1. He hoped the firm would ________ him tothe Paris branch.

　　A) exchange

　　B) transmit

　　C) transfer

　　D) remove

　　2. Having decided to rent a flat, we ________contacting all the accommodation agencies inthe city.

　　A) set about

　　B) set down

　　C) set out

　　D) set up

　　3. The relationship between employers and employees has been studied ________.

　　A) originally

　　B) extremely

　　C) violently

　　D) intensively

　　4. ________ their differences. The couple were developing an obvious and genuineaffection for each other.

　　A) But for

　　B) For all

　　C) Above all

　　D) Except for

　　5. One day I ________ a newspaper article about the retirement of an Englishprofessor at a nearby state college.

　　A) came across

　　B) came about

　　C) came after

　　D) came at

　　6. She was complaining that the doctor was ________ too much for the treatment hewas giving her.

　　A) expending

　　B) offering

　　C) costing

　　D) charging

　　7. The manager spoke highly of such ________ as loyalty, courage and truthfulnessshown by his employees.

　　A) virtues

　　B) features

　　C) properties

　　D) characteristics

　　8. Since the matter was extremely ________, we dealt with it immediately.

　　A) tough

　　B) tense

　　C) urgent

　　D) instant

　　9. You don’t have to be in such a hurry, I would rather you ________ on businessfirst.

　　A) would go

　　B) will go

　　C) went

　　D) have gone

　　10. When I try to understand ________ that prevents so many Americans from beingas happy as one might expect, it seems to me that there are two causes.

　　A) why it does

　　B) what it does

　　C) what it is

　　D) why it is

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