1. He found it hard to ___ the temptation to get drunk.
A.resign
B.resist
C.refuse
D.reserve
2. If you don't dry the knife, it will ___.
A.ruin
B.rust
C.decay
D.spoil
3. It's too late to change your mind now, so there's no point in ___ tears over it.
A.discarding
B.streaming
C.shedding
D.flowing
4. She ___ and fell from the top of the stairs to the bottom.
A.slipped
B.skated
C.spilt
D.split
5. The children had been ___ of the danger, but had taken no notice.
A.warned
B.alerted
C.threatened
D.persuaded
6. Franklin's ability to learn from observations and experience ___ greatly to his success in public life.
A.contributed
B.owed
C.attached
D.related
7. Half the students were ___ as they bored with the lessons.
A.yielding
B.yawning
C.stooping
D.straining
8. It is not profitable to provide bus services in districts where the population is widely ___.
A.scattered
B.separated
C.spaced
D.divided
9.The car accident was ___ to the driver's violation of the traffic regulations.
A.assigned
B.contributed
C.attributed
D.transferred
10. This meat is rather tough; you have to ___ it for a long time.
A.chew
B.bite
C.eat
D.swallow
11. This terrorist attack has been ___ by the entire international community.
A.condemned
B.scolded
C.criticized
D.blamed
12. What these young men were doing ___ a threat to the safety of the whole neighborhood.
A.constructed
B.constituted
C.contracted
D.contributed
13. Natural gas can be used to power cars by ___ their engines.
A.converting
B.condensing
C.transferring
D.transmitting
14. Humidity is so intense in some parts of the tropics that Europeans find they are unable to ____it.
A.maintain
B.persist
C.endure
D.sustain
15. The road was so icy that the drivers had trouble stopping their cars from ___.
A.drifting
B.cruising
C.sliding
D.sloping
16. Once we'd ___ the subject of Jill's wedding, we had nothing to say to each other.
A.exerted
B.executed
C.exhausted
D.explained
17. Despite the rescuers' strenuous(艰苦的) efforts, hopes of finding the missing climbers are now beginning to____.
A.decrease
B.fade
C.loosen
D.faint
18. Don't ___ to contact me if you need any more information.
A.hesitate
B.pause
C.postpone
D.frighten
19. After a day's work, people may feel ___ to relax themselves by reading or watching TV.
A.inclined
B.intended
C.declined
D.subjected
20. This machine works very well so long as no one ___ with it.
A.disturbs
B.upsets
C.interrupts
D.interferes
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