1. In that country, guests tend to feel they are not highly if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. + #wVe
(A) admired wA $? e}
(B)regarded (.=Y_g.
(C) expected b * \
oQ
(D) worshipped H^kOwmSzh
2. A of the long report by the budget committee was submitted to the mayor for approval. \\ItN
(A) shorthand Mw,]Pt6 ~i
(B)scheme M
0}r)@
(C) schedule >QYx9`x&
(D) sketch 90uXJyW;d
3. A man has to make ______for his old age by putting aside enough money to live on when old . 4J[zNB]
(A) supply .$p eq
(B) assurance .BJoY
<P*
(C) provision rPy,PQG2w
(D) adjustment 8 !:2 :
4.The newly-built Science Building seems _______enough to last a hundred years. j7E;\AZ^
(A) spacious OMk3\FV2Z
(B) sophisticated &iu]M=Y b
(C) substantial }=f\WWJf 0
(D) steady e%pohHI
5.It is well-known that the retired workers in our country are _________free medical care. MzB.Vvsy%9
(A) entitled to Y>3zpeQ!&
(B) involved in :4[>]&:u3
(C) associated with 82 |^o
(D) assigned to Pi1LOCq
6.The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more at ______. 0=
bXL!]
(A) danger !L;_
f'\)6
(B) stake H[: lQ\
(C) loss sK W~+ ]
(D) threat =#4>c8MM
7. I felt _________to death because I could make nothing of the chairman’s speech. 1O,5bi>t7
(A) fatigued .!^OmT,u
(B) tired Z2*?a|3
(C) exhausted 61QA<W b
(D) bored 7Oe$Ou
8. When the engine would not start, the mechanic inspected all the parts to find what was at _____. 5h Sd,#:
(A) wrong AXxyB"7A}
(B) trouble MV3K'<Y
(C) fault r2tE!gMC
(D) difficulty /C '_-U?
9. Your advice would be ______valuable to him, who is at present at his wit’s end. nF]E":
exceedingly J"h2"$v,
(B) excessively 1Hhr6T^)
(C) extensively I AUc.VH
(D) exclusively @N[<<k7g
10. He failed to carry out some of the provisions of the contract, and now he has to ______the consequences. %L)QTv/
(A) answer for JX ww_e[
(B) runsintos Ivcy=W=Jk
(C) abide by =n=! s{A:t
(D) stepsintos ;B2&#kot7
11. The river is already _______its banks because of excessive rainfall; and the city is threatened with a likely flood. zV15d9
1GX
(A) parallel to K&{ _s
(B) level in =B+dhZ+#S$
(C) flat on w(S&X"~
(D) flush with +3AX1o%p,#
12. People _______that vertical flight transports would carry millions of passengers as do the airliners of today. .#sX|c=W
(A) convinced u f<%!=e
(B) anticipated 3qu?q
D
(C) resolved }h/ 7M
(D) assured @o}J )
13. In spite of the wide range of reading material specially written or _______ for language learning purposes, there is yet no comprehensive systematic programme for the reading skills. X-bM`7'H
(A) adapted &'DR`e O)
(B) acknowledged ZF #lh]
(C) assembled d6m&n j
(D) appointed z muR n4Nv
14.The mother said she would ________her son washing the dishes if he could finish his assignment before supper. Ln+ .$ C
(A) let down zcOm"- E-
(B) let alone h?ijZHG $
(C) let off &F;bg
(D) let out JX>`N5s
15.We should always keep in mind that _______decisions often lead to bitter regrets . RZqMpW
(A) urgent y fuH
(B) hasty cFjD*r-
(C) instant 0&kmP '
(D) prompt hC X/k<}I
16.John complained to the bookseller that there were several pages _______in the dictionary. 4
}0YLwgJ
(A) missing wLfH/J
(B) losing bq5we*" V
(C) dropping x=\W TC
(D) leaking vkYiO]y
