1 . 请选用下面方框中词组的适当形式填空，有两项多余。

get around, in particular, under way, cut back on, keep pace with, with regard to, regardless of, end up, spy on, let off, accuse...of, blame ...on

1. As to me the most important ability is to communicate with others, ______ nationality or cultural background.
2. Word ______that the department might be closed and nobody made any remark on it.
3. ______ theft and fraud by the police, the assistant was arrested and being questioned.
4. When the police realized who he was, they asked for an autograph(亲笔签名) and _______ him off with a warning.
5. It was a good concert —I enjoyed the last song ______.
6. ______your recent order, I make sincere apology for the mistake we’ve made and we promise to arrange the delivery in two days.
7. General Mills has announced it ______amount of sugar in ten of its popular kids cereals(谷类食物), given that more and more kids have the problem of being overweight.
8. Fundamental changes are ______in the energy field, the significance of which we have not yet fully grasped.
9. I thought you were a new customer and now I know that you only came to ______me and my menu.
10. It's important for a firm to ______changes in the market or it will soon lose its place.

2 . _______the fierce competition in finding a good job in big cities, many fresh graduates are still trying their fortune in Beijing.

A．Apart from	B．Regardless of
C．Instead of	D．With regard to

3 . The majority of employers are planning to cut down on wages＿＿＿＿the economic crisis.

A．by means of	B．in defence of
C．in reaction to	D．with regard to