2 . This new film is said to be _______from a novel by Jane Austen.

A．adopted

B．adapted

C．adjusted

D．adored

3 . Chen Wei had his dinner           when he heard someone screaming from another table.

A．interrupted

B．interpreted

C．panicked

D．operated

4 . After she had been bitten by mosquitoes, she         some medicine to her skin.

A．delayed

B．applied

C．slipped

D．urged

5 . The patient was still in danger, because his body ______ the new heart after the surgery.

A．attained

B．restored

C．rejected

D．repaid

6 . These 18th-century oil painting are ______ so well that the visitors are greatly amazed.

A．analysed

B．associated

C．preserved

D．assessed

7 . We have many cases where hard work has ______ one’s chances of success in the past years.

A．tackled

B．multiplied

C．collapsed

D．highlighted

8 . Their sense of humour and ability to get along with people are two characteristics that ______ for their lack of experience.

A．allow

B．demand

C．account

D．compensate

9 . Some modern art is so abstract that the painter only concentrates on certain qualities of the object, using colour, line and shape to ________ them.

A．make

B．admit

C．settle

D．represent