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1. I'm afraid this painting is not by Picasso. It's only a copy and so it's _____. A. priceless B. invaluable C. unworthy D. worthless 2. The final _____ of the play will take place on Monday. A. action B. performance C. view D. sight 3. To get my travelers' checks I had to have the bank _____ a special check for the total amount. A. make up B. make out C. make for D. make up for 4. I used to be able to play well but I'm _____ now. A. out of date B. out of touch C. out of practice D. out of place 5. As soon as the children were _____, their mother got them out of bed and into the bathroom. A. woke B. waken C. wake D. awake 6. The government's strong action showed its _____ to crush the rebellion. A. energy B. brief C. determination D. encourage 7. When she heard from the hospital that her father had died, she _____ into tears. A. burst B. went C. exploded D. fell 8. _____ the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday. A. In spite of B. But for C. Because of D. As for 9. People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other. A. sum B. quantity C. deal D. amount 10. They always kept on good _____ with their next-door neighbors for the children's sake. A. friendship B. relations C. relatives D. terms
11. The generation _____ makes it difficult for parents to understand their children's opinions. A. division B. gap C. separation D. valley 12. If the boy had _____ the dog alone it wouldn't have bitten him. A. set B. left C. had D. put 13. I hope my teacher will take my recent illness into _____ when judging my examination. A. regard B. account C. thought D. observation 14. Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens. A. ordinary B. common C. usual D. general 15. We can't _____ one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time. A. hope B. wait C. expect D. imagine 16. Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can't speak too highly of him. A. As a result B. By the way C. In any case D. In a word 17. When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____. A. average B. ordinary C. regular D. normal 18. He has left his book here on _____, so that you can read it. A. purpose B. design C. aim D. meaning 19. The open university was started in order to help those who _____ having a university education when they were young. A. stopped B. failed C. missed D. paused 20. His _____of the aeroplane was correct in every detail and could really fly. A. shape B. pattern C. design D. model 21. It isn't so much whether he works hard; the question is whether he works _____. A. above all B. in all C. at all D. after all 22. Mary had taken _____ to see that her guests had everything that they could possibly want. A. efforts B. pains C. attempts D. advantage 23. Comrade Li Dazhao, _____ librarian of Beijing University, was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party. A. sometimes B. sometime C. some time D. some times 24. Alice was very sorry to hear that her grandmother had _____ two days before. A. broken off B. passed off C. given away D. passed away 25. Radar enables the pilot of an airliner to take off, fly and land in _____. A. danger B. comfort C. continuity D. safety 26. Our Party has always devoted great attention to raising the living _____ of the working people. A. cost B. situation C. level D. standard 27. It was _____ by the railway board that the cost of rail fares would be increased by ten percent. A. noticed B. stated C. suggested D. noted 28. I _____ her not to walk on the thin ice but she would not listen to me. A. warned B. persuaded C. suggested D. notice 29. The microphone enabled them to keep in touch, in other words, it made it _____ for them to contact each other. A. likely B. capable C. possible D. probable 30. In spite of the thunderstorm, the children slept _____ all night. A. densely B. soundly C. loudly D. noisily 31. He thought this was the first pair of shoes that had fitted him _____. A. perfectly B. justly C. fairly D. rightly 32. The _____ of his clothes indicated too clearly that he had been playing football. A. state B. condition C. occasion D. situation 33. Stressful environments lead to unhealthy behaviors such as poor eating habits, which _____ increase the risk of heart disease. A. in turn B. in return C. by chance D. by turns 34. And you find that you're not to be _____ with a position of real responsibility. A. offered B. trusted C. furnished D. equipped 35. There was a good _____ of the countryside from the front of the bus. A. sight B. view C. scene D.
