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21.An important innovation in this college was the introduction of the seminary method for advanced students.

A. idea

B. change

C. matter

D. policy

22. This archaeologist made a study of the vast area through which the Roman civilization has been propagated.

A. extended

B. terminated

C. speculated

D. restricted

23. The investor would suffer a lot from a television series that was heavily invested in but never came off.

A.was released

B.proved satisfactory

C.failed completely

D.won awards

24. Given the gravity of the situation, the best thing we can do is to declare the company bankrupt.

A. gravitation

B. fascination

C. seriousness

D. incurability

25. When the symptom occurs, she finds it difficult to manipulate a pencil despite her young age.

A. utilize

B. handle

C. master

D. dominate

26. These figures boil down to no significance as they are statistically imperfect.

A. amount to

B. conform to

C. contribute to

D. attach to

27. The researchers are working hard to f in d the optimal concentration of this drug.

A.most poisonous

B.most likely

C. most famousD. most desirable

28. This young lawyer dares to take on the powerful on behalf of the poor and weak.

A. win the favor of

B. find good jobs for

C. assume the responsibility for

D. accept the challenge of

29. The last traces of respectability had vanished by the time he was convicted and imprisoned.

A. collapsed

B. disappeared

C. perished

D. scattered

30. Fearful of losing her job for good, this lady decided to talk to the manager directly.

A. for benefits

B. by luck

C. for ever

D. at hand

31. This country could have as many as 10 million cases of AIDS in 2010 if the ____ is not taken seriously.

A. episode

B. epidemic

C. equivalent

D. eruption

32. With a wide variety of fresh fruit ____available, canned fruit is no longer so popular as before.

A. willingly

B. appropriately

C. confidently

D. readily

33. The crisis over parliamentary election illustrated the unpredictable ____ that events could take once the coalition troopsare withdrawn.

A. process

B. line

C. way

D. course

34. Decades of ______ might have been partially responsible for our ignorance of development abroad.

A. insulation

B. irrigation

C. integrationD. isolation

35. There have been some insensible people who attempt to end their pains _____ through suicide.

A.by and large

B.once for all

C. heart and soul

D. on the whole

36. The country once threatened to ____diplomatic relations with its neighbor if the latter was too friendly to the rebels.

A. show off:

B. keep off

C. break off

D. call off

37. In English learning, a _____circle occurs when a student makes more errors after being scolded.

A. vicious

B. vigorous

C. vertical

D. voluntary

38. Some ancient people were able to tell the time by the shadow _____ by the sun on the slate.

A. thrown

B. flung

C. cast

D. tossed

39. Competition compels districts to devote their limited resources to achieving results that compare _______ with other localdistricts.

A. significantly

B. favorably

C. dramatically

D. superficially

40. If you don't know how to _____ your achievements, your parting from this world is going to be a n ightmare.

A. take hold of

B. get rid of

C. let go of

D. make fun of

21. The vast crowd bus t into spontaneous cheering at the skillful play.

A. earnest

B. volcanic

C. heartyD. automatic

22. Not everyone in the intelligence community was convinced the

document was genuine.

A. standard

B. valid

C. neat

D. lucid

23. They found substantial evidence that exposure to nerve gas was

responsible for the veterans' symptoms.

A. contact

B. betrayal

C. exhibition

D. publication

24. The majority of prospective adoptive parents use an adoption agency,

while others consult adoption facilitators in the United States.

A. confident

B. justified

C. sensible D potential

25.This patient must on no account be left unattended, even for

one minute. A. not repeatedl y B. not in any

circumstances C. without any reason

D. with no explanation

26.Only a few Furgans remain alive today, a fading anthropological link

with the first native Americans.

A. condescending

B. amplifying

C. prosperous

D. vanishing

27. He was as deliberate in his speech as he was in his work, weighing

his words momentously, even if they were only going to add up to a casual remark.

A. a witty

B. an indifferent

C. an offending

D. a humorous

28. Embarrassed, he slung her over his shoulder and made a hasty exit.