1. The doctors have abandoned the hope to rescue the old man.
A. turned up
B. given up
C. turned down
D. give out
2. It is so urgent that you have to start immediately.
A. lastly
B. shortly
C. recently
D. presently
3. It seems that the boss is always finding fault with my work.
A. evaluating
B. praising
C. criticizing
D. searching
4. Even if in those developed countries, manual work is still necessary sometimes.
A. expressive
B. physical
C. exaggerated
D. dubious
5. He checked the luggage thoroughly to make sure that nothing important is left.
A. patiently
B. quickly
C. completely
D. basically
6. He spent one week to draft the commercial contract.
A. clarify
B. formulate
C. revise
D. contribute
7. The dentist has decided to extract her bad tooth.
A. take out
B. take in
C. turn out
D. turn in
8. The government warned the people of being careful about this kind of contagious disease.
A. infectious
B. serious
C. fatal
D. worrying
9. Many fine cooks insist on ingredients of the highest quality.
A. structure
B. materials
C. sections
D. branches
10. In order to improve our standard of living, we have to accelerate production.
A. step up
B. speedup
C. take up
D. holdup
11. The energy companies launched urgent studies of the Arctic environment.
A. made
B. stressed
C. moved
D. started
12. We had an unusually heavy rainfall due to the typhoon, and for a while, traffic became paralyzed.
A. disabled
B. beheld
C. bathed
D. bound
13. The scenery on the way was truly spectacular, with beautiful mountains, rivers and valleys,and I took a lot of pictures from the window.
A. notorious
B. amazing
C. noble
D. diplomatic
14. Establishment of a sound insurance system is essential for deepening economic refrms"
A. accurate
B. healthy
C. undisturbed
D. safe
15. A cup of whole milk provides roughly one hundred and sixty-six calories of energy.
A. naturally
B. approximately
C. barely
D. coarsely