I. Choose A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. He kindly offered to ______ me the way to the station.
A. explain B. direct C. describe D. show
2. It was such a boring speech that I fell ______.
A. asleep B. sleep C. sleepy D. sleepily
3. English is now an effective medium of International______.
A. communication B. talking C. speech D. saying
4. I wonder if you could ______me a small favor, Tom?
A. bring B. make C. give D. do
5. Students can ______ a lot of information just by taking an active part in class.
A. concern B. install C. appear D. memorize
6. It was raining______ so that we couldn’t go out.
A. heavily B. silly C. strongly D. lazily
7. Oh, I stayed at home and ______ my homework. Nothing special.
A. give B. do C. earn D. go
8. Although Lan is______ a cold, she is going to partake in outdoor activities.
A. learning B. going C. making D. catching
9. The villagers had to work hard in fields all day and could hardly______ ends meet.
A.do B. know C. make D. fly
10. “How was your exam?” “A couple of questions were tricky, but on the______ it was pretty easy.”
A. spot B. general C. hand D. whole
11. We repair the banks of our ______ of land.
A. plot B. piece C. pie D. hole
12. The plane seemed to dip and many people screamed in ______.
A. happiness B. panic C. afraid D. exciting
13. When we had given up all hope, we felt the plane slowly gained______.
A. high B. height C. tall D. length
14. I think I ______ a cold.
A. gain B. obtain C. have got D. eat
15. Marie Curie received ______ education in local school and some scientific training from her father.
A. general B. generally C. generation D. genetic
16. In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked ______hard.
A. extremely B. absolutely C. completely D. perfectly
17. The parents realized that the young teacher was ______ great efforts to help their poor kids.
A. doing B. making C. having D. getting
18. ______ rain during the night will occur all over the country today.
A. Much B. Strong C. Heavy D. Heavily
19. He received a medal in ______ to his bravery.
A. turns B. response C. favor D. reward
20. The scientists introduced new farming methods which resulted in ______ crops.
A. bump B. bumpy C. bumper D. larg