His study is in______: his house keeper has long since given up trying to put his papers in order.
A.trouble B.danger C.collision D.chaos
He is due to ________ a conference on some current affairs, including unemployment and education, next week.
A.address B.preview C.instruct D.assess
Besides British citizens, the new traffic law will also ______ to foreign drivers.
A.appeal B.refer C.apply D.attend
At the graduation ceremony, the head master _______ the degree certificates to the students one by one.
A.showed B.presented C.awarded D.delivered
Since the concept introduced in this session is complex and abstract, students are given some time to _____ it.
A.consult B.explain C.digest D.accept
The challenge: Sail 30,000 miles around the globe, non-stop, alone. What could go wrong?
Susie Goodall ______ it this week. She was a(n) ______ in the Golden Globe Race which sends sailors from the coast of France around the earth. Goodall was 2,000 miles off South America when her boat was like a ______ man in a heavy storm and a broken bar knocked her ______ unconscious. She then activated the ______system and a series of troubling ______, which recorded her happenings during the journey, were ______ to her Twitter account.
Chile's Maritime Center received her ______ and soon ordered a cargo(货) ship to change its ______ to rescue Goodall. Meanwhile, all Goodall could do was wait—trying to keep her boat ______ in the waving South Pacific and pumping out water that was ______ into the damaged cabin(船舱).
When the Chilean ship finally ______ Goodall, employing a small boat to save her seemed ______ because up to13 feet waves, rocking both ships, would ______ the boat at any time. ______, crew members on board ______ a long thick rope from the ship, and pulled Goodall from her boat to safety. As luck would have it, the chosen method ______.
Goodall arrived at the Chilean port without any delay. On her Facebook, Goodall wrote: "They were the hardest and ______ days I’ve ever had. Actually, all I had wanted was a(n) ______ from my busy daily life. But out there in the sea, half the world from home, I might as well ______ home instead of taking the break."
1.A.made up for B.gave up on C.dropped out of D.found out about
2.A.accountant B.participant C.instructor D.organizer
3.A.homeless B.drunken C.dead D.happy
4.A.permanently B.completely C.briefly D.seriously
5.A.emergency B.operating C.heating D.insurance
6.A.updates B.questions C.fantasies D.thoughts
7.A.attached B.offered C.posted D.restricted
8.A.call B.warning C.signal D.reply
9.A.system B.course C.subject D.policy
10.A.dry B.tidy C.still D.steady
11.A.leaking B.disappearing C.floating D.dropping
12.A.rescued B.abandoned C.passed D.reached
13.A.obvious B.appropriate C.impossible D.inconvenient
14.A.swallow B.miss C.hit D.push
15.A.Besides B.However C.Instead D.Otherwise
16.A.lowered B.lifted C.anchored D.produced
17.A.failed B.worked C.developed D.remained
18.A.busiest B.biggest C.greatest D.longest
19.A.answer B.break C.message D.challenge
20.A.drive B.ride C.walk D.sail
