2.Boots made from ____ materials can usually be washed in a machine.
　　A．synthetic
　　B．distinct
　　C．essential
　　D．flexible

　　3.An appeal court had ruled that they could not get a ____ trial in Los Angeles.
　　A．hard
　　B．celebrated
　　C．fair
　　D．subjective

　　4.Earlier today the Prime Minister ____ 1 government officials for corruption.
　　A．sacked
　　B．appointed
　　C．selected
　　D．backed

　　5.His brother gets so ____ in doing something that he is unaware of things happening round him.
　　A．discouraged
　　B．absorbed
　　C．excited
　　D．desperate

　　6.Jack _____ his experience as a yachtsman to make a documentary program.
　　A．drew on
　　B．put aside
　　C．wrote off
　　D．wore out

　　7. I really don’t know why he hates us everything we ____.
　　A．stand out
　　B．stand for
　　C．stand down
　　D．stand up

　　8.He has won a vote of confidence but only by a _____ majority.
　　A．large
　　B．slender
　　C．clear
　　D．sweeping

　　9.Up to 5% of marks in the exams will be ___ for spelling mistakes.
　　A．derived
　　B．added
　　C．lifted
　　D．deducted

　　10.Mr. Chavis promised to widen the organization’s ____ of activity.
　　A．stretch
　　B．scope
　　C．length
　　D．area

　　11.In this country it is not easy for everyone to live ____ the dole.
　　A．with
　　B．for
　　C．at
　　D．on

　　12.No sooner _____ in Rome than he was kidnapped by a group of gangsters.
　　A．had he arrived
　　B．he was to arrive
　　C．he arrived
　　D．did he arrive

　　13. I’d sooner he _____ till I have talked to her about it.
　　A．will not know
　　B．doesn’t know
　　C．hasn’t known
　　D．didn’t know

　　14.They were so excited that neither of them felt like ____ back to sleep.
　　A．to go
　　B．going
　　C．to be going
　　D．having gone

　　15.Angela’s ＄7,000 ____ at university this year will be paid for with scholarships.
　　A．fare
　　B．tuition
　　C．price
　　D．charge

　　16.He had lived illegally in the United States for five years after his visitor’s visa ____.
　　A．extended
　　B．renewed
　　C．expired
　　D．violated

　　17.As is known to all, one of the ____ of being a student is cheap travel.
　　A．subsidies
　　B．perks
　　C．qualifications
　　D．awards

　　18.A clerk simply ____ that the payment and invoice amount match.
　　A．verifies
　　B．transfers
　　C．touts
　　D．warns

　　19.Britain was the first country to _____ fines on airlines which bring passengers without proper immigration papers.
　　A．maintain
　　B．insert
　　C．restrain
　　D．impose

　　20.______ this information it is now possible to identify a number of key issues.
　　A．For the sake of
　　B．As regards
　　C．At the cost of
　　D．In the light of