1) It is wrong to judge people according to their family _________.

　　A. basis

　　B. blocks

　　C. behavior

　　D. background

　　2) Joe's friends all have a new bicycle, and he _____ wants one, too.

　　A. badly

　　B. very

　　C. quite

　　D. barely

　　3) Riding a bike helps develop a child’s sense of _________.

　　A. being

　　B. blank

　　C. balance

　　D. behavior

　　4) Why not put your cigarettes away, John? There is a ____ on smoking, you know.

　　A. permit

　　B. ban

　　C. limit

　　D. basis

　　5) In order to save one or two pence, he is always ______ shoppers.

　　A. bargaining with

　　B.dealing with

　　C. talking with

　　D.basing on

　　6) Although they plant trees in this area every year, the tops of some hills are still ________.

　　A. blank

　　B. hollow

　　C. vacant

　　D. bare

　　7) My mind/memory was a complete ________ I couldn't think of a single answer.

　　A. blank B. hollow

　　C. vacant D. bare

　　8) The company has branches all over the world, but their ______ is in London.

　　A. basis B. bottom

　　C. base D. basic

　　9) There is no ______for their belief that the sun is the center of the universe.

　　A. ban B. reason

　　C. basis D. back

　　10) The radio stops working because the battery is _______.

　　A. slow B. flat

　　C. below D. behind

　　11) We will never forget the great _______we fought against SARS in 2003.

　　A. battle B. war

　　C. fight D. struggle

　　12) --- Mum, it is nice weather. I want to skate this afternoon.

　　--- Don't you think the ice on the lake is too thin to ________ your weight?

　　A. stand B. bear

　　C. catch D. become

　　13) Your football team _______ ours on Sunday, but we ______ the game yesterday afternoon.

　　A. beat; beat

　　B. beat; won

　　C. won; won

　　D. won ;beat

　　14) --What _____ the boy who fell off the bike?

　　--Nothing serious. The doctor says in a day or two, he can come back to school.

　　A. has become of

　　B. has happened with

　　C. has occurred

　　D. has become with

　　15) It's bad _______ for a man to smoke in the public places where smoking is not allowed.

　　A. behavior

　　B. action

　　C. manner

　　D. belief

　　16) --- Are you going to have a holiday this year?

　　--- I’d love to. I can’t wait to leave this place _______.

　　A. off B. out

　　C. behind D. back

　　17) I don't _______ the bird can write but I do ______ my eyes -- I saw it with my own eyes.

　　A. trust; believe in

　　B. believe; believe in

　　C. believe in; believe

　　D. believe; trust

　　18) I almost fell over the chair; put it back where it _______.

　　A. belongs B. fits

　　C. bears D. stands

　　19) A large sum of money has been raised for the _____ of the poorly-educated children in the mountainous areas.

　　A. profit B. beneficial

　　C. benefit D. advantage

　　20) The hurricane damaged many houses and business buildings; _______, it caused 20 deaths.

　　A. or else B. behind

　　C. after all D. besides