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 Bread and butter__liked by Westerners.
A:is
B:are
C:were
D:be
Color and sex are not relevant____whether a person is suitable for the job.
A:on
B:for
C:to
D:with
It takes a lot of__to put on a school play such as King Lear.
A:origanization
B:arrangement
C:management
D:preparation
The prospect of increased prices has already__worries.
A:provoked
B:irritated
C:inspired
D:hoisted
Jack is so__to his appearance that he never has his clothes presed.
A:adverse
B:anonymous
C:indifferent
D:casual
Please__dictionaries when you are not sure of word spelling or meaning.
A:search
B:inquire
C:seek
D:consult
Following are comments about the behavior that people in Korea usually expect in various social__.
A:occasion
B:cases
C:situations
D:circumstanances
Children and old people do not like having their daily__.
A:habit
B:routine
C:practice
D:custom
If you keep on taking on more work than you can do, your health will__.
A:decline
B:degrade
C:degenerate
D:deteriorate
Fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations__.
A:simultaneously
B:spontaneously
C:homogeneously
D:contemporarily
Televisions enble us to see things happen almost at the exact moment__.
A:which they are happening
B:they are happening
C:which they happen
D:they have happened
The first thing we were told was that the__of ice cream are:water, fat, sugar and large amounts of air.
A:elements
B:components
C:constituents
D:ingredients
Joseph was very lucky__with his life;he almost did not get out of the room.
A:to escape
B:to have escaped
C:to escaping
D:to be escaping
If you have never planted anything, you won't be able to know the pleasure of watching the thing you have planted__.
A:grow
B:to grow
C:growing
D:to be growing
The__on this apartment expires in a year's time.
A:treaty
B:lease
C:engagement
D:subsidy
In Britain people__four million tons of potatoes every year.
A:swallow
B:consume
C:dispose
D:exhaust
During the election period, a big strike__in the city.
A:set the pace
B:broke out
C:turned up
D:let on
Dr.Park was accused__the patient with overdose of sleeping pills so that the patient's life was terminated before the expected time.
A:of providing
B:with proving
C:to have provided
D:to provide
Playing a major role in the economic life of the U.S.,__.
A:women currently make up 46 percent of the work force
B:the women currently make up 46 percent of the work force
C:women currently they make up 46 percent of the work force
D:46 percent of the work force is currently made up of women
Visitors are asked to__with the regulations.
A:contrast
B:consult
C:comply
D:conflict
Excuse me. If your call’s not too urgent, do you mind ____ mine first?
A:I make
B:that I make
C:me to make
D:if I make
Life insurance is financial protection for dependents against loss__the breadwinner's death.
A:at the cost of
B:on the verge of
C:as a result of
D:for the sake of
He might have been killed__the timely arrival of the ambulance.
A:but for
B:except for
C:besides
D:except
By the end of next month we__this assignment.
A:will finish
B:will be finishing
C:will have finished
D:have finished
The millions of calculations involved,__by hand, would have lost all practical value by the time they were finished.
A:had they been done
B:they had been done
C:having been done
D:they were done
__me most was that the young boy who had lost both arms in an accident could handle a pen with his feet.
A:What amazed
B:That amazed
C:which amzed
D:It amzed
It’s really a great achievement how the ratio of ______people has increased in recent years.
A:literal
B:literary
C:iterate
Some companies have introduced flexible working time with less emphasis on pressure__.
A:than more on efficiency
B:and more on efficiency
C:and more efficiency
D:than efficiency
It was in the United States that I made_____of Professor Jones.
A:acknowledgement
B:acquaintance
C:recognition
D:association
People who are ____ such great talents are usually.
A:conferred with, few and far between
B:blessed with, few and far
C:endowed with, few and far between
D:gifted, rare and far between
As one of the youngest professors in the university, Miss King is certainly on the __of a brilliant career.
A:end
B:edge
C:threshold
D:course
Adverstising media like direct mail, radio,television and newspapers__to increase the sales of industrial products.
A:have been used
B:will be used
C:is being used
D:has been used
The news of our team winning the match was really__, nd millions of people came out to celebrate the victory.
A:overwhelming
B:accelerating
C:prompting
D:preceding
Nothing is so uncertain as the fashion market where one style__over another before being replaced.
A:dominates
B:manipulates
C:overwhelms
D:prevails
The person who___this type of approach for doing research deserves our praise.
A:generated
B:originated
C:speculated
D:manufacture
Students have to__life after graduation, though they are graduating without a clue about what they want to do with their lives.
A:contend
B:contemplate
C:visualize
D:dwell
You must__yourself or they will continue to bully you, so you will go on living in disgrace.
A:assess
B:assert
C:maintain
D:promote
A well written composition__good choice of words and clear organization among other things.
A:calls for
B:calls on
C:calls up
D:calls off
Poverty is not__in most cities although, perhaps because of the crowded conditions in certain areas, it is more visible there.
A:rare
B:temporary
C:prevalent
D:segmental
Many men still have this ______ attitude toward women. They believe that women’s proper domain is in the kitchen.
A:sexual
B:sexy
C:sexist
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