1.    Knowing that the cruel criminal has done a lot of unlawful things, I feel sure that I have no

       but to report him to the local police.

       A. time                                                     B. chance

       C. authority                                           D. alternative  

2.    The main features of the telegraph were developed by two inventors, but it was Samuel Morse who successfully        their ideas.  

A. integrated                                           B. publicized

C. financed                                             D. conformed   

3.    Bill has been looking for his gloves for quite a while, which        eventually under a cushion.

       A. turned on                                            B. turned down     

       C. turned up                                           D. turned over   

4.    International sport should create goodwill between the nations, but in the present organization of the Olympics somehow encourages        patriotism.  

       A. obsolete                                             B. harmonious   

       C. amiable                                              D. aggressive   

5.    Individuals may at various points in their lives experience discrimination in the allocation of resources either        of being too old or too young.

       A. at the risk                                           B. to the point

       C. on the ground                                     D. in the case

6.    That man is not very ______; he seems unable to put his thoughts together.

A. articulate                             B. smart

C. distinct                                               D. presentable

7.    This distinguished director        the plot for the prizewinning获奖的 film while he was still a college student.

       A. constituted                                         B. conceived  

       C. reflected                                             D. calculated

8.    On behalf of my company, I am        to you and your colleagues for your generous help. 

       A. subjected                                              B. obliged  

       C. inclined                                                D. available 

9.    Those nations that interfere in the internal affairs of another nation should be ________ condemned.

       A. uniquely                                             B. actually  

       C. commonly                                          D. universally

10.   More insurers are limiting the sale of property insurance in coastal areas and other regions

       natural disasters.  

       A. safe from                                             B. despite

       C. prone to                                               D. according to

11.   He had a clear        of what was wrong with the machine and fixed it in a short time.

       A. defect                                                B. dissertation   

       C. perception                                          D. persuasion   

12.   Business in this area has been        because prices are too high.

       A. slack                                                  B. prosperous  

       C. optimal                                               D. serious

13.   Skilled technicians and advanced technologies enable us to build uncompromised quality into all our cars, because our first        is bringing your pleasure for years to come.

       A. privilege                                             B. benefit 

       C. priority                                               D. prestige   

14.   The Committee pronounced four members expelled for failure to provide information in the

              of investigations.  

       A. case                                                     B. chase

       C. cause                                                   D. course 

15.   Many biologists are critical of the film’s        premise that dinosaurs might one day return.

       A. scientific                                              B. speculative   

       C. ambiguous                          D. unwitting   

16.   Some medical conditions can often cure themselves       , without medical intervention.

       A. deliberately                                         B. spontaneously

       C. consciously                                               D. intentionally

17.   The electronic computer is        some of the tasks that were once accomplished by our own brains.

       A. taking on                                            B. taking over   

       C. taking off                                           D. taking in  

18.   It is the central government that has        the coastal economies preferential  policies.

       A. granted                                                B. delivered 

       C. given                                                   D. submitted   

19.   Your advice would be        valuable to him, who is at present at his wit’s end.  

       A. excessively                                         B. exclusively  

       C. extensively                                         D. exceedingly  

20.   Some of the paintings formerly        the Italian Renaissance artist are now thought to have been created by one of his students.

       A. submitted to                                       B. adapted from   

       C. denied by                                           D. attributed to