1. Because the children keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always ___her place.

　　A. missing B. losing C. forgetting D. looking

　　2. It was too early in the ____to expect many visitors to a seaside town.

　　A. term B. season C. time D. period

　　3. The children ___a line, and then walked quietly into the cinema.

　　A. gathered B. formed C. stood D. rowed

　　4. Because of the low ceiling, the book case was much too ___to go into the room.

　　A. tall B. high C. long D. big

　　5. The two boys started to fight and an old man tried to ___them.

　　A. separate B. divide C. seize D. share

　　6. Many kinds of ___animals are disappearing or have already disappeared from the earth.

　　A. tame B. unfriendly C. wild D. large

　　7. The rising ____of living is as hard on country families as on city families.

　　A. price B. cost C. increase D. food

　　8. He won’t ___to buy some bread unless I tell him again.

　　A. remind B. realize C. remember D. forget

　　9. In this broadcast we’ll study the _____of music.

　　A. sound B. rule C. language D. voice

　　10. He fell in love with her at first ____.

　　A. scene B. sight C. look D. sign

　　11. The seed had already taken root. It had begun to ________.

　　A. grow B. root C. grow up D. raise

　　12. A soldier ran all the _____from marathon to Athens.

　　A. road B. way C. path D. route

　　13. I ___what her name is. I’m sure I know her face.

　　A. remember B. guess C. suppose D. wonder

　　14. We couldn’t cut the string because the ____of the knife was not sharp enough.

　　A. side B. edge C. front D. point

　　15. There are no big cities in the world ___air pollution.

　　A. with B. without C. except D. besides

　　

　　1. The house was sold for ￥60,000, which was far more than its real _____.

　　A. cost B. price C. worth D. value

　　2. What do you think would be the ____of the ring, if I were to sell it?

　　A. worth B. cost C. value D. price

　　3. The Open University was started in order to help those who ____having a university education when they were young.

　　A. stopped B. failed C. passed D. missed

　　4. Today Paul is eating well, but ____.

　　A. usually B. wonderfully C. harmfully D. carefully

　　5. The ____river water goes 350 kilometres out to sea.

　　A. pure B. new C. sweet D. fresh

　　6. She __-along the path, glad to be able to take her time.

　　A. hurried B. wandered C. marched D. tripped

　　7. A European woman can ____to live until the age of 74.

　　A. suppose B. believe C. expect D. hope

　　8. Breakfast is the first ___of the day.

　　A. dinner B. meal C. food D. dish

　　9. It is not __for you to eat too much.

　　A. well B. fit C. good D. necessary

　　10. Bill doesn’t ___what people say about him.

　　A. care B. matter C. want D. interest

　　11. The _____of ice-cream sold increases sharply in summer months.

　　A. price B. amount C. number D. quality

　　12. Two of the children have to sleep in one bed, but the other three have ____ones.

　　A. separate B. double C. different D. lonely

　　13. Things went well for him during his early life but in middle age his ____seemed to change.

　　A. chance B. success C. way D. luck

　　14. He climbed up into the tree and picked all the fruit ___reach.

　　A. near B. within C. inside D. at

　　15. It will _____time if we make the sandwiches the day before the picnic.

　　A. spare B. save C. win D. get