1. In China, it is a serious crime to __________ancient paintings out of the country.

A. struggle B. smuggle C. sublet D. withdraw

2. The rich man was asked to pay a high _________ for his daughter who was taken away by criminals.

A. margin B. prestige C. ransom D. purchase

3. According to the International Law, the United Nations would impose economic _________against an invading country.

A. commissions B. promotions C. sentences D. sanctions

4. To ______ something will enable you to buy property without having the funds to pay for it at present.

A. donate B. guarantee C. mortgage D. finance

5. Our university is unable to tuition fees to students who fail to complete the course.

A. rescue B. recover C. refund D. refresh

6. The two presidents came to the negotiating table due to the ______ over the international boundary.

A. quarrel B. dispute C. challenge D. competition

7. A major concern for photographers traveling by plane is possible ______ to their film caused by X-ray machines.

A. harm B. injury C. ruin D. damage

8. We must prevent that kind of disaster at all ______.

A. chances B. expenses C. costs D. risks

9.The student was told to ______ for being rude to his teacher.

A. excuse B. apologize C. pardon D. forgive

10. Beginning in the late 1970s, the economy of Alaska underwent a rapid change since oil was discovered and ______.

A. adopted B. utilized C. employed D. exploited

11. His wife's blood transfusion failed because her blood type was not ______ with that of the donor (供血者) .

A. friendly B. adaptable C. consistent D. compatible

12. After leaving college in 1980, he was ______ a lawyer, a clerk in a bookshop, and a merchant.

A. infinitely B. continuously C. eternally D. successively

13. From observers' estimates of the brightness of the fireball, he _____ that the body in the space was between 40 feet and 260 feet in diameter.

A. deduced B. reduced C. induced D. produced

14. As a theory, balance of power predicts the rapid changes in international power and status. For this reason, it helps to maintain the ______ of relations between states.

A. reliability B. credibility C. stability D. variability

15. The state government gave a very __________ explanation of its plans for the development of electronic industry.

A. comprehensive B. comprehensible C. comprehension D. comprehend

16. I hope you can ______ your term papers before the deadline.

A. permit B. commit C. admit D. submit

17. Like most foreigners, I ask a lot of questions, some of which are insultingly silly. But everyone I __________ has answered those questions with patience and honesty.

A. come across B. come by C. come over D. come into

18. There had been another prison breakout (越狱). Five men got away and are still ______.

A. at random B. at length C. at large D. at stake

19. But asking middle-class voters to abandon some of their benefits seems to be ______.

A. beyond question B. out of question

C. out of the question D. without question

20. Today the progress of science is so rapid that textbooks become out-of-date unless they are revised ______ of two or three years.

A. for the moment B. at times C. on schedule D. at the intervals

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