1. They risk losing their homes because they can no longer ___ the repayment.
A.bring up
B.keep up
C.clear up
D.break up
2. The black-necked crane is one of the ____ species only found in some countries of the world.
A.merest
B.fondest
C.handiest
D.rarest
3. It is reported that over the last 17 years this bank has ____ a sufficient reserve to cope with the crisis.
A.pulled up
B.built up
C.set up
D.summed up
4.Catherine is very discreet, she will ___ that the information goes directly to Walter.
A.see it to
B.is seeing it
C.see to it
D.see it
5. As far as I know, both companies are ____ a merger.
A.keen on
B.familiar to
C.known as
D.similar to
6. Yesterday afternoon groups of women took to the streets to ___ the arrest of a black activist.
A.break through
B.protest against
C.bring up
D.keep off
7. The boy searched everything in the room and eventually discovered his notebook ___ under the pillow.
A.hide
B.hiding
C.having hidden
D.hidden
8. As is known to all, the reason he failed in the exam is ____ he is too lazy.
A.that
B.because
C.because of
D.for
9. In Africa more than 6 million people have been ____ by the prolonged drought.
A.effected
B.affected
C.injured
D.damaged
10.This morning I came across a beggar who was ___ a girl for some money.
A.for
考试大论坛 B.after
C.near
D.to