1 . A: Can I see you for a moment?
B: Is it a matter of           ?

A．urgency

B．emergency

C．seriousness

2 . A: Did you hear that three people died in a fire last night?
B: What a terrible         ! How did it happen?

A．accident

B．incident

C．occasion

3 . A: Have you treated any real emergencies in your first-aid course at the Red Cross?
B: Well, they let us ride along with some paramedics. Once, we gave first aid to a          of a traffic accident before rushing him to the hospital.

A．victim

B．patient

C．sufferer

4 . A: The price for this car? Fifteen thousand dollars out the door! What a deal!
B: Well, if the car hadn’t been in an accident, that would be a good price, but it has a few ________ problems.
(Which option is not suitable?)

A．slight

B．minor

C．tiny

5 . —It’s ________ your promise to be absent from Helen’s party.
—Yes. But I have to prepare for my report next week.

A．for

B．against

C．with

D．from

6 . By the time the policemen arrived, the criminals _________ without leaving any clues(线索).

A．have escaped

B．were escaping

C．had escaped

D．escaped

7 . The man was asleep in the grassland with his sheep ______ to a tree.

A．to tie

B．tie

C．tying

D．tied

8 . With the exam approaching, you should exercise regularly to keep ______.

A．intelligent

B．energetic

C．wealthy

D．attractive

9 . There is no ______ that practice makes perfect, so don’t be afraid of ______ while you are learning to speak English.

A．question, laughing	B．question, being laughed
C．questioning, being laughed at	D．questioning, being laughed

10 . What ______ surprise! He came ______ first in the race.

A．a, the

B．/, /

C．a, /

D．a, a