1 . His heart was filled with joy _________of arriving home in a couple of days.

A．having thought

B．when he thought

C．when thinking

D．to think

2 . It's important to develop good reading habits, for reading enables us to________ knowledge and has broadens our horizons.

A．acquire

B．maintain

C．illustrate

D．advance

3 . Since the mid-1980's, growing numbers of Asians ________ in New Zealand, and they ________ about six percent of the total population.

A．had settled; make of	B．have settled; make up
C．settled; make up of	D．are settling; make up for

4 . I don’t like the paintings. It doesn’t ______ well the walls of the room.

A．fit

B．suit

C．go

D．match

5 . The resolution will be significant for the nation to seize the period of strategic________as it faces the most complicated external environments.

A．organization

B．opposition

C．opportunity

D．occupation

6 . Lang is only too _______ that as soon as a team steps off the victory podium, they need to start from zero to prepare for new challenges ahead.

A．aware

B．appreciative

C．permanent

D．mere

7 . _______ the answer to such an easy question!

A．Imagine not to know

B．Imagine not knowing

C．Imagine not know

D．Imagine knowing not

8 . _______ made the teacher angry.

A．He being late

B．He be late

C．He was late

D．His being late

9 . After goats in particular had been brought to the island, the Pinta Island tortoise population _______. Eventually, only one remained.

A．declined

B．competed

C．introduced

D．indicated

10 . They discussed the problem for a whole day, but they couldn’t _______.

A．come to a conclusion

B．cross out

C．think on their feet

D．wake up