1. There is pressure on the British Government to ____ the number of immigrants permitted to settle in the U.K.

　　A) confine B) decrease

　　C) restrain D) limit

　　2. The tourist is prevented from entering a country if he doesn’t have ______ passport.

　　A) an operative B) a valid

　　C) an effective D) an efficient

　　3. According to the psychoanalyst Signumd Freud, wisdom comes from the ____ of maturity.

　　A) achievement B) accomplishment

　　C) fulfilment D) establishment

　　4. The board of the company has decided to ____ its trade to all parts of the world.

　　A) enlarge B) expand

　　C) stretch D) extend

　　5.Accuracy and preciseness are vital in academic ____.

　　A) circus B) cycles

　　C) circles D) circuits

　　6.In many societies, a person who fails to conform to conventional behavior is likely to be ____ by others.

　　A) avoided B) neglected

　　C) retreated D) ignored

　　7. We are now living in an age where every mind feels the ____ of the new ideas.

　　A) impact B) impulse

　　C) impression D) shock

　　8. John’s news report covering the conference was so ____ that nothing had been omitted.

　　A) concrete B) integrated

　　C) comprehensive D) abstract

　　9. I thought you might be interested to hear about a ____ phenomenon which I had observed. It was really peculiar.

　　A) revealed B) brilliant

　　C) scarce D) curious

　　10. I hope Mrs. Smith will take my recent illness into ____ when judging my examination.

　　A) account B) regard

　　C) count D) observation

　　11. The lawyer asked the witness to ______ the facts just as he remembered them.

　　A) setting down B) setting out

　　C) putting across D) putting away

　　12. ____ of money prevented us from finishing the research work this year.

　　A) Expense B) Lack

　　C) Limit D) Short

　　13. Tall-growing crops should be planted where they will not shade or ____ with the growth of smaller crops.

　　A) interrupt B) interfere

　　C) disturb D) distract

　　14. The farmers are more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they have more at ____.

　　A) danger B) stake

　　C) loss D) threat

　　15. The famers in the mountain area bring their ______ to town early each Saturday morning.

　　A) products B) output

　　C) manufactures D) produce

　　16. The lady was detained by the police at the airport because his passport was found to be ____.

　　A) an artificial one B) an unnatural one

　　C) an untrue one D) a false one

　　17. The ____ of the book, with the text on the left and the notes on the right, makes pleasant reading.

　　A) layout B) system

　　C) pattern D) style

　　18. In the long-distance race, Marvin took the lead , and ______ it till the end of the race..

　　A) obtained B) maintained

　　C) persisted in D) insisted on

　　19. Experts say walking is one of the best ways for a person to ______ healthy.

　　A) preserve B) stay

　　C) maintain D) reserve

　　20. It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents ____.

　　A) at a time B) between time

　　C) at times D) at the time