16、There was a large box behind the door and Peter couldn‘t falling over it in the dark.
A．help B．resist C．avoid D．prevent
15、“Dick，can you yourself away from the TV for a minute? Go and send the letter for me，please．”said Mrs. Green.
A．push B．drag C．draw D．pull
14、I will never understand at all how it that you spent one hour washing your trousers.
A．cared about B．thought about C．brought about D．came about
13、We had planned to finish our task by noon, but it didn’t quite .
A．work out B．find out C．give out D．hand out
12、The spending cuts have the research project in America several years.
A．set off B．set aside C．set back D．set out
11、It is not socially for parents to leave young children unattended at home.
A．accessible B．adoptable C．adaptable D．acceptable
10、The final score of the match was l01：102. Rockets were only beaten.
A．narrowly B．slightly C．lightly D．nearly
9、The winter of 2008 was extremely bad. most of people say it was the worst winter of their lives.
A．In general B．In a word C．In all D．In fact
8、How a person reacts to criticism often means the difference between success and failure．Take Ole Bull for example His 1 father，a chemist，wanted him to study for the ministry and forbade him to play his beloved（心爱的）violin He soon gave up the course and，disobeying his father， 2 all his time and energy to the violin．
Unfortunately，though he had great ability，his teachers were 3 unskilled，so that by the time he was ready to start his concert tour he wasn't prepared In Italy a Milan newspaper critic（批评家）wrote：“He is a（n） 4 musician．If he is a diamond，he is certainly in the rough and unpolished．”There were two ways Ole Bull could have 5 to that criticism．He could have let it make him angry，or he could learn from it．
Fortunately he chose the 6．He went to the newspaper office and asked to see the critic．The 7 editor introduced him Ole spent the evening with the 70 year old critic，asked about his faults，and sought the old mall's 8 on how to correct them．
Then he cancelled the rest of his tour，returned home，and 9 the next six months studying under really able teachers He practiced hour after hour to overcome his 10．
Finally，he returned to his concerts and，when only 26，became the wonder of Europe．
1．A．awkward B．generous C．stubborn D．confident
2．A．devoted B．donated C．supplied D．allocated
3．A．absolutely B．completely C relatively D．gradually
4．A．untrained B．gifted C．mature D．1eading
5．A．referred B．attracted C．affected D．reacted
6．A．former B．1atter C．1ater D．early
7．A．frightened B．ashamed C．astonished D．convinced
8 A．advice B．attitude C．virtue D．wisdom
9．A．totaled B．squeezed C．spent D．spared
10．A．mistakes B．troubles C．difficulties D．faults