1. It is not easy to learn English well， but if you ________， you will succeed in the end.

A) hang up B) hang about C) hang on D) hang onto

2. Last year the advertising rate ________ by 20 percent.

A) raised B) aroused C) arose D) rose

3. The strong storm did a lot of damage to the coastal villages： several fishing boats were ________ and many houses collapsed.

A) wrecked B) spoiled C) torn D) injured

4. The manager lost his ________ just because his secretary was ten minutes late.

A) mood B) temper C) mind D) passion

5. Please be careful when you are drinking coffee in case you ________ the new carpet.

A) crash B) pollute C) spot D) stain

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6. Convenience foods which are already prepared for cooking are ________ in grocery stores.

A) ready B) approachable C) probable D) available

7. Some old people don‘t like pop songs because they can’t ________ so much noise.

A) resist B) sustain C) tolerate D) undergo

8. ______ one time， Manchester was the home of the most productive cotton mills in the world.

A) On B) By C) At D) Of

9. Mr. Morgan can be very sad ________， though in public he is extremely cheerful.

A) by himself B) in person C) in private D) as individual

10. The medicine is on sale everywhere. You can get it at ________ chemist‘s.

A) each B) some C) certain D) any

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11. You cannot be ________ careful when you drive a car.

A) very B) so C) too D) enough

12. In general， the amount that a student spends for housing should be held to one-fifth the total ________ for living expenses.

A) acceptable B) available C) advisable D) applicable

13. Every man in this country has the right to live where he wants to ______ the color of his skin.

A) with the exception of B) in the light of

C) by virtue of D) regardless of

14. Housewives who do not go out to work feel they are not working to their full ________.

A) capacity B) strength C) length D) possibility

15. I hate people who ________ the end of a film that you haven‘t seen before.

A) reveal B) rewrite C) revise D) reverse

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