The speaker _____ for a moment, and then began to answer the question.(5分） *【单选题】
A. shook
B. paused
C. pressed
D. tripped
She is so strange. She always tries to _____ talking to me.(5分） *【单选题】
A. prefer
B. protect
C. avoid
D. assure
It is unnecessary for those who study hard to consider the _____ of failing the exam. *【单选题】
A. danger
B. warning
C. surprise
D. possibility
We often _____ the happy time we spent at your home last summer. *【单选题】
A. recall
B. remind
C. present
D. provide
I'm _____ of his purpose in saying those words, but I don't want to argue with him. *【单选题】
A. careless
B. conscious
C. content
D. confident
While I was walking alone down the street, three men came up to me and asked me for _____ to the beach. *【单选题】
A. contacts
B. contents
C. materials
D. directions
Jack is among the brightest of his _____: he can speak several foreign languages and has won three national prizes. *【单选题】
A.honor
B.ability
C.generation
D. edge
It was reported that the earthquake was the most _____ to have struck that area in fifty years. *【单选题】
A.special
B. powerful
C. favorite
D. exciting
It took the experts several months to decide on the _____ for the new airport. *【单选题】
A.source
B. earth
C. site
D. character
The workers are repairing the house. It was _____ by a fallen tree during the last storm. *【单选题】
A.struck
B.operated
C.described
D.calculated
He was seriously injured in a car _____ last year. *【单选题】
A.shock
B.crash
C. passage
D. mistake
They were _____ to hear that their son had been arrested for taking drugs. *【单选题】
A. wandered
B. ruined
C. prepared
D. shocked
These events provided the _____ for her first novel. *【单选题】
A. perspiration
B. function
C. inspiration
D. strength
Friends and neighbors can be a good _____ of support to families who are experiencing difficulty. *【单选题】
A. source
B. genius
C. quality
D. equipment
I failed to _____ Sally to go with me to the party, so I went alone. *【单选题】
A. handle
B. achieve
C. inspire
D. persuade
Unfortunately, we now have plenty of _____ that many children do not do half as well on tests as they actually could if they tried. *【单选题】
A.evidence
B.blocks
C.suitability
D. instruction
A foreigner's first _____ of the US is likely to be that everyone is in a rush-often under pressure. *【单选题】
A.effect
B.entry
C.impression
D. addition
The _____ with the most votes will be elected president of the association, whether he or she wins more than half the votes or not. *【单选题】
A.employer
B.candidate
C.judge
D. assistant
Under the team leader's _____, we did very well in the match. *【单选题】
A.advice
B.hunt
C.suitability
D. guidance
Being poor makes many people sad. But in the case of my father, it influences him _____. *【单选题】
A.otherwise
B.equally
C.suitably
D. additionally
It's well accepted that we are able to _____ a person by what he or she says. *【单选题】
A.compose
B.imply
C.judge
D. employ
He is more _____ for the job than the other candidates because he has more experience in this field. *【单选题】
A.favorable
B.suitable
C.equal
D. qualifying