The river is already ________ its banks because of excessive rainfall; and the city is threatened with a likely flood.

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• 1He failed to carry out some of the provisions of the contract, and now he has to ________ the consequences.

  A.answer for

  B.run into

  C.abide by

  D.step into

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• 2Your advice would be ________ valuable to him, who is at present at his wit’s end.

  A.exceedingly

  B.excessively

  C.extensively

  D.exclusively

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• 3When the engine would not start, the mechanic inspected all the parts to find what was at ________.

  A.wrong

  B.trouble

  C.fault

  D.difficulty

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• 4I felt ________ to death because I could make nothing of the chairman’s speech.

  A.fatigued

  B.tired

  C.exhausted

  D.bored

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• 5The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more at ________.

  A.danger

  B.stake

  C.loss

  D.threat

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• 6People ________ that vertical flight transports would carry millions of passengers as do the airliners of today.

  A.convinced

  B.anticipated

  C.resolved

  D.assured

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• 7In spite of the wide range of reading material specially written or ________ for language learning purposes, there is yet no comprehensive systematic programme for the reading skills.

  A.adapted

  B.acknowledged

  C.assembled

  D.appointed

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• 8The mother said she would ________ her son washing the dishes if he could finish his assignment before supper.

  A.let down

  B.let alone

  C.let off

  D.let out

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• 9We should always keep in mind that ________ decisions often lead to bitter regrets.

  A.urgent

  B.hasty

  C.instant

  D.prompt

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• 10John complained to the bookseller that there were several pages ________ in the dictionary.

  A.missing

  B.losing

  C.dropping

  D.leaking

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