- intermediate-135
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 135 (Answer Keys)
American Presidents - William Jefferson Clinton
A1 Bill Clinton, whose father passed away a few months before he was born, wanted to be President from a very
early age.
answer: (c) passed away
A2 Clinton defied his critics by surviving an array of personal scandals.
answer: (b) array
A3 Clinton fashioned himself as a "New Democrat" and has frequently been referred to as the "Comeback Kid."
answer: (a) fashioned
A4 In 1978, at the age of thirty-two, Bill Clinton became the youngest governor in the nation and in Arkansas
history.
answer: (a) nation
A5 As President-elect, Clinton vowed to focus on economic issues like a "laser beam," working especially to
overcome the sluggish growth of the American economy.
answer: (b) sluggish
A6 Clinton suffered two major setbacks during his administration.
answer: (c) setbacks
A7 Clinton's partner in his political career and marriage, Hillary Rodham Clinton, emerged as a key player in his
administration.
answer: (a) career
A8 Future history books may well begin by noting that Bill Clinton was the second President to have been
impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives.
answer: (c) impeached
A9 Clinton had a significant influence on the direction of the Democratic Party.
answer: (c) direction
A10 Clinton succeeded in brokering peace negotiations in Northern Ireland between warring Catholics and
Protestants.
answer: (b) warring
