1. In previous times, when fresh meat was in short C , pigeons were kept by many household as a source of food.

　　A. Store B. reserve C. supply D. product

　　2. The mayor is a woman with great C and therefore deserves our political and financial support.

　　A. Intension B. intensity C. integrity D. instinct

　　3. As a D president, his views are treated with respect when he is interviewed.

　　A. Prior B. previous C. late D. former

　　4. The self-importance manager didn’t seem to A much importance to my advice.

　　A. Attach B. consider C. judge D. apply

　　5. The shirt is C in small, medium and large size.

　　A. Original B. visible C. available D. flexible

　　6. Because my TV set C I could not watch the football game broadcasted live last night.

　　A. Broke up B. broke off C. broke down D. broke out

　　7. The earthquake left thousands of people in B need of medical care.

　　A. Current B. urgent C. critical D. continual

　　8. If we can A our present difficulties, then everything will certainly be all right.

　　A. Get over B. get off C. come over D. come across

　　9. Motherhood is a A experience.

　　A. Profound B. intensive C. intense D. primary

　　10. The director seems to have D new ideas. His recent productions are nothing but copies of his films.

　　A. Fallen short of B. lost touch with C. come up with D. run out of

　　11. I don’t know what is wrong with the machine. We need an engineer to D the problem.

　　A. Modify B. justify C. purify D. identify

　　12. Jack was so A the computer game that he didn’t notice my arrival.

　　A. Absorbed in B. grateful to C. associated with D. emerged from

　　13. As she matured as an artist, she A realize that “all artists are product of their culture”.

　　A. Came to B. kept to C. took to D. went to

　　14. Frankfurt, Germany, is one of the most B populated regions of Western Europe.

　　A. Vastly B. densely C. enormously D. largely

　　15. He came back late, A which time all the guests had already left.

　　A. By B. after C. during D. at

　　16. C a variety of relatively inexpensive communication devices with business applications, even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets.

　　A. With regard to B. In terms of C. Thanks to D. Regardless of

　　17. The soldier was B of running away when the enemy attacked.

　　A. Scolded B. accused C. charges D. punished

　　18. The ticket D you to have a free meal in our new restaurant.

　　A. Gives B. grants C. credits D. entitles

　　19. The first universities in Britain, Oxford and Cambridge, were established in 1185 and 1209 B .

　　A. Relatively B. respectively C. reasonably D. regularly

　　20. We find that bright children are D held back by mixed ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched.

　　A. Particularly B. obviously C. essentially D. rarely