1. When he was the director of the company, his first ____ was to bring about better working conditions.
　　A．accumulation
　　B．accomplishment
　　C．appointment
　　D．astonishment

2. During the civil war, many foreign establishments were ____ by some warring factions.
　　A．taken off
　　B． taken off
　　C．taken over
　　D．taken on

3. We gave a lift to the old couple waiting in the rain for a bus out of ____.
　　A．patience
　　B． pity
　　C．sight
　　D．hostility

4. Mary’s husband was a great ____ to her when she was seriously ill.
　　A．comfort
　　B．confidence
　　C．consumption
　　D．comprehension

5. Mr. Lee was asked to ___ his report in order to allow his audience some time to ask questions.
　　A．condense
　　B．expand
　　C．prepare
　　D．confirm

6. The police found it difficult to arrest the criminal because of the ____ details supplied by the witness.
　　A． indignant
　　B．indispensable
　　C．immense
　　D．incomplete

7. You may make good grades by studying only before examinations, but you will succeed ____ only by studying hard every day.
　　A．desperately
　　B．eventually
　　C．intensively
　　D．industriously

8. The authorities are trying to prevent their historical monuments from _____ the ravages of time.
　　A． standing by
　　B．counting on
　　C．yielding to
　　D．holding up

9. On Oct. 2, 2000, relatives and friends from all over the country ___ in Des Moines to celebrate Hannah’s 100th birthday.
　　A．applied
　　B．survived
　　C．assembled
　　D．resembled

10. Caught in the rush hour traffic, the bus inched its way ____ up the avenue.
　　A．casually
　　B．tediously
　　C．abruptly
　　D．hurriedly

11. His mother hates television and is always ___ the disappearance of the art of conversations.
　　A．drawing on
　　B．charging with
　　C．complaining about
　　D．cutting out

12. I must apologize—I rather ____ when I thought you had lost the only copy of my manuscript.
　　A．lost my head
　　B．got into my head
　　C．got out of my head
　　D．turned my head

13. It suddenly ____ his mind that he had forgotten to tell his wife he would be late for home.
　　A． crossed
　　B．changed
　　C．diverted
　　D．broadened

14. Luckily my wallet was handed into the police with all its contents ____.
　　A．unaccompanied
　　B．deserted
　　C．undamaged
　　D．missed

15. The disagreement was ____ at a symposium last night on “Space Travel” in the Civic Auditorium.
　　A． voiced
　　B．deprived
　　C．designed
　　D．vanished

16. For all its ____, the film presents a clear message.
　　A．accuracy
　　B．affection
　　C．virtues
　　D．faults

17. The most surprising ____ Andrew found in himself was completely unexpected.
　　A．substitute
　　B．welfare
　　C．talent
　　D．strategy

18. We have ____ the most important scientific development of the century.
　　A．subtracted
　　B．survived
　　C．transacted
　　D．witnessed

19. Certainly a boycott of tropical wood products would ultimately reduce the number of tree ____.
　　A．cut back
　　B．cut down
　　C．cut out
　　D．cut off

20. With graduate students often earning only the ___ wage, many US born students are trying to avoid graduate school; as a result, lots of foreign students are beginning to take their place.
　　A．decent
　　B． comprehensive
　　C．lowest
　　D．highest