic C. critical D. criticize 14. There is no one I ___ more than Albert Einstein. He's the reason I began studying physics. A. revere B. reverent C. reverential D. revel 15. The human brain is capable of ___ thought, making us entirely different from any other animal on Earth. A. irrational B. rational C. ration D. rationing 16. Studies have shown that computers are ___ learning tools. A. effect B. affect C. affective D. effective 17. Shawn's paintings are some of the most ___ I have ever seen! A. create B. creative C. creativity D. creatively 18. Thomas did very well his exam and is taking the ___ level chemistry class next semester. A. advised B. advantaged C. advanced D. advertised 19. Young children have a remarkable ability to ___ information they have learned. A. recall B. reveal C. release D. remain 20. She couldn't concentrate on her test; her mother's ___ in the room was too distracting. A. presence B. presents C. present D. prescience