Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the box. Change the form if necessary.

　　Test 1

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　　1) This is the nurse who ________ to me when I was ill in hospital.

　　2) The majority of soldiers preferred to dying in ________to living in dishonor.

　　3) It ________ that all the files have been deleted.

　　4) The president should be _________ as “Mr. President”.

　　5) The paper's main _________ described the government as weak.

　　6) Mother _________ her sorrow without complain.

　　7) The army _________ across the plain.

　　8) David likes _________ people about.

　　9) Recently the famous professor often has a memory _________.

　　10) The pilot was _________ for the runway but came down in a nearby field.

　　Test 2

　　bother branch button capital celebrate change class coin collect company

　　1) Begin every sentence with a _________.

　　2) We _________ the New Year with a dance party.

　　3) I’m sorry to have_________ you with so many questions on such an occasion.

　　4) Do not_________ terms that are intelligible to nobody.

　　5) The company's head office is in the city, but it has _________ all over the country.

　　6) We are _________ money for the flood victims.

　　7) You have_________ up your coat the wrong way.

　　8) A man is known by the _________ he keeps.

　　9) I’ll think it over before I _________ my mind.

　　10) The critic _________ him with the best writers of the age.

　　Test 3

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　　1) He's a _________ of people who're incapable of deceiving you.

　　2) This candidate does not _________ our qualifications.

　　3) They would not _________such an insult.

　　4) The boys felt _________ so they put out the fire and crept into their tent.

　　5) The stranger pretended to offer to _________ her fortune.

　　6) The clever is trying to _________ around an awkward question

　　7) Dreams of finding lost _________ almost came true recently.

　　8) Skyscrapers _________ over the city.

　　9) They learned to _________ new methods, and to trust their own ideas instead of following older ways.

　　10) If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, “My dear, it must be _________ to be grown up!”

　　Test 4

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　　1) The teacher _________ fairly with his pupils.

　　2) Some new books have been _________ to the school.

　　3) We should never _________ ourselves with a little book knowledge only.

　　4) At the airport; the _________ officers searched his case.

　　5) Only one doctor is on _________ today; the other doctor is off duty.

　　6) Make your _________ through the door at the back of the stage

　　7) The baby’s mother _________ him soon after giving birth.

　　8) It is not _________ to kick another player in football.

　　9) The firm _________ the retired professor as an ad.iser.

　　10) He gave a _________ of what he had seen.

　　Test 5

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　　1) Mother kept a _________ hold on her son's hands as he said goodbye to her abroad.

　　2) The cars _________ in a steady stream along the main road.

　　3) He is _________ with Chinese ancient history.

　　4) The opposing parties failed in the _________ election for all their pains.

　　5) The _________ of this article is concentrated on the government policy on foreign affairs.

　　6) He headed the ball into an open _________.

　　7) The guerilla _________ out in a remote cabin until it was safe to return to the city.

　　8) The boy _________ the other boy and was naturally punished by the headmaster.

　　9) Let's put our _________ together and solve this problem.

　　10) I would describe her as _________ rather than beautiful.

　　Keys:

　　Test 1

　　1) attended

　　2) battle

　　3) appears

　　4) addressed

　　5) article

　　6) bore

　　7) ad.anced

　　8) bossing

　　9) block

　　10) aiming

　　Test 2

　　1) capital

　　2) celebrated

　　3) bothered

　　4) coin

　　5) branches

　　6) collecting

　　7) buttoned

　　8) company

　　9) change

　　10) classed

　　Test 3

　　1) sort

　　2) suit

　　3) stomach

　　4) tired

　　5) tell

　　6) skirt

　　7) treasure

　　8) tower

　　9) try

　　10) terrible

　　Test 4

　　1) deals

　　2) delivered

　　3) content

　　4) customs

　　5) duty

　　6) exit

　　7) deserted

　　8) fair

　　9) employs

　　10) description

　　Test 5

　　1) firm

　　2) flowed

　　3) familiar

　　4) general

　　5) fire

　　6) goal

　　7) hid

　　8) hit

　　9) heads

　　10) handsome