A.associateB.equipC.retreatD.feedThe explorers were tol……

单项选择题The court considers a financial（）to be an appropriate way of punishing him.

A.option
B.duty
C.obligation
D.penalty

单项选择题We have not（）information to state the exact damage.

A.abundant
B.sufficient
C.plenty
D.efficient

单项选择题The local government leaders are making every effort to（）the problem of poverty.

A.loosen
B.tackle
C.remove
D.encounter

单项选择题Universal peace would be（）to all mankind.

A.beneficial
B.valid
C.advisable
D.worthy

单项选择题The present difficulties（）from our failure to deal with the problem when it first arose.

A.step
B.stem
C.steer
D.sponsor

单项选择题The one pleasure that Einstein（）his great fame was the ability it gave him to help others.

A.resulted from
B.stirred up
C.turned out
D.derived from

单项选择题She was（）what she had written so as to make the theme stand out more clearly.

A.repairing
B.revising
C.remedying
D.reforming

单项选择题No effective（）has been found for this fatal disease which claims thousands of lives each year.

A.settlement
B.method
C.remedy
D.prescription

单项选择题That's really typical（）John. He says he'll come but he never turns up.

A.for
B.of
C.to
D.with

单项选择题In Britain people（）four million tons of potatoes every year.

A.consume
B.swallow
C.exhaust
D.dispose

单项选择题This machine works very well so long as no one（）with it.

A.interferes
B.disturbs
C.upsets
D.interrupts

单项选择题During the war she always kept a（）of tinned food in the house.

A.load
B.substitute
C.conservation
D.reserve

单项选择题The ratio of the work done by the machine（）the work done on it is called the efficiency of the machine.

A.against
B.with
C.to
D.for

单项选择题His inability to learn foreign languages was a(n（）to his career.

A.objection
B.defect
C.obstacle
D.depression

单项选择题In general , the amount that a student spends for housing should be held to one-fifth the total（）for living expenses.

A.acceptable
B.available
C.advisable
D.applicable