1、She remains confident and _ untroubled by our present problems. 1. indefinitely 2. optimistically 3. seemingly 4. infinitely 2、Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from _ on earth rather than bacteria on Mars. 1. condemnation 2. configuration 3. contamination 4. constitution 3、Mr. Smith became very _ when it was suggested that he had made a mistake. 1. objective 2. indignant 3. ingenious 4. empirical 4、 For many patients, institutional care is the most _ and beneficial form of care. 1. D. pertinent 2. F. persistent 3. appropriate 4. acute 5、His wife is quite lazy. Her reluctance to wash her own clothes is a case point. 1. in 2. on 3. to 6、 A good teacher should not confront his pupils too much information in one lesson. 1. by 2. with 3. from 4. about 7、 Every product we sell comes with a two-year . 1. guarantee 2. safety 3. confirmation 4. conservation 8、 I wish I could make you see the little stores way off in the backwoods where we would stop to _ our food stock from time to time. 1. consume 2. replenish 3. compliment 4. exhaust 9、Many tourists were _ by the citys complicated traffic system. 1. degraded 2. ewildered 3. evoked 4. diverted 10、Her effort to redecorate the big house kept her _ for a whole week. 1. constrained 2. dominated 3. restricted 4. occupied 11、The night was so _ that the murderer was easily able to escape his pursuers. 1. misty 2. moist 3. mild 4. messy 12、It is hours before you dare _ into a bakers shop again. 1. sit 2. rob 3. venture 4. dodge 13、When someone is touched, he or she immediately stops for an instant and wonders “What did that mean?” In such settings, “hands off” is the best policy because even a well-intentioned touch can be badly _. 1. misconstrued 2. misapplied 3. misplaced 4. misconceived 14、InScotland, as in the rest of theUnited Kingdom, _ schooling begins at age 5 and ends at age 16. 1. compelling 2. forced 3. obliged 4. compulsory 15、My boss has always attended to the _ of important business himself. 1. transaction 2. timulation 3. transition 4. solution 16、His tastes and habits _ with those of his wife. 1. combine 2. coincide 3. compete 4. compromise 17、The shop-assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of _ quality hed tell them so. 1. humble 2. minor 3. inferior 4. awkward 18、And when she thought of all the things they actually needed to make the place even _ fit to live in, well, she could cry, that was all. 1. improperly 2. uncomfortably 3. decently 4. unsuitably 19、The microscope can _ the object 100 times in diameter. 1. magnify 2. develop 3. increase 4. multiply 20、With all its advantages, the computer is by no means without its _. 1. boundaries 2. confinements 3. restraints 4. limitations 21、The branches could hardly _ the weight of the fruit. 1. retain 2. maintain 3. sustain 4. remain 22、That search for honors is a harmless passion, though it may lead to _ and deformation of characters. 1. jealousies 2. aspirations 3. infirmities 4. challenges 23、It is the beauties who had the hardest time. A portrait of themselves at twenty hangs on the wall, and they try to _ it by making an extravagant use of creams, powders, and dyes. 1. differ 2. avoid 3. resemble 4. identify 24、I suppose that the junk-collecting is partly from lethargy and partly from the feeling that everything once useful should be _. 1. deserted 2. ignored 3. abandoned 4. reserved 25、And when she thought of all the things they actually needed to make the place even _ fit to live in, well, she could cry, that was all. 1. improperly 2. uncomfortably 3. decently 4. unsuitably 26、She had borne all the _ she meant to bear in the small flat n town; there was space here at least and she meant to keep things in order. 1. grace 2. decoration 3. neatness 4. clutter 27、The whole _ prayed for me alone, in a mighty wail of moans and voices. 1. congregation 2. circle 3. building 4. mass 28、“The hunting parties went into the forest in force, rather like raiders than hunters.” Here in force can be replaced by _. 1. in large numbers 2. heavily armed 3. aggressively 4. forcefully 29、She once again went through her composition carefully to _ all spelling mistakes from it. 1. withdraw 2. diminish 3. abandon 4. eliminate 30、We _ Edisons success to his intelligence and hard work. 1. subject 2. attribute 3. think 4. refer 31、When business is _, there is usually an obvious increase in unemployment. 1. degraded 2. depressed 3. reduced 4. lessened 32、When he applied for a _ in the office of the local newspaper he was told to see the manager. 1. location 2. rofession 3. career 4. osition 33、Some people criticize family doctors for _