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1.Would you like to join us in the game?
—________，for I have something important to attend to.
A.I will B.I’d love to
C.I won’t D.I’m afraid not
2.As far as I know，Mark is a(n)________shopper who always does some careful research on the market before he buys something valuable.
A.fortunate B.generous
C.enthusiastic D.cautious
3.Finding information in today’s world is easy.The ________is how you can tell if the information you get is useful or not.
A.knowledge B.ability
C.competition D.challenge
4.After further studying those fossils，Dubois，a Swiss scientist，announced with________that the socalled “Java Man” was merely an extinct monkey.
A.courage B.certainty
C.anxiety D.relief
5.Graduation，in________opinion of many students，is________time to thank those who helped them through.
A.the;a B.the;/
C.a;a D./;the
6.It is said that sixty percent of all energy________in the world today is being lost as wasted heat.
A.produced B.producing
C.to produce D.having produced
7.When he came back three hours later，they were still sitting on the sofa，________in conversation.
A.absorbing B.absorbed
C.to absorb D.to be absorbed
8.—Who________for the shooting at a movie theatre in America?
—A gunman named James Eagan Holmes.
A.is to blame B.has blamed
C.is blaming D.is to be blamed
9.Don’t be so discouraged.If you________such feelings，you will do better next time.
A.carry on B.get back
C.break down D.put away
10.Only when you take great delight in reading and begin reading good books________the pleasure of reading.
A.do you B.you taste
C.you will taste D.will you taste
11.On Christmas Eve，there were so many customers that the shop assistants couldn’t ________them all.
A.apply to B.appeal to
C.attend to D.commit to
12.His composition was so confusing that I could hardly make any________of it.
A.meaning B.message
C.sense D.information
13.________good service，the restaurant offers different kinds of traditional Fujian dishes.
A.Far from B.Apart from
C.Instead of D.Regardless of
14.John applied to several companies after he resigned his position as vice president，but he was________over and over again.
A.rejected B.resisted
C.relied D.reacted
15.Children________to difficult situations are better at handling those________tasks.
A.exposing;challenging B.exposed;challenged
C.exposed;challenging D.exposing;challenged
