Choose the most suitable words or phrases to fill in the blanks

Question 12: Because of the _______ of hospital employees at the hospital, the head of administration began advertising job openings in the newspaper.
A. Short     B. shorter
C. shorten     D. shortage
Question 13: Friendship is a two-sided ________, it lives by give-and-take.
A. Affair     B. event
C. aspect     D. feature
Question 14: “Do you _____your new roommate, or do you 2 argue?”
A. Keep in touch with     C. on good term with
B. Get along with     D. get used to
Question 15: The majority of Asian students reject the American _______ that marriage is a partnership of equals.
A. Attitude     B. thought
C. view     D. look
Question 16: Bob has a bad lung cancer and his doctor has advised him to _______ smoking.
A. Put up     B. give up
C. take up     D. turn up
Question 17: According to FAO, Vietnam is _______ second largest coffee producer in the world after Brazil.
A. a     B. 0
C. an     D. the