1. After criminals were caught, they were accused and put on ______.
A. death B. sentence C. punishment D. trial
2. The shape of Italy _______ a boot when you look at it on a map.
A. resembles B. pictures C. likes D. looks
3. A policeman's first duty is the ______ of the people.
A. benefit B. safety C. responsibility D. protection
4. Quite a lot of people watch TV only to _______ time.
A. waste B. spend C. kill D. pass
5. Those who previously lived in the centre would move to better but still old houses in outer ______.
A. territories B. districts C. sessions D. grades
6. A year ago the first volume in this series successfully ______ the pattern which is here continued.
A. established B. organized C. proceeded " D. represented
7. Tiny atomic electric batteries have certain advantages over the _______ storage batteries.
A. universal B. inclusive C. indefinite D. conventional
8. 80. I doubt whether he can _______ his efforts much longer as he looks very tired.
A. hold up B. hold on C. keep on D. keep up
9. The president could not go to the meeting, so Mr. Smith ______ him.
A. recorded B. renewed C. represented D. recalled
10. This official proposal met with even more _______ than Temple’s original plan. A. depression B. barricade C. resistance D. friction
11. The teacher wrote his ______ in the margin of the composition.
A. statements B. comments C. accounts D. definition
12. 48. He warned that industry would have to face more ______ from European goods.
A. conflict B. dispute C. competition D. investment
13. The worker's demands are ______; they're asking for only a small increase in their wages.
A. excessive B. raw C. super D. moderate
14. I can not give you _______ for the type of car you sell because there is no demand for it in the market.
A. an expense B. a charge C. a purchase D. an order
15. The information we have got ______ that the area has a hot climate all the year round.
A. directs B. indicates C. claims D. contains
16. 51. I'm excited about the ______ of going to the States.
A. request B. division C. possibility D. reality
17. 65. On arriving at Singapore, we telephoned to ______ our mother’s uneasiness.
A. cut B. relieve C. subtract D. decrease
18. 84. Her parents tried to _______ a subtle pressure on her to marry someone who would carry on the family business.
A. bring B. employ C. bear D. exert
19. 82. Having been found guilty, the man was given a severe _______ by the judge.
A. service B. sentence C. crime D. crisis
20. 81. My father has lived a long life, and done enough to _______ great respect in his town.
A. employ B. achieve C. use D. win