1. A promotion of a country 's international trade position is associated with _________ of its currency.
A. appreciation B. boom
C. spiral D. prosperity

2, A minor is going _________ the school that we will have three days off for this week.
A. by B. ahead
C. round D. down

3. A small child has to learn to keep its __________ before it can walk far.
A. weight B. scale
C. balance D. stability

4. A standard test is supposed to be _________ because the marking is not affected by individual preferences.
A. subjective B. objective
C. transparent D. influential

5. A student sticking closely to the _________of the school is often praised by teachers.
A.orders B. regulations
C. principles D. interests

6. A week after her husband died, Mary broke ________ completely and had to go into hospital.
A. up B. in
C. down D. oat

7. A wooden bridge is not strong enough to _________a railway train.
A. retain B. support
C. maintain D. obtain

8. A year ago the firm had a _________ loss of 4.3 million dollars or 20 cents a share after all necessary deduction.
A. total B. gross
C. net D. clear

9. Able placed too much _________ on sports mad not enough on his studies.
A. importance B. emphasis
C. interest D. worth

10. According to Nobel’s famous will, the interest on his fund will be _________ to five people who have made great contributions to mankind daring the previous year.
A. contributed B. devoted
C. distributed D. allocated