1．Ruth finally _____to find what she was looking for.A. tried B managed C succeeded D achieved2. She walked noisily across the ____ floor.A bareB emptyC nudeD bald3. What languages do you know ____ German and English?A exceptB beyondC besidesD above4. She ____ to tell me the whole story.A advancedB progressedC precededD proceeded5. The American economy is proving surprisingly ____ to changes in interest ratesA immuneB motionlessC immovableD inactive6. He’s been ____ my letter for months, why doesn’t he answer it?A responding toB sitting onC listening toD working on7. They are trying to ____ a simple style of livingA bring upB bring aroundC bring backD bring down8. He ____ taking the book out of the reading room without permission, but said he had intended to bring it back the next time.A counted onB adjusted toC agreed onD admitted to9. My train was 20 minutes late in the morning and there was a ____ delay in the eveningA sameB similar likable D likely10. We would have passed unnoticed but for the few people who were sufficiently ____ to recognize us.A awareB cautiousC asleepD alert11. Other newspapers ____ the impression that the war is nearing its end.A conveyedB carriedC grantedD traced12. Growth should not be ____ at the expense of environmental pollutionA pursuedB proposedC trackedD traced13. I don’t enjoy the situation, but I can ____ itA deal withB live withC settle withD agree with14. What have you been doing? I ____ you tell meA askB supposeC insistD prove15. He ____ a reason for not goingA discoveredB arguedC affordedD invented16. I’m not really perceptive ____ literature goes; I much prefer historyA as far asB as long asC as much asD as well as17. She ____ me ____ taking a week’s holidayA forced, toB talked, intoC urged, intoD turned, to18. I resent ____ to get his permission for everything I doA to haveB haveC hadD having19. The next morning, ____ he had time to realize what was happening, he was hit over the headA asB untilC beforeD when20 ____ inside his apartment, he opened the letterA WhileB OnceC AsD Since21. ____ you may say, she will not give up her plans to go abroadA WhatB HoweverC No matter whatD However hard22. What ____ to get the wild idea out of his head without hurting his feelings?A you suggest I doB do you suggest I doC do you suggest I will doD you suggest I should do23. It seemed a pity____ they ate it after all the trouble they had taken in making itA whenB sinceC thatD what24. ____ it to rain, what should we do?A ShouldB WillC HaveD Were25. ____ reviewing his lessons for the exam, he went to the bar and spent the whole evening drinking.A Instead ofB Because ofC But forD Except forHe was known everywhere as a great artist. People __26__ from miles around to admire his beautiful _27__ . His name was Pygmalion, and he lived long, long__28__ in Athens, Greece. Pygmalion _29___ his art for many years. His desire _30___ excellence made him spend months __31__ a single work of art. He would not stop __32__ he felt it was perfect. __33__ the years passed, his work became _34___. Pygmalion painted flowers which looked _35___ natural that people tried to __36__ them. He painted fruits which looked so __37__ that people wanted to eat them. Everyone __38__ looked at the pictures he had painted was _39___ by their beauty. As the years passed, it _40___ only his pictures that made him famous. Pygmalion __41__ made perfect pieces of sculpture. He could take a plain piece of wood __42__ stone and make it beautiful. He could make a rough stone as __43__ as glass. He worked long and hard to make his statues as real as possible. Often visitors who came to see his work began talking to someone. They were surprised when that person didn’t __44__. They were even more surprised _45___ they realized they were talking to a statue. It always gave Pygmalion pleasure when people were surprised this way.26. A went B came C wandered D hung27. A work B job C treasure D person28. A since B before C ago D after29. A practiced B worked C exercised D acted30. A at B on C in D for31. A on B for C during D in32. A since B when C after D until33. A As B When C While D After34. A well B better C good D more35. A very B so C as D really36. A smell B look C see D buy37. A true B real C good D like38. A when B which C who D whom39. A delighted B amused C enjoyed D drawn40. A was B wasn’t C weren’t D were41. A however B either C yet D also42. A and B or C neither D nor43. A good B nice C smooth D pretty44. A speak B talk C answer D say45. A when B after C before D until。