1. Some plants are very _____ to light; they prefer the shade.

A) sensible     B) flexible

C) objective      D) sensitive

2. After the guests left, she spent half an hour _____ the sitting-room.

A) ordering      B) arranging

C) tidying up      D) clearing away

3. In no country _____ Britain, it has been said, can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day.

A) other than      B) more than

C) better than      D) rather than

4. I was _______ the point of telephoning him when his letter arrived.

A) to      B) on

C) at      D) in

5. Could you take a ___ sheet of paper and write your name at the top?

A) bare      B) vacant

C) hollow      D) blank

6. He asked us to ___ _ them in carrying through their plan.

A) provide      B) arouse

C) assist      D) persist

7. A good many proposals were raised by the delegates,_ _was to be expected.

A) that      B) what

C) so      D) as

8. Our hopes ______ and fell in the same instant.

A)arose      B)raised

C)rose      D)aroused

9. Though ________ in a big city, Peter always prefers to paint the primitive scenes of country life.

A) grown      B) raised

C) tended      D) cultivated

10. Many difficulties have ____ as a result of the change over to a new type of fuel.

　　 A)risen     B) risen

C) raised      D) arrived

11. I have had great deal of trouble _____ the rest of the class.

A) coming up against      B) making up for

C) keeping up with      D) living up to

12. In order to show his boss what a careful worker he was, he took _____ trouble over the figures.

A) extensive      B) spare

C) extra      D) supreme

13. However, at times this balance in nature is ______, resulting in a number of possibly unforeseen effects.

A) troubled      B) disturbed

C) confused      D) puzzled

14. He gave a ___________ to handle the affairs in a friendly manner.

A) pledge      B) mission

C) plunge      D) motion

15. When I caught him _____ I stopped buying things there and started dealing with another shop.

A) cheating      B) cheat

C) to cheat      D) to be cheating

16. The shop assistant was dismissed as she was _______ of cheating customers.

A) accused      B) charged

C) scolded      D) cursed

17. None of the servants were ______ when Mr. Smith wanted to send a message.

　 　 A) allowable      B) approachable

C) available      D) applicable

18. The growth of part-time and flexible working patterns, and of training and retraining schemes, _______ more women to take advantage of employment opportunities.

A) have allowed      B) allow

C) allowing      D) allows

19. Only a few people have _____ to the full facts of the incident.

A) access      B) resort

C) contact      D) path

20. You shouldn't have written in the _____ since the book belongs to the library.

A) interval      B) border

C) margin      D) edge

Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the given words.

1. Once a picture is proved to be a forgery, it becomes quite ________. (worth)

2. She answered with an _________ “No” to the request that she attend the public hearing. (emphasis)

3. He plays tennis to the __________ of all other sports. (exclude)

4. Since the early nineties, the trend in most businesses has been toward on-demand, always-available products and services that suit the customer’s _________ rather than the company’s. (convenient)

5. He is condemned as ________ by his colleagues. (practice)

6. The couple has donated a not________________ amount of money to the foundation. (consider)

7. The economic recession has meant that job______ is a rare thing.(secure)

8. The tuition fees are _______to students coming from low-income families.(afford)

9 The scientists have made an __________ study of the viruses that cause the disease.(exhaust)

10. We had a good time there, and the food was plentiful and _________. (whole)