1 . The Western holiday Halloween also had its origin in old ____ about the return of the spirits of dead people.

A．beliefs	B．relief
C．brief	D．chiefs

2 . I have done much of the work. Could you please finish _________ in two days?

A．left	B．the rest
C．rest	D．a rest

3 . Too much smoking and drinking ________ him greatly，which meant bad living habits had an ______ on his health.

A．affect；effect	B．affected；effect
C．affected；effects	D．affect；effects

4 . ﹣Did you see the new movie directed by that famous director? It's said to be ________ great fun.
﹣No. I have been busy repairing all the broken office ________ these days.（　　）

A．a；equipment	B．the； equipments
C．/； equipment	D．/； equipments

5 . Health comes first. We should ______ everyday to _____.

A．take exercise, keep fit	B．take exercises, keep fit
C．take exercise, keep health	D．take exercises, keep healthy

6 . He dropped the _________ and broke it.

A．cup of coffee	B．coffee's cup
C．cup for coffee	D．coffee cup

7 . __________ in the area reported ___________three people robbing the bank with their heads wrapped in socks.

A．Witness; to look at	B．Witnesses; seeing
C．Witnesses; looking out	D．Witness; to see

8 . If you don’t know that _____ is the mother of success, you are sure to be _____ in life.

A．failure; failure	B．a failure; a failure
C．a failure; failure	D．failure; a failure

9 . This dictionary is_______ to my translation, but that one is________.

A．a great help ; of no use	B．very helpful; of no any use
C．great help; helpless	D．important; of few importance

10 . She is the only one among the _______ writers who ______ stories for children.

A．woman; writes	B．women; write
C．women; writes	D．woman; write