.A benefit performance is a performance for which a charitable organization has bought out at a discounted price and _____ funds by selling tickets at a full price.
- A.furnishes
- B.raises
- C.accumulates
- D.contributes
2.- Mum, it is nice weather. I want to skate this afternoon.
-Don't you think the ice on the lake is too thin to _____ your weight?
- A.stand
- B.bear
- C.catch
- D.take
3.You must be ready to ______ hardship even death before you go on the expedition.
- A.bear
- B.tolerate
- C.endure
- D.stand
4.The ground was pitted by the _____ rain.
- A.heavy
- B.big
- C.small
- D.light
5.Their domestic reforms did nothing to _____ the problem of unemployment.
- A.pose
- B.solve
- C.release
- D.request
6.We cannot always _______ our parents.
- A.count
- B.count as
- C.count to
- D.count on
7.He has no idea of how to _____ a business.
- A.run
- B.run as
- C.run to
- D.run for
8.He declared his intention to ______ office.
- A.run
- B.run as
- C.run to
- D.run for
9.Please write your home ______ on the registration form.
- A.address
- B.site
- C.city
- D.town
10.He ______ the audience in an eloquent speech.
- A.talked
- B.addressed
- C.spoke
- D.told
11.That was ______ twenty years ago.
- A.any
- B.a lot
- C.some
- D.many
12.Their unwise investment could _____ financial ruin.
- A.spell
- B.run
- C.lead
- D.buy
3.“The more dangers we _______, the harder should we push forward.”
- A.counter
- B.encounter
- C.count
- D.enforce
14.The children in remote parts of the country still have no _______ to internet.
- A.access
- B.way
- C.use
- D.approach
15.Workers, above all, will know how to _______ the problem correctly.
- A.apply
- B.approach
- C.count
- D.spell
16.Since we can’t hear you at the back of the hall, you’ll have to _______ your voice.
- A.lift
- B.increase
- C.raise
- D.open
17.After that car accident, she couldn’t ______ her arms above her shoulder anymore.
- A.raise
- B.rise
- C.arise
- D.arouse
18.The _______ over dinner was warm and friendly.
- A.air
- B.atmosphere
- C.gas
- D.tone
19.Disappearing bankers _______ a problem for Davos in a couple of respects.
- A.pose
- B.solve
- C.resolve
- D.address
20.The _______ endeavored to accomplish his aim by himself.
A.democratic
- B.democrat
- C.democracy
- D.democratize