01. We can't ___ one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time.
　A. hope    B. wait    C. expect    D. imagine

02. The noise was so ____ that only those with excellent hearing were aware of it.
   A. dim    B. soft    C. faint    D. gentle

03. His landlady gave him a week's ___ to leave the flat.
   A. threat    B. notice    C. advice    D. caution

04. Even if they are on sale, these refrigerators are equal in price to, if not more expensive than, ___ at the other store.     
　A. anyone    B. the others    C. that    D. the ones

05. When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above ___.
   A. average    B. ordinary    C. regular    D. normal

06. It is clear that the whole world is passing through a social revolution in which a central _____ must be taken by scientists and technologists. 
　A. process  B. attention  C. measure  D. part

07. These plastic flowers look so ___ that many people think they are real.
   A. beautiful    B. natural    C. artificial    D. similar

08. When I worked as the general manager of the firm, I sometimes had ___ to visit London on business.     
　A. opportunity    B. possibility    C. occasion    D. chance

09. The most important ___ of his speech was that we should all work whole-heartedly for the people.
   A. element    B. spot    C. sense    D. point

10. It has always been the ___ of our firm to encourage workers to take part in social activities.
   A. plan    B. campaign    C. procedure    D. policy

11. I remember her face but I cannot ___ where I met her.
   A. recall    B. remind    C. remember    D. remark

12. He has left his book here on ___, so that you can read it.
   A. purpose    B. intention    C. aim    D. meaning

13. The open university was started in order to help those who ___ having a university education when they were young.     
　A. stopped    B. failed    C. missed    D. ceased

14. We won't know whether it will be successful. We won't know whether there will be good ___.
   A. ends    B. results    C. effects    D. causes

15. Comrade Li Dazhao, ___ librarian of Beijing University, was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party.     
　A. sometimes    B. sometime    C. some time    D. some times

16.The patients believe that the doctor knows exactly how to put them ___.
   A. correct    B. perfect    C. right    D. well

17. And you find that you're not to be ___ with a position of real responsibility.
   A. offered    B. trusted    C. furnished    D. retained

18. She got married although her parents had not given her their ___.
   A. allowance    B. consent    C. permit    D. appreciation

19.At first Bob was puzzled by Virginia s waving, but then it __ his mind that she was trying to tell him something.    
　 A. crossed    B. passed    C. occurred    D. opened

20. When college students ___ future employment, they often think of status, income, and prestige.
   A. demand    B. assume    C. apply    D. anticipate

21.Alice ___her father that both she and her husband would be happy if he would live with them.
   A. convinced    B. reinforced    C. pledged    D. required

22. I caught a ___ of the car before it disappeared around the bend.
   A. glance    B. glimpse    C. glare    D. stare

23. The car salesman took the customer for a driver in the new model in order to ___ its improved features.   A. advocate    B. demonstrate    C. exhibit    D. reveal

24. After dinner the minister made a short ___ to the guests.
   A. delivery    B. pronunciation    C. conversation    D. speech

25. The old man got into the ___ of storing money under the bed.
   A. tradition    B. habit    C. use    D. custom