1. He once again went through his composition carefully to__________all spelling mistakes from it.
　　A. withdraw
　　B. diminish
　　C. abandon
　　D. eliminate

　　2. He opened the cage door, and set the bird __________.
　　A. loosen
　　B. lost
　　C. free
　　D. loose

　　3. He pointed out that the living standard of urban and ________ people continued to improve.
　　A. remote
　　B. municipal
　　C. rural
　　D. provincial

　　4. He ran back into the room to see if he had ______ anything behind.
　　A. forgotten
　　B. laid
　　C. left
　　D. placed

　　5. He read through the papers and made a (n) ______ of their contents.
　　A. compression
　　B. abstract
　　C. shortage
　　D. concentration

　　6. He recovered slowly after his ______ illness.
　　A. long
　　B. strong
　　C. deadly
　　D. heavy

　　7. He refused to disclose what had been told him on the ______ that it would be a breach of confidence.
　　A. reason
　　B. plea
　　C. grounds
　　D. excuse

　　8. He reluctantly ______ the task.
　　A. undertook
　　B. upheld
　　C. underestimated
　　D. undeceived

　　9. He rescued the child at the ______ of his own life.
　　A. danger
　　B. disregard
　　C. risk
　　D. negligence

　　10. He said that he was so __________that he could drink a well dry.
　　A. wet
　　B. hot
　　C. thirsty
　　D. fired