1.?In?that?country,?guests?tend?to?feel?they?are?not?highly?if?the?invitation?to?a?dinner?party?is?extended?only?three?or?four?days?before?the?party?date.?
(A)?admired?(B)regarded?(C)?expected?(D)?worshipped?
2.?A?of?the?long?report?by?the?budget?committee?was?submitted?to?the?mayor?for?approval.
(A)?shorthand?(B)scheme?(C)?schedule?(D)?sketch?
3A?man?has?to?make?______for?his?old?age?by?putting?aside?enough?money?to?live?on?when?old?.
(A)?supply?(B)?assurance?(C)?provision?(D)?adjustment?
4.The?newly-built?Science?Building?seems?_______enough?to?last?a?hundred?years.
(A)?spacious?(B)?sophisticated?(C)?substantial?(D)?steady?
5.It?is?well-known?that?the?retired?workers?in?our?country?are?_________free?medical?care.
(A)?entitled?to?(B)?involved?in?(C)?associated?with?(D)?assigned?to?
6.The?farmers?were?more?anxious?for?rain?than?the?people?in?the?city?because?they?had?more?at?______.
(A)?danger?(B)?stake?(C)?loss?(D)?threat?
7.?I?felt?_________to?death?because?I?could?make?nothing?of?the?chairman’s?speech.
(A)?fatigued?(B)?tired?(C)?exhausted?(D)?bored?
8.?When?the?engine?would?not?start,?the?mechanic?inspected?all?the?parts?to?find?what?was?at?_____.
(A)?wrong?(B)?trouble?(C)?fault?(D)?difficulty?
9.?Your?advice?would?be?______valuable?to?him,?who?is?at?present?at?his?wit’s?end.
exceedingly?(B)?excessively?(C)?extensively?(D)?exclusively?
10.?He?failed?to?carry?out?some?of?the?provisions?of?the?contract,?and?now?he?has?to?______the?consequences.
(A)?answer?for?(B)?runsintos(C)?abide?by?(D)?stepsintos
11.?The?river?is?already?_______its?banks?because?of?excessive?rainfall;?and?the?city?is?threatened?with?a?likely?flood.
(A)?parallel?to?(B)?level?in?(C)?flat?on?(D)?flush?with?
12.?People?_______that?vertical?flight?transports?would?carry?millions?of?passengers?as?do?the?airliners?of?today.
(A)?convinced?(B)?anticipated?(C)?resolved?(D)?assured
13.?In?spite?of?the?wide?range?of?reading?material?specially?written?or?_______?for?language?learning?purposes,?there?is?yet?no?comprehensive?systematic?programme?for?the?reading?skills.
(A)?adapted?(B)?acknowledged?(C)?assembled?(D)?appointed?
14.The?mother?said?she?would?________her?son?washing?the?dishes?if?he?could?finish?his?assignment?before?supper.
(A)?let?down?(B)?let?alone?(C)?let?off?(D)?let?out?
15.We?should?always?keep?in?mind?that?_______decisions?often?lead?to?bitter?regrets?.
(A)?urgent?(B)?hasty?(C)?instant?(D)?prompt
16.John?complained?to?the?bookseller?that?there?were?several?pages?_______in?the?dictionary.
(A)?missing?(B)?losing?(C)?dropping?(D)?leaking?