It is futile to discuss the matter fur...

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The accident （） him of his sight and the use of his legs.

A．excluded
B．disabled
C．deprived
D．gripped

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The facts have proved that they all have the （） of solving practical problems.

A．capability
B．ability
C．capacity
D．power

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At throe thousand feet, wide plains begin to appear, and there is never a moment when some distant mountain is not （）.

A．on view
B．at a glance
C．on the scene
D．in sight

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Workers in this country are getting higher wages while turning out poor products that do not （） the test of international competition.

A．keep up with
B．stand up to
C．comply with
D．attend to

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Smuggling is a（） activity which might bring destruction to our economy; therefore, it must be banned.

A．pertinent
B．fruitful
C．detrimental
D．casual

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She strongly（） the government's hypocrisy in dealing with the Israeli-Palestine issue.

A．denounced
B．impeached
C．renounced
D．degraded

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When he lived in that remote place, radio was the only means he had to keep （） of current events in the country.

A．account
B．trace
C．record
D．track

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The ship was （）in a storm off Jamaic.

A. drowned
B. immerged
C. wrecked
D. submitted

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James denounced sorcery, adultery, （）, incest, extortion, and murder; he would not eat prepared food, which he said was unclean, and stopped drinking milk.

A．monogamy
B．monologue
C．polygamy
D．polygene

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What things in life aye you most desirous （）attaining.

A．to
B．for
C．with
D．of

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I don't think it's sensible of you to （） your greater knowledge in front of the chairwoman, for it may well offend her.

A．show up
B．show off
C．show out
D．show away

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The crowd （） into the hall and some had to stand outside.

A．outgrew
B．overthrew
C．overpassed
D．overflew

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In addition to the Mandarin dialects, there are six other Chinese dialect groups, spoken mainly in southern and southeastern China. This linguistic （）, particularly in southeastern China, has provided the basis for strong regional identity and some ethnic variation within the larger Han community.

A. fragmentation
B. unanimity
C. lethargy
D. apotheosis

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They were completely（） by the heavy rain.

A．drenched
B．drowned
C．parched
D．merged

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All of us were impressed by her （）complexion.

A．fluffy
B．floral
C．florid
D．fluid

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Researchers find it hard to （） the two sets of figures.

A．associate
B．correspond
C．correlate
D．respond

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They made detailed investigations to （） themselves with the needs of the rural market.

A．adhere
B．acknowledge
C．acquaint
D．activate

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If you want to find the bookseller's number, you could look it up in the telephone （）.

A．index
B．catalogue
C．list
D．directory

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The boy seemed more （） to their poverty after seeing how his grandparents lived.

A．reconciled
B．consolidated
C．deteriorated
D．attributed

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Nobody knew how he came up with this （）idea about the trip.

A．weary
B．twilight
C．unanimous
D．weird

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During his two-month stay in China, Tom never （）a chance to practice his Chinese.

A．passed on
B．passed up
C．passed by
D．passed out

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One of the important properties of a scientific theory is its ability to（） further research and further thinking about a particular topic.

A．invent
B．stimulate
C．renovate
D．advocate

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A man who could （）such treatment was a man of remarkable physical courage and moral strength.

A．bear up on
B．stand up to
C．insist on
D．persist in

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Some people want only real flowers on their tables while others like to have （）ones.

A．fashionable
B．synthetic
C．false
D．artificial

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Her taste runs also to arrangements of Chopin and Joplin, as well as to Japanese and Brazilian music, part of （）approach that is winning her fans around the world.

A．a heterogeneous
B．an eclectic
C．a homogeneous
D．a monotonous

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Radar is used to extend the（）of man's senses for observing his environment, especially the sense of vision.

A．validity
B．liability
C．capacity
D．intensity

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There are （）differences between theory and practice.

A．legible
B．laden
C．radical
D．medieval

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Preceding the commotion of a battle, there is usually an unusual （）.

A．changeability
B．likeability
C．desirability
D．tranquility

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From the hill top we can see horses are（） here and there in the pasture.

A．grazing
B．biting
C．licking
D．devouring

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He cannot （）the fact that he was late again for the conference at the university yesterday.

A．contribute to
B．account for
C．identify with
D．leave out

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Our research has focused on a drug which is so（）as to be able to change brain chemistry.

A．powerful
B．influential
C．monstrous
D．vigorous

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Will you（） my article to find out whether I've made any mistakes.

A．look after
B．look through
C．look up
D．look into

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Time （）, the celebration will be held as scheduled.

A．permit
B．permitting
C．permitted
D．permits

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According to the latest report, consumer confidence（） a breathtaking 15 points last month, to its lowest level in 9 years.

A．soared
B．mutated
C．plummeted
D．fluctuated

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The meeting was （） over by the mayor of the city.

A．presumed
B．proposed
C．presented
D．presided

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Melissa is a computer （）that destroyed files in computers and frustrated thousands of users around the world.

A．genius
B．virus
C．disease
D．bacteria

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It all started in 1950, when people began to build their houses on the （）of their cities.

A．paradises
B．omissions
C．orchards
D．outskirts

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The （） has left for the Antarctic and it will come back in six months.

A．expedition
B．execution
C．exploration
D．delegation

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The police carded out an （）investigation, but the missing woman was not yet found.

A．exhausting
B．exhaustible
C．exhaustive
D．exhausted

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If we don't stop flirting with those deathly nuclear weapons, the Whole globe will be （）.

A．empowered
B．punished
C．polluted
D．annihilated

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Dependence on foreign sources of oil, though （）, remains a problem for Japan.

A．diminishing
B．excessive
C．depending
D．unavoidable

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His thoughts were （） from the painful topic by the sudden arrival of a close friend.

A．dissuaded
B．distracted
C．discerned
D．discounted

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The flashing red light served as a （）of danger ahead.

A．predictor
B．caution
C．precaution
D．prevention

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Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent.（）.I can't speak too highly of him.

A．As a result
B．By the way
C．In a word
D．On the contrary

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The new secretary has written a remarkably （） report only in a few pages but with all the details.

A．concise
B．clear
C．precise
D．elaborate

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The magician's talk creates a (n) （） of attention so that the audience does not see how he does his tricks.

A．diversion
B．derivation
C．disorder
D．interference

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The children like to （） the new English teacher, who has a noticeable manner of walking.

A．take out
B．take over
C．take down
D．take off

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Winds most often come from the coast, and are（） damp and not too cold.

A．somewhat
B．somehow
C．nevertheless
D．then

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If his father could not keep up the payments on the mortgage, his uncle might （） it for him.

A．redeem
B．amend
C．resemble
D．appeal

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The （）emphasis on examinations is by far the worst form of competition in schools.

A．negligent
B．edible
C．fabulous
D．disproportionate

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The slogan "scientific truth is a matter of social authority" has become dogma to many academic interest groups who have been （）themselves to substitute their authority for that of the practicing scientists.

A．grudging
B．exerting
C．swarming
D．detesting

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It is offence to show （）against people of different races.

A．distinction
B．difference
C．separation
D．discrimination

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Grain production in the world is （）, but still millions go hungry.

A．soaring
B．staggering
C．shrinking
D．suspending

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In 1816, an apparently insignificant event in a remote part of Northern Europe（） Europe into a bloody war.

A．imposed
B．plunged
C．pitched
D．inserted

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The landlady fired the servant who （）household funds for her own rise.

A．robbed
B．pocketed
C．mugged
D．clenched

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I was （） in my reading, and didn't at first hear the doorbell ring.

A．immured
B．immersed
C．busy
D．infatuated

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In that country, a person who marries before legal age must have a parent's （）to obtain a license.

A．sanction
B．warrant
C．malignance
D．affirmation

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（）, he did become annoyed with her at times.

A．Much as he liked her
B．As he liked her much
C．Although much he liked her
D．Much although he liked her

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My panic was （） and ceased when I began to have my class.

A．transient
B．permanent
C．trivial
D．contemporary

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Cancer of the liver, if malicious, in ordinary （）, will surely lead to death.

A．fashion
B．manner
C．practice
D．parlance

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The people living in these apartments have free （） to that swimming pool.

A．excess
B．access
C．excursion
D．recreation

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Turning cultivated land back into forests or pasture is a fundamental way to stem soil（） and desertification in the long run.

A．erosion
B．depletion
C．violation
D．delusion

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Some scientists have suggested that Earth is a kind of zoo or wildlife （） for intelligent space beings, like the wilderness areas we have set up on earth to allow animals to develop naturally while we observe them.

A．conservation
B．maintenance
C．storage
D．reserve

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None of these （） is an end in itself. They are tentative, experimental. They are movements not towards something definite but away from something definite.

A．assurance
B．expedients
C．awareness
D．doubts

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In assessing the impact of the loss of a parent through death and divorce it was the distortion of family relationships not the （）of the bond with the parent in divorce that was vital.

A．disposition
B．distinction
C．distribution
D．disruption

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According to the weather forecast, which is usually （）, it will snow this afternoon.

A．accurate
B．dull
C．awkward
D．tedious

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（）always exists between the theoretical deduction and the result of experimentation.

A．Deviation
B．Derivation
C．Variation
D．Variety

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Directly he saw her, he fell （） in love.

A．from head to foot
B．head over heels
C．head and shoulders
D．toe to toe

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Horseback riding （） both the skill of handling a horse and the mastery of diverse riding styles.

A．embraces
B．encourages
C．exaggerates
D．elaborate

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It was clear that the storm （） his arrival by two hours.

A．retarded
B．retired
C．refrained
D．retreated

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Please do not be （） by his bad manners since he is merely trying to attract attention.

A．disgusted
B．embarrassed
C．irritated
D．shocked

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When in his rebellious years, that is when he was sixteen or eighteen, Frank Anderson （） going around with a strange set of people and staying our very late.

A．took to
B．took up
C．took on
D．took in

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She was afraid that unless the train speeded up she would lose her （）to Scotland.

A．ticket
B．place
C．seat
D．connection

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Russian women had to wear protective masks as they walked in Moscow, which was（） by a heavy smog yesterday.

A．shrouded
B．unveiled
C．decayed
D．deprived

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Participants in the Shanghai Co-operation Forum （）regional teamwork to promote investment and economic development.

A．cursed
B．echoed
C．bounced
D．hailed

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We are writing to the manager （） the repairs recently carried out at the above address.

A．with the exception of
B．with the purpose of
C．with reference to
D．with a view to

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A luxury express train jumped the tracks on a bridge in eastern India, killing at least 50 on the spot. According to the Northern Railway spokesman, the death （）is expected to rise.

A．figure
B．toll
C．span
D．yield

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It is not as difficult to store information as it is to （） it quickly when it is wanted again.

A．represent
B．retain
C．restore
D．retrieve

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Finally, let's （） a critical issue in any honest exploration of our attitudes towards old people, namely the value which our society ascribes to them.

A．stick to
B．turn to
C．lead to
D．take to

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"The foreign teachers wondered what we Chinese teachers do in political meetings and I told them that we had to go through the （） of lengthy formalities. "

A．rigmarole
B．significance
C．commiseration
D．implication

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The United Nations Conference on Drug Abuse, which took place earlier this year in Vienna, was a very （）meeting.

A．productive
B．overwhelming
C．compulsory
D．protective

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The discrepancy in the company accounts is so（） that no auditor could have failed to notice it.

A．spontaneous
B．conspicuous
C．notorious
D．superfluous

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The popularity of the film shows that the receivers'fears were completely （）.

A．unjustified
B．unjust
C．misguided
D．unaccepted

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The batteries can be recharged when they run （）.

A．over
B．down
C．out
D．along

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Ten minutes later, the police came and （）the crowd.

A．dismayed
B．dispersed
C．dismounted
D．distressed

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After investigation it was proved that the （） letter was written by a teacher.

A．anonymous
B．simultaneous
C．spontaneous
D．homogeneous

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The manufacturer was forced to return the money to the consumers under（）of law.

A．guideline
B．definition
C．constraint
D．identity

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It is futile to discuss the matter further, because （）going to agree upon anything today.

A．neither you nor I are
B．neither you nor me is
C．neither you nor I am
D．neither me nor you are

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For nearly 50 years, Spock has been a （）author writing 13 books including an autobiography and numerous magazine articles.

A．prevalent
B．precautious
C．prospective
D．prolific

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When a person dies, his debts must be paid before his （） can be distributed.

A．paradoxes
B．legacies
C．platitudes
D．analogies

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The advanced life forms in nature are all symmetrical, instead of being （）.

A．separated
B．disproportionate
C．mutable
D．imprecise

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The simplest animals are those whose bodies are simplest in structure and which do the things done by all living animals, such as eating, breathing, moving and feeling, in the most （） way.

A．bizarre
B．primitive
C．advantageous
D．unique

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The symphony concerts here are （）by the municipal government.

A．subdued
B．subscribed
C．subordinated
D．subsidized

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Meanwhile, the U. S. and Israel regard Iran as a rogue state that seeds to export terror, build nuclear weapons and（） the Middle East peace process.

A．conspire
B．deviate
C．distort
D．sabotage

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A (n) （）sentence is of doubtful meaning because it can be interpreted in more than one way.

A．affirmative
B．unanimous
C．negative
D．ambiguous

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The statistics （）that living standards in the area have improved drastically in recent times.

A．proves
B．is proving
C．are proving
D．prove

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"Better late than never" is a（） that is very familiar to most English speakers.

A．plaudit
B．plenary
C．plenty
D．platitude

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The rain was very heavy and （）the land was flooded.

A．consequently
B．continuously
C．constantly
D．consistently

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（）is practiced to some extent by the adherents of every religion. It often requires abstinence from food, drink, or sexual activity, as in fasting or celibacy and it may also require physical pain or discomfort, such as endurance of extreme heat or cold or self-punishment.

A．Extravagance
B．Opulence
C．Deterioration
D．Asceticism

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According to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in 1995, the wealthiest 10 percent of China’s population received 30.9 percent of the income, while the poorest 10 received only 2.2 percent. Such （） in income and wealth are found in both cities and rural areas.

A．identicalness
B．disparities
C．egalitarianism
D．curmudgeons

It is futile to discuss the matter further, because （）going to agree upon anything today.

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The facts have proved that they all have the （） of solving practical problems.

At throe thousand feet, wide plains begin to appear, and there is never a moment when some distant mountain is not （）.

Workers in this country are getting higher wages while turning out poor products that do not （） the test of international competition.

Smuggling is a（） activity which might bring destruction to our economy; therefore, it must be banned.

She strongly（） the government's hypocrisy in dealing with the Israeli-Palestine issue.

When he lived in that remote place, radio was the only means he had to keep （） of current events in the country.

The ship was （）in a storm off Jamaic.

James denounced sorcery, adultery, （）, incest, extortion, and murder; he would not eat prepared food, which he said was unclean, and stopped drinking milk.

What things in life aye you most desirous （）attaining.

I don't think it's sensible of you to （） your greater knowledge in front of the chairwoman, for it may well offend her.

The crowd （） into the hall and some had to stand outside.

They were completely（） by the heavy rain.

All of us were impressed by her （）complexion.

Researchers find it hard to （） the two sets of figures.

They made detailed investigations to （） themselves with the needs of the rural market.

If you want to find the bookseller's number, you could look it up in the telephone （）.

The boy seemed more （） to their poverty after seeing how his grandparents lived.

Nobody knew how he came up with this （）idea about the trip.

During his two-month stay in China, Tom never （）a chance to practice his Chinese.

One of the important properties of a scientific theory is its ability to（） further research and further thinking about a particular topic.

A man who could （）such treatment was a man of remarkable physical courage and moral strength.

Some people want only real flowers on their tables while others like to have （）ones.

Her taste runs also to arrangements of Chopin and Joplin, as well as to Japanese and Brazilian music, part of （）approach that is winning her fans around the world.

Radar is used to extend the（）of man's senses for observing his environment, especially the sense of vision.

There are （）differences between theory and practice.

Preceding the commotion of a battle, there is usually an unusual （）.

From the hill top we can see horses are（） here and there in the pasture.

He cannot （）the fact that he was late again for the conference at the university yesterday.

Our research has focused on a drug which is so（）as to be able to change brain chemistry.

Will you（） my article to find out whether I've made any mistakes.

Time （）, the celebration will be held as scheduled.

According to the latest report, consumer confidence（） a breathtaking 15 points last month, to its lowest level in 9 years.

The meeting was （） over by the mayor of the city.

Melissa is a computer （）that destroyed files in computers and frustrated thousands of users around the world.

It all started in 1950, when people began to build their houses on the （）of their cities.

The （） has left for the Antarctic and it will come back in six months.

The police carded out an （）investigation, but the missing woman was not yet found.

If we don't stop flirting with those deathly nuclear weapons, the Whole globe will be （）.

Dependence on foreign sources of oil, though （）, remains a problem for Japan.

His thoughts were （） from the painful topic by the sudden arrival of a close friend.

The flashing red light served as a （）of danger ahead.

Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent.（）.I can't speak too highly of him.

The new secretary has written a remarkably （） report only in a few pages but with all the details.

The magician's talk creates a (n) （） of attention so that the audience does not see how he does his tricks.

The children like to （） the new English teacher, who has a noticeable manner of walking.

Winds most often come from the coast, and are（） damp and not too cold.

If his father could not keep up the payments on the mortgage, his uncle might （） it for him.

The （）emphasis on examinations is by far the worst form of competition in schools.

The slogan "scientific truth is a matter of social authority" has become dogma to many academic interest groups who have been （）themselves to substitute their authority for that of the practicing scientists.

It is offence to show （）against people of different races.

Grain production in the world is （）, but still millions go hungry.

In 1816, an apparently insignificant event in a remote part of Northern Europe（） Europe into a bloody war.

The landlady fired the servant who （）household funds for her own rise.

I was （） in my reading, and didn't at first hear the doorbell ring.

In that country, a person who marries before legal age must have a parent's （）to obtain a license.

（）, he did become annoyed with her at times.

My panic was （） and ceased when I began to have my class.

Cancer of the liver, if malicious, in ordinary （）, will surely lead to death.

The people living in these apartments have free （） to that swimming pool.

Turning cultivated land back into forests or pasture is a fundamental way to stem soil（） and desertification in the long run.

Some scientists have suggested that Earth is a kind of zoo or wildlife （） for intelligent space beings, like the wilderness areas we have set up on earth to allow animals to develop naturally while we observe them.

None of these （） is an end in itself. They are tentative, experimental. They are movements not towards something definite but away from something definite.

In assessing the impact of the loss of a parent through death and divorce it was the distortion of family relationships not the （）of the bond with the parent in divorce that was vital.

According to the weather forecast, which is usually （）, it will snow this afternoon.

（）always exists between the theoretical deduction and the result of experimentation.

Directly he saw her, he fell （） in love.

Horseback riding （） both the skill of handling a horse and the mastery of diverse riding styles.

It was clear that the storm （） his arrival by two hours.

Please do not be （） by his bad manners since he is merely trying to attract attention.

When in his rebellious years, that is when he was sixteen or eighteen, Frank Anderson （） going around with a strange set of people and staying our very late.

She was afraid that unless the train speeded up she would lose her （）to Scotland.

Russian women had to wear protective masks as they walked in Moscow, which was（） by a heavy smog yesterday.

Participants in the Shanghai Co-operation Forum （）regional teamwork to promote investment and economic development.

We are writing to the manager （） the repairs recently carried out at the above address.

A luxury express train jumped the tracks on a bridge in eastern India, killing at least 50 on the spot. According to the Northern Railway spokesman, the death （）is expected to rise.

It is not as difficult to store information as it is to （） it quickly when it is wanted again.

Finally, let's （） a critical issue in any honest exploration of our attitudes towards old people, namely the value which our society ascribes to them.