1. Our manager is ________ an important customer now and he will be back this afternoon.

A) calling on B) calling in C) calling up D) calling for

2. A fire engine must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of ________.

A) precaution B) crisis C) emergency D) urgency

3. The film provides a deep ________ into a wide range of human qualifies and feelings.

A) insight B) imagination C) fancy D) outlook

4. Urban crowdedness would be greatly relieved if only the ________ charged on public transport were more reasonable.

A) fees B) fares C) payments D) costs

5. The doctor had almost lost hope at one point， but the patient finally ________.

A) pulled out B) pulled through C) pulled up D) pulled over

1-5 ACABB

6. She ________her trip to New York because she was ill.

A) called off B) closed down C) put up D) went off

7. ________ the storm， the ship would have reached its destination on time.

A) But for B) In case of C) In spite of D) Because of

8. We should concentrate on sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy out of _______.

A) rejection B) restriction C) retreat D) recession

9. The ________of finding gold in California attracted a lot of people to settle down there.

A) prospects B) speculations C) stakes D) provisions

10. I suffered from mental ________because of stress from my job.

A) damage B) release C) relief D) fatigue

6-10 DAABD

11. The rest of the day was entirely at his________ for reading or recreation.

A) dismissal B) survival C) disposal D) arrival

12. You will not be ________about your food in time of great hunger.

A) special B) particular C) peculiar D) specific

13. Crime is increasing worldwide， and there is every ________reason to believe the will continue into the next decade.

A) emergency B) trend C) pace D) schedule

14. You shouldn*t have written in the ________ since the book belongs to the library.

A) interval B) border C) margin D) edge

15. The ________of airplane engines announced a coming air raid.

A) roar B) exclamation C) whistle D) scream

11-15 ABCAC