14.　 People’s character _______ greatly from one to another, which accounts for the ______of different behaviors in the same situation, without which behaviors would become uniform and the world would be less colorful.

　　 A. changes; variety;　 B. alters; diversity　 C. varies; differences　 D. varies; diversity

13.　 Half way up the mountain and ready to shoot at the wolf the hunter had been running after, he heard something sounding like a thunder coming out of the mountain from the top and then he saw something red ________into the sky. Only then did he realize that it was volcano eruption; he got into ______ and began to run downhill like mad for life.

　　 A. burst up; anxiety　 B. shooting up; a panic　 C. coming up; panic　 D. erupting up; trouble

12.　 A wave of fear and anxiety swept over the mother when she heard over the radio that a typhoon up to 14 scales was _______ to the sea area where her husband and her three sons were fishing and she became extremely _______ their safety

　　 A. on its way; anxious about　　　　　　　　　 B. made its ways worried about

C. in its way; panic about　　　　　　　　　　 D. by its way; serious about

11.　 His appreciation of potential dangers of writing about the bad sides of society didn’t stop the novelist from writing his novels, exposing abuses of powers, corruption of high officials and so on, which _______ great appreciation from a large number of readers.

　　 A. arose　　　 B. raised　　　　 C. aroused　　　 D. rose out

10. The hurricane _______the city _______surprise, after which little remained undamaged ______it

　　 A. caught; by; of　　 B. took; by; of　 C. seized; in; in　 D. put; in; of

9.　 Nothing in the world is ______ and everything is ________. So be _______ when saying “ You are absolutely right or absolutely wrong”.

　　 A. absolute; creative; careful　　　　　 　　　　　B. complete; incomplete; cautious

　　 D. steady; changeable; careful　　　　　　　　　 D. absolute; relative; cautious

8.　 Hard as a teacher may try, he can’t ______to make all his students make a difference in study, letting alone in life.

　　 A. ensure　　 B. be sure　　 C. guarantee　　 D. insure

7.　 Just as the candidate _______ to deliver his a campaign speech _____ he was informed that his qualification had been canceled

　　 A. was about; when　　 B. was going to; when　 C. would; when　　 D. was on the point; as

6.　 Equipped with protective equipment like special suits, helmets, boots, gloves and masks, they volcanologists made their _____the volcano _______ the continual fountaining up and flowing down of lava, hoping to get near to the edge of crater and study the eruption more closely.

　　 A. ways to; in spite of　　 B. way to; despite　　 C.　 way up; in spite of　 D.　 ways up; despite

5.　 Hearing the news that he had been ______as general manager of the big company, he ______ with excitement and joy, forgetting that he was showing some visitors around.

　　 A. named; broke out　 B. appointed; erupted　 C. made; was filled　 D. chosen; was full