II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with the best word from the box below, changing its form when necessary: (17*1point=17points)

　　1. Before going to the job interview, the applicant__________his presentation in his room.

　　2. Most houses in the coastal city were__________ by the earthquake last year.

　　3. It was getting dark and we went around the town __________ a missing child.

　　4. The public had expected the newly-elected President to check the rising inflation, but they were soon __________ by his incompetence in administration.

　　5. The minister could not find a __________ excuse for his not telling the truth.

　　6. The rescue party ___________ freeing the boy trapped in the hollow tree.

　　7. Although there was much publicity about the movie, I personally found little __________in the story line.

　　8. In some supermarkets, goods can be made very cheap if they are bought __________.

　　9. Talking about “the Cultural Revolution”, I had only some __________memories because I was very young then.

　　10. Samuel Longhorn Clemens wrote many stories under the __________of Mark Twain.

　　11. Early colonists in North America usually__________ Puritan ideas in their children.

　　12. The retired editor needed a lot of __________ to start up a new newspaper.

　　13. During a storm at sea, the fishing boat __________ a huge rock and was smashed into pieces.

　　14. On this small island, you can see a lot of __________architecture built by the colonists 50 years ago.

　　15. The Martyrs’ Monument in the town centre always __________people’s bitter memories of the Second World War.

　　16. The drizzle and mist made the distant lighthouse on __________sight.

　　17. His generous donation___________his love for the people of the flood-stricken areas.