【正文】 outs C) beggars D) sprays2. The wood was so rotten that, when we pulled, it ____ into fragments. A) broke off D) broke through3. We shall have to ____ the meeting until next week, I’m afraid. A) postpone B) conduct C) replace B) judgment C) relief D) relaxation5. The working of the machine ____ that of the human brain. A) promises with D) corresponds to6. The attack was the latest in a series of border ____ in that area. A) accidents D) prompt10. Three days after the trial the prisoner was ____ secretly, and the body was buried under a tree inside the prison. A) murdered D) punished11. His skin was ____ from years of working outdoors. B) clumsy D) delicious12. Three people were killed in a headon ____ between a bus and a car. C) collision A) for long B) before long D) for good14. When the singer appeared, the audience started to ____ loudly. C) clap D) crash15. I don’t know if you’ve heard, but there’s a ____ going around the office that Mr. Smith is leaving at the end of the month. C) saying A) opponent C) colleague A) greedy C) petitive A) shame B) conviction A) bold B) fierce A) rally B) conjunction D) riot21. The protest march developed into a ____ when the police tried to stop it. B) strike A) endeavored B) demonstrated D) judged23. It is my ____ wish that you use this money to further your research. B) generous A) renewed B) recreated D) refreshed25. In Britain today women ____ 44% of the workforce, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work. C) stand for D) conform to26. The garden is ____ in a formal pattern. C) laid down B) in regard toC) in contrast to D) with respect to28. Gasoline is processed from ____ oil. C) crude D) classified30. After reading the ____ of the play, the director made several changes. C) category D) scriptKEY: CCACD CCDCB DCCDA 3 B) rough C) original B) pensions C) profits D) rewards3. It is wellknown that the retired workers in our country are ____ free medical care. A) entitled to B) involved in C) associated with D) quotation6. The bus ran over the cliff because its ____ failed. A) brakes B) controlsC) gears D) signals7. Not long ago, a government official whom I know very well was ____ a bribery. A) related to D) purchase9. A good hunting dog is ____ to every sound and movement in the field. A) alert B) aware C) cautious A) proves B) certifies D) approves11. He was accused of ____ vital secrets to the enemy. B) loosening D) issuing12. Only the most sophisticated theories of modern physics can ____ this phenomenon. C) account of D) count for13. At the end of his trial, he was ____ of murder. B) convinced A) cultivate B) boom D) thrive15. A) profile C) administration A) cheque C) receipt A) stock B) stack D) sequence18. The members of the club ____ a plane to take them on holiday to France. B) dominated D) chartered19. Frankfurt, Germany, is in one of the most ____ populated regions of Western Europe. C) enormously A) settlement C) realm A) plunged C) sketched D) skimmed22. The lighting of the Christmas tree was the ____ of the evening. B) boom A) soaked B) sketched A) stirring C) steering D) rotating25. Years of heavy burden and hard work made him ____ at his early forties. B) lean D) bow26. Niagara Falls is a great tourist ____, drawing millions of visitors every year. B) attraction D) arrangement27. He ____ for the day when he would see his hometown again. A) desired D) urged28. The insurance pany paid him $ 10,000 in ____ after his accident. C) substitution D) called up30. They ____ for a progressive cause and died willingly. C) devoted ABCAB CBDAC BCBCA Unit:Section A1. The class remained ____ when the teacher asked a formidable question. A) clumsy B) deaf C) dumb D) still2. The captured criminals were ____ in chains through the streets. A) exhibited D) revealed3. As a summary, the long story was ____ into a few sentences. A) condensed B) disappointed C) intensive D) recession8. Be careful with a cat. It may ____ you if you make it angry. A) punch A) danger B) stake A) treaty B) lease A) usage B) application D) disposal13. The town planning mission said that their financial outlook for the next year was optimistic. They expected increased tax ____. B) privileges A) persist B) insist D) assist15. A) declining B) delaying D) lagging16. Communication is the process of