16. This ticket ________you to a free boat tour on the lake.

A) entities B) appoints C) grants D) credits

17. This is the nurse who ________to me when I was ill in hospital.

A) accompanied B) attended C) entertained D) shielded

18. I was about to ________a match when I remembered Tom*s warning.

A) rub B) hit C) scrape D) strike

19. The advertisement says this material doesn*t________ in the wash， but it has.

A) contract B) shrink C) slim D) dissolve

20. He was proud of being chosen to participate in the game and he ________ us that he would try as hard as possible.

A) insured B) guaranteed C) assumed D) assured

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21. Not only the professionals but also the amateurs will _______from the new training facilities.

A) derive B) acquire C) benefit D) reward

22. The work was almost complete when we received orders to ________ no further with it.

A) progress B) proceed C) march D) promote

23. I waited for him half an hour， but he never ________.

A) turned in B) turned down C) turned off D) turned up

24. A house with a dangerous gas ________can be broken into immediately.

A) leak B) split C) mess D) crack

25. A dark suit is ________to a light one for evening wear.

A) favourable B) suitable C) preferable D) proper

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26. It was in the United States that I made the ________of Professor Jones.

A) acknowledgement B) acquaintance C) recognition D) association

27. Could you take a ________sheet of paper and write your name at the top

A) bare B) vacant C) hollow D) blank

28. A culture in which the citizens share similar religious beliefs and values is more likely to have laws that represent the wishes of its people than is a culture where citizens come from ________backgrounds.

A) extensive B) influential C) diverse D) identical

29. He gave a ________to handle the affairs in a friendly manner.

A) pledge B) mission C) plunge D) motion

30. Don‘t let the child play with scissors ________he cuts himself.

A) in case B) so that C) now that D) only if

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