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1. He asked us to _____ them in carrying through their plan.

A)provide B) arouse C) assist D) persist

2. He was such a _____ speaker that he held our attention every minute of the three-hour lecture.

A) specific B) dynamic C) heroic D) diplomatic

3. Arriving home, the boy told his parents about all the _____ which occurred in his dormitory.

A) occasions B) matters C) incidents D) issues

4. The opening between the rocks was very narrow, but the boys managed to _____ through.

A) press B) squeeze C) stretch D) leap

5. The manager urged his staff not to _____ the splendid opportunity.

A) drop B) miss C) escape D) slide

6. Because of a _____ engagement, Lora couldn't attend my birthday party last Saturday.

A) pioneer B) premature C) prior D)past

7. Not having a good command of English can be a serious _____ preventing you from achieving your goals.

A) obstacle B) fault C) offense D) distress

8. It's very _____ of you not to talk aloud while the baby is asleep.

A)concerned B) careful C)considerable D) considerate

9. The _____ goal of the book is to help bridge the gap between research

and teaching, particularly the gap between researchers and teachers.

A)join B)intensive C)overall D)decisive

10. The rapid development of communications technology is transforming the _____ in which people communicate across time and space.

A) route B) transmission C) vision D) manner

11. There is no _____ evidence that people can control their dreams, at

least in experimental situations in a lab.

A) rigid B) solid C) smooth D) harsh

12. Every culture has developed _____ for certain kinds of food and drink, and equally strong negative attitudes toward others.

A) preferences B) expectations C) fantasies D) fashions

13. It is reported that Uruguay understands and _____ China on human

rights issues.

A) grants B) changes C) abandons D) backs

14. Only a few people have _____ to the full facts of the incident.

A) access B) resort C) contact D) path

15. His trousers _____ when he tried to jump over the fence.

A) cracked B) split C) broke D)burst

16. So far, _____ winds and currents have kept the thick patch of oil

southeast of the Atlantic coast.

A) governing B) blowing C) prevailing D)ruling

17. The author was required to submit an _____ of about 200 words together with his research paper.

A) edition B) editorial C) article D) abstract

18. You will not be _____ about your food in time of great hunger.

A) special B) particular C) peculiar D) specific

19. You shouldn’t have written in the _____ since the book belongs to the

library.

A) interval B) border C) margin D)edge

20. The ______ of airplane engines announced a coming air raid.

A) roar B) exclamation C) whistle D)scream

21. The ticket _____ you to a free boat tour on the lake.

A) entitles B) appoints C) grants D)credits

22. This is the nurse who ________( to) me when I was ill in the hospital.

A) accompanied B) attended C) entertained D)shielded

23. I was about to _____ a match when I remembered Tom’s warning.

A) rub B) hit C) scrape D) strike

24. The advertisement says this material doesn’t _______ in the wash, but

it has.

A) contract B) shrink C) slim D) dissolve

25. He was proud of being chosen to participate in the game and he _____us that he would try as hard as possible.

A) insured B) guaranteed C) assumed D) assured

26. The work was almost complete when we receive orders to ____ no further with it.

A) progress B) proceed C) march D) promote

27. A house with a dangerous gas ____ can catch fire immediately.

A) leak B) split C) mess D) crack

28. A dark suit is ____ to a light one for evening wear.

A) favorable B) suitable C) preferable D)proper

29. It was in the United States that I made the _____ of Professor Jones.

A) acknowledgement B) acquaintance C) recognition D)association

30. Could you take a ____ sheet of paper and write your name at the top?

A) bare B) vacant C) hollow D) blank

31. A culture in which the citizens share similar religious beliefs and

values is more likely to have laws that represent the wishes of its people

than a culture where citizens come from _____ background.

A) extensive B) influential C) diverse D)identical

32. Mr. Smith was the only witness who said the fire was ____.

A) mature B) deliberate C) meaningful D)Innocent

33. According to the American federal government, residents of Hawaii have the longest life _____ : 77.2 years.

A ) scope B) rank C) span D) scale