1 （2003 北京春季高考题）The manager has got a good business _ so the company is doing well. A. ideaB. senseC. thoughtD. thinking 2 （2003 上海春季高考题）The collapse of the World Trade Centre has put US economy in a difficult _ . A. occasion B. case C. situation D. background 3 （2003 上海春季高考题）More and more people choose to shop in a supermarket as it offers a great _ of goods. A. variety B. mixture C. extension D. combination 4It won t make much _ whether you agree or not. A. difficulty B. trouble C. difference D. matter 5If by chance someone comes to see me, ask him to leave a _. A. messageB. letterC. sentenceD. notice 6No one has yet succeeded in explaining the _ of how life began. A. cause B. problem C. reason D. puzzle 7You must get there within an hour. There should be no _ in sending this information to him. A. question B. problem C. quarrel D. delay 8I can t give you the card without Smiths _. A. agreement B. allowing C. permission D. perfomance 9What impressed me most was that they never lost _. A. hearts B. heart C. their heart D. their hearts 10 Where is the new dictionary? It s on the top shelf, out of _. A. reach B. sight C. touch D. order 11Though I spoke to him many times, he never took any _ of what I said. A. remark B. observationC. attention D. notice 12 Where s your sister? At _. A. the Smiths B. doctor s C. Mr. Green s D. house of Mr. Green 13Have a _ of these apples. They are sweet and delicious. A. look B. taste C. smell D. appear 14Each man explained the pains that he had felt and they agreed that they had grown worse on their _ . A. road B. street C. way D. direction 15Many countries are increasing their use of natural gas, wind and other forms of _. A. energy B. source C. power D. material 16I went to buy a _ of China Daily. A. piece B. sheet C. lot D. copy 17Shelly had prepared carefully for her English examination so that she could be sure of passing it on her first _. A. intention B. purpose C. attempt D. desire 18This is not a match. Were playing chess just for _. A. habitB. hobbyC. funD. game 19There are usually at least two _ of looking at every question. A. means B. directions C. views D. ways 20We have worked out the plan and now we must put it into _. A. fact B. reality C. practice D. deed 21She is young for the job, but on the other _, she is well trained. A. way B. situation C. chance D. hand 22We ve missed the last bus. Im afraid we have no _ but to take a taxi. A. selectionB. choiceC. possibilityD. way 23The football players had no strict _ until they joined our club. A. practice B. education C. exercise D. training 24I ll look into the matter as soon as possible. Just have a little _. A. waitB. timeC. patienceD. rest 25The most important _ of his speech was that we should all work whole-heartedly for the people. A. point B. sense C. spot D. view 26 I d like _ information about the management of your hotel, please. Well, you could have _ word with the manager. He might be helpful. A. some; a B. an; some C. some; some D. an; a 27He told me he had been offered a very well-paid _. A. business B. service C. work D. position 28Each player must obey _, who is the leader of the team. A. captainB. a captainC. the captain D. captains 29It was _ that he had to ask for help. A. such big a workB. a so big job C. a so big work D. such a big job 30He dropped the _ and broke it. A. cup of coffee B. coffees cup C. cup for coffee D. coffee cup 31He gained his _ by printing _ of famous writers. A. wealth; work B. wealths; works C. wealths; work D. wealth; works 32The policeman is offering a _ to anyone who can give information about the lost children. A. prize B. reward C. price D. money 33What _! Where did you get them? A. big fish B. a big fish C. a piece of big fish D. big a fish 34Here s my card. Lets keep in _. A. touchB. relation C. connectionD. friendship 35He left _ with my secretary that he would call again in the afternoon. He said he would keep _. A. words; his words B. word; his word C. word; word D. the word; his words 36Youll find this map of great _ in helping you to get round London. A. price B. cost C. value D. usefulness 37Father went to his doctor for _ about his _ trouble. A. advice; heart B. advices; hearts C. advices; heart D. advice; hearts 38We held a party in _ of our Australian teacher, Meggi. A. prize B. honor C. praise D. pride 39 How can I use this washing machine? Well, just refer to the _. A. directions B. explanations C. expressions D. introductions 40When I give up work I shall take a long sea _. A. trip B. voyage C. travel D. journey 41The new law will come into _ on the day it is passed. A