1. We _____ our success to our hard work and our teacher’s help.
　　A) contribute B) subject C) refer D) attribute
　　2. I’m puzzled by the ____ of the matter.
　　A) completion B) compliment principle.
　　A) on B) by C) in D) with
　　4. That ______ nothing from their achievement.
　　A) subtract B) attract C) abstract D) contract
　　5. That company ________ several television programs.
　　A) advocated B) promoted
　　C) sponsored D) maintained
　　6. We used to be very intimate friends, but somehow we got ______ with each other after we took up different careers.
　　A) in terms B) in reassurance
　　C) in consequence D) out of step
　　7. I think the ______ thing to do is phone before you go and ask for directions.
　　A) sensible B) sensitive C) sensory D) sensational
　　8. This is much ______ to the one I bought last week.
　　A) worse B) lower C) inferior D) equal
　　9. These same scientists who talk about our ______ nature also tell us that change is to some degree emotionally painful to everyone.
　　A) adept B) adaptable C) adoptable D) voluntary
　　10. My wool sweater ______ when I washed it.
　　A) decreased B) withdrew C) shrank D) flooded
　　11. Professor Smith is particularly interested in the central nervous system.
　　A) notoriously B)undoubtedly
　　C) especially D) superficially
　　12. A series of riffle shots disturbed the tranquility of the camp grounds.
　　A) solidarity B) peacefulness
　　C) equality D) property
　　13. Two substitutes were used during the basketball games.
　　A) replacements B) players C) centers D) referees
　　14. The expedition finally reached the summit of the mountain.
　　A) top B) trail C) nadir D) site
　　15. The students will be notified regarding the entrance examination.
　　A) condoned B) deformed C) emulated D) informed
　　16. My friend unexpectedly dropped in.
　　A) visited B) stepped in C) dropped off D) met
　　17. Professor Clark continued his research work and disregarded his colleague’s advice.
　　A) ignored B) deplored C) explored D) implored18. We anticipate being able to have our vacation in July.
　　A) agitate B) expect C) suspect D) surmise
　　19. A series of border incidents inevitably led the two countries to war.
　　A) unavoidably B)distinctly C) regularly D)actually
　　20. That mounting experience of failure carries with it an ever-increasing burden of mental fatigue.
　　A) humiliating B) repeated
　　C) highlighted D) stressing
　　21. The ______ outside the house says “No Parking”.
　　A) notice B) note C) paper D) sign
　　22. This rough life ______ to injure his health.
　　A) expected B) enforced C) threatened D) promised
　　23. My aunt never married because her father didn’t ______ to her marriage to a man she lived.
　　 A) content B) confirm C) conceive D) consent
　　24. The employer is ______ to ask for references.
　　 A) entitled B) conceited C) refrained D) condemned
　　25. The general _______ the tourists safe passage to the American embassy during the war.
　　 A) permitted B) registered C) granted D) led
　　26. “Sam is nice boy.’
　　 "He looks like his father, but ______ after his mother in character."
　　A) looks B) does C) takes D) follows
　　27. The remedy is obvious, though perhaps not easy to ______: an exertion of willpower.
　　A) succeed B) apply C) facilitate D) improve
　　28. Prof. Hoover means it when he says that ______ assignments will not be accepted, so make sure to hand them in at the specified time.
　　A) insincere B) borrowed
　　C) characteristic D) overdue
　　29. It is anticipated that there will be an outbreak of computer virus as the new year draws closer; be sure to ______ your anti-virus software timely.
　　A) eliminate B) enter C) register D) update
　　30. I don’t think his ______ to solving the problem of teacher shortage in the district will end up anywhere.
　　A) belief B) alternative C) approach D) reassurance
　　31. Nothing that I can see ______ what you have described.
　　A) compares B) relates C) resembles D) consists32. His behavior merely ______ my dislike of him.
　　A) enclosed B) engaged C) reinforced D) enforced
　　33. Make sure you have got the tickets well _______, since the passenger flow is usually very high at this time of the year.
　　A) in service B) in vision
　　C) in sequence D) in advance
　　34. The students _______ on eliminating dishonesty during the finals.
　　A) take credits B) take initiative
　　C) spell out D) pay off
　　35. Regardless of our warnings, he ______ the unhealthy living style tenaciously.
　　A) clings to B) holds on
　　C) stands on D) adapts to
　　36. A _______ case of bird flu was reported, and the whole nation was put under alert against its extensive outbreak.
　　A) doubted B) unsettled
　　C) discarded D) suspected
　　37. Children are ＿＿＿ to have some accidents as they grow up.
　　A) obvious B) indispensable C) bound D) doubtless
　　38. The major ＿＿＿ of working with the company was the opportunity to travel.
　　A) gift B) problem C) benefit D) result
　　39 . The production of raw materials ＿＿＿ a considerable proportion of the national economy.
　　A) accounts on B) accounts to C) accounts for D) ends up
　　40. While most people approve ＿＿＿ this system, there are some problems with it.
　　A) in B) of C) for D) on