1 . Nowadays, employers not only pay attention to graduates’ academic qualifications but also their ________.

A．statuses

B．bonuses

C．vacancies

D．virtues

2 . Discrimination is a problem that’s been troubling America’s social ________ for years.

A．construction

B．conscience

C．awareness

D．framework

3 . On April 8, 2014 Microsoft stopped patching newly found security holes in Windows XP code that hackers could use to ________ computers.

A．check into

B．run into

C．cut into

D．slip into

4 . —When you assign tasks to the students, ________ Daniel, for he’s just recovered from a knee injury.
—Oh, I see.

A．have pity on

B．catch up on

C．put up with

D．make allowance for

5 . With several rounds of talks, the union leaders successfully ________ an agreement for a shorter working week.

A．deserved

B．negotiated

C．persuaded

D．demanded

6 . Guangzhou Evergrande has raised China’s hunger for soccer glory ever since the year 2013 ________ a series of its victories over other teams in and abroad China.

A．saw

B．bid

C．had seen

D．had bid

7 . I have been staying up until midnight since Monday, working on my paper. I need to ________ some sleep this weekend.

A．catch up on

B．live up to

C．get along with

D．make sense of

8 . — Do you think Chinese elements in “Gravity” were included just to ________ an increasingly influential Chinese viewing audience?
— I don’t know, but the director denied the storyline was just to ________ the booming market.

A．appeal to; win over

B．cater to; take over

C．adjust to; turn over

D．adapt to; get over

9 . Tom works with videos. To him, it ________ to have the most up-to-date version of the video-editing software.

A．makes sense

B．pays off

C．takes effect

D．gets round

10 . David Beckham has reportedly ________ investing in his friend Gordon Ramsay’s latest restaurant, just weeks before it opens, because they both want different things.

A．pulled out of

B．kept up with

C．got down to

D．come up with