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 No ____________ woman would go alone to a bar like that one.
A:respectful
B:respecting
C:respectable
D:respective
Eventually he _____ the judgment and set the prisoner free.
A:refused
B:returned
C:reversed
D:recovered
It suddenly _____ to me that we could use a computer to do the job.
A:happened
B:occurred
C:agreed
D:presented
_______ had he gone to sleep, than the telephone rang once again.
A:Hardly
B:Scarcely
C:Just
D:No sooner
She ______ soon after dark and arrived home an hour later.
A:had set out
B:set out
C:have set out
D:had been set out
In the old days, the children ____________ by the mother because she did not work outside the house.
A:took care of
B:were taking care of
C:taken care of
D:were taken care of
It was not until 1920 ______ regular broadcast began.
A:while
B:which
C:that
D:since
David’s story gives us a (an) _______ of the information war.
A:pack
B:pile
C:episode
D:parcel
It was in the factory ______ produced TV sets ______ our friends were murdered.
A:which; which
B:that; which
C:that; that
D:where; that
Don’t blame the youth. I think the young generation is _____ of trust.
A:worth
B:worthy
C:worthless
D:worthwhile
He asked who was the man ______ on.
A:to be operating
B:operating
C:to operate
D:being operating
Reducing the gap between rich and poor is one of the main _______ facing the government.
A:chances
B:challenges
C:chains
D:changes
I became a teacher because I _____ books to business.
A:wanted
B:liked
C:preferred
D:had
She has a _____ interest in everything around her.
A:lively
B:alive
C:live
D:living
Our ______ is London, but the plane took us to Paris.
A:departure
B:destination
C:discount
D:destiny
“Do you know that girl with the long hair?” “I don’t think so, although she ____________ me of someone else I know.”
A:remembers
B:recalls
C:reminds
D:suggests
Although the heavy rain stopped, it was at least an hour later that the flood began to ______.
A:retire
B:recede
C:recline
D:retreat
Eating too much fat can ______ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.
A:contribute to
B:attribute to
C:attend to
D:devote to
Clark felt that his _____ in one of the most dramatic medical experiments of all time was worth the suffering he underwent.
A:apprehension
B:appreciation
C:presentation
D:participation
______ the biscuit in a strong box, or it will get smashed in the delivery.
A:Lift
B:Split
C:Sweep
D:Pack
Although a teenager, Fred could ____________ being told what to do and what not to do.
A:persist
B:consist
C:insist
D:resist
Over a third of the population was estimated to have no _____ to the health service.
A:assessment
B:assignment
C:exception
D:access
I showed him the pictures I ______ of the animals the day before, and told him the stories.
A:was taking
B:had taken
C:have taken
D:was taken
I’m glad ____________ to look around your research center.
A:to allow
B:having allowed
C:to be allowed
D:being allowed
As the old empires were broken up and new states were formed, new official tongues began to ______ at an increasing rate.
A:bring up
B:build up
C:spring up
D:strike up
He talked about the ______ experience they had on the trip.
A:amusing
B:amazing
C:amused
D:missing
Doesn’t the clown look _____ ?
A:fun
B:laugh
C:laughter
D:funny
Mother is ill. Who will ______ the housework?
A:take after
B:take up
C:take out
D:take over
____________, Miss Brown decided to take a taxi.
A:She thought she must be late
B:Being thought she must be late
C:When thought she must be late
D:Thinking she must be late
I am _____ go and nothing will stop me.
A:determine to
B:determining to
C:determined to
D:determination to
Don’t _____ Austria with Australia.
A:confuse
B:mistake
C:regard
D:view
She did me such a big favor. _____ I knew her name.
A:if
B:only
C:if only
D:only just
A healthy life is frequently thought to be _____ with the open countryside and home growth food.
A:tied
B:bound
C:involved
D:associated
If you ______ tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.
A:share
B:shed
C:urge
D:devote
He was ______ with the fear of poverty, so he robbed the bank.
A:obsessing
B:been obsessed
C:obsessed
D:being obsessed
Don’t let the child play with scissors ____________ he cuts himself.
A:so that
B:now that
C:in case
D:only if
It’s very _____ of you not to talk aloud while the baby is asleep.
A:concerned
B:careful
C:considerable
D:considerate
She is too shy to feel _____ at such a party.
A:at the ease
B:on her ease
C:for ease of her
D:at ease
At a press conference after the award ceremony, the 18-year-old girl spoke in a ____________ low voice.
A:optionally
B:relatively
C:legally
D:identically
Every country and every nation has its own ______ and cultural tradition, strong points and advantages.
A:historian
B:history
C:historical
D:heroine
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