1 . His letter was so confusing that I could hardly make any ______ of it.

A．explanation

B．meaning

C．sense

D．guess

2 . Last year the number of students who graduated with a driving license reached 200,000,a(n)______of 40,000 per year.

A．average	B．number
C．amount	D．quantity

3 . It is because of a long ______ from school that I am a bit behind the other classmates.

A．lack

B．loss

C．absence

D．failure

4 . Due to the unreasonable individual income _______, the gap between the rich and poor has become an outstanding issue．

A．contribution	B．association
C．accommodation	D．Distribution

5 . John began to feel little beads of sweat going down the back of his neck. His words seemed to have had no visible _______ on the man.

A．affect

B．effect

C．affection

D．impact

6 . The new teacher made a good ____ on the students by her rich knowledge and humorous talk.

A．feeling

B．effect

C．impression

D．expression

7 . The result was not as good as expected but the ___________ on his face told us that he was still very happy.

A．expression	B．impression
C．celebration	D．appearance

8 . Some fruits are so easily harvested in this area that they are never of great _________.

A．fare	B．benefit
C．help	D．worth

9 . With no rain for three months, and the food supplies running out, the present ________                      here is getting worse.

A．case

B．condition

C．state

D．situation

10 . Without the ____ of my friends, how could my company have lived through the hard times.

A．admiration

B．assistance

C．admission

D．achievement