【正文】 reduces C. condenses D. presses9. Although the cyclist was unhurt, his bicycle was _ clashed _ between the lorry and the wall. A. crushed B. clashed C. crashed D. cracked10. This story is not real, it is only _ imaginary _. A. imaginary B. imaginative C. imaginable D. imagined11. When you take a picture， you should _ focus _ carefully to get a sharp picture.A. focus B. object C. preserve D. fix12. The Chinese food in the United States is usually __ modified _ for American people.A. exchanged B. altered C. modified D. cooked13. There are _ diverse _ approaches to English teaching. But not all of them are equally efficient for our Chinese students.A. double B. joint C. originate D. diverse14. To send a spacecraft to the moon was really a scientific _ adventure _. A. venture B. business C. experience D. adventure15. The children performed a very _ graceful _ dance for their parents. A. gracious B. grateful C. graceful D. greedy16. The list is arranged according to the _ respective _ professions of the audience.A. respective B. responsible C. resource D. resolution17. That rich man has been dead for a long time but his __ will _ is still not known to the public.A. sausage B. shelf C. portion D. will18. I could have _ forecast _ such a situation but I didn’t.A. forecast B. overe C. shed D. urged19. I prefer a _ manual _ typewriter to an automatic one.A. mechanic B. manual C. merchant D. mental20. Water and air are _ fluids _. A. fluids B. streams C. floats D. flows21. The roof was damaged and water _ dripped _ from the ceilings in wet weather. A. dropped B. dripped C. drained D. strained22. I hope John would give me some _ implication of what he would like for his birthday. A. clue B. hint C. implication D. inference23. This pany provides a very good _ maintenance _ service for its products.A. maintenance B. merit C. philosophy D. pigeon24. The old man, _ having worked _ abroad for twenty years, is on the way back to his motherland. A. to work B. working C. to have worked D. having worked25. Buying such a streamline car has always been _ beyond _ his dreams. A. under B. over C. above D. beyond26. It is not easy to learn English well but if you _ hang onto _, you will succeed in the end. A. hang up B. hang about C. hang on D. hang onto27. My daughter is entering a new _ era _ of development now that she is starting school. A. span B. era C. phase D. sphere28. Today, we are the tender trees, but tomorrow, we will be the _ columns _ of the state. A. pillows B. pillars C. columns D. pole29. Getting up is an everyday _ incident _. A. happening B. occurrence C. incident D. event30. I am afraid that you have to alter your _ optimistic _ views in light of the tragic news that has just arrived. A. pessimistic B. indifferent C. distressing D. optimistic31. The university _ staff _ consists of full professors, associate professors and assistant professors. A. crew B. personnel C. faculty D. staff32. The criminal should be put to death because he had given himself to evil without _ constraint _. A. constraint B. restraint C. refrain D. abstain33. We rarely perceive more than a minute _ fraction _ of the sights and sounds that fall upon our sense organs。 the great majority pass us by. A. fiction B. function C. fraction D. friction34. Their political action _ accelerated _ the fall of the government. A. promoted B. accelerated C. hastened D. advanced35. When we have agreed broadly on what should be said, the secretary will produce a preliminary _ draft __ for the mittee’s approval. A. project B. design C. draft D. drawing36. Chinese customs regulations _ prohibit _ taking precious works of art out of China. A. prohibit B. allow C. avoid D. repel37. The tension _ mounted _ as the guest of honor was about to announce the winner. A. mounted B. ascended C. climbed D. raised38. The noise was caused by a dog fighting _ a cat through the garden. A. catching B. fighting C. following D. chasing39. The use of standard ponents makes _ modification _ easier when they are worn. A. replacement B. place C. repair D. modification40. Chopsticks of bamboo or wood can be bought in _ bunches _ of pairs。 one moment he is cheerful, and the next he is plaining about everything. A. emotion B. mood C. tendency D. sense53. He escaped by _ disguising _ himself as a security guard. A. pretending B. disguising C. disgracing D. hiding54. He spoke in a thick English _ accent _.A. accent B. tone C. dialect D. pronunciation55. He always makes _ extra _ of some humorous remarks into his rather serious lectures, so we say he is a good speaker. A. inserts B. injection C. extra D. including56. The years _ with _ which he was away were long years to her.A. with B. during C. of D. to57. After lunch, we all got on with our _ respective _ jobs. A. respective B. respecting C. respectable D. respectful58. Before 1949, China, whose people are _ peaceloved_, was frequently involved in war. A. lovepeace B. peaceloved C. peacelove D. peaceloving59. If we don’t leave early, we will run the risk _ of missing _ the plane.