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Exercise One
1. Tom was extremely angry, but cool-headed enough to ______ storming into the boss's office.
A. prevent
B. prohibit
C. refrain
D. avoid
2. A magician's talk creates a(n) ______ of attention so that people don't see how he does his tricks.
A. interaction
B. illusion
C. diversion
D. difference
3. An individual bird can ______ the call of its own species.
A. identify
B. name
C. ease
D. entitle
4. I felt I couldn't cope with the situation and was in desperate need of some ______ .
A. remark
B. reassurance
C. suggestion
D. claim
5. She ______ great satisfaction from her coin collection.
A. extracts
B. derives
C. devotes
D. awaits
6. They can go whenever they like, ______ I'm concerned.
A. as well as
B. as much as
C. as long as
D. as far as
7. Nowadays, there are more and more crimes ______ to drug abuse.
A. related
B. associated
C. linked
D. connected
8. I'd like to ______ five hundred dollars to my current account.
A. shift
B. move
C. change
D. transfer
9. Rain is expected to ______ to all parts of the country by this evening.
A. expand
B. extend
C. extent
D. expend
10. All the materials collected for the research project on pollution are ______ to all the seniors at this college.
A. accessible
B. voluntary
C. remarkable
D. available
11. The two universities will unite to ______ an art show next month.
A. open
B. stage
C. do
D. buy
12. The only ______ to the farmhouse is across the fields.
A. access
B. method
C. step
D. means
13. She likes being with young people and considers teaching a ______ career.
A. worth
B. worthwhile
C. worse
D. worthless
14. Your story ______ me of my childhood spent in a little town.
A. records
B. remembers
C. remains
D. reminds
15. It was ______ of you not to play the piano while your brother had a bad headache.
A. considerable
B. consideration
C. considered
D. considerate
16. The corridor was dark and I my head against the wall.
A. brought
B. damaged
C. bumped
D. struck
17. Do you think there is any ______ of him passing the entrance examination?
A. chance
B. condition
C. occasion
D. success
18. The manager asked me if I had had any ______ experience of the job.
A. early
B. original
C. former
D.previous
19. She did not hear what you said because she was completely ______ in reading.
A. interested
B. attracted
C. absorbed
D. concentrated
20. If the sun's ray are ______ on a point on the paper, the paper will catch fire.
A. gathered
B. collected
C. focused
D. assembled
21. It seemed as if all of a ______ the animal had smelt danger in the air.
A. moment
B. sudden
C. flash
D. attack
22. The news ______ that the firm was closing down on account of bad management.
A. got about
B. came down
C. took around
D. went over
23. The mountain climber had a ______ escape from death.
A. short
B. scarce
C. close
D. narrow
24. ______ you are here, I can leave.
A. So that
B. Such that
C. Now that
D. In order that
25. After that ______ exercise you will feel very tired.
A. breathless
B. vigorous
C. attentive
D. fearful
26. Don't ______ that you can succeed without hard work.
A. intend
B. suppose
C. endeavor
D. seek
27. No one has yet succeeded in explaining the ______ of how life began.
A. cause
B. confusion
C. reason
D. puzzle
28. Mr. Black built fences to ______ the boundaries of his land.
A. mark
B. sign
C. confine
D. post
29. They are nice boys and I'm sure you'll get on ______ them very well.
A. by
B. with
C. toward
D. beside
30. As soon as he arrived, he ______ putting the house in order.
A. set out
B. set about
C. set in
D. set up
31. As the shortage of certain metals approaches, others must be bound to take their ______ .
A. share
B. place
C. role
D. shape
32. I thought it was very ______ of her to ask such a silly question.
A. childish
B. childlike
C. child
D. girl
33. We ______ the play from beginning to end.
A. like
B. love
C. enjoy
D. find
34. Jackson is one of her ______ singers.
A. favourable
B. favourite
C. favour
D. fashionable
35. It is unfortunate that ______ is on the increase in the world today.
A. war
B. plague
C. violence
D. death
36. A flying stone ______ him on the head and knocked him out.
A. beat
B. hit
C. strike
D. flog
37. She felt quite disappointed when she found out that her friends had gone to the concert ______ her.
A. except
B. except for
C. besides
D. without
38. They promised that no matter what might happen they would not ______ to violence.
A. come
B. oppose
C. respond
D. resort
39. The garden has been ______ ; there are weeds growing everywhere.
A. unnoticed
B. discarded
C. neglected
D. miscarried
40. Only a little boy ______ the accident; everyone else was killed.
A. witnessed
B. underwent
C. saw
D. survived
41. The farmers ______ a mysterious object flying over when they made their way home.
A. kept up with
B. made use of
C. caught sight of
D. held themselves in
42. Proper ______ can ease people's relationship and make their conversation more pleasant.
A. insults
B. compliments
C. verbs
D. noises
43. Mr. Jones said he was ______ the possibility of buying the house.
A. going over
B. looking into
C. holding on
D. laying out
44. In those miserable days, his kind words gave me great ______ .
A. consideration
B. concern
C. conduct
D. comfort
45. "You are not listening: I hate to be ______ when I'm speaking!"
A. abrupt
B. interfered
C. paused
D. interrupted
46. Even with his remarkable achievement, Myra's husband still holds a ______ position in the local government.
A. treacherous
B. normal
C. minor
D. radical
47. That small country has ______ independence.
A. ordered
B. performed
C. exclaimed
D. declared
48. He thought it nice to ______ the situation.
A. take advantage of
B. catch up with
C. set aside
D. look after
49. We all ______ in life a helpless infant.
A. set off
B. set out
C. start
D. start out
50. It is very kind of you to ______ me ______ at the airport.
A. see off
B. meet with
C. see through
D. see to
51. Where did you ______ your Russian?
A. pick out
B. pick up
C. pick over
D. pick on
52. It isn't ______ that I should accept such an offer as that.
A. like
B. likelihood
C. likely
D. alike
53. She could ______ no sympathy from Jack.
A. make
B. think
C. expect
D. estimate
54. His poor preparation ______ his failure in the test.
A. gets to
B. leads to
C. dooms
D. owes to
55. Don't be so ______ , I was only joking.
A. senseless
B. sensible
C. sentimental
D. sensitive
56. That dog is ______ to bite if he is teased.
A. possible
B. apt
C. probable
D. feasible
57. Spare the rod, ______ the child.
A. harm
B. frighten
C. spoil
D. hurt
58. The twin brothers look so much ______ that I often confuse them.
A. alike
B. like
C. unlike
D. likely
59. They've lost ______ with each other ever since they graduated from college.
A. contract
B. contact
C. conduct
D. contraction
60. He was very ______ of his shortcomings.
A. concerned
B. conscious
C. conscientious
D. conscience
Exercise Two
1. Helen and Ruth are always at ______ about some little thing.
A. odd
B. loss
C. odds
D. order
2. The woman complained, with a strong Russian accent, that she never succeeded in ______ her husband from alcoholic drinking.
A. advising
B. dissuading
C. persuading
D. pursuing
3. To his great ______ , his son again failed to pass the examination.
A. impatience
B. promotion
C. disappointment
D. excitement
4. Johnnie's hard work and popularity led to his rise in salary and ______ in position.
A. privilege
B. compliments
C. promotion
D. advantage
5. With easy articles and interesting information, this newspaper is designed for ______ readers.
A. normal
B. average
C. efficient
D. literary
6. There are too many ______ here for me to concentrate on my term paper.
A. distractions
B. destructions
C. directions
D. discoveries
7. While the chairman was giving a talk at the meeting, some workers at the back paid no attention and kept ______ .
A. chattering
B. saying
C. telling
D. mentioning
8. A large proportion of the country population in China is ______ today as compared with
before.
A. literary
B. liberal
C. literal
D. literate
9. Having a cup of tea while reading the newspaper is one of my favorite ______ .
A. manners
B. occasions
C. times
D. pastimes
10. The little girl woke up screaming because she had had a/n ______ .
A. daydream
B. fantasy
C. nightmare
D. illusion
11. Everyone has his own way of doing things, and I am no ______ .
A. addition
B. expectation
C. exception
D. doubt
12. Children ______ all the hot dogs and hamburger on the table.
A. finished
B. completed
C. consumed
D. ended
13. I'm very busy, I can't ______ three days away from work.
A. pay
B. stand
C. offer
D. afford
14. You've ______ trouble to all of us.
A. affected
B. caused
C. produced
D. realized
15. I don't think the rain will ______ our plan for a picnic.
A. impact
B. influence
C. affect
D. effect
16. The women meet twice a month to ______ their ideas together and set business goals for each other.
A. focus
B. indulge
C. collect
D. pool
17. The minister ______ reports that normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries might be imminent.
A. refused
B. declined
C. rejected
D. denied
18..He is a(n) ______ on the subject of international law.
A. gentleman
B. authority
C. nobleman
D. politician
19. The police found some stolen ______ hidden in the thief's house.
A. property
B. proof
C. proportion
D. proposal
20. Nowadays advertising costs are no longer in reasonable ______ to the total cost of products.
A. connection
B. correspondence
C. relation
D. proportion
21. I hate people who ______ the end of a film that you haven't seen before.
A. rewrite
B. reveal
C. revise
D. return
22. It was an ______ of enthusiasm that caused the problem.
A. excess
B. extra
C. addition
D. exaggeration
23. The money is to be used for a ______ purpose.
A. particular
B. special
C. specific
D. precise
24. He has no ______ of winning.
A. occasion
B. luck
C. chance
D. fate
25. Did you ______ his lecture yesterday?
A. hear
B. attend
C. listen
D. watch
26. I can't ______ the village where we spent our holidays 20 years ago.
A. recite
B. recall
C. remind
D. relay
27. Look what father ______ me when he came home from work.
A. brought
B. took
C. carried
D. fetched
28. He made a lot of bad ______ in his composition.
A. faults
B. shortcomings
C. defects
D. mistakes
29. I can't find the book ______ .
A. nowhere
B. anywhere
C. everywhere
D. somewhere
30. Richard ______ that his pen must have fallen from his pocket as he was running for the bus.
A. consented
B. concluded
C. contended
D. contested
31. He ______ the key on the table.
A. left
B. forgot
C. lost
D. missed
32. You'll learn English in the ______ if you keep on trying.
A. final
B. closing
C. end
D. conclusion
33. You have to act ______ if you are to save his life.
A. rightly
B. immediately
C. immensely
D. firstly
34. Mary was so ______ in writing her novel that she forgot about her dinner cooking in the oven.
A. engaged
B. attracted
C. drawn
D. obliged
35. The poor driver was still ______ when we freed him from under his car.
A. live
B. lively
C. alive
D. living
36. I hope the stove will ______ enough heat to warm the room.
A. get over
B. give in
C. get out
D. give off
37. You should be able to ______ right from wrong.
A. perceive
B. distinguish
C. sight
D. observe
38. The life of an airline steward is filled with ______ and excitement.
A. adventure
B. experience
C. efficiency
D. development
39. John has great acting ______ , but he needs training to be a real actor.
A. potential
B. promotion
C. possibility
D. probability
40. The doctor advised that he ______ a little time for physical exercises each day to improve his health.
A. set out
B. set aside
C. put up
D. put off
41. They plan to ______ a number of new products for show at the exhibition.
A. lay aside
B. lay off
C. lay down
D. lay out
42. Understanding the English language is as important as using it to ______ with English speakers.
A. mention
B. communicate
C. chatter
D. exclaim
43. Having lived in Italy for thirty years, Helen and her husband moved to make a ______ home in New York.
A. permanent
B. possible
C. determined
D. worthwhile
44. Mary, are you ______ to take part in the game?
A. supposed
B. disposed
C. exposed
D. indicated
45. His debts ______ to a considerable sum.
A. add
B. collect
C. mount
D. amount
46. The prisoner was ______ to life imprisonment.
A. condemned
B. punished
C. refuted
D. disputed
47. He had been waiting for half an hour when ______ , she came.
A. lastly
B. finally
C. gradually
D. lately
48. I could tell he was surprised from the ______ on his face.
A. appearance
B. sight
C. expression
D. view
49. The chief advantage of this new model over the old one is that it is cheaper and more _
A. proficient
B. sufficient
C. efficient
D. deficient
50. ______ to my expectations, I quite enjoyed myself at the party.
A. Contrastive
B. Constant
C. Consistent
D. Contrary
51. I will never do such a thing on any ______ .
A. case
B. account
C. accident
D. matter
52. There is no ______ in going to the cinema now as the film has already started.
A. reason
B. motive
C. cause
D. point
53. If better work gets higher pay, the workers will surely have greater ______ to produce.
A. intention
B. influence
C. incentive
D. intelligence
54. Let me know if any difficulties ______ .
A. arise
B. come
C. occur
D. happen
55. It is not easy to ______ the ability to speak fluent English or write idiomatic English.
A. get
B. acquire
C. obtain
D. gain
56. The Johnsons' cat likes to ______ the mice as if it were playing with them.
A. run
B. go
C. look
D. chase
57. Aunt Lena came to visit us at ______ time.
A. a foolish
B. a silly
C. a clumsy
D. an awkward
58. He ______ the ship carefully between the rocks.
A. drove
B. steered
C. made
D. rode
59. We beat our ______ at football.
A. enemy
B. rivals
C. equals
D. opponents
60. Many Americans are African by ______ .
A. beginning
B. origin
C. start
D. first
Exercise Three
1. Many people thought he was a man of good ______ .
A. name
B. calling
C. reputation
D. fame
2. What he did is a ______ cheating.
A. true
B. plain
C. indeed
D. actual
3. We must recover the stolen goods at all ______ .
A. accounts
B. conditions
C. payments
D. costs
4. The population of the world is growing at a dangerous ______ .
A. step
B. rate
C. measure
D. progress
5. She told me to use my dictionary to ______ anything I didn't understand.
A. look out
B. look up
C. look for
D. look at
6. This exercise is certainly not so difficult as it ______ ,
A. shows
B. appears
C. expects
D. happens
7. I have got to go- something has just ______ at home and I am needed there.
A. come to
B. come in
C. come down
D. come up
8. Industrial countries ______ a great amount of raw materials.
A. consume
B. absorb
C. apply
D. employ
9. Sometimes I think he isn't quite ______ in the head.
A. good
B. correct
C. right
D. sensible
10. Tom ______ awake all night thinking of them.
A. lay
B. laid
C. lied
D. led
11. The cost of living is ______ again.
A. roaring
B. raising
C. arousing
D. rising
12. The new theory became widely ______ .
A. received
B. acquired
C. spread
D. obtained
13. When you tell him something he always does the ______ on purpose.
A. objection
B. opposing
C. opposition
D. opposite
14. It's surprising that this innocent-looking person should have ______ such a crime.
A. acted
B. committed
C. finished
D. performed
15. He ______ me because he offered a cigarette to everyone except me.
A. offered
B. afforded
C. offended
D. offset
16. There was nobody in ______ when we came round the corner.
A. sight
B. glimpse
C. glance
D. view
17. It is a hard and long struggle we are ______ with.
A. busy
B. engaged
C. striking
D. going
18. If you want to telephone her, you'll have to ______ the number in the book.
A. look at
B. look into
C. look through
D. look up
19. ______ , her health is much improved, but she is still not really well.
A. In the way
B. By the way
C. On the way
D. Under way
20. His job as a tour guide ______ traveling a lot around the country.
A. accompanies
B. includes
C. contains
D. involves
21. The task before us ______ great courage and perseverance.
A. calls up
B. calls on
C. calls forth
D. calls for
22. A piece of ______ news is one that easily arouses the attention of the readers.
A. sensible
B. senseless
C. sensational
D. sensitive
23. Such kind of cartoons have great ______ not only to children, but to some adults.
A. interests
B. difference
C. likeness
D. appeals
24. This kind of animal has a wide ______ all over the world.
A. contribution
B. distribution
C. tribute
D. attribution
25. All of us agree that he has an ______ housewife.
A. economical
B. economic
C. economy
D. economics
26. People can't ______ the fact that China is still a developing country.
A. ignore
B. overlook
C. neglect
D. pay no attention to
27. When business is ______ , there is usually an increase in unemployment.
A. distressed
B. displeased
C. declined
D. depressed
28. The wild life in Africa is extremely ______ .
A. diverted
B. diverse
C. various
D. variable
29. One ______ needed when making a cake is flour; another is sugar.
A. ingredient
B. factor
C. stuff
D. matter
30. The following year parliament voted to ______ the death penalty for murder.
A. abolish
B. abandon
C. confirm
D. promote
31. He made a(n) ______ contribution to the discussion.
A. positive
B. active
C. optimistic
D. confident
32. The completion of the transcontinental railroad was an important ______ .
A. incident
B. accident
C. event
D. matter
33. The plant ______ electricity for the entire city.
A. makes
B. generates
C. forms
D. manufactures
34. Ministers are under no ______ to follow the committee's recommendation.
A. implication
B. obligation
C. evidence
D. position
35. The PLA soldiers were ______ the dam with sandbags in spite of the heavy rain.
A. enforcing
B. reinforcing
C. incorporating
D. integrating
36. Princess Anne's wedding was a ______ affair.
A. spectacle
B. perspective
C. spacious
D. spectacular
37. As part of their advertising campaign, they distributed ______ of the new shampoo.
A. similarities
B. sentiments
C. examples
D. samples
38. She was ______ the grant money to pay her way through graduate school.
A. counting on
B. coping with
C. coming about
D. carrying out
39. You must ______ yourself or they will continue to bully you.
A. distort
B. assert
C. elicit
D. adapt
40. Experts say that the complex organizational life of ants should be attributed to ______ .
A. instinct
B. distinct
C. impulse
D. species
41. You can know a man by the ______ he keeps.
A. controversy
B. comparison
C. corporation
D. company
42. The river's name ______ from an Indian chief.
A. deprives
B. originates
C. descends
D. orients
43. Susie's school work is well above ______ .
A. common
B. average
C. normal
D. ordinary
44. Human beings have ______ themselves to very diverse environments with the help of fire, agriculture and machines.
A. adapted
B. adopted
C. adept
D. addicted
45. They stayed up late trying to ______ out a way to solve the problem.
A. let
B. knock
C. give
D. figure
46. His art criticism has ______ brilliance but no substance.
A. external
B. expectant
C. experimental
D. exclusive
47. The nurses do all they can to make the patients feel ______ .
A. at. stake
B. at ease
C. at hand
D. at random
48. Short-term sufficiency lulled them into ______ about the long-term threat.
A. constancy
B. reluctancy
C. complacency
D. contentment
49. The talks had been ______ but much remained to be done.
A. fruitful
B. effective
C. advantageous
D. valid
50. People have little information on the ______ of air pollution near the factory.
A. extent
B. range
C. length
D. limit
51. We are in ______ of extra pay for extra work.
A. favor
B. light
C. view
D. terms
52. There are no contradictions that are not ______ at the meeting.
A. achievable
B. accessible
C. avoidable
D. acceptable
53. This middle school is ______ to a key university.
A. attained
B. attacked
C. attached
D. attracted
54. Farmers will have a bumper harvest, ______ that the whether is favorable.
A. consuming
B. assuming
C. assuring
D. resuming
55. This might explain the ______ feeling I have long had about pop music.
A. intuitive
B. instructive
C. inventive
D. incentive
56. He came to the meeting ______ his serious illness.
A. despite
B. despite that
C. in spite
D. although
57. Say ______ what you mean and then there will be no misunderstanding.
A. frequently
B. eventually
C. necessarily
D. precisely
58. Under his leadership the ______ of expansion was carried out.
A. police
B. politics
C. polish
D. policy
59. The workers are well aware that if they undertake this project they will inevitably ______ many difficulties, even hazards.
A. find
B. meet
C. encounter
D. catch
60. The ______ of the pill is beginning to have on the patients.
A. influence
B. effect
C. affect
D. impact
Exercise Four
1, These sessions are designed to ______ better working relationships.
A. format
B. foster
C. former
D. forever
2. She ______ a strong desire to scream for help.
A. oppressed
B. repressed
C. suppressed
D. embarrassed
3. A lot of people looked on him ______ an authority.
A. like
B. for
C. as
D. to
4. England is ______ from France by the Channel.
A. isolated
B. separated
C. distributed
D. distinguish
5. You'll get more skillful at this job as you ______ .
A. go down
B. go up
C. go along
D. go over
6. The bank manager asked his assistant if it was possible for him to ______ the investment plan within a week.
A. work out
B. put out
C. make out
D. set out
7. Too much ______ to X-rays can cause skin burns, cancer or other damage to the body.
A. disclosure
B. exhibition
C. contact
D. exposure
8. Alice ______ her father that both she and her husband would be happy if he would live with them.
A. convinced
B. convicted
C. demanded
D. required
9. I'd like to take ______ of his opportunity to thank you all for your cooperation.
A. profit
B. benefit
C. advantage
D. interests
10. Political parties often differ in their views on various ______ concerning their own countries.
A. ways
B. measures
C. issues
D. patterns
11. It is important in scientific experiments that all the conditions should be ______ .
A. constant
B. instant
C. distant
D. resistant
12. Topics for conversation should be ______ to the experiences and interests of the students.
A. remarkable
B. relevant
C. inevitable
D. brilliant
13. Many scientists believe that man is ______ from apes.
A. descended
B. evolved
C. revolved
D. proceeded
14. I should like to rent a house, modern, comfortable and ______ in a quiet environment.
A. for all
B. first of all
C. after all
D. above all
15. The temperature in their city on a summer's day ______ from 28 C to 36C.
A. differs
B. numbers
C. ranges
D. keeps
16. Income tax rates are ______ on one's annual income.
A. based
B. reliant
C. associated
D. related
17. Our main concern is to ______ the living standard of the people.
A. raise
B. arise
C. rise
D. arouse
18. We must ______ that the experiment is controlled as rigidly as possible.
A. assure
B. ensure
C. reassure
D. rescue
19. To a first year student, the doctoral degree is a distant ______ .
A. aspect
B. respect
C. prospect
D. expect
20. His training ______ him as a teacher of English.
A. equal
B. qualify
C. match
D. fit
21. When will our plane ______ ?
A. take away
B. take off
C. take up
D. take on
22. Icy roads and poor visibility are familiar ______ in the Midwest.
A. chances
B. hazards
C. conditions
D. accidents
23. The sound was so ______ that only those with excellent hearing were aware of it.
A. soft
B. faint
C. little
D. gentle
24. In the United States, drivers must not ______ a maximum of 65 miles an hour on a freeway.
A. overtake
B. pass
C. exceed
D. suppress
25. His plan was ______ by the committee.
A. dejected
B. projected
C. rejected
D. subjected
26. The failure of the project might be ______ to a lack of funds.
A. blamed
B. criticized
C. attributed
D. presentted
27. Air conditioning protects industrial workers ______ harmful fumes in the environment.
A. off
B. beyond
C. from
D. above
28. The children's ages are 10,12, and 14, ______ .
A. respectively
B. responsibly
C. respectably
D. respectfully
29. I can't read the marks and notes Jenny made in the margin because they are too ______ .
A. blurred
B. misty
C. transparent
D. opaque
30. The police ______ him of stealing a car.
A. committed
B. accused
C. charged
D. threatened
31. The two companies have embarked on a joint ______ to produce cars in China.
A. adventure
B. venture
C. revenue
D. venue
32. Electronics is the ______ of all telecommunications system.
A. bias
B. basis
C. bargain
D. barrier
33. We have already ______ too much of your valuable time.
A. taken over
B. taken out
C. taken hold of
D. taken up
34. Please ______ your bag from the seat so that I can sit down.
A. move
B. remove
C. mind
D. remind
35. The ambassador's next ______ will be to India.
A. assignment
B. assumption
C. aspiration
D. assessment
36. In an emergency we can always ______ our savings.
A. fall behind
B. fall into
C. fall back on
D. fall through
37. The wind ______ us and we won the sailing race.
A. followed
B. featured
C. feared
D. favored
38. I felt nothing but ______ for such dishonest behavior.
A. challenge
B. contempt
C. charge
D. choke
39. I learned that the next entertainment would ______ of a ballet entitled The Golden Harvest.
A. consist
B. insist
C. persist
D. assist
40. Dictionaries should be put where they will be easily ______ .
A. accessible
B. accessory
C. acceptable
D. accidental
41. In the ______ of her son's comment she reconsidered the scene at the mosque.
A. light
B. view
C. opinion
D. condition
42. As is well-known, he is ______ at origanizational work.
A. adopt
B. adapt
C. adept
D. adequate
43. Henry's news report covering the conference was so ______ that nothing had been omitted.
A. apprehensive
B. comprehensible
C. comprehensive
D. understandable
44. Her display of bad temper completely ______ the party.
A. harmed
B. damaged
C. spoilt
D. hurt
45. The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more ______ .
A. at length
B. at last
C. at stake
D. at ease
46. As she ______ the book, she found it worth buying.
A. folded
B. extended
C. skimmed
D. skipped。