1) It is wrong to judge people according to their family _________.
A. basis
B. blocks
C. behavior
D. background
2) Joe's friends all have a new bicycle, and he _____ wants one, too.
A. badly
B. very
C. quite
D. barely
3) Riding a bike helps develop a child’s sense of _________.
A. being
B. blank
C. balance
D. behavior
4) Why not put your cigarettes away, John? There is a ____ on smoking, you know.
A. permit
B. ban
C. limit
D. basis
5) In order to save one or two pence, he is always ______ shoppers.
A. bargaining with
B.dealing with
C. talking with
D.basing on
6) Although they plant trees in this area every year, the tops of some hills are still ________.
A. blank
B. hollow
C. vacant
D. bare
7) My mind/memory was a complete ________ I couldn't think of a single answer.
A. blank B. hollow
C. vacant D. bare
8) The company has branches all over the world, but their ______ is in London.
A. basis B. bottom
C. base D. basic
9) There is no ______for their belief that the sun is the center of the universe.
A. ban B. reason
C. basis D. back
10) The radio stops working because the battery is _______.
A. slow B. flat
C. below D. behind
11) We will never forget the great _______we fought against SARS in 2003.
A. battle B. war
C. fight D. struggle
12) --- Mum, it is nice weather. I want to skate this afternoon.
--- Don't you think the ice on the lake is too thin to ________ your weight?
A. stand B. bear
C. catch D. become
13) Your football team _______ ours on Sunday, but we ______ the game yesterday afternoon.
A. beat; beat
B. beat; won
C. won; won
D. won ;beat
14) --What _____ the boy who fell off the bike?
--Nothing serious. The doctor says in a day or two, he can come back to school.
A. has become of
B. has happened with
C. has occurred
D. has become with
15) It's bad _______ for a man to smoke in the public places where smoking is not allowed.
A. behavior
B. action
C. manner
D. belief
16) --- Are you going to have a holiday this year?
--- I’d love to. I can’t wait to leave this place _______.
A. off B. out
C. behind D. back
17) I don't _______ the bird can write but I do ______ my eyes -- I saw it with my own eyes.
A. trust; believe in
B. believe; believe in
C. believe in; believe
D. believe; trust
18) I almost fell over the chair; put it back where it _______.
A. belongs B. fits
C. bears D. stands
19) A large sum of money has been raised for the _____ of the poorly-educated children in the mountainous areas.
A. profit B. beneficial
C. benefit D. advantage
20) The hurricane damaged many houses and business buildings; _______, it caused 20 deaths.
A. or else B. behind
C. after all D. besides
