1. You should take some time to study your performance ______ carefully. It could decide whether you get a raise or promotion next year.
A. revision
B. review
C. remark
D. request
2. Skipping breakfast can also cause you to overeat. To make matters worse, ______ your body is in a slow state , it will not be able to burn the extra calories very efficiently .
A. unless
B. though
C. since
D. before
3. The environmentalists said wild geese's ________on the vast lake was a good sign of the better environment.
A. identification
B. absence
C. attendance
D. appearance
4. It was after he got______ he had wanted ________ he realized it was not so important.
A. what; what
B. what; that
C. that; what
D. that; which
5. Those who were late for school this morning, _______ down your names on the blackboard!
A. write
B. wrote
C. are writing
D. will write
6. I always have so many things to when I come back to the company after a trip abroad.
A. add to
B. contribute to
C. attend to
D. appeal to
7. One side of the door of my bedroom should be painted white, and .
A. the other pink
B. another pink
C. the other is pink
D. another is pink
8. —It is said that Williams will come to help us.
—_______we depend him, we have to do most of the work ourselves.
A. No matter what degree
B. Whatever
C. However much
D. However
9. Many people fear that GM food will ___________ some new diseases.
A. devote to
B. open the door to
C. get close to
D. get down to
10. In fact John is not a _________ person. He is _________.
A. serious; carefree
B. talkative; noisy
C. kind; friendly
D. careful; warm-hearted
