1.His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any
________ of it at all.
A. interpretation
B. explanation
C. meaning
D. sense
2.I remember seeing him some years ago, but I don't ________
what he said.
A. remind
B. recognize
C. recall
D. reflect
3.His results are not very ________. He does well one week and
badly the next.
A. invariable
B. consequent
C. consistent
D. continuous
4.Shortly after his retirement, the former president ________
gardening and hunting.
A. took to
B. took on
C. took in
5.He looked ________, as if he'd missed a night's sleep.
A. worn out
B. worn off
C. worn away
D. worn through
6.They don't know how to put in a central-heating system, but
they managed it by trial and ________.
A. fault
B. slip
C. error
D. mistake
7.He was ________ admittance to the restaurant for not being
properly dressed.
A. denied
B. rejected
C. stopped
D. accepted
8.Old Mr. Brown's condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if
he will ________.
A. pull through
B. pull up
D. pull out
9.He did his best to stay awake, but the performance was so
boring he just _____ to sleep.
A. dropped away
B. dropped out
C. dropped off
D. dropped down
10.________ for your laziness, you could have finished the
assignment by now.
A. Had it not been
B. Weren't it
C. It were not
D. Had not it been
11.________ I admit that the problems are difficult, I don't agree
that they can't be solved.
A. Suppose
B. Because
C. While
D. Until
12.The revolutionary fighter would rather die with his head high
than _____ with his knees bent.
A. to live
B. living
C. live
D. lived
13.I did not mean ________ anything, but those apples looked so
good I couldn't resist ________ one.
A. to eat; trying
B. to eat; to trying
C. eating; to try
D. eating; to trying
14.Don't worry about your son's illness. What he really needs is
________ a few days' rest.
A. nothing but
B. anything but
C. something but
D. everything but
15.The government is believed to be considering ______ a law
making it a crime to import any kind of weapon.
A. to pass
B. passed
C. have passed
D. passing
16.________ is a fact many smokers choose to ignore.
