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 Because of the strong sun, Mrs. White’s new dinning-room curtains ______ from dark blue to gray within a year.
A:disappeared
B:faded
C:paled
D:grew
Within two days, the army fired more than two hundred missiles at military _____in the coastal city.
A:goals
B:aims
C:targets
D:destinations
________ he discovered in his experiment is very important to us.
A:That
B:When
C:What
D:Where
I’m ________ watching television; let’s go for a walk.
A:am tired of
B:am tired out
C:tired out
D: tired of
Don’t ________ on general statements in a job interview.
A:talk
B:rely
C:make
D:insist
Floods cause billions of dollars worth of property damage ____________.
A:relatively
B:actually
C:annually
D:comparatively
They took ____________ measures to prevent poisonous gases from escaping.
A:efficient
B:beneficial
C:valid
D:effective
In no country ____________ Britain, it has been said, can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day.
A:other than
B:more than
C:better than
D:rather than
Mary ____________her classmates has learned how to deal with the complicated problem.
A:and
B:and also
C:as well as
D:except
Physicists from all over the world came to the U.S. to ______ the hundredth anniversary of Einstein’s birth.
A:congratulate
B:celebrate
C:decorate
D:participate
He is internationally known _____ a score of books.
A:for
B:as
C:to
D:with
Can you figure ______ this puzzle?
A:out
B:in
C:on
D:for
Dust quickly ______ if we don’t sweep our floor.
A:accumulates
B:collects
C:gathers
D:increase
He ______ that he had been in prison twice before.
A:revealed
B:revised
C:rewrote
D:returned
He soon received promotion, for his superiors realized that he was a man of considerable ____.
A:ability
B:future
C:possibility
D:opportunity
What ________ me most was the friendship your people have for our people.
A:depressed
B:expressed
C:oppressed
D:impressed
In order to show his boss what a careful worker he was, he took ____________ trouble over the figures.
A:extensive
B:spare
C:extra
D:supreme
She is regarded as a ______ teacher.
A:respective
B:respectable
C:respectful
D:respecting
The police have begun to ______ the murder case, but in vain.
A:look into
B:look up
C:look out
D:look after
My brother’s plans are very ; he wants to master English, French and Spanish before he is sixteen.
A:abundant
B:ambitious
C:arbitrary
D:aggressive
____________ he likes her, he does get annoyed with her sometimes.
A:Though much
B:Much though
C:As much
D:Much as
She once again went through her composition carefully to ____________ all spelling mistakes from it.
A:withdraw
B:abandon
C:eliminate
D:diminish
We should not talk about other people’s ______ life.
A:private
B:individual
C:own
D:specific
Why not ______ to Professor Chen for advice? He is an expert in this field.
A:go
B:to go
C:you go
D:your going
It is said in some parts of the world, goats, rather than cows, serve as a vital _____of milk.
A:storage
B:reserve
C:resource
D:source
We were all eager to express our own opinion, but strange enough, no one was ______ to break the ice.
A:hopeful
B:kind
C:generous
D:willing
I want to go to the dentist, but you ______ with me.
A:need not to go
B:do not need go
C:need not go
D:need go not
You see the lightening ____________ it happens, but you hear the thunder later.
A:the instant
B:for an instant
C:on the instant
D:in an instant
Tom attended the meeting ______ his company.
A:on behalf
B:on behalf of
C:on the behalf
D:on the behalf of
It is understood that the filming of Legends is almost complete and the film is not ____________ to be delayed.
A:possible
B:likely
C:easy
D:available
There is always ______ for improvement no matter how much you have already done.
A:place
B:area
C:room
D:space
_____ I admire David as a poet, I do not like him as a man.
A:Much as
B:Only if
C:If only
D:As much
Tom was busily ______ painting the furniture.
A:engaged
B:engaged in
C:engaged to
D:engaged with
- Will you be able to come to the meeting?
_____________
A:I’m afraid not
B:I’m sorry not
C:I’m not afraid so
D:I’m sorry that “no”
It ______ last night, for the ground is wet.
A:must rain
B:must be going to rain
C:must have rained
D:ought to rain
Fresh vegetables were ______during the World War II.
A:lack
B:scarce
C:little
D:sparse
He gave a _________ to handle the affairs in a friendly manner.
A:pledge
B:mission
C:plunge
D:motion
I ________ to him that I should come.
A:justified
B:evaluated
C:indicated
D:reckoned
Before ________ money in a new research, people should be aware of the prospective failures.
A:use
B:using
C:invest
D:investing
It is time that such practices ____.
A:are ended
B:be ended
C:were ended
D:must be ended
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