Exercise One 1. In the wife’s eyes，his _____ to their marriage life is far from perfect. A) requirement B) commitment C) participation D) reflection 2. In the event of SARS，some _____ it while others lost their courage to do anything about it. A) came up to B) lived up to C) faced up to D) caught up to 3. Experts have _____ with some effective measures to prevent the disease from spreading. A) caught up B) put up C) come up D) kept up 4. If people feel hopeless，they don’t bother to _____ the skills they need to succeed. A) require B) inquire C) acquire D) enquire 5. As a result of his hard work，he has gained ______ to the Beijing University. A) admission B) commitment C) opportunity D) reward 6. In the advanced course students must take performance tests at monthly ____. A) gaps B) lengths C) distances D) intervals 7. Only when one is ______ of one’s getting behind is one more likely to catch up. A) critical B) aware C) visual D) effective 8. He had a ____ look in his eyes. He must have been shocked. A) empty B) bare C) blank D) hollow 9. As an ideal _____ to the spread of SARS，this medicine is now in great demand. A) barrier B) commitment C) challenge D) access 10. When her business goes wrong，she tends to _____ for advice. A) get access to B) come across C) reach out D) speak up 11. The most important for us now is to _____ what is to be done next. A) allow of B) reflect on C) feel like D) remind of 12. American women were ____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle. A) ignored B) refused C) neglected D) denied 13. Good habits of living have proved to be of much _____ to our health. A) barrier B) benefit C) immunity D) commitment 14. The medicine the doctor gave me ____ my headache. A) reduced B) improved C) released D) relieved 15. As a(n) _____ job，it requires much time and commitment and persistence. A) unwilling B) demanding C) embarrassing D) frustrating 16. The _____ to be better than others drives him to work harder than before. A) uniqueness B) eagerness C) awareness D) effectiveness 17. While studying he was financially dependent ____ his wife. A) on B) of C) to D) from 18. Anyone that goes against the social order is _____ to answer for his action. A) possible B) probably C) likely D) normally 19. There is much that can be done about the accidents _____ from carelessness. A) arose B) arisen C) arising D) arise 20. _____ his sister，Jack is quiet and does not easily make friends with others. A) Dislike B) Unlike C) Alike D) Liking 21. More new _____ will be opened up in the job market for those with a good CET6 score report. A) opportunities B) necessities C) realities D) probabilities 22. Unlike the problems I _____ in high school，I have few chances to speak English in class at college. A) came across B) came about C) came after D) came of 23. Now that they have not done anything ______ about the situation，it shows no evidence to return to normal. A) unique B) effective C) absolute D) sequential 24. He ____ the medicine quickly and then drank some orange juice. A) sucked B) swallowed C) licked D) digested 25. These products are _____ for export，though a few of them may come into home markets. A) completely B) absolutely C) essentially D) necessarily 26. The team’s attempt to win the game was _____ by the opposing goalkeeper. A) shocked B) frustrated C) given up D) caught up 27. He is quite sure that it’s _____ impossible for him to fulfill the task within two days. A) fully B) exclusively C) absolutely D) roughly 28. The police wanted her to describe all the events of that morning in _____. A) time B) addition C) sequence D) place 29. Thanks to the Internet，we can share sorrow and happiness at each other’s home through the _____ of e-mail. A) role B) medium C) modem D) sequence 30. In their own eyes，it is rather _____ that the medical community as a whole still has little idea about the cause of SARS. A) rewarding B) demanding C) embarrassing D) requiring Exercise Two 1. On the conference，representatives from different countries_____ different viewpoints on this international issue. A) put out B) put off C) put forth D) put down 2. The _____ of the seasons has long been observed by people in all parts of the world. A) rhythm B) regulation C) click D) identity 3. Our research has focused on a drug which is so _____ as to be able to change brain chemistry. A) influential B) monstrous C) vigorous D) powerful 4. The footballer made a(n) _____ gesture，which made the audience’s blood boil. A) immature B) offering C) offensive D) hesitative 5. However，at times this balance in nature is ____，resulting in a number of possible unforeseen effects. A) troubled B) disturbed C) confused D) disgusted 6. As he was unaware of the complexity of this problem，his choice was quite ____.