1. I was so ______ in today's history lesson. I didn t understand a. thing.
(A) confused (B) neglected (C) amused (D) amazed
2. I must congratulate you ______ the excellent design of the new bridge.
(A) with (B) at (C) on (D) of
3. Now that spring is here, you can ______ these fur coats till you need them again next winter.
(A) put over (B) put off (C) put down (D) put away
4. I went along thinking of nothing ______ only looking at things around me.
(A) in brief (B) in doubt (C) in harmony (D) in particular
5. In order to make things convenient for the people, the department is planning to set up some ______ shops in the residential area.
(A) flowing(B) mobile (C) drifting (D) Unstable
6. The lecture which lasted about three hours was so ______ that the audience couldn't help yawning.
(A) tedious(B) clumsy (C) bored (D) tired
7. It ______ you to at least 50% off the regular price of either frames or lenses when you buyboth.
(A) credits(B) entitles (C) presents (D) tips
8. When carbon is added to iron in proper ______ the result is steel.
(A) rates (B) densities (C) proportions(D) thicknesses
9. There is a fully ______ health center on the ground floor of the main office building.
(A) equipped (B) projected (C) provided (D) installed
10. Nancy is only a sort of ______ of her husband's opinion and has no ideas of her own.
(A) shadow (B) sample (C) reproduction (D) echo
1. Mr. Smith says: "The media are very good at sensing a mood and then ______ it."
(A) exaggerating (B) overtaking (C) widening (D) enlarging
2. The ______ at the military academy is so rigid that students can hardly bear it.
(A) confinement(B) convention (C) discipline (D) principle
3. Doctors warned against chewing tobacco as a ______ for smoking.
(A) succession (B) substitute (C) revival(D) relief
4. It was the first time that such a ______ had to be taken at a British nuclear power station.
(A) presentation (B) preparation (C) prediction (D) precaution
5. The board of the company has decided to ______ its operations to include all aspects of the clothing business.
(A) multiply (B) stretch (C) lengthen (D) expand
6. The test results are beyond ______; they have been repeated in labs all over the world.
(A) conflict (B) dispute (C) bargain(D) negotiation
7. The group of technicians are engaged in a study which ______ all aspects Of urban planning.
(A) embraces (B) performs (C) inserts(D) grips
8. ______ that he wasn't happy with the arrangements, I tried to book a different hotel.
(A) Puzzling (B) Penetrating (C) Perceiving (D) Preserving
9. His business, was very successful, but it was at the ______ of his family life.
(A) exhaustion (B) consumption (C) credit (D) expense
10. At yesterday's party, Elizabeth's boyfriend amused us by ______ Charlie Chaplin.
(A) modeling (B) imitating (C) following(D) copying
