16. I cannot believe she is leaving the company--I thought she was a permanent ____.
[A] fitting [B] fixture
[C] appliance [D] attachment
17. The newspaper said yesterday two trains ____ and led to more than 200 casualties.
[A] smashed [B] crushed
[C] collapsed [D] collided
[A] municipality [B] multitude
[C] attitude [D] altitude
19. We must respect others’ ____ and should not always pry into others’ personal affairs.
[A] isolation [B] attachment
[C] intimacy [D] privacy
22. Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the ____ in the financial system will drag down the economy.
[A] shallowness [B] shakiness
[C] scantiness [D] stiffness
23. Crisis would be the right term to describe the ____ in many animal species.
[A] minimization [B] restriction
[C] descent [D] decline &nb sp;
24. The city is an important railroad ____ and industrial and convention center.
[A] conjunction [B] network
[C] junction [D] link
25. Prof. White, my respected tutor, frequently reminds me to ____ myself of every chance to improve my English.
[A] assure [B] inform
[C] avail [D] notify
26. The professor’s questions ____ me completely because I couldn’t answer any of them.
[A] crumpled [B] enlightened
[C] baffled [D] intimidated
27. The other day when I sat on the lawn thinking about my university days, the sudden hoot of a whistle my thoughts.
[A] broke up [B] broke into
[C] plunge into [D] inserted into
28. The bump on the right side of her cheek spoilt the ____ of her face.
[A] impulse [B] dignity
[C] temperament [D] symmetry
29. The basketball players in the national team tried to keep themselves ____ in order to defeat their opponent.
[A] on duty [B] on wat ch
[C] in shape [D] in time
30. A book had been stolen and some children claimed that Tom did it, but Tom’s mother said she was sure her son was ____.
[A] innocent [B] superstitious
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