16. His ____ were forgiven by the employer, who was a generous and lenient person.
[A] defenses [B] annoyance
[C] offences [D] jealousy
17. The small countries joined together into a ____.
[A] coalition [B] corporation
[C] federation [D] company
18. The doctor in the hospital wore a ____ over his ordinary clothes.
[A] garment [B] dress
[C] cloth [D] gown
19. The newly publi shed review on the book has ____ much controversy.
[A] entailed [B] extracted
[C] evoked [D] prompted
22. We should made laws to curb the ____ of our forests, which is a very bad conduct to harm our environment.
[A] rap [B] rape
[C] smuggle [D] rash
23. Wearing plain clothes, the king____ with the people in the streets.
[A] wove [B] associated
[C] mingled [D] fused
24. We hope to ____ new life into our business, our working atmosphere is so dull these days.
[A] project [B] inject
[C] incorporate [D] insert
25. We are conducting a ____ to find out how many people are in favor of nuclear power.
[A] poll [B] test
[C] quiz [D] experiment
26. A man who doesn’t like to talk about himself or to make his feelings known to others is called a ____ man.
[A] reserved [B] tolerant
[C] conservative [D] preserved
27. He reads so ____ that he knows almost everything about various fields of learning.
[A] extensively [B] intensively
[C] closely [D] exclusively
28. When a fire broke out in the gallery, at least twenty ____ paintings were destroyed, including two by Picasso.
[A] worthless [B] priceless
[C] valueless [D] inexpensive
29. It ____ me that there might be some fault on my part.
[A] struck [B] flashed
[C] occurred [D] happened
30. I never see this picture without ____ my early days in the countryside.
[A] reminding of [B] being reminded of
[C] reminding to [D] having been reminded
