第一周

1. A man has to make ____ for his old age by putting aside enough money to live on when old.  

A.  supply          B. assurance            C. provision         D. adjustment   

2.  It is well-known that the retired workers in our country are ____ free medical care.  

A.  entitled to       B. involved in         C. associated         D. assigned to    

3.  The people of that country still live under ____ of war.  

A.     danger         B. stake             C. loss               D. threat  

4.  I felt ____ to death because I could make nothing of the chairman's speech.  

A.  fatigued      B. tired        C. exhausted      D. bored  

5.    Your advice would be ____ valuable to her who is in trouble now.  

A.     exceedingly        B. excessively      C. extensively      D. exclusively  

6.    People ____ that vertical flight transports would carry millions of passengers as do the airliners of today.  

A.     convinced         B. anticipated          C. resolved           D. assured  

7.    In spite of the wide range of reading material specially written or ____ for language learning  purposes, there is yet no comprehensive systematic program for the reading skills.  

A.     adapted         B. provided             C. assembled         D. appointed  

8.    The mother said she would ____ her son washing the dishes if he could finish his assignment before supper.  

A.     let down        B. let alone             C. let off            D. let out  

9.  We should always keep in mind that ____ decisions often lead to bitter regrets.  

A.   urgent          B. hasty                C. instant               D. prompt  

10. John complained to the bookseller that there were several pages ____ in the dictionary.  

A.  missing         B. losing            C. dropping          D. leaking