1. Clara was ______to sell her late husband's paintings to pay her debts.
A) qualified for
B) assumed AN ASUMMED INCREASE IN POPULATION
C) compelled
D) racked to rack my brain
2. The new machine ______ seeds evenly and quickly over the whole field.
A) switched SWITCH ON/OFF
B) controlled MONITORED
C) risked
D) distributed
3. Breaking Mary’s doll was purely _____; John did not mean to do it.
A) occasional
B) accidental
C) casual
D) incidental
4. I was ___ the point of telephoning him when his letter arrived.
A) to
B) on
C) at
D) in
5.The professor______the whole chapter, saying it was not difficult for us to study it by ourselves.
A) dismissed
B) covered
C) skipped
D) explored
6. When her mother came back, she _____ in the sofa watching TV.
A) curled up
B) called up
C) setting up
D) torn up
7.The government has ______ defense spending.
A) cut away
B) cut across
C) cut back on
D) cut through
8.It seemed for a while that infants were ______ to AIDS.
A) contribute
B) attend
C) attribute
D) immune
9.Dr. Smith is starting the first training program himself, and his methods of teaching will be used in all _____training programs.
A) subsequent
B) temporary
C) fruitful
D) energetic
10.This is a very formal occasion. It is not appropriate to wear_______pants or skirts.
A)Messy
B)frantic
C) casual
D) jealous
11.The noise________to be just the dogs fighting for a bone in the courtyard.
A) made out
B) worked out
C) rang out
D) turned out
12.Our system has been designed to give the user quick and easy__________to the required information.
A) accent
B) access
C) response
D) approach
13.If school children are allowed to work at their own__________, their performance will generally improve.
A) version
B) pace
C) evolution
D) system
14.Why did you have to __________the subject of religion since you know the guests are sharply divided on it?
A) bring up
B) leave out
C) turn against
D) call up
15.The old lady took the cheese and ______ to eat.
A) commended
B) commented
C) renounced
D) commenced
17.All the questions the police asked _________what she had been doing on the night of the robbery.
A) brought up
B) revolved around
C) built on
D) singled out She has been singled out because of her best performance
18.Why did you have to __________the subject of religion since you know the guests are sharply divided on it?
A) bring up
B) leave out
C) turn against
D) call up
19.The lawyer outlined the case to him, being careful not to ______anything important.
A) save up
B) leave out
C) take out
D) cut through
20.The mother didn’t know who ______ for the broken glass.
A) blamed
B) be blamed
C) to blame
D) would blame
21.The manager finally changed his mind under ____.
A) tension
B) obligation
C) press
D) pressure
发言人（spokesman) 明确表示总统在任何情况下都不会取消这次旅行。

(circumstances) The spokesman made it clear that the president would not cancel the trip under any circumstances.
.杰克对书架上那些书一本也不了解，所以他的选择是很随意的。

(arbitrary)
Jack did not know anything about any of the books on the bookshelf, so his choice was quite arbitrary.
不打算努力工作的人就没有取得成功的可能。

(intend/ chance)
People who do not intend to work hard will have no chance to get success.
许多大学生申请政府贷款交付学费。

(loan)
Many American students apply for government loans to pay for their education/tuition.
Fill in the missing words
keys
1.Into
2. At
3. Before
4. Car
5. Station
6. Confirmed
7. Injured
8. Drunk
9 Jail
10.Charged
11. Court
12.Dismissed
13. But
14. Fine
15. Where
16. Killing
17.From
18. Up
19. Fine
20. Free。