1. The government has devoted a larger slice of its financial ____ to agriculture than most other countries.
A) conditions B) potential C) budget D) economy
2. The long drought caused a(n) ____ shortage of water in this region .
A) urgent B) acute C) dense D) rigid
3. Many in the credit industry expect that credit cards will eventual ly ____ paper money for almost every purchase.
A) trade B) replace C) exchange D) reduce
4. The history of life on earth has been a history of ____ between li ving things and their surroundings.
A) introduction B) interview C) interference D) interaction
5. Don’t have him for a friend. He’s ____ a criminal.
A) anything but B) but for
C) rather than D) nothing but
6. I’ve seen Donna in lots of movies, but I’ve never seen her ____.
A) in person B) in reality C) in practice D) in theory
7. The Democratic and Republican parties hold ____ every four years to choose candidates for President.
A) concessions B) conservations C) conversations D) convent ions
8. The annual income of one school teacher in this place was ____ at $900 on average.
A) budgeted B) predicted C) assessed D) accounted
9. Reading is a pleasant way to spend one’s ____.
A) leisure B) relaxation C) relief D) recreation
10. If you want to learn English well, you must first find a ____ tea cher.
A) able B) favorable C) significant D) competent
11. Jane was the only one who ____ all the conditions: she was of th
e required age, height and degree.
A) recovered B) fulfilled C) completed D) contended
12. In the United Nations, many countries ____ the proposal to send more troops to the Middle East.
A) turned down B) turned up
C) turned off D) turned over
13. There are several characteristics of the book ____ special attent ion.
A) worthy B) worthy of
C) worth of D) worthless
14. The consumption market in the western provinces will grow rapidl y, ____ the market in the affluent (富饶
的) eastern area is likely to grow at a moderate pace.
A) nevertheless B) therefore
C) whereas D) consequently
15. What one wears does not always ____ what one does but gives clues to one’s taste for life.
A) go on B) go with
C) go by D) go after
16. It is ____ and encouraging to observe the development of this imm ense process.
A) distressing B) incredible C) amused D) fascinating
17. It is reported that the two armies ____ near the borderline again before dawn.
A) clashed B) crushed C) crashed D) flashed
18. The manager gave one of the salesgirls an accusing look for her _ ___ attitude toward customers.
A) serious B) mild C) hostile D) plain
19. I am very much ____ to hear that Mr. Smith is so seriously ill.
A) frightened B) frustrated C) disappointed D) distressed
20. Louis Herman, at the University of Hawaii, has ____ a series of new experiments to determine the intelligence in some animals.
A) installed B) formatted C) devised D) equipped
21. There is supposed to be a ____ which serves to give full play to workers’ initiative.
A) mechanics B) machine C) mechanic D) mechanism
22. We should make a clear ____ between the two scientific terms for the purpose of our discussion.
A) separation B) selection C) distinction D) division
23. My camera can be ____ to take pictures in cloudy or sunny conditi ons.
A) treated B) adjusted
C) adopted D) remedied
24. It is highly desirable that every effort ____ to reduce pollution in Beijing.
A) was made B) be made
C) will be made D) would be made
25. After a thorough search, the police ____ most of the missing jewe ls.
A) restored B) refreshed
C) returned D) recovered
26. The shy girl always left by the back door to ____ her neighbors.
A) ignore B) neglect
C) rid D) avoid
27. I would appreciate ____ it a secret.
A) your keeping B) you to keep
C) that you keep D) that you will keep
28. No matter what language they are learning children all seem to fo llow the same order in the ____ of sounds.
A) inheritance B) acquisition
C) accumulation D) possession
29. He came to the meeting ____ her serious illness.
A) in case of B) in spite of
C) instead of D) on account of
30. After she’d overcome her ____ shyness, she became very comforta ble and friendly.
A) preliminary B) previous
C) crucial D) initial。