| 1 . Before blaming children, parents should think about whether they were ____. |
| A. identified |
| B. justified |
| C. specified |
| D. clarified |
| 2 .
We show you how to create a ____ that will be both effective and attractive. |
| A. hedge |
| B. edge |
| C. badge |
| D. ridge |
| 3 .
She is tall and ____ of waist, wearing long, shiny red boots. |
| A. slander |
| B. slight |
| C. slender |
| D. narrow |
| 4 .
“What happened in your hometown?” “Many new buildings ______ recently.” |
| A. are built |
| B. build |
| C. have built |
| D. have been built |
| 5 . Held up in a traffic jam, we ____ the planners for not having the foresight to have built a five-lane motorway. |
| A. caused |
| B. charged |
| C. curved |
| D. cursed |
| 6 .
You don’t know the background of the divorce, so don’t make ____ judgement about it. |
| A. mutual |
| B. mild |
| C. manual |
| D. moral |
| 7 .
They have a whole range of policy considerations for the ____ of agreements. |
| A. negotiating |
| B. negotiator |
| C. negotiatory |
| D. negotiation |
| 8 . Charlie Chaplin is a famous actor of ____ appeal; people from all corners of the world enjoy his performances. |
| A. general |
| B. common |
| C. universal |
| D. individual |
| 9 .
Hitler’s invasion of Poland led to the ____ of the Second World War; millions upon millions of people died in the war. |
| A. tragic |
| B. comedy |
| C. comic |
| D. tragedy |
| 10 .
A car arrived with three distinguished, gray-haired men in dark suits, looking ____. |
| A. solemn |
| B. sole |
| C. slim |
| D. slight |
| 11 .
You will need a parking ____ if you want to park in this street. |
| A. permit |
| B. permission |
| C. admission |
| D. admit |
| 12 .
The doctor gave him more powerful drugs in the ____ hope that he might recover. |
| A. great |
| B. light |
| C. vain |
| D. big |
| 13 .
She looked over the cliff and found she was standing at the edge of a ____ drop. |
| A. critical |
| B. accidental |
| C. external |
| D. vertical |
| 14 .
Who was the first African-American named to the ____ of a U.S. president? |
| A. closet |
| B. cabinet |
| C. close |
| D. cabin |
| 15 .
She works as a ____ in the office and is in charge of copying the document. |
| A. typewriter |
| B. writer |
| C. printer |
| D. typist |
| 16 .
Twenty minutes ____ a long time for one who waits. |
| A. seem |
| B. seems |
| C. seemed |
| D. are seemed |
| 17 .
David is one of the boys who ____ a driving license. |
| A. has |
| B. have |
| C. is having |
| D. are having |
| 18 .
The police ____ asked that anyone who saw the accident should get in touch with ____. |
| A. have...them |
| B. has...him |
| C. have...him |
| D. has...them |
| 19 .
Never mind all these ____ phrases, just tell us the plain facts. |
| A. fable |
| B. fantasy |
| C. fancy |
| D. fiction |
| 20 .
We watched the little plane loop the ____. |
| A. loop |
| B. lock |
| C. lope |
| D. lobby |