.He ________ a system to put Chinese characters into computers.
A. arranged
B. dropped
C. protested
D. devised
2.Traffic _______ tell drivers when to stop and when to go.
A. signs
B. indications
C. signals
D. signatures
3.He ran all the way home and arrived _________ breath.
A. out
B. lack of
C. out of
D. short of
4.Guilin is quite __________ a visit.
A. worthy
B. worthy to
C. worthy of
D. worth of
5.I recognized John___he entered the room.
A. hardly
B. the minute
C. no sooner
D. at once
6.Teachers all ________ the importance of giving a child a pat on the back.
A. agree
B. agree to
C. agree on
D. agree with
7.The international conference will _________ ten days.
A. hold
B. reach
C. last
D. continue
8.Our society has changed,___ in it.
A. so the people have
B. the people have so
C. so have the people
D. have the people so
9.The headmaster didn‘t know I was in the office. He was too busy to _______ me.
A. feel like
B. pay attention to
C. observe
D. notice
10.He didn’t seem to ________ any importance to the problem.
A. realize
B. consider
C. attach
D. catch
11._________ there is life there is hope.
A. Since
B. As long as
C. As
D. Though
12.I remember the sound of the gun ___________ Jeremy‘s head.
A. to hit
B. hit
C. hitting
D. of hitting
13.He was often________by the lack of money and facilities to continue his study.
A. concentrated
B. hesitated
C. investigated
D. frustrated
14.All the local farmers ________ against the building of a new airport on their rich farmland.
A. projected
B. proceeded
C. protested
D. proposed
15.The committee has been __________ my letters for three months.
A. going on
B. working on
C. studying for
D. sitting on
16.Businessmen always try their best to________highest profit from their business.
A. pursue
B. present
C. deduce
D. apply
17.There is no easy ________ to language study.
A. action
B. approach
C. manner
D. road
18.The bell rang ___________ I had time to look over my examination paper.
A. until
B. when
C. as
D. before
19.We have little _________ of winning the game.
A. action
B. chance
C. course
D. choice
20.He‘s stopped taking drugs now, but he may ___________ them again.
A. revert to take
B. return back
C. revert to taking
D. repeat
