1．How do you ____ for coming late for the meeting?
　　A）explain
　　B）excuse
　　C）describe
　　D）account
　　2．The mother was so ____ at the news that she didn't know what to do.
　　A）admired
　　B）amazed
　　C）amused
　　D）curious
　　3．He likes to listen to music with the radio turned on at full ____.
　　A）power
　　B）voice
　　C）volume
　　D）sound
　　4．The coach must take a large ____ of the blame for the failure of the football match.
　　A）quantity
　　B）number
　　C）share
　　D）amount
　　5．Although alone in the house, he was so busy with his research that he felt____ lonely.
　　A）all but
　　B）nothing but
　　C）something but
　　D）anything but
　　6．The introduction of modern technique from abroad makes it necessary for skilled workers to ____ unskilled workers.
　　A）take place
　　B）take over
　　C）take down
　　D）take the place of
　　7．____ so few people in the street was unusual.
　　A）For there to be
　　B）As there to be
　　C）For there being
　　D）As there being
　　8．There are signs ____ Internet are becoming more and more popular with teenagers.
　　A）that
　　B）whose
　　C）what
　　D）which
　　9．Bob had been ____ on a meadow sprinkled with dandelion for a long time before he sat up.
　　A）laid
　　B）lying
　　C）lain
　　D）laying
　　10．Jill would rather that his girl friend ____ in the same department as he does.
　　A）studied
　　B）should study
　　C）study
　　D）had studied