They plan to ______ the run-down house in a year’s time. A. revive B. ren...

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They plan to ______ the run-down house in a year’s time.
A. revive    B. renovate    C. replace    D. remove
2. The volunteer firefighters valiantly tried to put out the ______ forest fire.
A. raging    B. wretched    C. roaming    D. roaring
3. Education is ______ for all school-age children in many a country.
A. universal      B. compulsory   
C. requested      D. general
4. When I heard footsteps behind me I was ______ that I would be attacked.
A. horrified       B. terror-struck   
C. terrorized      D. terrified
5. Accuracy is ______ to the skill of typewriting.
A. inherent       B. elemental   
C. indifferent    D. fundamental
6. Perhaps the customer has ______ his monthly statement and not paid the bill.
A. overlooked      B. bewildered   
C. omitted         D. escaped
7. The manager gave her his ______ that her complaint would be investigated.
A. consent       B. conception   
C. assurance     D. insurance
8. He said he could not ______ all the information given in the broadcast.
A. accumulate       B. absorb   
C. acknowledge      D. acquire
9.        Visitors are asked to ________ with the regulations.
A. contrast    B. consult    C. comply    D. conflict
10.        With all its advantages, the computer is by no means without its ________.
A. boundaries       B. limitations   
C. confinements     D. restraints

II.Decide whether the following statements are true for false.(Please write down your answer on the Answer Sheet.20%):
1.        In terms of receiving acceptance from teachers the proportion of boys to girls is approximately equal.(Sexism in School)
2.        “Intellectual discussion” means discussion attended by intellectuals.(Sexism in School)
3.        She was delighted when she found bubble gum wrappers, pencils and pennies in the pockets. (Philosophers Among Carrots)
4.        Her husband was ruffled when he learned she had bought a new dress. (Philosophers Among Carrots)
5.        She smiled enigmatically because family did not understand her queer behavior of the day. (Philosophers Among Carrots)
6.        In contrast to modern students, students in earlier days seemed to have benefited a great deal from a less flexible teaching approach.(Language Teaching and Learning)
7.        It is suggested that teachers should constantly change their teaching methods because individual students may change their way of learning in the process.(Language Teaching and Learning)
8.        A few of those “make it” who are born into dire poverty and destined to live in it.(Money Madness.)
9.        Apart from appearance, Villegas and the red-haired woman are mentally alike as writing teachers.(The Teacher as Dragon)
10.        Dreaming to be what we are not is usually alarming.(Daydreams of What You’d Rather Be)

III.Fill in the blank with the proper word given (Please write down your answer on the Answer Sheet. 20%)
up, in, on, lotus, draped, rest, muck, untouched,  picked, fantasies, pristine

Then ,having started the wash, and reflecting ___1__ the symbol of