Directions： In each question， decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Mark out your choice on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

　　26. Now in China many large stores use discount coupons as _____ to attract customers.

　　A. motives

　　B. incentives

　　C. awards来源：www.examda.com

　　D. rewards

　　27. He was regarded as a great _____ to the committee.

　　A. asset

　　B. profit

　　C. prosperity

　　D. interest

　　28. According to the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud， wisdom comes from the _____ of maturity.

　　A. fulfillment

　　B. achievement

　　C. establishment

　　D. accomplishmen

　　29. The fight could have been avoided if both of you had been able to _____ your anger.

　　A. hold back

　　B. hold on

　　C. hold out

　　D. hold up

　　30. In speaking， the choice of words is of the utmost importance. But too often careless use of words _____ a meeting of the minds of the speaker and listener.

　　A. stirs

　　B. prevents来源：www.examda.com

　　C. destroys

　　D. offers

　　31. He always acts on his own _____.

　　A. initiative

　　B. creative

　　C. infinitive

　　D. aggressive

　　32. Football， baseball and basketball are _____ sports– that is， only a few people actually take part in them while many more only watch them.

　　A. spectacle

　　B. spectrum

　　C. spectator

　　D. spectacular

　　33. Sally wanted to go to Florida for the holiday， but her husband thought _____， saying that they would go to New York to join his parents for Christmas.A. likewise

　　B. meanwhile

　　C. likely

　　D. otherwise来源：www.examda.com

　　34. We are trying to make people more _____ to the difficulties faced by the laid-off workers.

　　A. sensible

　　B. sensational

　　C. sensitive

　　D. sentimental

　　35. Several international events in the early 1990s seem likely to _____ or at least weaken， the trends that emerged in the 1980s.

　　A. reverse来源：www.examda.com

　　B. revolve

　　C. revolt

　　D. revive