1.The Prime Minister commanded that farmers ________ loans
from the government.
A. would receive
B. received
C. ought to receive
D. should receive
2.Lots of people pretend that they never read
advertisements, but this claim ________.
A. may be hardly doubted
B. may be seriously doubted
C. may be hard doubting
D. may be doubted serious
3.When he hurried to the airport, he found, to his great
disappointment, his ticket and passport ________ at home.
A. were left
B. had left
C. have been left
D. had been left
4.He always prefers to start early rather than ________
everything to the last minute.
A. leave
B. leaving
C. leaves
D. left
5.Almost all the countries in the world hoped that the
warring sides would ________ a compromise.
A. affect
B. effect
C. come
D. lead
6.She was arrested for ______ state secrets to a foreign
reporter in return for her son going abroad.
A. getting away
B. giving away
C. breaking away
D. putting away
7.There _______ new problems in respect of the relationship
between the two countries in recent years.
A. rose
B. raised
C. lifted
D. arose
8.His health ________ as he ate too little and worked too
hard for months on end.
A. broke up
B. broke through
C. broke down
D. broke off
9.The theory of class currently prevailing in the West is
_____ based on what Max Weber, a German sociologist,
proposed.
A. fairly
B. kindly
C. greatly
D. largely
10.No one in the class could ________ the right answer to the
question.
A. describe
B. furnish
C. install
D. assess
11.He made no ________ to his illness till after the lesson.
A. remark
B. comment
C. reference
D. opinion
12.We need to make sure that we ________ our resources as fully
as possible.
A. achieve
B. operate
C. exploit
D. expel
13.It was the only thing that I could do—I don't have to
________ myself to anyone.
A. account
B. justify
C. discount
D. clarify
14.It was such a(n) ________ to hear that Marta was found safe
and well.
A. concern
B. anxiety
C. expectation
D. relief
15.The government is trying to _____ public confidence in its
management of the economy.
A. recover
B. relieve
C. preserve
D. restore
