¡¡¡¡1¡¢The country was facing difficulties financially and ____the situation was discouraging.

A.comprehensive

B.successive

C.overall

D.systematic

2¡¢I can¡¯t advise you what to do. You must use your own____.

A.opinion

B.justice

C.ideal

D.judgement

3¡¢Sometimes they____ their students¡¯ poor comprehension to a lack of intelligence.

A.owe

B.attribute

C.contribute

D.Gratitude

4¡¢Gold is a precious, yellow coloured ____used for making coins, ornaments and jewelry.

A.mental

B.metal

C.moral

D.mould

5¡¢If you persist in doing that, none except yourself should____the consequences.

A.answer for

B.answer to

C.be responsible of

D.be responsible about

6¡¢He saved his daughter from the fire____of his own life.

A.at expense

B.at a price

C.at the cost

D. At the loss

7¡¢The misty weather in London____ the contact.

A.interfered with

B.interfered

C.insured with

D.insured

8¡¢Many automobile accidents were____careless driving.

A.attributed to

B.resulted in

C.Contributed to

D.Raised from

9¡¢His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any____of it all.

A.explanation

B.meaning

C.Sense

D.Interpretation ת10¡¢Because I dont take any sugar in my tea, I____to forget to offer it to other people.

A.like

B.come

C.tend

D.have

11¡¢Revolutionary developments in both observational and theoretical astronomy (took place) in the 196d¡¯s.

A.commenced

B.occurred

C.were disputed

D. Were exchanged

12¡¢In the legends of the American West, Paul Bunyans most (treasured) possession was Babe the Blue Us, whose horns were said to span a distance of 42 ax handles.

A.comical

B.valued

C.expensive

D.colorful

13¡¢A supernova is a star that explodes and then slowly fades to less than its original (brightness).

A.size

B.weight

C.radiance

D.imortance

14¡¢Over six million citizens of the United States collect benefits from (private) pension plans each year.

A.unauthorized

B.confidential

C.nontransferable

D.nonª²governmental

15¡¢Since the 1950¡¯s literary critics have attempted to answer the question: When did children¡¯s literature first (emerge) as a distinct literary genre?

A.improve as

B.appear as

C.conform to

D.respond to