7. Jack said he ______ his teacher that he won the first place in the English speech contest.
A. owed it to B. owed
C. owed to it D. owed to
8. ______ , Bob’s lecture offers much background information beyond the textbook.
A. As it is short B. As short as it is
C. Short it is D. Short as it is
9. Cynthia was not well adapted to the life in the remote village, ______ there were so few distractions.
A. what B. which
C. where D. why
10. He was out of practice for two months. Now he must work harder and ______ the lost time.
A. put up with B. add up to
C. go in for D. make up for
11. According to some social scientists, teenage girls who become pregnant are more ______ to drop out of school than those who don’t.
A. like B. possible
C. possibly D. likely
12. He took the medicine but it didn’t have the expected ______ .
A. answer B. result
C. effect D. affect
13. The teachers took great ______ to make their lessons easy and interesting for their pupils.
A. efforts B. pains
C. work D. responsibility
14. He took a quick glance through the ______ of the small suitcase on the seat.
A. contents B. contexts
C. objects D. subjects
15. ______ their high sense of responsibility and experience, they wouldn’t have completed the project ahead of schedule.
A. On account of B. In spite of
C. But for D. Due to
16. ______ having names, the roads in New York are numbered and the higher the number, the further north and “up” in the city you are.
A. Because of B. Instead of
C. Despite D. Besides
