1 . One of the good ways to improve your listening ability is to hear English ________ on a daily basis.

A．being spoken

B．to be spoken

C．be spoken

D．spoken

2 . Because of ________ competition, prices of food are likely to drop.

A．federal

B．fierce

C．friendly

D．fundament

3 . The continued tension could ________ into more violence.

A．experience

B．expose

C．exist

D．explode

4 . The woman ________ politics in 1996, and two years later she was made president.

A．entered

B．explored

C．excited

D．envied

5 . —You really weren’t very nice to her.
—Well, she ________ it!

A．delivered

B．declared

C．deserved

D．determined

6 . They said that they would drop the charges if we paid off the ______.

A．work

B．income

C．debt

D．economy

7 . Vitamins are a(n) ________part of our diet, without enough of which we would fall ill.

A．emotive

B．gentle

C．essential

D．complicated

8 . By joining the club, not only have I ________ basic writing skills, but I also made some new friends with similar hobbies.

A．deserved

B．calculated

C．categorized

D．acquired

9 . The hardest part of going back to college was feeling ________ about the time I spent away from my kids.

A．ridiculous

B．confident

C．guilty

D．excited

10 . When the journey ended, Zac’s adventure received widespread media _________.

A．coverage

B．proficiency

C．negotiation

D．consultation