1 . ______of the painstaking efforts, the businessman owed his achievements to all the setbacks and obstacles that stood in the way.

A．Reminded

B．Recalling

C．Being reminded

D．Recalled

2 . The fast-growing generative AI technology will be increasingly          to a greater variety of sectors next year to upgrade traditional industries.

A．exploded

B．applied

C．used

D．taken

4 . John was such a naughty boy that his mother had to tell him to ____ himself again and again before taking him to a party.

A．behave

B．enjoy

C．conduct

D．entertain

5 . Each class needs to select two students to ______ their class to take part in the contest.

A．reflect

B．decline

C．detect

D．represent

8 . Black cats are still __________ as Halloween cats, creatures of bad luck, more appropriate on a witch’s broomstick than curled up on your pillow.

A．paralysed

B．stereotyped

C．optimized

D．diagnosed

9 . As senior high students, time ______ a lot, for we need to fully develop ourselves in the period.

A．ignores

B．matters

C．sighs

D．observes

10 . Tom told me that he would ________ in my project if I could give him a plan for the project with more details.

A．compete

B．decrease

C．invest

D．occupy