1. When crossing a busy street, we should be very _______ of the speeding cars.

A) ignorantB) cautious C) capableD) alert

2. I enjoyed all his novels with the ______ of his last.

A) excursion B) expedition C)exceptionD) explosion

3. Man is controlled by his _____ as well as by his reason.

A) instinct B) distinctC) institution D) impulse

4. Have _____ on him, he is only a boy.

A) careB) mercy C) pityD) attention

5. Archeologists _____ great value to the set of ancient cooking vessels unearthed in Shanxi province.

A) grantedB) devoted C) attachedD) directed

6. I need to _____ my English if I’m going to Canada for my holidays.

A) polish upB) look throughC) add up D) go through

7. Although he was a good swimmer, he was swept away by the _____ and drowned.

A) currentB) motionC) pressureD) air

8. Any blind exploitation of natural resources should be seen as a ____ against our offspring.

A) guilty B) sin C) robbery D) violence

9. The favorable changes in her appearance are often ____ through hairdressing.

A) afflictedB) affectedC) effected D) infected

10. North winds kept blowing all night long _____ , and the earth was frozen.

A) with great effort B) in vast amountC) in vainD) with great violence

11.The young man _____ his accuser and conducted his own defense in court.

A) opposedB) resistedC) confrontedD) withstood

12. Nuclear science should be developed to benefit people _____ harm them.

A) more thanB) other than C) rather than D) better than

13. I felt _____ for the stupid mistake I made.

A) innocentB) illegal C) guilty D) unlawful

14. I hate people who _____ the end of a film.

A) revealB) rewrite C) revise D) reverse

15. It was reported that 20 people were _____ in the traffic accidents yesterday.

A) woundedB) injuredC) cruisedD) confronted

16. He explained to us what they _____ doing in the next year.

A) intendedB) attendedC) extendedD) pretended

17. The housewives who do not go out to work often feel they are not working to their full _____.

A) capacityB) strengthC) length D) possibility

18. He has _____ a number of journals this morning for the information he needs badly.

A) looked through B) looked on C) looked overD) looked at

19. The police had the photograph of the missing girl _____ in order to find her easily.

A) expanded B) amplifiedC) multiplied D) enlarged

20.The river is _____ at the bank.

A) running away B) eating away C) taking awayD) bringing away

21. She may be _____ if you don’t reply to her soon.

A) injuredB) wounded C) offendedD) offensive

22.The equator is an _____ line.

A) imaginableB) imaginativeC) imaginary D) imagining

23.Even as a child he showed an inclination to ______ over the other children.

A) dominateB) ruleC) govern D) inspect

24. The explorers were _____ straits almost impassable.

A) immune toB) confronted withC) capable of D) transported

25. We _____ complete equality between men and women.

A) omitB) suggestC) advocateD) agree

26. A drugstore in America _____ not only medicines, but also sweets, drinks and other articles.

A) shavesB) handles C) polishesD) tosses

27. Judging from the order of importance, this matter should call for ____ consideration.

A) previousB) priorC) preceding D) prime

28. To have his story published, the young man certainly _____ it for at least three times.

A) contrivesB) friesC) polishes D) advocates

29. Thanks to the progress in medicine, the life _____ of people throughout the world was greatly extended.

A) templeB) spanC) dam D) residence

30. More and more _____ home appliances like washing machines and microwave ovens trouble the older generation.

A) guilty B) instinctiveC) automaticD) offensive