1.Opposition leaders will be watching carefully to see how the Prime Minister ________ the crisis.

A. handles

B. conducts

C. observes

D. directs

2.It took a few seconds for her eyes to ________ to the darkness.

A. allocate

B. adopt

C. apply

D. adjust

3.To write up his novel， John is looking for an environment free ________ outside distraction.

A. on

B. with

C. from

D. in

4.Johnson was ________ unknown before running for the presidency.

A. visibly

B. visually

C. vertically

D. virtually

5.The volunteers would rather go by train than ________.

A. to drive

B. drive

C. driven

D. to be driven

6.They built a highway _______ the mountains.

A. lead into

B. to lead into

C. led into

D. leading into

7.It _______ for two hours now.

A. rains

B. is raining

C. has rained

D. has been raining

8.The girl was lucky enough to _______ the bad men and ran away.

A. break away

B. break away from

C. break out

D. break into

9.The policeman came up to the lonely house with the door _______， _______ there for a while and then entered it.

A. open; to stand

B. opening; stood

C. open; stood

D. opened; standing

10._______ the new plan can be carried out will be discussed at the meeting tomorrow.

A. Which

B. What

C. That

D. Whether

11.Neither English nor Chinese ________ difficult to learn.

A. has

B. have

C. is

D. are

12.It is obvious how bad movies will impact ________ children.

A. on

B. to

C. with

D. in

13.The Roman goddess Venus is identified _______ the Greek goddess Aphrodite.

A. with

B. by

C. for

D. to

14.He declined _______ more about it.

A. say

B. to say

C. said

D. saying

15.The government called out policemen to suppress the riot.

A. 政府派警察***动乱

B. 政府把警察叫出来***动乱

C. 政府给警察打电话让他们出去压迫动乱

D. 政府高喊要警察出去***动乱

16.This is the first time that a woman has been ________ to the post.

A. granted

B. praised

C. pointed

D. appointed

17.If payment is not received， legal action will be our only ________.

A. aggression

B. advantage

C. alternative

D. ambition

18.Don‘t trust everything ________ you have read in the newspapers.

A. which

B. that

C. as

D. what

19.The conclusion from the study is not definite; it is just ________.

A. tentative

B. valid

C. technical

D. thorough

20.She ________ everything else and concentrated on the task before her.

A. set off

B. set back

C. set aside

D. set up