1 Representatives from the companies indicated that they should go on working together in ____.

A. unity B. entity C. partners D. partnership

2 We all know that Mary has had a strict _______.

A. growth B. upbringing C. development D. cultivation

3 The drink was packaged in champagne bottles and was being ___as the real stuff.

A. passed out B. passed by C. passed over D. passed off

4 Last Sunday she came to visit us out of the blue. The italicized phrase means

A. unexpectedly. B. unhappily C. untidily. D. unofficially.

5 The person he interviewed was _____ his former schoolmate.

A. no other than B. no more than C. none other than D. none the less

6 The young employee has a(n) _____ quality—he is totally honest.

A. respectable B. admirable C. decent D. approachable

7 Our office has recently ______ to a new computer system.

A. altered B. converted C. transformed D. modified

8 —Which __ will you take to go to Taiyuan? —I’ll take the northern one. It’s shorter.

A. way B. path C. course D. route

9 Slavery was _____ in America in the 19th century.

A. abolisher B. cancelled C. abandoned D. terminated

10 When the runner reached the finish line he was at hi last ______.

A. gasp B. whistle C .whisper D. murmur