1. Now, don’t tell anyone else what I’ve just told you. Remember, it is ______.  A. confidence             B. confident                     C. confidential     D. confidentially 3. Either John or his friends ______ in the class now. A. is                             B. are                                      C. were                 D. have been 5. Dinner will be ready soon. Can you please ______ the table? A. settle                       B. put                                C. lay                          D. make 6. She described the outer space ______ she had flown into it. A. like                          B. as                                      C. as if          D. as for 7. The ______ of houses has increased dramatically in recent years. A. cost                         B. pay                               C. payment                       D. price 8. You will have to ______ your holiday if you are too ill to travel. A. call off                    B. cut down               C. back out                          D. put aside 9. Peter: “Why did you ride your bike?” John: “Because it’s more ______ than driving my car.” A. economically B. economic                          C. economy                          D. economical 10. The unemployment rate of the area ______ every year until 2003 and then started to fall. A. raised                      B. rose                  C. dropped                          D. decreased 17. Napoleon ______ the West Indian island of Santo Domingo in 1801.  A. attacked                 B. has attacked C. was attacked           D. attacking 18. ______ of my family, I would like to thank you very much for your help. A. On behalf                B. On account C. In person               D. Instead 19. The accident ______ was the mistake of the driver. A. causing many people to die                    B. caused great human loss C. to cause many people die                                      D. which causes many people to die 20. It was clear that the young couple were ______ of taking charge of the new restaurant. A. responsible             B. reliable            C. capable                          D. able 21. She was guilty ______ cheating in the examination. A. to                             B. with     C. of                            D. for 22. ______ during the storm. A. They were collapsed the fence                B. the fence was collapsed C. They collapsed the fence                                     D. The fence collapsed 23. The family could not ______ because they had forgotten their passports. A. check up                             B. check out    C. check through D. check in 24. You’d better drive. I’m too ______ for such traffic. A. experienced            B. experiencing   C. inexperienced D.inexperiencing 26. In water polo, a shot is successful if the ball completely passes between the goal posts and underneath the ______. A. net                           B. crossbar                       C. ball                  D. goalie 27. No ______ water polo player except the goalie can hold the ball with both hands. A. a                              B. an                                      C. the                          D. Ø 28. The reviewer ______ Mathew's new novel as a new style of modern science fiction. A. chewed                   B. digested                       C. described         D. drew 29. If it’s raining tomorrow afternoon, we’ll have to ______ the match till next Sunday.  A. put out                   B. put off              C. put up            D. put away 30. It was so foggy that the climbers couldn’t ______ the nearest shelter. A. make out                 B. break out                     C. take out           D. run out 31. Due to ever more spreading poaching, there ______ a dramatic decline in the number of elephants over the last decade. A. was                          B. is                                     C. has been          D. had been 32. Anna is holding her shopping bag with one hand and turning the door handle with ______. . A. others                          B. another                          C. the other             D. other 33. It was the worst winter ______ anyone could remember. A. when                       B. that                               C. where D. why 34. She is wearing a/an ______ ring. A. expensive nice gold                          B. nice gold expensive C. gold nice expensive                         D. nice expensive gold 35. The longer he waited, ______ impatient he got. A. the better                B. better               C. more             D. the more