12．A：Hi，Ruth，what's up？
B：Well，the Sludents'Union needs a couple of volunteers to show the new student around next week． （61）E    
A：That depends on the days you had in mind．I'm working here full-time before classes begin．It's really busy now but I do have some time off．
B：（62）F They usually arrive on the weekend．
A：Sorry，I have to work all day Saturday．How about Thursday and Friday？I've got both mornings free．
B：l don't have the timetable on me …Ken's got it．（63）A
A：I'll only be able to spare a couple of hours，though．
B：No problem．I'll ask Ken to get in touch with you later today．（64）D
A：Yeah，till four…．（65）CI have to get all the orders out before I leave today．
B：OK，thanks，Tim．Bye．

A•Maybe you can set something up with him． B•That would be nice C•Look，I've got to go． D•Will you be at this number？ E•Would you be able to help out？ F•What about Saturday？ G•Are you busy？

11．He apologized as soon as he realized what he had done．________，he wrote a nice little note to me．（　　）

A．

Similarly

B．

Obviously

C．

Actually

D．

Strangely

10．To the great disappointment of the poor peasant workers，a great part of their salaries were ________ by the boss for no right reason．（　　）

A．

kept away

B．

kept back

C．

kept off

D．

kept up

9．Words like"discount"never fall to         people，especially women，though they might not need what is being promoted．（　　）

A．

appeal to

B．

reply to

C．

occur to

D．

stick to

8．Food，in our society，is consumed for various reasons other than       to satisfy hunger．（　　）

A．

casually

B．

especially

C．

partly

D．

simply

7．Combining advanced technology with scientific management can        an increase in production．（　　）

A．

make for

B．

make into

C．

make out

D．

make up

6．Life is like        ling race where we compete with       others to go beyond ourselves．（　　）

A．

a；/

B．

a； the

C．

the； the

D．

the；/

5．Jenny has not heard from her husband for ages，Apparently their relations          increasingly tense．（　　）

A．

were growing

B．

are growing

C．

grew

D．

will be growing

4．The worse air quality in the country has strengthened the government's something to deal with the problem．（　　）

A．

ability

B．

concern

C．

resolve

D．

proposal

3．stage（　　）

A．

garage

B．

vegetable

C．

gather

D．

sign