1. Many newcomers complain of the rapid______of life in Hong Kong. (A) rate (B) pace (C) speed (D) growth
2. To one s boss, an employee should dress neatly, be______and show interest in the job. (A) instant (B) timely (C) punctual (D) quick
3. The girl will not become a nurse because she will faint at the______of blood. (A) vision (B) eyes (C) sight (D) view
4. The government______regulations that put this old city under protection. (A) published (B) issued (C) discharged (D) released
5. Unexpectedly the light______and we were left in darkness. (A) burn out (B) put out (C) turned out (D) went out
6. After a whole day s heavy work, the old worker returned home, ______. (A) hungry and felt exhausting (B) hunger and exhausted (C) hungry and exhausted (D) hungry and having been exhausted
7. The last half of the nineteenth century______the steady improvement in the means of travel. (A) has witnessed (B) was witnessed (C) witnessed (D) is witnessed
8. She______in the feet on her way home from work. (A) was hurting (B) is hurt (C) hurts (D) got hurt
9. Without computers, we_____the tremendous medical advancement in the last few decades. (A) would not make (B) will not have made (C) could not make (D) couldn t have made
10. ______that Susan hadn t dared to make a sound. (A) So was he absorbed (B) So absorbed he was (C) So absorbed was he (D) So he was absorbed