Directions: This test paper is designed for a work period of 3 hours. This booklet only contains questions. You are supposed to write all your answers in a separate booklet named "Answer Booklet". Write in dark ink.

　　I. Multiple Choice: (30 points)

　　Each of the following sentences demands one word for its completion. Your task is to pick from the four choices a word that you think may fit in the blank in the sentence. Write the letter that corresponds to your choice in the answer booklet.

　　1. When the fire broke out, the people lost their and ran in all directions. Many people lost their life when they ran away from the fire.

　　A. hearts B. heads C. minds D. souls

　　2. I got a job as a salesman at the corporation. There are a few things that I don't like about the job, but it's very enjoyable.

　　A. above all B. as usual C. by and large D. by no means

　　3. In the preface my book, I express my sincere gratitude to all the teachers and friends who have been of help to me during my three years' life in the university.

　　A. on B. for C. to D. in

　　4. When the young man realized that the police had spotted him, he made the exit as quickly as possible, only to find that two policemen were waiting outside.

　　A. off B. from C. towards D. for

　　5. Bob was told that the most important consideration with the strategies of product promotion is carefully the risks and benefits, and their feasibility as well.

　　A. weighing B. stimulating C. evaluating D. formulating

　　6. Some women would like to go shopping at weekends since they expect to pick up wonderful in the market, and they usually spend a couple of hours in shopping.

　　A. securities B. bargains C. disposals D. bonds

　　7. The Supreme Court's decisions on physician-assisted suicide carry important for how medicine seeks to relieve dying patients of pain and suffering.

　　A. implications B. complications C. innovations D. complexities

　　8. But if robots are to reach the next stage of labor-saving utility, they will have to operate with less human and be able to make at least a few decisions for themselves—goals that pose a real challenge.

　　A. interaction B. supervision C. availability D. disposition

　　9. Unemployment is a category that comprises a large variety of workers, including some farmers, construction workers, house painters, and others whose work may be seasonal or because of weather.

　　A. sporadic B. spontaneous C. exponential D. ephemeral

　　10. Catherine's mother was ill last summer, but fortunately, she was making a slow but steady recovery after an operation was done on her lung.

　　A. definitely B. definitively C. critically D. fatally

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