1. We watched the ship until it became a ______ in the distance.

A. point B. jar C. stove D. dot

2. I took it for ______ that you wouldn’t come here again.

A. great B. granted C. grass D. ground

3. Anyone without ______ illness can do this simple job.

A. mind B. mend C. mental D. medicine

4. Tom is crazy ______ photography. He spends nearly all his money on it.

A. above B. about C. across D. abroad

5. I wrote to my aunt last night. I couldn’t ______ it any longer.

A. delay B. rely C. reply D. try

　　Keys: 1-5 DBCBA

6. She was complaining that the doctor was ______ too much for the treatment he was giving her.

A. expending B. offering C. costing D. charging

7. The _____ of blood always makes him feel sick.

A. form B. view C. look D. sight

8. I caught a ____ of the taxi before it disappeared around the corner of the street.

A. vision B. glimpse C. look D. scene

9. The newspaper did not mention the ____of the damage caused by the fire.

A. size B. level C. extent D. quantity

10. I shall have a companion in the house after all these ____years.

A. single B. double C. alone D. lonely

　　Keys: 6-10 DDBCA