01. We can't ___ one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time.
A. hope B. wait C. expect D. imagine
02. The noise was so ____ that only those with excellent hearing were aware of it.
A. dim B. soft C. faint D. gentle
03. His landlady gave him a week's ___ to leave the flat.
A. threat B. notice C. advice D. caution
04. Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, ___ at the other store.
A. anyone B. the others C. that D. the ones
05. When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above ___.
A. average B. ordinary C. regular D. normal
06. It is clear that the whole world is passing through a social revolution in which a central _____ must be taken by scientists and technologists.
A. process B. attention C. measure D. part
07. These plastic flowers look so ___ that many people think they are real.
A. beautiful B. natural C. artificial D. similar
08. When I worked as the general manager of the firm, I sometimes had ___ to visit London on business.
A. opportunity B. possibility C. occasion D. chance
09. The most important ___ of his speech was that we should all work whole-heartedly for the people.
A. element B. spot C. sense D. point
10. It has always been the ___ of our firm to encourage workers to take part in social activities.
A. plan B. campaign C. procedure D. policy
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11. I remember her face but I cannot ___ where I met her.
A. recall B. remind C. remember D. remark
12. He has left his book here on ___, so that you can read it.
A. purpose B. intention C. aim D. meaning
13. The open university was started in order to help those who ___ having a university education when they were young.
A. stopped B. failed C. missed D. ceased
14. We won't know whether it will be successful. We won't know whether there will be good ___.
A. ends B. results C. effects D. causes
15. Comrade Li Dazhao, ___ librarian of Beijing University, was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party.
A. sometimes B. sometime C. some time D. some times
16.The patients believe that the doctor knows exactly how to put them ___.
A. correct B. perfect C. right D. well
17. And you find that you're not to be ___ with a position of real responsibility.
A. offered B. trusted C. furnished D. retained
18. She got married although her parents had not given her their ___.
A. allowance B. consent C. permit D. appreciation
19.At first Bob was puzzled by Virginia s waving, but then it __ his mind that she was trying to tell him something.
A. crossed B. passed C. occurred D. opened
20. When college students ___ future employment, they often think of status, income, and prestige.
A. demand B. assume C. apply D. anticipate
21.Alice ___her father that both she and her husband would be happy if he would live with them.
A. convinced B. reinforced C. pledged D. required
22. I caught a ___ of the car before it disappeared around the bend.
A. glance B. glimpse C. glare D. stare
23. The car salesman took the customer for a driver in the new model in order to ___ its improved features. A. advocate B. demonstrate C. exhibit D. reveal
24. After dinner the minister made a short ___ to the guests.
A. delivery B. pronunciation C. conversation D. speech
25. The old man got into the ___ of storing money under the bed.
A. tradition B. habit C. use D. custom
26. One-room schoolhouses can still be found in ___ areas where there are no other schools for many miles.
A. disposed B. deserted C. isolated D. abandoned
27.It's bad ____ for a man to smoke in the public places where smoking is not allowed.
A. behavior B. action C. manner D. movement
28.Before the final examination, many students have shown ___ of tension. Some have trouble in sleeping while others have lost their appetite.
A. anxiety B. marks C. signs D. remarks
29. When you do exercises, your heart works better. It is able to____ more blood while beating more slowly.
A. produce B. pump C. increase D. bump
30.—Yangyang carried off the first winter Olympic ___ medal for China.
—Great! What ____ she won for our motherland!
A. golden/ honor B. gold/ honor C. golden/ honors D. gold/ honors
