1. When crossing a busy street, we should be very _______ of the speeding cars.
A) ignorant B) cautious
C) capable D) alert
2. I enjoyed all his novels with the ______ of his last.
A) excursion B) expedition
C) exception D) explosion
3. Man is controlled by his _____ as well as by his reason.
A) instinct B) distinct
C) institution D) impulse
4. Have _____ on him, he is only a boy.
A) care B) mercy
C) pity D) attention
5. Archeologists _____ great value to the set of ancient cooking vessels unearthed in Shaanxi province.
A) granted B) devoted
C) attached D) directed
6. I need to _____ my English if I’m going to Canada for my holidays.
A) polish up B) look through
C) add up D) go through
7. Although he was a good swimmer, he was swept away by the _____ and drowned.
A) current B) motion
C) pressure D) air
8. Any blind exploitation of natural resources should be seen as a ____ against our offspring.
A) guilty B) sin
C) robbery D) violence
9. The favorable changes in her appearance are often ____ through hairdressing.
A) afflicted B) affected
C) effected D) infected
10. North winds kept blowing all night long _____ , and the earth was frozen.
A) with great effort B) in vast amount
D) with great violence C) in vain
11. The young man _____ his accuser and conducted his own defense in court.
A) opposed B) resisted
C) confronted D) withstood
12.Nuclear science should be developed to benefit people _____ harm them.
A) more than B) other than
C) rather than D) better than
13. I felt _____ for the stupid mistake I made.
A) innocent B) illegal
C) guilty D) unlawful
14. I hate people who _____ the end of a film that you haven’t seen before.
A) reveal B) rewrite
C) revise D) reverse
15.It was reported that 20 people were _____ in the traffic accidents yesterday.
A) wounded B) injured
C) cruised D) confronted
